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(Snmttij Srrnrii. KIIMGSTREE. S. C. j C. W. WOLFE. I EOITOM AND PROPRIETOR. j Entered at the postoffice at Kingstree, S.C.as second class mail matter. ~T E L E P H ON ENOT83T~ ? TERMS 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 Oil Obituaries. Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thames, Cards of Thanks and ail 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 j all communications must be in this office before TUESDAY NOON in order to appear in the ensuing issue. r All communications must be signed by the -Triter, not for publication unless I desired, but to protect this newspaper. ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements to be run in Special olumnpne cent a word each issue, mini* mum price 25 cents, to be paid for in advance. Legal advertisements, $1.00 per inch first insertion, 50 cents per inch each subsequent insertion. Rates on long term advertisements very reasonable.. For rates apply at this office. In remitting checks or money orders sake payable to THE COUNTY RECORD. [ -x *'Jn men whom men condemn as ill, T fir>H en min?h nf cnndness 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." " \ ? ? THURSDAY. OCT. 1. 1914. I ?? _ It seems that now would 1*? a good time t<> see al>out organizing corn clubs for next year. === The allied forces are still a-lying, according to the latest advices froui German news sources. If germs come from Germany and | parasites from Paris, where do mi-j crobes come from? Ireland, of course. ____________ The l?est thing the members of the special session can do for the' State is to meet, adjourn and go' home. This is the wrong time to1 play politics at the expense of the tax-payers. * It is estimated that the special; session of the General Assembly j 3A I will cost the tax-payers of the State $75,00(). Col August Kohn, the ^*ews and Courier's Columbia correspondent, makes the point that this 875,(XX) invested in the buy-ahale movement would buy many a bale. it * There is just one thing we should bear in mind in these times of criinB' ination and re-crimination: Neither Senator E I) Smith, of South Carolina, nor Senator Hoke Smith', of Georgia,is responsible for, nor could either Senator foresee the clash be-J " tween the European nations, which came literally like a lK?lt from the * blue sky". 1 Tlie Legislatures of Texas and ] Georgia have formally enacted into 1 statute law a hill to require the ' use of the old "blue-back speller" | in the public schools of those States. ^ This measure may appear non- \, progressive, if not reactionary, hut11 . to our mind there never has l?een a j' "speller" on the market the equal1] of the old, original "blue-hack" of J Noah Webster. In the first fell Hush of defeat Colej * Blease said that he was counted out; j hut when his protege, Maj Rich- ] arils, was defeated i?y even a nigger ( majority than himself, Klease then announced that he had been heat * "by lies*'. Well, there is usually a plethora of lying done in a political1 ] campaign, hut we are rather in- 1 clined to the opinion that the blow j that killed the Governor in this case 1 was the truth, long crushed to ' earth, that rose again. J = ;< Men of practical idea" should as- 1 sert themselves in protecting the j taxpayers, against the wild-cat 1 schemes of such statesmen (?) as McLaurin and Stevenson at this j called session of the Legislature. If the ideas of these men he crystal-j lized into statute law, the State is J in a fair way to heeome bankrupt, j Both these gentlemen have l>een repudiated by the people of the State, yet they seem to take upon themselves the rV?le of leaders of the farmers out of the wilderness of financial disaster. Sonic wild yarns have l?een foisted on a credulous public since the big war started in Europe, but here is one that caps the climax: When the German army was threatening the city of Paris a few weeks ago, as the story goes, a detachment of German troops happened to pass the home of a French farmer, where ? Knit trmr\ntr in ii nearbv Das c? '/\u* " O* """"O ? ^ r ture. No sooner did the hull espy the foreign uniform than, with l>erserker rage, he hroke through the pasture fence and charged the German troops,goring sixteen of them to death before he was killed. Next! ? , Last week we received three or; four communications and advertise- j ments Thursday morning, all in-j tended for last week's paper. We: 4? InA/>.vmi>inil<itin(r aiid lipid I li w avwiiiiiiv\itHii>5 unv. | the paper hack till the next day, j