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W1'TO COUNT NATION'S CASH April 1 When Mr Burke Becomes U S Treasurer. Washington,March23:?Thegreatest count of money and securities in the history of the world will begin at the treasury department, vvasnington, D C, on April 1, when John Burke, former Governor of North Dakota, takes the oath of office as Treasurer of the United States, succeeding Carmi A Thompson. To safeguard the nation's wealth Uncle Sam requires that the retiring Treasurer's record of the transfer of funds be verified by a count of the notes, coin and securities in the treas. ury. Secretary McAdoo will appoint a committee to take charge of the vaults and each vault and safe will be sealed on April 1, in preparation for the count. Only enough money to keep the wheels of Government j revolving will be laid aside for daily use while the counting is in progre.-s. It generally requires from two to five months to make the count. A Government mathematician has fig- J ured out that it would take one person H00 years to certify Mr Thompson's records. Ordinarily every note, bond and other security is counted. Unless a shortage or error is discovered the gold and silver, stored in bags containing $1,000 each, usually is weighed, a test bag being balanced against all others for verification. Armed guards stand over the counters and workmen to protect them from interference. Losses seldom have been found in these counts. When the Treasurer was changed some years ago, $600 - * ?? J ? aL ^ ? was stolen aunng me uiucitu wuui. A laborer engaged to lift the heav bags of coin substituted ieaden discs for silver dollars in several bags, necessitating a five months' count of every dollar of the $115,000,000 in the big silver vault. The laborer was convicted of the theft and the retiring Treasurer relieved of the responsibility for the loss. N When Car mi Thompson succeeded Lea McClung as Treasurer he received over $1,410,006. He must account for every cent of that amount, plus the millions he has since received, minus expenditures. While the Treasurer of the United * States handles no money personally, he is the only bonded official in his office. His $150,000 bond covers every subordinate and for many years Treasurers have urged Congress to order the bonding of the employees who actually handle the $6,000,000 which pass through the Treasurer's office annually. Don't burn corn stalks in order to iL. 1 1 A prepare uie muu. n lamnri muic me today asking what would be the . difference between turning under a heavy growth of dead peavines and corn stalks and burning them. In a heavy growth of peavines he will have organic nitrogen enough to be as valuable as a ton an acre of fertilizer with 3 per cent ammonia and that would be worth $10 to $12 an / acre. He-would lose this in the burning, and would lose the humus-making material, and would have left r\Afook onrl lirvtn fliot ti'Dra 1 \JL11J lliC JWW40I1 ?UU liiuv VUUV fIVi V in the growth burned. In many places he would lose as much as an acre of the land would sell for. ? N F Massey, in The Progressive Farm. Mr. Best For Skin Diseases. Nearly every skin disease yields quickly and permanently to Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and nothing is better for burns and bruises Soothes and * -1_ t _ i? ta? _ r vf _ neais. jonn i;\e ui uiauwm, ivneu, says, after suffering twelve years k vith skin ailment and spending $400 doctors' bills, Bucklen's Arnica ^Bp&alve cured him. It will help you. Only 25c. Recommended by Kingstree Drug Co and M L Allen, adv The Bank of Modock, a small bank \in Edgefield county,was declared in solvent last wee* anu a receiver ap-1 pointed. The books show assets $6,129.74, of which only J2.287.65 is ^ thought to be collectible. We prepay postage on all orders amounting to $2.00 and express on orders amounting to $5.00 or more. * Florence Dry Goods Co, 3-20-4t D W Cunningham, Mgr. + ? Sam Price, a negro brick-mason, shot and fatally wounded Tom Fuller, another workman, Sunday night at Laurens. t ~ F'": # MONEY REFUNDED I WITH A SMILE. Leading Drug Store Will Give Money Back Should There tver Be a Case Where Dodsoo's Liver Tone Fails. T ivor Tamo i? a milH VPP 1/U'lOUH ^ JJlTVt AViiV aw M . etable Liver Tonic which operates so successfully in cases of constipation, torpid liver or biliousness that it has practically taken the place of calomel?the drug which is often dangerous. 