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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 cheeks or money orders nake payable to THE COUNTY 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." THURSDAY. DEC. 10. 1914. Richard Croker, the old chief of Tammany Hall, recently married a girl of Indian extraction, said to he the lineal descendant of an Indian king. Croker is seventy-threo years old and his Indian bride twentythree. Hope it won't he a ease of "skidoo". The more you read about the European war the less intelligent news you get a* to the true status rerum. Yesterday the German forces were overwhelmingly crushed; today the Allies were hurled hack half a league, and so it goes. Depends largely upon the source of the nlnews. " Having turned their plowshare? into cannons and their scythes into swords, the European belligerent nations are naturally planting men instead of grain. This employment, it i> said, has prompted a new invention, a grave-digging machine, to "plant" quickly and economically the "acres" of dead bodies left on the sanguinary battle fields to await the harvest of the resurrection morn. Such are the horrors of war. After the wholesale prison delivery by our merciful Governor on the eve before Thanksgiving, it is scarcely to l?e wondered at that a bank burglary followed so soon. Xaturallv the expert yeggmen would desire to show, their friend and benefactor that their right hand had not lost its cunning. As a rule, after every pardoning orgy by Gover nor Blease there follows an epidemic of crime throughout the State, and this year will douhtlesprove no exception. The South Carolina PanamaPacific Exposition commission gives notice that it has abandoned the effort to raise funds to have this State represented at the great exhibition to be held three thousand miles across the continent. In our opinion, under normal conditions, the investment would have l>een of questionable value, but whom many of our people are pushed to extremities for money to pay their taxes, it looks worse than foolishness to l>e sending money to help exploit a show three thousand miles away, j == The fact that an optimist is horn every minute makes business good j for those who have gold bricks to selh & . . 2m ? . ,, & WHITE OAK CHIPS j Picked Up During the Week by Oar Wideawake Scribe. White Oak, December 8:?Mr Co- ( 1 lumbus Matthews, a bachelor who I resided near Brockington's, was ' ! found dead near his home Thanks- ( giving afternoon. It is said that his, | body was still warm when found, I I 1 4.1 Ui *u?4- i 4 i auu it id LIIUUK'IL Liiat utrai i uisca?c | was the immediate cause of his! death. He was a brother of Mrs A W Flagler, who preceded him to the Great Beyond a short time ago. Mr and Mrs M M Cox spent several days last week at Timmonsville i I and vicinity, visiting at the home of; ! Mr Cox's sister,Mrs Minnie E Jones,! i and other relatives and friends. Messrs A P Buffkin and A R Eaddy went to Kingstree Saturday on business. Mrs J P Eaddy of Prospect is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs J Walter McElveen. Mr and Mrs J A Griffin spent Sunday with friends near Kingstree. nf n t i n tr i a Messrs D l ana k, iv iLaauv nau business at the county seat Friday afternoon. Mr J M Rodgers of Lake City was noted here several days last week on business. Mr Early Dewitt is at home again, after spending several days in the "City by the Sea". "Ye scribe" was the proud recipient Sunday morning of a jar of delicious peaches sent by Mrs R F Epps of Cades. We are very thankful indeed to Mrs Epps for her thoughtful kindness, and assure her that the peaches were very much enjoyed and that her deed of kindness was highly appreciated. We wish also to thank Mr and Mrs G W Ward for some nice pork, presented Sunday morning. It is needless to say that we had our "Epicurean feast" Sunday. We certainly do feel very grateful towards our friends for their kind remembrances. Mr A W Ward, of the Scranton i police force, was here on business Wednesday. Mr Ray Cox visited in the Prospect vicinity the latter part of the week. Messrs J P and Pressley Sauis went to Lake City Saturday on business. Mr and Mrs R L McElveen of Cades