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I $hr (fount]) ilftord.; KINGSTREE, S. C C. VV. WOLFE, ECTTOR ANO PROPRIETOR. Ent?*r?\i a Ihe , "tree. S C. as sec ' ^ inailm : -v. TELEPHONE NO- 83TERMS -UI;S' KHTIi?N KATES: One copy, one year $1 25 One copy, six months 75 One copy, three monts 50 lO? -- /.ikni. An a t r in OilvilriPP . . .. 1 00 \JUKT V.VJ.') , Via >VM. *** WV..M..V. Obituaries. Tributes of Respect, Kec-Jutions of 1 hanks, C ards of Thanks and all other reading notices, not News, will be charged for at the rate of one cent a word for eachinse rtion. THURSDAY, OCT. 14. 1909. . Notice. ' ~ B&r For the convenience of our subscribers who do not come to town often The Record has arranged with Treasurer J Wesley Cook to collect subscriptions while on his rounds. Of course Mr. Cook will not have a statement of your account made out to date (not knowing beforehand where or by whom he will be paid) but just pay him ahout what you think you owe and a year in advance, if you want the paper another year. He will iccp. vr?n a tfmnorarv receint for your money and when he turns in his report at this office we will mail you a duplicate numbered receipt, from our regular receipt book, which will show you the exact date to which your subscription is paid. Neither Cook nor Peary saw any animals near the pole?not even a pole cat. When the stock-market begins to tumble it causes many a man to lose his balance. When the bees invade a male institution of learning the "honey boys'' and "candy kids" must be in the majority. Considered locally, the price of cotton is far more interesting than the latest aviatory feat or North Pole polemics. Bridge whist was invented to bridge over stupid social gatherings whose * blase participants suffer from chronic ennui. The near-poet of the Spartanburg Herald avers in rhythmic rime that the next thing to a pretty girl is a vacant seat. But when is there ever a vacaut seat anywhere near to a pretty girl? An ingenious country editor oat West has invented what he calls a "ten-course shirt." The bosom is formed of a pad of ten sheets of paper, assorted colors, so that all the wearer has to do is to tear off a sheet aad he has a clean shirt. Which goes to show that if necessity be the mother, poverty is certainly the father of invention. King Peter of Servia, whose accession to the throne several years ago was made possible by the murder of the then reigning king and queen in a peculiarly atrocious and cold-blooded manner, is said to have become persona uov grata to his subjects and sticks close to the royal chamber. His job seems to be petering out, so to speak. It seems to run in the familyMrs Iluth Leavitt, the daughter of William Jennings Bryan, who is divorced from her artist husband, has announced her caudi-dacy for the nomination for Congress from the First district of Colorado. She has dreams of inak ing the nation's legislative halls, where once sat her distinguished father, ling with her melodious voice. Next! The iSt Matthews Advocate, in specifying the forms of hazing practiced by Uiemson cadet3 upon the recruits, alleges that at meal-time the ''rats" are forced to take bees in their pockets from the mess-hull, ' which is infested with bees. ' Bees m the mess-hall at Clem| son! That is certainly surprising. jXow, if it were Wmthrop where 1 H>ese winged purloiners of sweets plied their vocation we eould I understand it. Look out tor Mrs Lizzie j Smith of Ulmers, S C., who ! offers sundry articles of merchanjdise in exchange for premium ! tobacco tags, soap wrappers, canceled stamps, coupons, etc., through the "For Exchange" columns of various newspapers. The postoflice department has issued a fraud order against Mrs Smith, based on complaints from numerous victims who have been swindled by her unscruDulous methods. Should be Punished # The News and Courier's correspondent, in his write-up of the King's Mountain monument unveiling last week, reports the following incident: Some of the soldier boys in one of the companies up at Kings Mountain, who