0 H Patrick, who sells Dodson's Liver Tone, recommends it as a reliever of constipation, sour stomach, biliousness and sluggish liver. It works gently, surely and harmlessly. If a bottle should ever fail to give satisfaction 0 H Patrick will refund the price paid without question. The price of Dodson's Liver Tone is 50 cts per bottle. Be sure you get Dodson's Liver Tone and not some medicine put up in imitation that is not backed up by a guarantee and I that may contain harmful drugs, adv Three Things for Corn Crop. You cannot greatly change the ai antitv and character of your corni land between now and planting time. It is too late to plant a legume crop on it, and too late to add much to the supply of manure you will have for it. These things were settled away back last year in most cases. There are, however, two or three things you can and should do right now that will go far toward making your crop a profitable one. I. In the first place, you can get good seed to plant. No matter whether you plant one acre or a thousand, you cannot [afford to plant seed of unknown'parentage or quality. The j cost oi nigngraae seea is omy a icw cents to the acre, and such seed,used instead of that selected from your own or a neighbor's crib, may easily give an increase in the crop of three or five or even more bushels per acre. You cannot make a better investment. When you buy seed corn, buy from a breederlwho really breeds; don't buy an untested variety grown on an entirely different soil and in an entirely different climate; don't pay a fancv nrice for seed grown in a big-yielding patch,Junless you know something of the way this has been selected, and don't look for the cheapest seed you can find. II. In the second place, haul out all the manure, all the accumulation in the barnyard and stocklots, all the huYnus-making material of any kind you can gather about the barn or the home grounds, broadcast it^n your land and work it into the soil. You need it there, and you need it away from the buildings and the noirrkknrkrtnrl nf thp home. *1V l6liUV*wv/vv. ? III. Finally, and especially, prepare a good seed-bed before you plant. You are not going to get your corn land too fine <?r too mellow, no matter how often you work it. Don't plant corn among clods or in a hardbaked soil and expect it to thrive. Corn is a pretty particular plant and insists upon good treatment; and the cultivation given before planting is ~l. nncia, tVion tVint crivon LUCa^ATi anu caoivi tuuu vuwv afterwards. Put the harrows to work on the corn land and keep them at it whenever you can. When you have the ground in fine shape, give it one more stirring just for luck. It will pav. If you have a disk harrow and a | smoothing harrow or a plank drag, you can go over a lot of ground in a day, and every time you go over it, you will be adding, to the corn crop. Better delay planting a little than plant in a poorly prepared seed-bed; and better do a little extra work now than a lot next summer.? The /'ranres*ire Farmer thronic Stomach Trouble lured. There is nothing more discourag ing than a chronic aisoruer 01 tne stomach. Is it not surprising that many suffer for years with such an ailment when a permanent cure is within their reach and may be had for a trifle? "About one year ago," says P H Beck of Wakelee, Mich, "I bought a package of Chamberlain's Tablets, and since using them I have felt perfectly well. I had previous* ? i- * i. j ly used -any numoer 01 umerem mcuicines, but none of them were of any lasting benefit." For sale by all dealers. adv. If you have anything for sale try an ad in our "special" column. tares Oil tins, Otfesr Outfits Wss't Csre The worst cases.no matter of how long standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing OiL It relieves Pais and Heals at the same time. 25c, 60c, $1.00. % @:@:?@:@:@:?:?'@:@? I LOUIS COI? THE ARGA a 232 and 234 King Street ? CHARLES ?- LARGEST WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ? ^GREAT CLEA @ ? Our Stock ot Suits Reis duced to Halt Price. (8) $17.50 Snit$ rednced to $ 8 75 20.00 Suits reduced to 10 00 @ 22.50 Suits reduced to 11 25 25.00 Suits reduced to 12 50 (g) 27.50 Suits reduced to 13 75 W 30.00 Suits reduced to 15 00 35.00 Suits reduced to 17 50 IqT 40.00 Suits reduced to 2u 00 J8J 45.00 Suits reduced to 22 50 @ 50.00 Suits reduced to 25 00 @ 60.00 Suits reduced to 30 00 65.00 Suits reduced to. 32 50 I- . (Q) One lot Ladies' and Misses' I W Serge and otliei Suits, vales' ues up to $13.98, which were ?reduced to $10.98. Choice of the lot at $5 49 rir.o ir*t T aHitis' and Misses' ; (O) ,vv " *'? ? ^ Tailor-Made Suits,in Serges (g) and Fancy Mixtures. Suits V valued at $ 16.98, choice ? suit $6 98 | One-Fourth Oft Former Low ? Price. (?) 