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Witt (Ununtg SrrnrlL KINGSTREE. S. C. C. W. WOLFE, rOITOR AND PHOPBtlTOW. Entered at the postoffice at Kingstree, j SXLas 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 00 Obituaries. Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks, Cards of Thanks 1 -11 -AA/1U/* MAflAAO Metre I U1U 1MI UlWtT ICftUHl^ llVVlVVOyiiV* W, J will be charged for at the rate of one cent a word for each insertion. Al. changes of advertisements and all c immunications 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 All communications must be signed by the writer, not for publication unless desired, but to protect this newspaper.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 eolumnpne cent a word each lane.minimum price 25 cents, to be paid lor 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. Ir remitting checks or money orders aale payable to THE COUNTY RECORD. ??? "lr 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? 1 hesitate to draw the line Between the two?where God has not." THURSDAY. NOV. 19. 1914. ? Taxes, more taxes, war taxes! Bills, hills, hills! Duns, duns, duns! Where will it end? Had you noticed that as the price of beefsteak goes higher, most peoR pie have it served rare? Like a great many great men, the German cruiser Emden became great mainlv in its funeral eulogies. _ If you want to hold your cotton now, weigh it and send it to John L >M-nurin and wait till this cruel war is over. A contemporary suggests that the extraordinary session of the Legislature benefited only one farmer, viz, John L McLaurin, and he doesn't need it. Brooding over depressed conditions and the gloomy financial outl x>k, a Florence merchant, said to he doing a fairly prosperous business, committed suicide last week. That looks like jumping from the frying pan into the fire, with a vengeance _______________ Says the Columbia State: "Getting legal tender is tougher than ever." A similar jeu de mot, we believe, emanated from the poetic punster Hood, referring to the tender of a tender ship. Quoth Hood: "His tending the tender ship soon ? * ?% / i t became a hardship, iquoieu irom memory). Berkeley to Remain Dry. Columbia, November 18:?Berkeley county is to remain in the dry column, according to a decision today by the State board of canvassers. The board after hearing the testimony held that there had not been a legal election in Berkeley county on the question of the establishment of a county dispensary system. The board held that a "voluntary election" had been held. The citizens of that county cast a majority vote for the dispensary in an election held November 3. It . i was decided by the board that the! statutes governing elections on the : dispensary system did not provide for an election in Berkeley county | in 1914. The election might have ty^en held in 1913. The closest race for United States Senator so far held was in Nevada November 3. Francis G Newlands, Democrat, the present incumbent, was returned by a plurality of 38. Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria.enriches the blood.and builds upthe sys? tea. A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c COTTON FUND IS SUBSCRIBED. BANKS OF NON-COTTON STATES SUBSCRIBE OVER ONE HUNDRED MILLION. Washington, November 17:?The country-wide effort to furnish aid to cotton producers and find a bottom for the cotton market came to a successful conclusion tonight when Secretary McAdoo announced tne completion of the $135,000,000 cotton loan fund. In making this announcement Mr McAdoo. declared the success of the plan was assured. The Secretary's statement came at the end of a day devoted to efforts to obtain subscriptions necessary to complete the $100,000,000 portion of the fund assigned to banks in non-cotton producing States. Messrs McAdoo, Paul M Warburg and W P G Harding, members of the Federal reserve board in active charge of the pool plan, took steps to gather in the remaining millions. Kuhn, Loeb & Co. of New York, agreed to subscribe $2,000,000. At a luncheon given by John Skelton Williams, Bernard M Baruch, of New York, said that he might invest in the fund up to $1,500,000. His offer was taken to the extent of $1,000,000 and the fund completed. A few hours after Mr Baruch's offer word was received from several banks that they would subscribe to an amount of about $2,500,000, but their assistance was not needed. As it stands the fund is over-subscribed about $300,000. In announcing the completion of; the plan Mr McAdoo said: "I am gratified to be able to an-j nounce the success of the cotton i loan fund. Subscriptions for the' entire $100,000,000 of Class A cer-| tificates were completed this afternoon. This assures the success of fUo nlon Tr? snnh pyfpnt as hanks VIIV p?M. * V ? | in the Southern States subscribe to Class B certificates the $100,000,000 realized from the Class A certificates will be available for loan on cotton at six cents a pound. Full details of the plan have been published aud it is not necessary to repeat them here. "The full amount of subscriptions to Class A certificates made by banks in non-cotton States amounted at 2 p. m. today to $97,292,000. The success of the plan was conditioned upon the subscription of the full $100,000,000 of these certificates. In order to make up the deficiency of $3,000,000 Messrs Kuhn, Loeb & Co, of New