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IMPORTANCE OF DRAINAGE. I Suggestion That the Farmers' Union Take lTp the Matter. hkiitor County K-ooi\l: Having here f<?r some time in direct touch with ttic drainage movement u... uiiu v_i4^* i turing the country from end to end , and particularly the North Central', States. I am constrained to write ] ? ? - ? '.tl* . * M ho into ??ac? f 1 your paper suuieiuiug m i,u<r miuigi of drainage here in our low couutry. Drainage has come in the more ; ^ prosperous atid enlightened sections | of our country to be considered the , most important single factor in reclaiming and improving land. Aside ' from the staudpomt of sanitation, (which in itself is sufficient to warrant superficial drainage at any cost) . drainage has come to be recognized as absolutely esseutial to the produc- ! tion of a profitable agriculture. Not considering for th i present 1 the unquestionable millions that ! ?" w rn Hip wealth of our VWSJKA 1U UV MUUVM vv ...N county through the reclamation of i oar wet and at present waste lauds, it ] is safe to assume that the annual crop production of Williamsburg is ( curtailed one million or even two j million dollars. It is quite certain ( that by a judicious system of drainage of the lands now in cultivation that amount could be added annual- J ly to the wealth of our farms. Such ' J ) a system of thorough drainage could tax the farmers (property holders) ? not more than half that amount, and 1 while the crop returns alone for one 1 year would thus more than defray ' the expense, there could be no real 1 appreciation of the intrinsic value ' contributed thereby to the lands of our county. The State of Illinois is ' perhapi the pioneer in the laud dram- 1 age movement and today the lands in 1 that State are worth more than three ' time* those of Iowa, Missouri, Kau- J sas or Nebraska and all due to the 1 institution of land drainage through- * out the State. 1 f Our sister State to the north, for | which so many South Caroliuiaus 1 have maintained an air of superiority, 1 I (lam speaking of North Carolina) I I has set the pace for us in the South i by the enactment at her last General Assembly of a State-wide drainage ? law enabling communities to organ- i ize special drainage districts. The I necessity of such a law is apparent in < order to take care of the interest of all concerned and provide means for assigning benefits and assessing damages. It seems nothing short of ridiculous that Charleston and a few oth- j er sections in this State were forced ^ anniv fnr a snppial act to make < w - -r I such improvements as commou sense I has taught so loug as absolutely es- j geutial to health and civilization. I have written personal letters to ^ our Representatives in the effort to arouse their interest in the matter and it would be a matter of profound gratification if we of Williamsburg could lead the movement in South j Caroliua. 1 Drainage is far more important I than the price of cotton or of flour and is well within the control of our people. The Farmers' Union would | ingratiate with the county by adopt- i ing the movement. 1 Lawrence H M< GTllough. : Farmers' Union Meeting. The Williamsburg County Farmers' Union will meet on Friday, October 1, at Kingstree in the I court house, at 11 o'clock a in. All lnml I'nions are reouested to send I fall delegations; also all Farmers' { Union members are invited to attend. Very respectfully, J D Daniel, Pres. J T Frierson, Sec. f?-9-2t i Care In Preparing Food. In recent years scientists have proved that the value of food is meas? ured largely by its purity; the result is the most stringent pure food laws that have ever been known. One food that has stood out prominently as a perfectly clean and pure food and which was as pure before /the enactment of these laws as it could possibly be Is Quaker Oats; , conceded by the experts to be the ideal food for making strength of muscle and brain. The best and cheapest of i all foods. The Quaker Oats Company ' ] is the only manufacturer of oatmeal ( that has satisfactorily solved the prob- j lem of removing the husks and black specks which are so annoying when 1 other brands are eaten. For hot climates Quaker Oats is packed in hermetically sealed tins, keeps fresh and sweet anywhere. 