thought they could have some fun on the march to the battle-ground from Yorkville, stopped in the store of Jim Stroup and fitted on to themselves a few pairs of shoes. The boys didn't mean any harm, bnt Col Lewis didn't look at it in this manner and they were halted and the shoes returned to their owner. The soldier boys will be dealt with according to the military law. We don't kuow just what punishment the "military law" provides in cases such as this, but the spirit of "fun" on the part of the "boys" that' found expression in over-awing by force of numbers a helpless store-keeper and nelping themselves to his mppohandisp without navin? for it. should be sharply rebuked, and we see no reason why the offenders shonld not be dealt with like other thieves. Such a lawless soldiery harks back to a very painful period in the his. tory of our State when Sherman'* "bummers" pillaged and burned, regardless of the rights of private ownership, on that infamous march to the sea. Not Needed. According to the way we set it the invention ot a successful cotton-picking machine would spell ruination for most of the farmers of the South, How could States like ours compete with Texas, where it is said the natural soil will produce more cotton per acre than ours when highly fertilized? Iu Texas, we are told, the size of the cottou crop is limited only by the inability to secure laborers to harvest it, so that the boll weevil and the scarcity of cotton pickers seem to be all that have stood between the Southern farmers and ruinous overproduction during all these years. According to our lights, then, we ' frankly confess the hope that , dual demonstration of cottonpicking machines to take place next week at Benuettsville, in I Marlboro couuty, may convince the promoters and all interested for all time to come that 'such ;i machine is beyond th*| ranee of human invention. n Pay for It First. Anyone who does not want to receive this newspaper will tind i no trouble in getting his copy discontinued. If yin will just notify us that you don't want it any longer, we'll stop it very cheerfully, provided you owe us notning. But don't continue taking the paper until yon are press . .1 .1 . ..... eu lor payment aim men sa\ something like this: "I didn't want the paper, but you just kept sending it to me." As a matter of fact we do not "just keep sending it" when we receive the slightest intimation that it is not wanted. Some newspapers are like cockle burrs?once they get on to von they stick forever, but we are thankful to say that The Kecord has never belonged to that class. All the more reason we expect those who take the paper out of the postofiice to pay for it just the same *as they would pay any other debt. The Busy Editor. ? ? ? i - if : Tlie J oiinstoD in wo-oiuuiwji closes thusly an announcement as to a change in the business management of the paper: The editor of the News-Monitor will devote his attention entirely to the make-up of the paper. He will do the editorial work and look after subscriptions and advertising contracts, which must be made directly with him. He will receive all money (at long intervals) on subscriptions and advertisements, and will acknowledge with thanks all presents, curses and Caudle lectures from woman suffrage advocates. He will set ads, make up forms, read exchanges, entertain loafers,nurse other people's babies and work eighteen hours every day. We return thanks to our patrons for past favors and now that the bnsiuess has two heads, we promise better service than we have ever been able to give. There's a Reason. Whenever a man tells the postmaster or rural carrier to "stop that blamed "so-and so" paper," you can just bet your bottom dollar that in nine cases oat of ' ten, he owes about two years' , back subscription and has had a gentle reminder from the editor, /M- 10 ufruifl ho Will <TPf. nnP KfWin. V* IO Hltutu MV. TVk?? www WW [ Friends, if you want your paper stopped, don't tell the mail ! carrier to stop putting it in your ; mail box, but ait down and send the L paper man what