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?hr ^ ji.iiti) |?ffoul. KIN3STREE, S. C. C. W. WOLFE. fcOiTOfl AND PROPRIETOR. Entered at the postotfice at Kingstree, S C as second class mail matter. TELEPHONE NO. 83TERMS SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One copy, one year $1 25 One copy, six months 75 One copy, three months 50 One copy, one year in advance 1 1*0 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 cent 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 All communications must be signed by the writer, not for publication unless desired, but to protect this newspaper. ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements to be run in Special colum, one cent a word each issue, minimum price 25 cents, to be paid for in advance. Legal advertisements. SI.On per inch first insertion. 5<> cents per inch each wbsequent insertion Rates on long term advertisements -?.??nohla Fr?r rate* aoolv at f trv iroauuow4v. ? v. _? t % this* office. In remitting checks or money orders make payable to THE CO I'NT Y RECORD. "In men whom men condemn as ill. I find so much of goodness still: In men whom MEN pronounce divine. I find so much of sin and blot ? I hesitate to draw the line Between the two?where God has not." KIX( iSTKKK ?TII ! (JATEW'A V TO OITOIHTNITY. THURSDAY, AUG. 31. 1911. Stricken Charleston. The whole State feel- kindly sympathy with Charleston in the latest calamity that has befallen the old city, scarry! with >hot and shell in time of war and the prey of earth-quake, cVel >ne and tornado in. time of peace. Whatever may he .-aid or written that might seem to reproach the city or its people, we all love Charie-ton, our j?r??n?I metropolis, and it is in the dark hour of death and di-a-ter that latent sympathy i- quickened into aetive Ving and we feei mo-t strongly the tie- of love and friendship that hind n- together. ^ It i- a severe hlow t?? t'ne cit.v,thi? r destruction of life and projx-rty ei>n.ing at a time when Charle-ton i- so rapidly forging to the front in commercial importance; hut the check in the march of progro?will U> only momentary. The people of Charleston have time and again, with sii->' lime courage and unbounded confidence in their city*- future, faced desolation wrought by elemental v - force- that would daunt the stoutest hearts, and emerged from thedisa? tor only the more determined to build their city into larger and farer proportion- than ever before. The spirit of such a people is unconquerable and while we grieve with our friend- in their pre-ent calamity,yet we have unbounded faith in their ability to cope with the situation and continue with renewed effort the \v<?rk tl.i-y art- il<?ing, n??t i'i ly f.?r Givatvr Char!i'.?t??n, l?nt f"i' the entire State. v f It i- gratifving in<Kvl t" n<?to tIn* evolution <'f t!u- 'Y<?untry weekly" iu-w-pap<T within tin- pa-t ?leea?le. (>:u* of tlu* lia-t n??tah!e exampleci i);arkf<l in.piov.-ui, lit i- <?un?M frifiK;, the IMgetieM liironirlf, fi>umle<l ami ''lit' ! f?>r year- l?y uiir f-ieeme 1 frifti'l, tile latf lamented ('. I .fame- T Bae??n. One plug of MERRY WIDOW tobacco bought from the People's Mercantile Co,Kingstree, S C, will convince you that it is the best I Oc plug on eart h. 7-27-st H STATE^and GENERAL * 4 TOPICS Hi. Granville was made a postal savi ings depository this week. X X X After four years of prohibition, Birmingham, Alabama, voted last week by a majority of 2,000 t<> re- * turn to saloons. X X x While playing about a tub of wa- ; jter Saturday afternoon, in Gretnville county, the 2o months old 1 J daughter of Mr and Mrs G 1'Ash- . I more fell int? the tub and was J drowned. l X X X ; Ellison Adger, a negro charged j 1 J with the murder of two negro boys . ; in Clarendon county a few weeks ago. committed suicide in the Man- ! I ning jail Saturday. The desperate necrro drank concentrated Ive Satur-! kJ A M..A X. 1 V -M- vy *(&) Phone n> wl u*n you want fir t" get a notice under this rapt? heading. Price