1 HARPERS HAPPENINGS. Towns Likely to Consolidate-Engines I Collide on G. &W. R. R. Harpers, September 0:?A large, mass meetiujr will be held here to- 1 night at 8 o'clock by the citizens of 1 iiai^eis and Rosemary to consider 1 the matter of consolidating the two ! towns. Resolutions have beeu passed ! by both places and it is possible that ' they may yet become one. The ' readers of this paper know the con- 1 ditions that surround these two little towns, and it is to be hoped that 1 the whole matter may yet be satis- 1 factortly settled to the good of both i towns. 1 Mr J B Johnson, of the Cedar 1 Creel, neighborhood, died on last Friday, Vr 3. He had been 1 confined to .. ^ for three years. ' He leaves a wiuo?. and three small 1 children and a host of friends to ' mourn his demise. ^ Supt W H Andrews, of the G & W railroad, spent several hours in town last Monday. ] Sheriff C W Scurry of Georgetown j was on our streets one day last weeklooking after the business of his office. 1 i The Atlantic Coast Lumber Cor- j poration had a serious accident to f happen recently on the Marion c branch of the G & W railroad. Engine No 116 was standing still on the maiu line, the engineer and fire- t man both having left it at the same I time, when it dashed off with no one 8 ' I in charge and ran from Warr's Crossing towards Black river down a very steep grade, under a speed of 60 g ir 70 miles an hour. While speeding ?t this terrific rate the runaway engine mot Engine No 112 on the main 1 line. The entire crew on No 112 jumped and the two large engines ? ran together, completely demolishing , Eugiue No 116 and damaging to the imouut of several thousand dollars ? Engine No 112. Fortunately no one vas hurt in the collision. This is a leavy loss to the lumber company, . nit we suppose they have all their oiling stock insured. We are suffering a serious dry ; >pell iu this neighborhood: have had i 10 rain tor three weeks. Cotton in :his section will be cut off 50 per :ent. Subscribe!*. t , t Health and Beauty Aid. Cosmetics and lotions will not dear your complexion of pimples and blotches like Foley's Orino Laxative, for indigestion, stomach and liver trouble and habitual constipation. Cleanses the system and is pleasant :o take. DC Scott OUR CLUBBING RATES We offer cheap clubbing rates with a number of popular newspapers and periodicals. Head care Fully the following list and select the one or more that you fancy and we shall be pleased to send in your order. These rates are of course all sash in advance, which means that both The Record and the paper ordered must be paid for, not 1, 2. 3, I, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, but twelve months ahead. Below is the list of our best clubbiug offers. The Record and News & Courier (Semi-weekly,) $1.85. The Record and Home & Farm (twice a month,) $1.35. ftvrxr< PunADnan/1 Koa' Vnrl' Wnrlfl X UL 11&VVU1/ UUU v n x v**? t w (3 times a week,) $1.75. The Record and Atlanta Constitution (3 times a week) $1.85. The Record and Atlanta Constitution (weekly $1.50. The Record and Bryan's Commoner, $1.75. The Record and Cosmopolitan Magazine $2.00. The Record and Youth's Companion (New Subscribers) $2.50. The Record Semi-Weekly State, ?2.50. The Record ana Tippmcotts Magazine 1 year each $2.75. The Record and National Magazine, 1 year each, $2.00. N. B. We do not club with any ilaily papers. The first issue you receive of the paper or periodical is evidence that the money for same has been forwarded by us. We are not responsible after that. THE COUNTY RECORD, King* tree, S. C f THE "GOAT" BUCKED. Misadventures of Novitiate at W. 0. W. Initiation- ~ Cross Hill, September S:?The W 0 W had a lively meeting the other night. They were initiating a newmember, ami the whole town was aroused about 12 o'clock bv shootiug and yelling. It seems that the member got frightened, ran and the whole membership ran after him, and it was some time before he could be caught; he was scared nearly to ileath. In the race ihey ran uear a negro house, knocked down the negro's garden and scared him and his family about as badly as the new member. The uninitiated are at a loss to know what they do to new members to scare them so. Several nave l>een frightened as badly as this man was, getting away from the lodge aud running themselves nearly :o dfcatbHow's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Keward