82.50 Children's Cloaks,now. 81 87 V 3.75Children's Cloaks.now . 2 81 Vg) 5.00 Children's Coats, now.. 3 75 jgs! 6.00 Ladies' and Misses' J8J Cloaks, now 4 50 @7.50 Ladies and Misses' Cloaks, now 5 87 @9.98 Ladies' and Misses' Cloaks, now 7 49 (?) 12.98 Ladies' and Misses' . Cloaks, now.. @ 15.00 Ladies' and Misses' 9 75 Cloaks, now 11 25 jpOOOOOOOOOOCX g Tison & Jones, 1 X and Hercules IBJJQJ n Columbus and T ? McCOBMICK MOW 5 Harness, Summer 0 Whips, &c. a Dr. Hess & Clart 0 try Powders. y YOURS T( O Williamsburg Liv A KINGSTI The Fall T KNEE GRADE! \ . % Be? Septemb All departmi 5 n finnH Wn 1111 VJUUU TT V Parents who' intend entei will please do so during tne fi Patrons and friends of th to visit the school at any dme Any further inforr applying to J. W. Swittenberg Snnerintendent T Kingstr IT PATS TO ADYER1 ?:?:?:?:?:?@:?::?:?? HEN & CO-. S lDE store, ^ and 203 Meeting Street, | [TON, S.C. $ MAIL ORDER HOUSE IN THE SOUTH. (Si RANCE SALE. | MBMBMiHMmi $17 50 Ladies' and Misses' ? Cloaks, now $13 12 (?) 2".00 Ladies' and Misses' Cloaks, now * 15 00 ? 25 00 Ladies' and Misses' /SaT Cloaks, now 1^ 75 ? 30,00 Ladies' and Misses' jgj Cloaks, now 22 50 ? ? Clearance Price on Furs, @ 1 -4 Off former Price. J Ladies' $3.00 Coney Sets, W now 5 2 2o J8SJ Ladies' Fur Scarfs, $3.00 _ /gj quality, now 2 25 w Ladies' Fur .-carfs, $5.00 _ quality, now.. 3 -75 Ladies' Fur Scarfs, $7.50 _ _ (g) quality, now 5 87 . . Ladies' Fur Scarfs, $10.00 _ _ quality, now 7 50 Ladies' Fur Scarfs, $20.00 _ (?) quality, now 15 00 Ladies' Fur Scarfs, $40.00 (?) quality, now 30 00 * Ladies' Fur Sets, all new, ? 10.00 quality, now 7 50 W Ladies' Fur Sets, all new, JSJ Sir. 00 nualitv. now 11 75 Ladies' Fur Sets, all new, IS* $4U.00 quality, now 30 00 Ladies' Fur Sets, all uew, $50.00 quality, now 37 50 (g) One lot Ladies' and Misses' @ Cloaks, blacks, grays and ^ fancies. Values amongst (8 them up to $12. Choice ...$3 98 . (?) One lot of odd pieces of Fur, . . Scarfs and Muffs on sale on our @ second floor bargain counter at . half price and less. @ ston First! ? ?:?:?:@:?.@:@:?:?@:?: X<XXXXXXXXXXX?j Virginia, Guilford O 3 IES.1 hornhill Wagons. X fjs AND RAKES, ? Dusters, Saddles, X c's Stock and Poul- X > PLEASE, V e Stock Company, o REE, S. C. X XXXX5XXXXXXXXK erm of the ) AND HIGH SCHOOL gan er 16,1912 ents are now rking Order -ing their children in the school rst week of the fall term. ?-"H nation may be had by ', E. C. Epps, Clerk Board of Trustees. riSE IN THE RECORD Is contagrlous and ver M loss unless checked In i / * V All rn^ pt&r Hog Ksh Universally regarded as a than a generation. 50c pei V pr^ Di ^ prevents Hog Cholera frorr # per gallon. Makes from 7 |^W "Vour Money i |Hb Get Pratts Prot j For sale by: Cades I [nK _ \ Farmers' IJ. , W .tree. if Kingstree Dri When you bring y< our store you are sur physician calls for?r or inferior drugs arc pounding. We keep on hand a Up-to-Date Toilet A fumes, Etc. Also ai ment of Stationery. v D. M. Ferry's The Best Vari Tobacco, Cigars THE KINGSTREE ! f( UU IU I WHEN. YOiniEED MOT A record of more than t hind him. With a bunch < on hand, he is always reac Also Feed ana 1 J. L. Stuckey, {BEST QUAUTY. L. Wetherl* IMS? CYP SASH, DOORS . CHARLES PROMPT DELIVERIES. marw? iip * ' i ? If you grow peas a Star Pea H If you use fertilizer see our Fore hopper holds 100 pounds. If you 1 beam plow stock will not break or 1 prices. Our offer to the readers oi Star Pea Mach , I0-i7-i2t-eow BennettsYi Cholera \ y dangerous. Causes heavy \ '% time. Cure it quickly with 1 iolera Specific J standard preparation for more I r package. | sinfectant I i spreading. Kills vermin. $1 fl 0 to 100 gallons of powerful Back If It 1 VB it-sharing Booklet. M 8HD| lercanllle Co, Cades; I Hi Supply Co, Kings- 1 H tig Company 1 our prescription to eto get what your lo cheap substitutes i used by us in com1 % J i complete line of ! rticles, Soaps, Peri Excellent AssortGarden Seed ? ieties Grown. M < and Cigarettes n DRUG COMPANY^ f I Stuckey jI SiTw'HORSEFLESH fl ;wenty years stands be- ^ r>f nice horses and mules H ly for a sale or a swap. B Livery Stables. B Lake City, S. C. B J | I EXPERT WORKMANSHIP, m H Drn & Son, I I RESS 1 | AND BLINDS, 1 TON, S. C. I I ESTIMATES FURNISHED.# Right View ^ duller will please and pay you. e-Feed Wizard Distributor, the plow cotton and corn, the steel bend. Write us for circulars and t this paper will interest you. tine Company He. S. C. * \