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She (fount!) itecotd. KINGSTREE, S. C C. W. WOLFE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Entered at the postotfice at Kingstree. S C. as second clas> mail matter. TELEPHONE NO- 83 TERMS % I " SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 3ne copy, one year $1 2.'One copy, six monrhs 75 One copy, three months 50 One copy, one year in advance ? 1 00 Obituaries, Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks, Cards of Thanks end all other reading notices, not Xbw s. will be charged for at the rate of ore cent a word for ea<-h insertion. AH changes of advertisements and all commuincations mu?tl>ein this office befoie TUESDAY NOON in order to appear in the ensuing issue. All communication* must be signed by the writer,not for publication utiles desired, but to protect this newspaper. ADVERTISING RATES; Advertisements to be run in Special column, on?' cent a word each issue, minimum price 25 cents, to be pod for it* advance. Leiiral advertisements, 81.00 per inch first insertion, 50 cents per inch each subsequent ius rtion. R<tes <>n lonjr term advertisements ery reasonable. For rates apply at \ thi* office. In remitting checks or money order* cnave payable to THE COUNTY RECORD. THURSDAY, JUNE 9. 1910. Ganderbone's Forecasts. , We are giving our reader? this week a column of genuine, copyrighted humor. This is a sample of what the large papers pay lil>erally for and are eager to print. To quote the author and originator of the "Ganderbone Forecast" The sole province of the "Ganderi"bone Forecast" is humor, and hu mor has just as much a place in a small paper as in a large one. It isn't getting it in the average small paper, hut that's only one of the reasons why it is a small paper. 'The country editor who knows this Sias discovered what has been known in the metropolitan newspaper office a long time. Humor all that saves any paper from the common-j place, and the man who can write it or draw it is more in demand than any other newspaper worker of our time. Now, we are well aware of the fact that a large percentage of our readers will regard the ' Forecast" as arrant nonsense and won?ler why we bother to print it. Not every one is endowed with a sense or appreciation of humor. At the same time we believe that .among our readers there are a large numlier who do enjoy good, clean, wholesome humor and it is for the benefit of these that we contemplate the creation of this i department. Among a considerable numlter of readers it is impossible t<> get < n class of mat" tor that is pleasing to all and we have long since quit trying. The liest we can do is to aim at as much variety as possible, in the hope that some stray thought or sentence may strike a responsive chord fn the heart of every one ?>f our readers. . Now, to return to our subject: we can get the "(ianderltoneV monthly forecasts as a regular feature of the paper, hut it will ??>st us something I resides the expense of type-setting. Is it worth paying for? By this we mean, does it appeal to a sufficiently large number of our readers to warrant our giving it the space? Y.'e want you to tell us. If you like the "(Janderlfone" and want _ more of it, drop us a card say ir.g so and \ye shall he delighted To make it a regular department, provided the demand is strong enough. We cannot afford, however, to pay for this class of matter and use it simply as a "filler." %\Ve want to know that e 'I it is K'ing read and appreciated. ' Let us hear from you. Just a postal card and a little time are all required. Time to Act. ( For several, years past the com- c mercial interests of Kingstree have N suffered through inadeouato cotton !* r ginning facilities and it is sur- ? prising that the business men of the town should allow such a t condition to exist for so long a ^ time. This year, we a:e informed, | there is as yet no certainty that ^ a modern ginnery will l>e operated { of sufficient capacity for the prompt and proper handling of the cotton i that would naturally l>e ginned N h re. The tendency seems to be c to put these things off until necessity forces action and then ^ there is no time for equipping and installing machinery for a new and , ? up-to-date plant such as the town s l>y right should have, and the old, * machinery is patched up to last ^ through another year. ? With proper ginning facilities to attract cotton here the number of bales ginned during the season could well nigh l>e doublet!, ' we are reliably informed. Think what this would mean for our town! Every business here would l>e benefited, because it is safe to conclude that where a man gins ^ his cotton he is apt to spend some s of the money for which he sells it. s With these facts before us how ? can we lie supinely on our backs 1 I and turn deaf ears to the call of opportunity? s The business men of Kingstree t should get together before it is too t late and provide for a ginnery of ? the latest and most improved type v to 1h? installed here in time for the ensuing season. The time to act | is now; our temporal sa'vat ion I ^ depends on it. Unless we are up, 1, and doing other towns will outstrip ^ us in the keen competition for busi- 1 g ness and the efforts of all these years will go for naught. Just ^ a little effort, just a little energy, v is all that is required, hut there i is no time for delay or pnx'rasti- f nation. * t Halley's comet and the BoydBrock controversy seem to have eome in for undue newspaper prominence, considering their intrinsic insignificance. An esteemed contemporary ix?asts of a new hearse among the industrial improvements of its town. It takes a lot of eni thusiasm and optimism to lx>ost -] a town on the basis of a hearse j "filling a long-felt want." c We are in receipt of an exchange copy of "The. Mullins. f Messenger," Volume I, Numlier 1, d with Mr James Norton as editor. v The new paper is a nVatlv print- 0 a ed six column quarto and the editorial coluii>n is plentifully Havored with tahaseo sauee. Judg- s ing from th6 animadversions of s the Messenger local polities must j ^ he at a sizzling degree of heat .r in the thriving municipality of i ^ Mullins. , A very good way to size up the j merits of a newspaper is to ask j yourself the question: ''If the editor were to die would the paper igo on?" The Record has Ihhmi I'4 ? f. ,1. n?<ir1r > nil:irter | going on io? .. n of a century. For this reason alone it has a fair claim for ]>ernianencv. so that our over-cautious r .It suhscrilx-rs incur small risk in i s saving the "quarter" hy paying I j i in advance. Like Tennyson's y "Brook", The Record can say: a "Men may come and men may go, P-'t I go on forever." \ ^vv%v\v\wwwwwwwww | > GANDERBONE'S FORECAST ? | | FOR JUNE. J { Copyright. 1010, by C tf Keith. J i >WVUV\\UVWV\V?WVU Beside a day in June, my dears,all )ther day are nothing, for then it is >ne's eager ears may hear the soft vinds soughing by forest ways, aud )erfect days of brightly flowered neads and joyous song are come tlong just like a string of beads. A poet one time asked us what is ipradvent.nre like it. and died well snowing we had not the wit required .0 strike it. He simply tried, before le died,to give us one so hid we'd vork at it till time shall quit,and by he gods he did. The breath of summertime shall ouse the festive calf to action, and vhat with unrestrained carouse,he'll 1 > for an attraction. He'll buck and lance around the manse in no great ihow of grace, and wave his tail vith brave assail in Mr Halley's face. The heavy-droning bumble-bee ihall kiss the blushing clover, and ikies as blue as any sea shall bend ;he planet over. The graduate shall ight the State from Maine across to ifuma, and the groom in 6tress shall 5 0 S his dad for more mazuma. Of June it may be said, indeed, ^ It is a great invention. And one we rather badly need To somewhat ease the tension If we're to fish, to loaf and wish. . Or hearken Nature's call, We'll <lo it soon or late in June, Or not do it at all The comet, having hung about unil we were converted, shall graduilly peter out and leave us quite deerted. We must recall we are not ill the world it sets aright, and bid t speed where there is need to cause mother fright. It is a sort of cop upon a beat of rreat dimensions, and must by then >e getting on to scatter its attenions. They have John D's and Morgan P's on many a distant ball, and vere it not for Halley hot these few vould grab it all. A Guggenheim would capture dars.a Rockefeller Venus, and Morgans on the other stars would uttery demean us. We'd even be, unhaplappily, quite naked where we sit, f it were not that Halley got around ind saw to it. It will not all at once appear how ar the comet served us, or just to vhat extent the fear prevailed while t observed us; but safe to say that or a dayor thereabouts somewheres, he trusts won't find it half so hard o tell our things from theirs. However, and be it a? it may, The comet wiii outpace us, And The<>dorus on a day Will hippily embrace us. The hemisphere will tip, we fear, B'-neath his mighty track, But even to Lhe liars will Rejuiee to see him back. 'Twere better to be in a club and MmnAaA Ananias than laneruish sadlv is a dub unsung or honored by ms. j rhe chance for fame since Afric j fame wooed this extraordinary son >f the Dutch has not been much,and e is welcome, very. Old Mr Taft's a good old soul.ann >lugs along undaunted, but Theolorus on the whole was rather what ve wanted. We never cease to pfate if peace and say that war is bad,but ven so it does get slow with no one ery mad. We rather liked the pleasant ound of peace gone willy-nilly, and omeone being chased around the Vhite House with a billy. We've nissed him much for lack of Dutch n smiling Mr Taft, and mortal sin >ut it has been a long time since we aughed. The Dre.sQnt Congress will conclude Where freedom's latest squwjik was, And turu to have its work reviewed By ali the big Chautauquas. The President will pitch his tent At Beverly again, And the news anon will dwell upon The likelihood of rain. Upon the 21st the sun will reach he line of Cancer, and summer not oo underdone will haply be the anwer. This is, they say, the longest lay, however you may search, but 'ou will hardly notice it unless you tre at church. At any rate, the swimming-hole sill get a little warmer, and harvest