for any case of Catarrh that :annot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Uure. F J CHENEY & CO, Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known F J Cheuey for the last 15 years, ind believe him perfectly honorable n all business transactions and inaucially able to carry out any >bligations made by his firm. Walding, Kin nan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inernally, acting directly upon the >)ood and mucous surfaces of the ystem. Testimonials sent free. *rice 75 cents per bottle. t>old by .11 Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for contipation. Nervous Prostration "I suffered so with Nervous Prostration that I thought there was no use trying to get well. A friend recommended Dr. Miles' Nervine, and although skeptical at first, I soon found myself recovering, and am to-dav well." MRS. D. I. JONES, 5800 Broadway, Cleveland, O. Much sickn^ is of nervous origin. It's thw nerves that make the heart force the blood through the veins, the lungs take in oxygen, the stomach digest food, the liver secrete bile and the kidneys filter the blood. If any of these organs are weak, it is the fault of the nerves through which they get their strength. Dr. Miles' Nervine is a specific for the nerves. It soothes the irritation and assists in the generation of nerve force. Therefore you can hardly miss it if you take Dr. Miles' Nervine when sick. Get a bottle from your druggist. Take it all ac cording to directions, and if it does not benefit he will return your money. OUR BIG BUS IN GROWS BIGGE] CONSEQUENTLY we ha enlarge our buildings, an stores when completed wi five hundred feet long runni Arcade form, right throug block trom King to meeting giving us a floor space of thousand feet. Call wlu ? IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS. I i ; Don't mistake tbe I ause of Your Troubles. Many people never suspect their 1 kidneys. If suffering from a lame, weak or aching back they think it is only a muscular weakness; when urinary trouble sets in they think it will soon correct itself. And so it is [ with all the other symptoms of kidI ney disorders. That is just where the danger lies. You must cure these troubles or they may lead to diabetes or Bright's disease. The best remedy to use is Doan's Kidney Pills. It cures ail ills which are caused by weak or diseased kidneys. Residents of this vicinity are constantly testifying to permanent cures. P O Fulkenstein, 415 Darlington St, Florence. S C, says: '-Doan's Kidney Pills are in my estimation an excellent remedy. I suffered almost constantly from a dull ache in the small of my back. I also had sharp, ehooting pains in my loins aud upon arising in the morning I was very lame and sore and it was quite a little while before the stiffness disappeared. I came to the conclusion that my kidneys were disordered as the secretions were highly colored and coufuino.1 a .larL: i m.?n f J n<4f>d slboilt a box of Doan's Kidney Piils and they acted promptly, removing the lameness and soieness from my back, and regulatiug the passage of the kidney secretions. My back is now free from pain and you are at liberty to publish my statement in return for the benefit I have received from Doan's Kidney Pills." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milbnrn Co., Buffalo, New YorLsole agents for the United States. * Remember the name?Doan's? aud take no other. THE THRICEWEEK WORLD, The Oreatest Newspaper of its Type. It Always Tells the Truth as It Is, Promptly and Fully. Read in Every English-Speaking Country. It has invariably been the great effort of the Thrice-a-Week edition of the New York World tn r?n hi is h the news impartially " I A in order that it may be an accurate reporter of what has hap-j pened. It tells the truth, irre-l spective of party, and for that reason has achieved a position with the public unique among papers of its class. If you want the news as it really is, subscribe to the TbriceaWeek edition of the New YorkWorld, which comes to you every other day,except Sunday,and isjthus practically a daily at the price of a weekly. The Thricea-Week World's regular subscription price is only $1.00 per year, and this pays for 156 papers. We of er this unequalled newspaper and The County Record together for one year for $1.75. The