spent Sunday at the home of their son, Mr B WT McElveen. Messrs R 0 Thompson and R C Stone of Hemingway were pleasant visitors in our midst Sunday. Houl/I Pav or\a oiofav Mms T X** ivii i^a>?u v;a auu aiovci , iuio u xj Ross, went to Kingstree Tuesday. Mr John H Baker has returned to his post of duty at the mill, after spending several days with the home-folk at Central. B W M. LEO FRANK SENTENCED To Be Hanged January 22 lor Phagan Girl's Murder. Atlanta, December 9:?Leo M i Frank today was sentenced in the Superior court to be hanged on Friday, January 22, for the murder here in April, 1913, of Mary Phagan, a fourteen-year-old factory girl. Before receiving sentence, which was pronounced by Judge Ben H Hill, Frank made a statement de| nouncing the "spirit of mob violence which pervaded the court room" at his trial, declaring his death would "lay an indelible stain upon Georgia's name for justice," and charging that James Conley, a negro, who I was thp Stntp's nrinrinnl witnpqs against Frank, had committed per-; jttry. Today marks the i lird time Frank has been sentenced to death for the j Phagan girl's murder. The supreme ' court refused to set aside the ver! diet on the ground that Frank was absent from the court room when the verdict was rendered. Lake City Buys Fire Apparatus. Lake City, December 9:?At a; meeting of council held Monday;' night an up-to-date fire engine was;1 purchased for ihe town at a cost of j approximately $2,500. An abundance of water will be supplied from 1 J the numerous flowing artesian wells. ;The water will be collected in con-! J crete reservoirs that are to be con-if structed in various parts of the [ town. J \ ll^Stalpart WBfcJ7 ritty Years yfjwmF* can be maintained by IffiBjW adapting tbe right nourishRS?" Bent, and Nature's own oilI'Kf food in Scott'9 Emulsion us Hrcufineneu mousanus 01 men v and women to continne their work g and nsefnbess for many years. t Scott's Emulsion is a food, a raedi- ( cine and a tonic to keep the ^ . blood rich, avoid rheumatism fidK and thwart nervous conditions. 5 It is free from .iioho! r.'harm- rfjf g fill drugs. The b<M physicians |U ' i prescribe it. ii-sc. 111 11 I i I II lillllBWi V C Items of General Interest. United States Senator E 0 Smith ? spent the Thanksgiving holidays at ? his home at Lynchburg, He enjoyed * a hunt with a party of friends s Thanksgiving day and succeeded in * bagging & deer and twenty-ducks. v XXX [ Mrs Samuel Lander, relict of the * late Dr S Land r. for many years the revered president of Williamston 5 Female College,(now Lander College at Greenwood) died Wednesday of 1 l^st week at Greenwood, aged 81 ? years. J XXX 1 c By reason of lack of sufficient response to their efforts to raise mon- c ey the South Carolina Panama-Pa- g cific exposition commission announces that it has abandoned the j, movement to have South Carolina j represented at the exposition. r XXX t The 138th annual Grand Commu- j. nication of the Most Worshipful j Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Ma- t sons of the district of South Carolina ^ convened Tuesday in Charleston with j, 220 subordinate lodges represented, y Grand Master George H Bryan of n^Q^ntniio nrpsiH^d over the session. _ VJltV.l".WV. . XXX * r The United States census bureau n reports the number of bales of cot- n ton ginned in the United States up P to December 1 as the greatest on record to that date,being 13,066,105 n bales. The report for South Carolina v Bhows 1,225,467 bales as compared with 1,160,725 bales up to the same 8 time last year. XXX Governor Bleas? has refused to i sign three notes to finance the State j against the collection of taxes. The j tnree notes are iur nu> kiuumiiu dollars each?one hundred and fifty thousand in all ?to meet the expenses of State Government till the tax money comes In. Blease's contention is that the rate of interestfive per cent?is too high. xxx ii A message from Brussels to the d Handeisblad states that the German s Governor of the province of Brab- e ant,in which Brussels is located, convoked a meeting of financiers and P told them that Belgium must pay t 35,000,000 francs ($7,000,000) per t month for the maintenance of Ger- v man troops. In