you owe him and tell him to stop it.?Darlington 1 News iC- Press. That's a fact, brother. When 1 yon hear a man "cussing" his county paper, find out whether he owes anything on snbscrip1 tiou before you attach too much weight to what he says. The Bed-Rock of Success i lies in a keen, clear brain, backed by indomitable will and resistless energy. Such power comes from the splen1 did health that Dr King's New Life ( Pills impart. They vitalize every organ and build up brain and. body. J A Harmon, Lizemor?, W Va. . writes: "They are the best pills I ever used." 25c at D C Scott's. ! Patronize the enterprising firms that invite your trade through your county paper, tf Weak Kidneys 1 9ftOM MOT* tmta tku ftfty otbor (ffM ft , kbo body. Tbo fnaotioa of tbo kiuin la So ' NfftfiM iMrnato nil ft*< wibr la IM mm of elrcumloa, aad to nwrollitft of i tkolrottos das tpoQoso f vob tbobodytsro?fb it a bloddor. Thirotoro vhoa Ui kJdsoya ftooooM diMuod ftftd voftk thoyofo ftfttorftDf tftftMo to porfora tbol* wo>k presorts, oal mIii 1b the beck, lalf mitlti of tat aulw uil BrlaftrydlttKor* ftxofkho roomltTlt U iMoorattvo that ft BioMOt ilfiof bo ftfferdod, ! obSea li lapoatfbio oalooo yoo iwow tbo MUiw ' DeWitt'a Kidney and Bladder PiUs promptly ollmlaato polooao from tbo oyftom aad ot too oazDO tlxaa Bftko tbo kldaoyo voU , aftd otroaf. For Wftftk Kldnoyo, Baokooho, tnRamnftftan of tha bladdar and all artnarr troubles DoWltfO Kldnor and Bfaddor PUlft ara uoouip?>i A Week's Treatment for 25* Monoy bank tf thay tall. J For Sale by WJL Wallace. SHALL THE LAW PREVAIL? Appeal to Law-Abiding Citizens to Or ganize Against Illicit Liquor Traffic. KJitor County Record: ? Some weeks ago there was an editorial in The County Record on the whiskey law of Williamsburg county. This article, in a manly and common-sense way, held forth to the people the fact that by their own vote whiskey-selling in this county was no longer a lawful thing. A call was made to the men of the county to come forward and let it be known in no uncertain way that the majority of our people are iaw abiding cit. izeus, and, no matter whether they had voted for or against this law, every self-respecting mau would* hare it upheld, now that it is law. We heard so many words of approval of this editorial that we were made glad and expected that the next issue of The County^^ord would not be able to contain the articles that would be sent iD on this subject. Twice the paper has been issued since that time and not one word on the subject!!! What does this silence mean? Does it mean a lack of men? Men who are willing to come forward at the call of duty to protect the women, the boys aud the weak brother, too, from this mou ster, whiskey? Do we imagine the devil is asleep, or are we ourselves asleep? I suspect it is because we are all so busy. So busy iu our scramble after money ;and pleasure that we have no time to consider that the devil is roving through the land devouring whom he pleases. Perhaps some honestly think that since they have voted against whiskey they have no further responsibility. Fellow citizens, you would not reason thus in other matters. Suppose some man shonld make it his business to keep rattle-snakes in Kings* tree and should succeed iu selling them in quantities as pets? This wonld quickly be made an unlawful business. But suppose the man should continue his business on the -?_ > iir?i J eiv; tiuuiu jruu oib ijuicuj ai uuiuc and say: "We haye forbidden this business and now have no further responsibility"? No. indeed; the keeper of these snakes would be run out of Kingstree and t'ie last snake destroyed. V We know Uat whiskey means death in a worse form than rattlesnakes. The suakes may destroy the body, but whiskey will destroy both body and soul. We have God's word for it that "no drunkard shall inherit the Kingdom of heaven." Will the older men of our county take a backward glance and think of the splendid young men who have been ruined by wniskev in our midst, and will you look around on the promising boys of the present time