Friday, in order to get the type up,; corrected, etc. The same thing occurred the week before. Now, our time limit for articles of length and advestisements is Tuesday, noon, of the current week, and we shall have to adhere to this rule or the paper will 1k> hopelessly late every week. Moreover, when articles for publication come in late that way, it de-) moralizes the whole force, causes) our printers to have to work over-! time at-night, and in the rush and, confusion we can do neither the correspondent, the advertiser nor the' naner justice. We are supposed to set no tvpe after Wednesday, noon, i the rest of the time being required in correcting proofs, making up forms and printing and issuing the^ paper. There is a limit to human possibility and, although we have a very well-equipped plant and com-: ]>etent printers, we cannot get up a weekly paper in one day. Co-, operate with us, friends, by sending in your "copy" by Tuesday ,noon, (or, at least Tuesday night) and,barring, accidents, we promise always to get the paper out promptly on time. THOSE WHO HAVE BOUGHT ! One or More Bales of Cotton under Buy-a-Bale Plan. I The buy-a-bale of cotton plan for ; the relief of the small farmer is' making little headway in this com- j munity. The reason for this is du??; perhaps to the indisputable fact that: practically all of our citizens are farmers and have cotton of their swn. A number of our merchants, all of our bankers and some of our i professional men are either practi-' cal farmers or interested as lessors to share croppers. In this way they iave a good deal of money already nvested in cotton and are not :n condition financially to enter inro :he buy-a-bale plan. However, all )f our leading merchants are taking :otton on accounts at 1ft cents the! sound. A few bales have been purchased | ecently from small farmers by iniividual citizens: Mayor W R Scott,L bale; W T Wilkins, 2 bales; Sheriff j j J Graham, 3 bales; Rev P S Mc- J ffhesnev, 1 bale. The firm of Strouse Brothers, Baltimore, one of the leading cloth- j ng manufacturing concerns in the I country, has authorized each of ts customers, numbering upwards 3f 1,000 throughout the cotton belt, j to buv a bale for them. In compliance with their instructions Mr E C Burgess, of the People's Mercantile Company, yesterday bought a bale from a small farmer. This bale will stored in a local warehouse and nsured against loss by fire, subject; to the order of Strouse Bros, hftr^" 'nBrnaiitVi ^Srffri' 1 ifri -^Swfai ALLIES CLAIM GERMAN RIGHT WING DEFEATED, PARIS D ESPATCH REPORTS THE ALLIES IN HOT PURSUIT OF FLEEING ARMY. While the French and British official announcements indicate satisfaction with the situation along the ; battle front in France and confidence in the outcome, an unofficial report from Paris declares the Ger-: man right has been broken and is: being pursued by the allies. This report also deciares the Ger-> mans have been surrounded in the Somme department and that Peronne had been recaptured. The official press bureau at London, while making no objection to the publication of these reports, declined to take an> responsibility for their correctness. Announcement late at night by French and British officials declared there had been no change in the situation which they previously had reported as favoring the allies to some degree. A narrative from Field Marshal Sir %John French's headquarters, issued at London by the officii press bureau, gives the reason for the long-drawn-out battle, which has lasted eighteen days. "The extent of the country covered," it says, "is so great as to render slow any efforts to maneuver and march around the flank in order to escape the costly expedient of a frontal attack against heavily fortified positions." This refers to the fiercely contested operations of the allies' left in an endeavor to outflank the German right wing under Gen Von Kluck. In these operations French and British, heavily reinforced, have been' engaged for several days and the encounters at times are reported to have been unprecedented. In the far east there are signs of much activity on the part of Japanese, who are engaged in a land and sea movement against the German concession of Kiao-Chow, in Shantung province, China. The Japanese have occupied the heights outside of Tsing-Tau, the capital, overlooking the Germans' main line of defence. Chinese troops have blown up the railroad bridge at Tayu-Ho, six miles west of Wei-Hsien, which also has been occupied by the Japanese, and thus are apparently opposing Japanese military operations in Shantung province. Meagre reports of the Russian campaign against Prussia and GdTmany indicate a period of comparative calm, while the great armies of these nations are getting into position. THE NEEDFUL WORD. \ "Georgie, dear, what did papa say when he hit his finger with the hammer ?" "I can't tell you, mamma?it was so naughty." "Tell me, quick?I've just hit mine."