York, subscribed $2,000,000, and Bernard M Baruch, of New York, formerly of South Carolina, subscribed $1,000,000, thus completing the required amount." The following is a list of the cities and amounts subscribed to the fund: New Y^rk city, $50,000,000; Baltimore, $2,500,000; Boston, $2,085,000; Chicago, $13,000,000; Detroit, $1,182,000: Cincinnati. $2,000,000; i Cleveland, $2,000,000; Kansas City, $2,000,000; Louisville, 81,000,000; Minneapolis, $1,000,000; Philadelphia, $4,640,000; Pittsburg, $2,000,000; Richmond, $1,125,000; St Louis, 811,500,000; San Francisco, 8360,000; Washington, $1,000,000. Banks total, $27,293,000, Kuhn, Loeb & Co. $2,000,000; Bernard M Baruch, New York, $1,000,000. Grand total,! $100,292,000. "It is not possible to announce today the names of the subscribers to the fund in each city," the statement said, "but it may be said that among the larger subscribers in New " ** T IK O York city are Messrs j r Morgan o: Co, the National City Bank, the Chase National Bank and others, whose names may, with their permission, be given as soon as the complete lists are supplied. The onlv banks in the city of Boston subscribing to the fund are the National Shawmut Bank, the First NaI tional Bank, the Fourth Atlantic 1 National Bank, the Webster and Atlas National Bank, and the Fed| eral Trust Company. Great credit should given to Messrs Festus J Wade and George W Simmons, of St Louis, for their earnest and efjfective work. "The success of this plan has at no time been in doubt, but its comI | pletion has been delayed by the j ; selfish opposition of certain textile manufacturers and local interests who have tried to defeat it. I am I happy to say, for the sake of the country, as well as for themselves, that they have been unsuccessful, j "The successful completion of this ' plan throws upon my associates of the Federal reserve board and myself additional responsibilities and a large amount of onerous work. It is no part of our official duties. We are already burdened with many difficult problems, but we have regarded the organization of this cotton loan fund as a patriotic service and | have felt obliged, therefore, tore-! spond to the call that has been made upon us. "We believe the carrying out of this plan will be beneficial, not only in helping the cotton situation and i the foreign exchange situation, but also by promoting the general prosperity of the country which now has 1 A.X L li. 1J sucn a nappy impulse mat it wuuiu be difficult to retard it. It is a pleasure to testify to the patriotism and broad-mindedness of the banks and bankers who have so cheerfully represented the Secretary of the Treasury and the Federal reserve board in the organization of this fund." LITERATURE VS. BUSINESS. One Side of Interesting Debate at Indiantown Graded School. Resolved. That the Study of English Composition Is More Important Than the Study of Book-keeping. Fellow Members of the Society:? The subject under consideration this afternoon has already been stated. It becomes my pleasure to argue the affirmative side of this query. I shall discuss the subject under the following heads, namely: Accurate observation, the clear expression of what one has observed, the relating of events in a natural time or space order, the choice of words, exactness of expression, and to which the present generation owes more, the writers or bookkeepers. With regard to accurate observation, Prof Brooks says, that "Clear statement depends upon clear seeing. You remember your experiences, but this recollection is often not clear enough to enable you to recall exactly what happened. In order to remember you must give close attention to an event at the time of its occurrence. The habit of accurate observation is of such great value that much of your work in school. especially the study ot the sciences, is designed to train you to observe closely. Many of your interesting experiences arise from observation of the actions of others. Every succesful effort to relate these actions must be preceded by a definite picturing of the same in the writer's mind. "Close observation will enable you to tell exactly what was done, but your story will gain in interest if, in addition to telling what was done, you can give some indication as to how it was done. Two persons may perform similar actions in very dif-' ferent ways. One may be orderly, methodical and rapid; the other, slow, inexact and fussy; and your account should make the differences clear." After one has accurately observed, then one is in a position to express what one has seen, because impression must precede expression,. In this connection, Professor Brooks says: "You surely cannot make tmngs clear to others which you yourself do not see. People who have clear and definite ideas about charity may properly choose to write about charity, but most young persons are likely to have dearer and more definite ideas about their own experiences than about such a subject as that mentioned." We young writers, therefore, may do well to reI late our own experiences. If we learn to do do this in an interesting manner, are we not more benefited than we would be were we to write in a ledger a parcel of figures dictated to us? "The charming force with which forts Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure The worst cases, no matter of how long standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves Pain and Heals at the same time. 25c, 50c, $1.00. j TOO MANY CHILDREN are under-tize, under-weight with pinched face9 and poor blood; they do not complain but appetite lags, they have no ambition and do not progress. Such children need the rich medicinal nourishment in Scoff's Emulsion above everything else; its pure cod liver oil contains nature's own blood-forming, fleshbuilding fats which quickly show in rosy cheeks, better appetite, Arm flesh and sturdy frames. If your children are languid, tired when rising, catch cold easily or find their studies difficult, give them Scott's Emulsion; it supplies the very food elements that their systems lack. Scott's Emulsion contains no alcotol and is so good for growing children it's a pity to keep it from them. 14~*7 Sc?tt StBowne, Bloomield, N.J. we present our ideas," says Prof Brooks, "depends largely upon our i ability to use sentences correctly and effectively." Not only must our sentences be grammatical correbt but they must also possess certain qualities which, as a usual thing, are not at the command of a book-keeper. These qualities may be achieved by practice only. Modifiers must be placed next to the word they modify; important ideas must have a sentence or a paragraph; less important ideas may have a clause; and finally, the least important ideas may be expressed in a word. A sentence, word, phrase or clause may be emphasized by placing it at the beginning of a paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase. The skilful writer is able to use all these in varying combinations, thus giving variety and interest to his diction. Is the book-keeper possessed with these accomplishments? In order to make clear to others what one himseif sees he must arrange his ideas in a natural time or space order. Events are told as ^ 1 Pa* inotonnn tiro Konrin Uiry UlXUl . rui mowauvc, nv 4* the study of history with the remotest time and by connected events told in their natural time order, we arrive at the present. Then we have a body of organized information With regard to the space order, important events, are given more space than unimportant events. Has the book-keeper the slightest idea of the above mentioned facts? We are exceedingly careless about our language, but when we express ourselves in writing we notice our difficulty in getting the proper word to express the proper thought. For instance, shall we say the bird forsook her nest, left her nest, gave up / ?? afuoorl hor r\PQf? Shall lit*I licat, UI IWIUdVU I?W MVW. we say the Savannah river separates the States of South Carolina and Georgia, or divides South Carolina and Georgia? Shall we say, "We cut the log in two," or, "We cut the log half in two"? Do you not suppose the bookkeeper would say,"I cut the log half in two," and consider that he had conveyed the correct idea? All the above-mentioned points have to be mastered before one may become efficient as a writer. Longfellow,Poe, Holmes,Whittier, Milton, Shakespeare, Dickens and Thackeray had to master these essentials, the same as you and I, before they ever could make other people see what they themselves saw. I challenge my opponents to mention a single name of a bookkeeper who has a place among the immortals in Westminster Abbey, or to whose grave public endowment has placed a monument. The points mentioned in this composition, when mastered, are worth vastly more, I think, than the ability to keep a set of books. Eva Gamble, 8th Grade. Indiantown Graded School. C F Hampton, a merchant of Florence, worried over business troubles, committed suicide Thursday of last week by shooting: himself twice with a pistol in his store near the passenger station. How's This ? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O. [ We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe | him perfectly honorable in all business | transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE. | Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials I sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold I by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. { j Teachers' an Meet Canning Club a Exhibi County Coi Saturday, Nov. ",l?1 | j Baby's Mc ?/^00DNE5 1 \-f says gram we'd do withoul Smokeless Oil F "If I'd only hac were a baby, y< saved many a c< spell. For warming c< isolated upstairs countless special extra heat is wa PERFjf i SHOKELES^C The Perfection is lij pensive to buy and t and rewick. No 1 Burns kerosene ? e inexpensive. Smol At all hardware and gene Triangle trademark. STANDARD 0 (NEW J! Washington, D. C. Norfolk, Va. BALTI Richmond, Va. ! l:Ll b For the Pur< Groc GO W. J. RE Nexsen Build KINGSTREE, Goods Way Up in Quality Subscribe now for TH . N , -Jm!- V -,v^ . :\m. -z,* : d Trustees' ; in g nd Corn Club its at art House 21, 12:00 m. ? a ** m i E|L|"| %'a % ^ " >rning Dip I 5S KNOWS," dmother, 4 'what I t this Perfection I [eater." I one when you ^ Du'd have been Did and croupy Jd corners and rooms, and for occasions when < nted, you need fcTlON , J HEATERS g^ht, portable, inex- * :o use, easy to clean undling, no ashes. ;asy to handle and o nrl Or1nrl#?RS. LVIVCV U11U X/XAVT* *wv? :ral stores. Look for the >1L COMPANY ERSEY) Charlotte, N. C. f MORE Charleston, W. Va. f Charleston, S. C. " ^ . est and Best | eries l?_. 1 DLHCK/S % ling, Main St. - - s. c. but Way Down in Price. E COUNTY RECORD^