one rent a I^^Ja won I for each insertion. No j a<l taken for h-s- titan '25c. Phone S3. Wanted?To employ for coming year i a single or married man without children. William Cooper, *-31 -4t Cooper, S C. If You Wish to Sell that farm, timber land, store or residence, write us at once and send full description, as we ; | have an attractive proposition to offer I , you. Ligox Land Co. 7-2i>-13t Sumter. SCj Boarders Wanted. - Mrs Daisy Kennedy has moved here and opened a 1 boarding house. She will be glad to f.co mmodate transient or regular board ers. Prices reasonable. Mrs Daisy Kennedy, i jS-24-3t Kingstree. S ('. ; For Sale?One tract of land within 1 3 miles of the railroad now being built j from Marion. S C. to Andrews. S C. | Tract contains acres, more or less, j about 4" acres cultivated. | William Cooper. $-31-41 Cooper P 0. S C. ' For >ale?714 acres of land in Wji- | liamsburg county, eight miles east of , i Gourdin. fronting one mile on Santee , public road; 150 acres under cultiva- ' tion. with sufficient timber on balance , ! for plantation purj>oses. This property | can be bought cheap and on reasonable ' terms. Apply to 1 Lee &' Fishburne. Attorneys. \ 7-27-tf Kingstree. SC. i yet deep is the feeling th prompts me; Surely you can not refuse what I a In the name of our friendship!" Then made answer John Alden: "T name of friendship is sacred; What you demand In that name. have not the power to deny you So the strong will prevailed, si duing and melding the gentler. l-V.endship prevailed over love, a Alden went on his errand. The Lovefs Errand So the strong will prevailed, and . den went on his errand. Out of the street of the village, a into the paths of the forest. Into the tranquil woods, where bli birds and robins were building Towns in the populous trees, w hanging garden* of verdure. Peaceful, aerial cities of Joy and fection and freedom. All around him was calm, but wltl him commotion and conflict. Love contending with friendship, a self with each generous lmpul To and fro in his breast his thougl ,-?r? her?ving and dasMne, HwV?; IMS |Hl i ; IB? ? "Why don't you i CWith the addition < and a beautiful anc please the most'fas When a certain mlitl munnered re esentative from a middle westei itate went to congress be left behind >ody of constituents who fancied th jreat personal benefits would come Jjem through their powerful state nan. A farmer with political deslgi followed the great man to Washin ton. "Well. Tom," a friend asked him < tiis return, "did you see Wasliingti ind Dick Blank and did you get wh pou went after?" "Yes. I seen Washington, and I sei Dick Blank." he replied, "but Di< couldn't do uuthin' for me. He w: bavin' a hard time to keep from gitti tromped on hisself."?Success Mag llnA 1 i . \ ' day morning and suffered great ag-1 onv until Saturdav night, when he! died. XXX Henrv N At wood, a Boston aviai i tor, completed Friday the last stage! ' of a voyage by aeroplane from St i Louis to New York, a distance of 1.265 miles on an air line. Atwood completed the flight in twelve days, i his actual flying time being 2* hours and 31 minutes. He used the same machine the entire trip. XXX Thirty-seven killed and more than sixty people injured is the result of a shocking accident Friday on th?? Lehigh Valley railroad. A passenger train speeding to make up lost time ran into a spread rail on a trestle near Manchester. New York, and! crashed downward forty feet, strikar. embankment with terrific impact. X X X Twenty-six persons were killed j and more than sixty injured Satur-; ! day night in a Chicago theatre, i While a moving picture show was ; going on a film exploded, causing a panic, and men. women and children 1 were trampled to death as they) rushed frantically trying to escape j 'through the single exit fron- thei house. !?*?