time will vex the soul and slumber of the farmer. He'll pray for hands to tend his lands, spread food and tie the dog; and the wary tramp will make his camp inside a hollow log. The rich will hie away to spend the summer by the water?to live until the season's end the glad life of an otter. The poor, meanwhile, will sweetly smile, however fortune goes, and splash and rub inside the tub alternate with the clothes. The singing stars will reindulge their old familiar riddle, and milk and buttermilk will bulge the boarder round the middle. The heart for June will hum a tune, of plenty or a crust, and the whip-por-will when night is still will whistle like to bust. And then July will come ar^^S^ In terrible ascendance,/ And we will sh(M>teacli ot Observing independence. How do you like us? . Marvelous Discoveries mark the wonderful progress of the age. Air flights on heavy machines, telegrams without wires terrible war inventions to kill men, and that wonder of wonders?Dr. King's New Discovery?to save life when threatened by coughs, colds, la grippe, asthma, croup, bronchitis, hemorrhages, hay fever and whooping cough, or lung trouble. For all bronchial affections it has no equal. It 1 - nnanat relieves iiisu&uuy. us uic suicot cure. James M. Black, of Asheville, N. C-, R. R. No. 4, writes it cured him of an obstinate cough after all other remedies failed. 50c. and $1. A trial bottle free, Guaranteed by jM. L.Allen. KILLThe COUGH awdCUREtmLUNCS wmDRJUNG'S NlWDlSCOVERY ruk^olds v trial iromifrh AND ALL THROAT AMD IUNC TROUBLES GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY OP MONEY REFUNDED. , SPECIAL NOTICES Transient Notices will be Published in This Columh at the Rate of* One Cent a Word for Each Issue. No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents. For rent-One Fox Typewriter. For terms apply to M W McConxell, 6-2-2t Kingstree, S C Notice?I hav*1 an up-to-date portable Threshing Machine and will be glad to thresh grain for the public this season. Carltox Fitch, 4-7-3m Lake City, S C For Salk?Fine Orpington Chickens 50c, 75o and 81.00, according to size G-?od, Healthy. Pure-bred Fowls. Eggs, setting of 13, $1.00. T M Scott. ' 5-1 -tf Kingstree, S C / GREELYV1LL i I "GOODS" Our spring line of mercha and look over our stock. Just a Cluett-Peabodj that r?rvat $0 00 npr dozen cointr J SKREEIER S: for men. The best shoe on BATES' IL We have them all prices Ladies' White Wa at from 8 to 25 cei l. I). HOYT'S GERMAN COLOG1 ( / , For CoughsDo you know a remedy for con years old? There is one?Ayi in the family, it stays. Jt is n the- place of a doctor. It is the treatment of all throat vnnr nwn Hnrfntr hU nnir.inn | No alcohol in this cough medic You cannot recover promptly if your bowels ar ative; act directly on the liver. Sold for nearly si Igri We Specialize the r horseflesh. No need to go farthe X HORSES an. X J. L. ST I U LAKE CI1 u) The Only Exclusively Live-Stock De Uesesescseses "EES t: d, ox.j B3[ (Prickly A?h, Poke Bo - positive cures op al txr - nnwailiNHiMHVMi .n*cr-ioreeP. P. P. MI tplent - in, and ;<reecrlbe It with t xi ?a-to.action (or the evam of tiu ^^6 t : c.% ori'i r.i t^ee of Primery, Secondary PHI . or;i\rj Saibil^, Srphilitlo Rheu- M i. ... .i .>vofuloua Ulctn ud Soma, 0^^ J?vdllLo^t, Rheam?tl*m, Kidj.j? Cjrci'Ulula, old Oirooio Cloan thai STARRH^ i ? in???? hare raalatod til trmtmaiit, Catarrh, Skla BH DIIuim, Icaem*, CbroaJo 7?m&l? CorspUluta, Mtrcuritl PoJtoa, Tvtter, W' BcilJhetd, ?te., lie. P. P. P. la * po awful tenia tad u xrellmt appitiaar, building sp tha ^JSB ayatom rapldl* If yon m vaak nod fMi ntoJy toy P. P. P., and RHEUM I ,E LIVE STOCK C( QREELYVILLE, S. C. THAT AR mdise!is now complete and we will be few leaders: ? .Shirts j| Men's an at oUc each. i* ___?? s *n ! hoes ;{ i the market I AGO LTS. if we would li and styles. QRC j i J We keep on h 1SI vTOOQS 5 pure groceries and S Delivered anywhere its. * "Merry Widov "ROM ke. / iriTiii iiiafnn m ?Take This . itfhs and colds nearly seventy x's Cherry Pectoral. Once ot a doctor, does not take a doctor's aid. Made for J and lung troubles. Ask * of it Follow his advice. ine. /. C. A yer Co., Lowell, Mass. e constipated. Ayer's Pills are gently laxixty years. Ask your doctor all aboutthem. > WELJVE| ^ IN AN \ A8e fi OF * Specialties, ft ieeds of our eustomers in w) r when you want the best in (A d MULES, fire R E Y, fi 'Y S f!. ft aler In Williamsburg County. 4 5 F]p^ ot and Potudm) I L EOHMO AND STAGES 0* ] yon win regain fleah and atrangth. JWaeteofenargyandalldiaeaaeareeulUTg from overtaxing the yatem are cored by the nee of P. P. P. Ladies whose syatamearepoiaooedand S whoeablood leIn an ImpuraoondlHoodie to menetraal Irregularities are pocoliarly fc beaeflted by the wonderful tonic and | SCROFULA ' blood cleanetng properties of P. P. P~ % Prickly Ash, Poke Boot and Potamtom. J BoldbyaU Lrnggista. * \ P. V. LIPPMAN _ Proprietor m Savannah, Ca. ATISIYI I )., AGENTS, ' * reran i ! glad to have our friends call H I .aHips' Hrisp shades and colors. ^ f you need OD TRUNK ke to show you some. iCERIES. land a full line of fresh and will be glad to fill your orders, j in town. r Flour" can't be beat. ERS