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. DIAMONDS AND POTATOES. If diamonds were as plentiful as dandelions are at this season of the year most of us would prefer to wear new Irish potatoes as ornaments. It is what we can't get that makes a thing precious in our sight. ?Alexandria Times-Tribune. DECISION READY-MADE. "He said he could not decide whether to propose to the widow or her daughter. What did he do about it V "Oh, the widow decided for him " ACCOUNTED FOR. "Great Scott, but you are pessinrstic today! What makes you such ft croaker?" "Maybe it is because I have a frog in my throat." NO JOKE. ' "The walls have ears," observed the Sage. "The walls in my flat have megar phones," returned the Fool. Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy i Cores Colds, Croup and Whooping Coupfe. , | Colds | A should be "nipped in thet/vJ L/ bud", for if allowed to run /Vi fY unchecked, serious results yf\ ilIJ may follow. Numerous Uml 1 cases of consumption, pneu- fjj I i monia, and other fatal dis- ^ j eases, can be traced back to ?; a cold. At the first sign of a |j ! cold, protect yourself by jj|] thoroughly cleansing your system with a few doses of ii; . THECFORD'S \ , BLACKnn iiaiit jllliAUbll I I the old reliable, vegetable liver powder. Mr. Chas. A. Ragland, oMadison Heights. Va., says: "I have been using Thedford's Black-Draught for | I stomach troubles, indiges- 71 tion. and colds, and find ittoMA be the very best medicine 1 |/V ever used. It makes an old 1/^ man feel like a young one." If Insist on Thedford's, the O original and genuine. E-67 Ky "It Was a Great Victory." The following poem, written by Robert Southey after the battle of Blenheim, which took place in South Germany in 1704, so aptly pictures the general lack of knowledge of the present great war, "and what they fought each other for," that we reproduce it for the benefit of our readers: It was a summer evening. Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door w'as sitting in the sun; And by him sported on the green His little grandchild, Wilhelmine. She saw her brother Peterkin *1 * 1 1 1 iton somecning large auu tuunu, Which he beside the rivulet In playing there had found; ^ He came to ask what he had found That was so large and smooth and round. Old Kaspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh: ' 'Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, 'Who fell in the victory. 'I find them in the garden, For there's many here about; And often when I go to plough The ploughshare turns them out. For many thousand merfj' said he, 'Were slain in that great victory. 'Now tell us what 'twas all about.' Young Peterkin he cries; And little Wilhelmine looks up With wonder-waiting eyes; 'Now tell us all about the war, And what they fought each other for.' 'It was the English,' Kaspar cried, Who Dut the French to rout. But what they fought each other for I could not well make out. But everybody said,' quoth he, 'That 'twss a famous victory. 'My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. 'With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide And many a childing mother then And newborn baby died; But things like that, you know, must be At every famous victory. 'They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a Famous victory. 'Great praise the Duke of Marlboro' won And our good Prince Eugene;' 'Why 'twas a very wicked thing!' Said little Wilhelmine; 'Nay . . nay . . my little girl,'quoth he, 'It was a famous victory. 'And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win.' 'But what good came of it at last? Quoth little Peterkin. 'Why that I cannot tell,' said he, 'But 'twas a famous victory.' Robert Sauthey. WMf s Sib? I Mfffereic?: Between stationery and sta* tionary ? A difference of one letter, j But if your stationery Is well printed, up to. date and businesslike, such as we can supply you, your trade will not be stationary. I Good Stationery, Letter Heads, Billheads, Statements, Circu- { lars, Etc., Keep Business ON THE MOVE. That's the kind we print. maSiAMgLeo i 4 ttln iwiiii 11 Titff^lilftrf'lTir [s. 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