>???? Open an Account with Us Now? j Bank of Williamsburg. Notice of Election?Trustees School J District No 27. Notice of Incorporation?Mllhous & Jennings. | Thrice-a-Week Edition of the New York World. Eall and Winter Goods?Jenkinson Bros Co. Something about Hardware?Kings-: | tree Hardware Co, j Come In and Open an Account with Us?Farmers & Merchants Bank, Lake City.* ISPFPT1T, WOTTf!F!S Ill IB1? ' I?I?H??? 11 DMBBHUnBiHBBHHi rtship Utandish strations by andler Christy lr>hbi-\f*rrill Comfxzrrr 10 As In a foundering ship, with every roll of the vessel, 3t Washes the bitter sea. the merciless surge of the ccean! a "Must I relinquish it all." he cried with a wild latr.entaticn, n- "Must I relinquish it all. the jcy, the hope, the illusion? a Was it for this I have loved, and waited, and worshiped in silence? ot Wa9 it for this I have followed the flying feet and the shadow Over the wintry sea. to the desolate shores of New England? I Truly the heart is deceitful, and out of its depths of corruption or Rise, like an exhalation, the misty pbantorrs of passion; '1' Angels of light they seem, but are only delusions of Satan. 10 All is clear to me now; I feel it, I see it distinctly! !B This is the hand of the Lord; it la laid upon me in anger, For I have followed too much the a< heart's desires and devices. Worshiping Ashtoreth blindly, and 3k impioua Idols of Baal. This Is the cross I must bear; the sin and the swift retribution." So through the Plymouth woods John Alden went on his errand; t ' Crossing the brook at the ford, where it brawled over pebble and shallow, nc Gathering still, as be went, the Mayflowers blooming around him. Fragrant, filling the air with a strange ? and wonderful sweetness. Children lost in the woods and covered with leaves in their slumber. ? "Puritan flowers." he said, "and the VI- type of Puritan maidens. Modest and simple and sweet, the nd very type of Priscllla! So I will take them to her; to Priscllla je- the May-flower of Plymouth, Modest and simple and sweet, aa a Ith parting gift will I take them; Breathing their ailent farewells, aa af- they fade and wither and perish, Soon to be thrown away, as la the tin heart of the giver." So through the Plymouth woods John nd Alden went: on his errand; se. Came to an open apace, and saw the i its disk of the ocean, ! i Said ess, somber and cold with the peak for yourself, John." Tm bo Continued. of a number of new type faces I varied line of paper, we can tidious with JOB PRINTING. j< ' i p A Natural Mistake. ? rn "How did that pig dealer come to be , J a admitted to a society of authors?" 1 at "He deceived them, although they i? to cculd not accuse him of falsifying." j j >s- ' "How so?" ; as "Told them be made bis living wun ; < g- bis pen."?Baltimore American. , )n Short Form. >n j Teacher (of night school)?What do at you understand by the term "life sentence?" Give an example of one. ?n Shaggy Haired Pupil?"I pronounce :k you husband and wife."?Chicago Trlbas une. a- Chamberlain's Never fails. Buy it aaw. it uii. .>ivc j " A M Ha Cou Miles * With Ilki Howard Ch 'Copyright. Thf I 'Truly the maxim Is good, and 1 C not mean to gainsay It; 3ut we must use .t discreetly, and n< waste powder for nothing S'ow. as I said before, I was ne\er maker of phrases. ! can march up to a fortress and sui mon the place to surrender. But march up to a woman with such proposal. 1 dare not. I'm not atrald of bullets, nor sh from the mouth of a cannon. But of a thundering "No!" polnt blai from the mouth of a woman. That I confess I'm afraid of, cor am ashamed to confess it! 5o you must grant my request, fi you are an elegant scholar, rlaving the graces of speech, and ek: in the turning of phrases." I'aklng the hand of his friend, wl still was reluctant and doubtft Holding It long 1l his own. and pres leg It kindly, he added: 'Thnneh I have EDoken thus light! Free Roi Char The Retail Mercl Out-of town shoppers ma one to five days, attend the etc, do their buying and ha1 round trip. The only condi First, that your combined p Second, that you come fror more distant. Third, that i. J? 1 I cent 01 your toiai purcnase round trip ticket or