addition to this ^ sum, it is said, Belgium must contribute a war levy of 350,000,000 a francs ($75,000,000) as a penalty r for violations of neutrality by Bel- C gium and losses ensuing therefrom ^ by Germany. xxx 1 The body of J C Whitman, white, 8 was found in the woods near Green- v wood Monday, with his throat cut o from ear to ear. He was an em- c ploye of Grendel mills and had bten a missing since Sunday. His wife and father had just reported his disappearance to the chief of police, J B Riley, when a negro who had been hunting and who had made the ghastly find of the murdered E man reported his discovery. The body was identified as that of Whit- n man. The Coroner's jury rendered . a verdict that Whitman came to his death at the hands of Jesse Clem, t and others were implicated. f X XX t; Irl R Hicks 1915 Almanac. The Rev Irl R Hicks Almanac, now d ready, grows more popular and useful with each passing year. It is a fixed % necessity in homes, shops and com- c mercial establishments all over this con tinent. This famous and valuable year 11 book on astronomy, storms, weather and earthquakes should be in every home and office. Professor Hicks completes this best issue of his great Almanac at the close of his seventieth year. The Almanac will be mailed for 35 cents. The Rev Irl R Hicks' fine Magazine, Word and Works, is sent, one year, with a copy of his almanac. 1 for only one dollar. Send for them to Word and Works Publishing Cornpatty. 3401 Franklin Ave., St. Louis, Mo. You will never regret your in- . vestment. Try it for 1?15. i2-10-2tp L' T " V How To Give Quinine To Children. jr PEBRILINRisthetftVie-marlc nartie given to an U mproved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleasant to take and does not disturb the stomach, u Children take it and never know it is Quinine. Mso especially adapted to adults who cannot [ 8] ake ordinary Qu'uine. Does not nauseate nor | u :ause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try i u t the next time you need Quinine for any pur- ' ?se. Ask for 2-ounce orit:inT>l p-ckacr. The : . uune FEBRLLINii is blown in bottle. 26 cents. 19 PLANT NORMAL CROF I s Advice io Tobacco Planters: of Williamsburg. Thinking that the farmers of Wiliamsburg and adjoining counties vould like some advice about the obacco situation for another year. I ( iave taken the time to look up staistics and post myself in regard to his matter. It is a fact, as taken from the government report, that there isn't is much tobacco held by manufacurers and dealers now as there was )ctober 1, 1913. Notwithstanding he war commenced in July of this; rear, there was manufactured in i iix months of this year, from A%ril | L to October 1, more tobacco than vas ever known for the same length >f time. So it appears that the war loes not cut anv figure in our tojacco situation. I was talking with i tobacco manufacturer a few days* igo from the war zone, and he said le had heard more about the war, ince he had been in this country ,han he had at home; said they were vorking full time and could not ceep their orders filled. It is very ?vident the farmer in the cotton >elt will cut his cotton crop conliderably, and give more attention o home supplies; such as corn, oats, >eas, potatoes, etc. But at the ame time, in a few counties in South Carolina the tobacco crop can >e raised to return profit to the frower. As I have said before, the 1914 rop of tobacco is not a large one ind North Carolina is growing all he can, and with one year's supply leld by manufacturers and dealers,1 am sure there can be no mistake; - j - t-~ _i?t.:? ??i ? naue uy piciuuug a. uui moi tiup ui obacco next year. You have the >arns already built and lots of good and suitable. Don't try to plant oo much. Small crops well cared or bring best results. Be sure to lave plenty plants set early in April, ,eep. well suckered and wormed, nd by all means let your tobacco :et ripe before pulling. All good, ipe tobacco on the North Carolina darkets now is selling well and you lay always count on getting a good irice for nice, ripe tobacco. I hope to be on the Kingstree narket again to serve you; if not, rill be on a nearby market. Wishing you one and all much uccess, I am, Yours very truly, EJ Hester. Lexington, Ky, December 7. 