regular subscriptinn price of the two papers is $2.25. CAMP NO- 27. Ii^6F HI1TIKU 1st and 3rd Monday I QRHnHI || Nights In each Visiting choppers cor\V dially invited tocomt up and sit on a stomp or hang about on tbt Thos. McCutchen, 27 12m. Con. Com. ~ii! ? Ill Wtl ve to d our 232 and 234 King St 11 be ___ ng in street ^ ^ 1 fortv Rum In I MWMiW Itt I m you ci I PifSlI ClS ll 1'^ JI Olllceow >ingl< ta ry Building. Phone I M. A. WOODS, DEN'i .o . , LAKE CITY, - S.C CLAYTON & COOKE, 1 ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, LAKE CITY, ... SC. Office in Siogletary Building. Special Attention to Collections . "2-25-09 i W. Leland Taylor, DENTIST, Offic e over Dr ff V Brockiugtou's Store KINGSTREE, S. C~ 5-21-tf. AVI. i_y. A\&C51111L11 DENTIST. LAKE CITY, ---SC. W, L. BASS Attorney at Law LAKE CITY, S. C. Dr B J McCabe Dentist ' HH3STIEE, 5, 0. 1 J. D. MOUZON'S BARBER SHOP ?in the? Kellahin Hotel j is equipped with up-to-date ap- ( fiances, rolite Service. I ompetent Workmen. ! 8.ns Registration Notice. 1 The office ot the Supervisor of Reg istration will be open on the 1st Monday in each month for the purpose of registering any person who is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident of the State for two years, and of the county one year, and of the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote four months before the day of election, and shall have paid, six . months belore, any poll tax then due and payable, and who can both read and write any section of the constitution of ISfld.submitted to him by the 1 I Supervisors "of Registration, or who can show that he owns, and has mud all taxes collectable on during-tne present year, pioperty in this State assessed at three hundred dollars or _ more. J. Y. McGILL, H Clerk of Board J] FORSALE I Poland-China Pigs Also a few voting Boars aud Sows; full-blooded stock entitjed to registration; ages from <j weeks to tt mouths. Prices from $5.00 to $10.00. Prices quoted are less than one-half what the same grade of hogs will cost you in Virginia or Tennessee. These are line specimens of hogs, from VI my experience far superior to the Berkshire Though I have a few Berkshire* for sale too, bui i not full-blooded. Come and see me or send in your order. I vii please vqu. J. J. fl. GRAHAM, w Cades, S. C. 6-17-"imos. EST n n WHILE TH i % Fnl 1 U UU. vou a __ * efit b; ^ ing chani Charleston, 5. C. wJy \ ROOM?Cost i: i!H U Wa , . fully as ills m. ?ure'bc" to 1-2 on u to C FOLEY'S HOHEMAR The original LAXATIVE cough remedy. For coughs, colds, throat and long troubles. No opiates. Noa-aJcoholic. Good for ererybodj. Sold ererywhsr* The genuine FOLEY'S HONEY end TAR Ute aYellowpackage. Refuse substitutes. Prepared only by Plity vvmpanji ?n W. L. Wallace. \gfr \w^y McCALL rVITEHNS Ccicbri'eJ far style, prrfect fit, simplicity and rcl.jji.ty n< nr v* 40 }itrs. Sold in nearly every ci'ynmd town in t!.e United States and Car..i ! i. or br mail direct. More sold than any oth r make. Scud lor free catalogue. McCALU'S MAGAZINE More subscribers than any other fashion magazine?million a month. Invaluable. Latest styles. p.itt-'n?, lircssinnkinir, millinery, plain se? ing, f.ini y needlework, fiai'drratiiisr, etiquette, ';noil stories, etc. On'y CO ?e"t. a year (< r.rt!? double), irc'i:di"jj a fee fie iti Siub<cr:'iu tod iv. or send 1 >r sample o>;,y. worraeaftjl indlcemfnts r*- ? - r 11 brini'< ( ' rum catalojp* :.::U ?.t- c i*>!i j " 2C o:!'. >. AJilroi ra a .cm cd.. ~s to *? w. S7a> su new tore Paint Your Buggy! We can make it look like new. < iff. Mil. H >r other vehicle H1 Per Cat n appearance by painting. V lso fgk n I Black AflWy smith, Wheelwright, Horsechnpinflr ^ f vr VIII^ and General Repair Work on short lotice. ; Bring Us Tour Work. W. M. Vause & Son 6-10-tf isE imiranl I SUCCESSORS TO GEO. S. HACKER 8 SO CHARLESTON. S. C. /E MANUFACTURE Doors, bash and Blinds; Loiumns and Balusters; Grilles and Gable Ornaments; Screen Doors and Windows. ? /E DEAL IN ' Glass. Sash Cord and Weights. HI . \A ^?????? ESE ALTERATION SALES ABE GOING ON na your friends can ben1 the richest money sav_ _ _ h i ces inai ever came your VE MUST HAVE THE Profit is not thought of > lost sight of. No matyou want, write us an order, we'll fill it as careif you were standing at v, and save you from W every purchase. ' J ^ V 1