get a rt your home station, showing The merchants of Charles stocks. The matter of sele to select from. The stocks ished often. Prices are vet If you cannot find just wha remember you can always g The following merchants and will be very glad to ser AsK Fop Art Stores. Lanneau's Art Store 23k Kinsr stree Antique Furniture. Morsrenstern Furniture Company 62 Reid stree Bakers Condon's Bakery 153 Rutledsre avenui Book Stores. Walker. Evans & Cogswell 3 Broad stree C I. Lesrerton 263 Kin* stree Carpets. Mattings. Etc. Mutual Carpet Company 247 Kin? stree China. Glass and Queenware. Charleston Crockery Company 299 Kinsr stree Cigars and Tobacco. Follin Bios Co 26<? Kinsr stree Clothintc and Gents' Furnishings. Bentschner & Visanska 252 Kinsr stree Hirsch-israel Comiranv Kin? and Wentwortl Bluestein Bros 594-196 King stree W. S. Cook Company 332 Kin? stree S. Brown Sons 351-356 Kinsr stree Banov & Volaski 395 Kinsr stree Department Stores. M. Furchgott & Sons 24<>-242 King stree Iajuis Cohen & Co i!2-2i4 King street and 203 Meetini J. R. Read Co 249 King stree The Korrison Dry Goods Co 80-82 Hasel stree Druggists. Paragon Drug Co 2s6-2SS King stree Fish and Oysters. Terry Fish Co ICS Market stree Florists. Connelly-MeCarthy Co 296 King stree Furniture Phoenix Furniture Co 187-191 King stree Buell and Roberts 573 King stree A. G. Rhodes & Son 359-361 King stree Eye-Opener FR . For a limited last, we will giv making a cash or more, in our ment only, one Clock, free. - m Come early, before they Remember yo in our Hardwar* Clock absolutely purchase amoun at one time. Farmers Kingsti 1 DRUGS ' J EE Pure and Fresh E and Toilet Art ^ RicHard Hudnt ^ Toilet Prepars E Prescriptions ai E carefully prep ^ Pharmacist. | SEND US YOU | Kingstree C SE Next tc 5auiuuiuuuuuiuuuuuui * \ as , v , HIHBBBHHBIHHiHHHHHHBI ind Trip to leston. lants Pay Your Fare , y come to Charleston, stay from theatres, visit the Island resorts, ve their railroad fare paid for the tions to be complied with are: turchases amount to $25 or more, n a point twenty-five miles or your fare must not exceed 5 per is. Fourth, that you must buy a ?ceipt from your railroad agent at that you purchased a ticket. >ton carry large and well assorted 4 cting is .easy: you have a variety are kept fresh by being replen y reasonable, considering quality, t you want in your home town, et it in Charleston, are members of this refund plan ve you. Refund BooK Furniture and Dry Ooodt. 1 Buell & Roberts 573 K ing street 7 Grocers. i J.H.Hesse Montague and Coming The John Hurkamp Co King and Broad streets e .4 (Juns. Bicycles and Sporting Goods. The B. H. Worthen Arms Co t 230 King street t Hardware. M. H. Lazarus t King and Hasell streets A. McL. Martin 3<iJ King strteet Strohecker & McDermii 287 King street j Ball Supply Co 377 King steet Jewelers. I 1 Jas Allen & Co 2*5 King street Corrington. Thomas & Co , 251 King street Optician and Optical Supplies. h Parsons Optical Co 244 Meeting street ' Pianos. Organs. .Music and .Tusical Mert chandlse. Seigling's Music Store 243 King street c . Stoves Cooking I'tensils, Etc. r Minnis Stove Co t King and Bums lane t Shoe Stores. Robert E. Martin 256 King street t H. J. Williams 248 King steet , Robert Martin 139 Market street A. A. Hirsch 281 King street t D. O'Brien & Sons 381 King street W. F. Livingston 366 King street Jacob's Shoe Store 510 King street . Trunks and Bags. I Charleston Trunk Company 270 King street Typewriters and Office Sappltas. Edward J. Murphy t 157 Meeting street Alarm Clock EE. 1 time, while they e to every customer purchase of ?10.00 Hardware DepartEye-Opener Alarm /j and get a Clock are all gone. u can buy anything 9 Store and get the free, provided your ts to $10.00 or more Supply Co. ! ree, S. C. ' tmmmnwtmmmmmmmflo MEDICINES! | i Drugs, Medicines ^ tides of All Kinds. 2 iit's Perfume and 3 \tions. 3 nd Family Recipes 3 ared by a Licensed 3 R MAIL ORDERS 3 >rug Company % > Stack ley's. 3 j liiiUiUiUiUiUiUiUiiilUlUUiUid I