1914. iOUNTY MEDICAL ASS'N. MEETS. ?anae Officers Re>elected?Will Give Banquet January 7. The Williamsburg County Medi-1 * I nl nnnA/tinfiAn mnf of n?? WI \7 Prnol'_ ai tuouLiauuu ujct aw 1/1 ?? ? uv?\ ngton's office at the usual hour Montay. On motion of DrWGGamble the I ame officers were re-elected for the nsuing year, 1915. The Kingstree hysicians decided to give a banquet! 0 the association and visiting doc- j ors at the next regular meeting, ;hich will be held here January 7, 915. Dr Brockington,the president, ppointed Dr T S Hemingway to ead a paper at said meeting. Drs ! 1 D Jacobs and E T Kellej were ap-! minted a committee to look after j he supper. We sincerely hope that j 11 the physicians in the county, j whether members of our association r not, will meet with us on that ocasion and let us have a profitable nd enjoyable meeting. W V Brockington, President.1 E T Kelley, Secretary. r3rd nf lhankc UUI U UK I uuunui /litor County Record:? On behalf of Mrs McElveen and lyself I take this method of returnig our sincere and appreciative hanks to our friends and neighbors' or their manifold kindnesses during he long and severe illness with /hich both of us have been afflicted. Their words of sympathy and eeds of kindness shall never be for-1 x>tten, and we stand ready to re- j iprocate at any time so far as it' e? within our power: Respectfully yours, B W McElveen. While Oak, December 9. THE WINNING Of IATANE j ii he Rcjtfflduced at the Indiantown School December 18. Benson, December 7:?Some of! he readers of last week's issue of he Record saw an account of "The 1 /inning of Latane"?a play given 1 the Cedar Swamp Graded school uilding on the evening of the 25th It. This play is to be given gain at the Indiantown school uilding on the 18th inst. The doors -ill be onened at 7:30. The public i cordially invited. H ; A 3 GERMAN CRUISERS SUNK. British Avenge Sinking of Crnisera Good Hope and Monmonth. London, December 9:?A British squadron, under command of Sir Frederick Sturdee, engaeed a German squadron,under Admiral Count i Von Spee.off the Falkland Islands, in ' the South Atlantic, yesterday and won a victory by sinking the Ger- j man cruisers Schanhorst, Gneisenau ; and Leipzig, three warships that had | long menaced British shipping, and part of the squadron that sank the British cruisers Good Hope and Monmouth in the Pacific November 1. The cruisers Dresden and imurnberg, the two other vessels compris- i in*? the German squadron, made off and were pursued. Two colliers were also captured by the British squadron. . | TEST EXPLOSIONS OF DUST| Experimental Station Endeavors to certain Reason* for Tragedies i Occurring In Mines. Some experiments to find out how explosions act were recently undertaken in the gallery of a mining experimental station. Coal Age describes them as follows: The coal dust having been strewn in the gallery and the cannons charged, the ventilating fan was started, both the doors in the fan chamber being wide open so that no air current was drawn through the explosion tube. As soon as the speed of the fan had attained that required for the experiment these doors were close*] by a card controlled from the firing station, and the air current was thus drawn through the open end of the gallery. The doors when closed completed an electric circuit, which rang a bell in the firing station and started a second clock. Six seconds after the closing of the fan doors the "cloud-raiser" was fired, and the "igniter" was fired two seconds later, the charges in both being ignited by electricity. The explosions as thus produced can be regarded as taking place in & tube open at one end and closed at the other, for the right-angle bends at the fan end of the gallery greatly retarded the release of pressure and had rhe general effect of a closed end. . PERILED LIFE FOR VONEY! Vienna Woman Set an Example of Do? votlon to Husband Which Will Make Many Shudder. In order to help her husband, whose affairs were in a desperate way, and who urgently needed funds, Mme. Solange d'Atalide, a French circus rider in Vienna, conceived a way of making money at the imminent