and then sit still and see the work of destruction go on and on? Mav frod in His mercv and nower arrest you in your mad rush and help you to become sane men. Who will come forward in next week's Record and say: 4,I am ready to put my shoulder to the wheel"? One Interested. Kingstree, October 11. C R Klugor, the Jeweler, 1060 Virginia Ave, Indianapolis, Ind, writes: "I was so weak from kidney trouble that I could hardly walk a hundred feet. Four bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cleared my complexion, cured my backache and the irreeularies disappeared, and I can now attend to business every day and recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy to all sufferers, as it cured me after the doctors and other remedies had failed." DC Scott. ^ Subscribers who order their papers changed from one postoffice to another must give us the name oi the former office as well as the one to which they wish the paper to be translerred. tf vSlV Kings tree Lodge jjj&M Knigljts of Pythias Regular Conventions Every 2a&;*nd 4th]Wedoe5day night* Visiting brethren always welcome, Castle Hall 3rd story Gourd in Building. M. H. Jacobs, C. C. Thos. McCutchen, K R S & M F v - a IJ |||l | 111EA-^1 6 I /WHERE I BUY i II f] 111 III I MY WHISKEY i Thousands of satisfied customers point to "Clarke's Mail Order Hol*:c,h and say "There's where I buy my whiskies." There is a reason for thi.;:? We sell only the purest and best, and guarantee quick shipments by ,j Cannon Ball Express. Let us ship you a trial order of some of the following. They are exceptionally pure and delicious. We prepay express charges. i r..i 7 r.,i a f?ii n Fall Jug. Jug. Qts. Qts. Clarke's Hippy Valley Corn $2.50 $4.50 $2.75 $7.75 , Clarke's Ola Tar Heel Corn, 2 85 5DO 3.25 9.00 Clarke's Select Old Corn 3.35 6.00 4.00 I0D0 Clarke's Old Private Stock Com.. . . 3.85 7.00 4.75 13.00 Clarke's Sunny South Rye, 3.35 6.00 3.75 10.00 Clarke's Old Tar Heel Rye, 3.85 7.00 4.00 11.00 Clarke's Monogram Rye. 4.75 9.00 5.00 14.00 Sunny Brook Whiskey, (Boded in Bond) 3.85 7.00 5DO 13.00 Clarke's Malt Whiskey.. 3.85 7.00 4.00 11 DO Clarke's Medicinal Corn-Malt, .... 3.50 O.50 3.75 10.00 Oid Private Stock Apple Brandy, . . 4.00 7.00 4.50 12D0 Select Old Peach Brandy 4.75 9.00 5.00 14.80 . -3 All goods guaranteed under National Pure Food Law. All orden Aippcd same day Kcrived in plain Remit by postal or express money or registered letter. Complete price ii-. __.ii?J 1131 IUOUCU U[AAI ICV^UWi* E CLARKE & SONS, Inc., Richmond. Va. The S^rtb's P??*?er Mufl Order House S969S9S9S969696969696969? ? 8 5 TO PLEASE YOU.^5 ] m\ That's what we are working for all the time. Good, salable good^R IW r I I ) i w r i> > i i?u^ diMvi ^ STERLING SILVERWARE art 8ILVER PLATED WARE. * JR RICH CUT GLASS, A large variety of * CLOCKS aid BRONZES. GOLD aid SILVER JEWELRY.^ ZIZZGold, Silver and Nickel Watches. jl A full line of OPTICAL ROODS. EVES FITTED FREE. U Remember we are iftTCH INSPECTORS for Southern Railway,W\ Georgetown and Western Railroad and Consolidated Street Railroad.rf WATCHES AND JEWELRY REPAIRED. f) MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. U> S. THOMAS 6Z BEO, fl 351 KIM) STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. J S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9ii I I r Seed Oats! a JUST A MINUTE OF TOUR TIME, MR. FARMER; DONT BE A ! SLAVE TO COTTON! | I FX THAT Good Seed Oats means money in your i 1pocket? THAT by sowing1 early you can double JL U your yield with good Seed Oats? THAT we have just received two yW carloads containing 3,000 bushels of Select Red Rust Proof Seed Oats, which we purchased early in the season before stocks were picked over and are 'in position to offer you the best Seed Oats at lowest prices? The indications are that corn and luy will be higher next summer, so why not sow your oats early and increaseyield per acre. Be sure to get our prices and see the quality we are offering before you buy? "The best is always the cheapest." I Yours for business, I Farmers'Supply Co. | J - J i ' , -.3