peril of her life. She contracted with a cinematograph company, for a large sum, to furnish it with a unique and highly sensational film. She undertook to ride a horse on top of one of the cars on the Big Wheel all the way round. The wheel, as all who have seen it are aware, reaches a perilous and dizzy height, trying to the nerves even of the passengers safely Boated in the interior of the cars. But to ride outside on horseback must indeed be a terrible trial, which necessitates the utmost courage and nerve. Mmc. Solange d'Atalide passed through the perilous ordeal with credit, watched by a huge and awestruck crowd. The horse had been trained by being placed upon the top of a large van, which was moved about. As for the cinematograph1 operators, they were at a giddy, height, seated on the hub of the I wheel, and were heartily glad when' the whole thing was over. ENGLISH BEES IN DANGER. Extinction of the bee is threatened in South Wilts. England, owing to a fresh outbreak of the devastating "Isle of Wight" disease. Many small holders have been deprived of part of their livelihood, for the honey harvest brought them in some .pounds, which helped to pay the rent Villages in the Wylve valley, those bordering on the Avon, and the scattered villages on the Wiltshire Downs, all have the 6ame tale to tell of the loss of their bees. Severalbee farms near Salisbury have been practically wiped out, the bees dying by thousands. They appear to be affected by a creeping paralysis soon after returning to the hive from a dav spent in the fields. _ 1 Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, ' GHOVS'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. drives out ! Malaria.enriches the blood.and builds up the sfrs* tem. A true tonic. For adults aud children. 50c f I ?? #? ?# j NEISEN SCHOOL NOTES. ; ? #-M4 ? ?? ? ^ *Kingatree, December 9:?Honor roll for month beginning November 9 and ending December 4, 1914: Grade I?PrimaryLorine McClary 91 Dowel 1 Epps * 91 Grade I?Advanced. Freeda Tharpe ? 94 Grade II. Vivian McClary 92 Jesse McClary 92 Clyde Epps 90 Fannie Nexsen (w Grade III. Kalph Nexsen 90 Theima Tharpe ?o Grade VII. Reiielda Tharpe 98 Clerk's Sale. STATE GF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG, Court of Common Pleas. R Harrel Graham, Plaintiff, V8 Prince McClam, Defendant Notice is hereby given, That pursuant to an order issued out of the Court of Common Pleas for Williamsburg County, in the case stated above, bearing date November 30, 1914. and signed,^ i by his Honor,H F Rice, presiding Judge./ and upon the request of ArroWBmith & j Whitehead, Plaintiff's Attorneys, I will sell to the highest bidder, in front of the Court House door at Kingstree, S C, during the usual hour of sale, on Monday, the 4th day of January, 1915, the same being salesday, the following described tract of land, to-wit: . "All that certain piece, parcel and plantation of land lying, being and situate in the county and State aforesaid, measuring and containing fifteen (15) acres, and bounded as follows, to wit: North bv j lands of Prince McClam; South by lands of Jeffrey McClam; East by lands of | Prince McClam and West by lands of Wesley McClam. Same being a part of the tract of land upon which I now live." Dpon purchaser's failure to comply promptly with his bid I will re-sell the same on the same or the next conven- * ient salesday at the risk and expense qJK such defaulting bidder, without furthw advertisement Terms of sale: Cash,purchaser to pay for papers. H 0 Britton, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Counjty of Williamsburg. | December 1, 1914. 12-10-8t . Clerk's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG, Court of Common Pleas. S W Young, Plaintiff, vs Mary McKenzie, Defendant. Notice is hereby given, That, pursuant to an order issuing out of the Cqurt of Common Pleas for Williamsburg County, in the case stated above, bearing date November 30. 1914, and signedr by his Honor,H F Kice.presiding Judg* and upon request of Arrowsmith i. Whitehead, plaintiff's Attorneys, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder,in front of the Court House door at Kingstree, S C, during the usual hours of sale,on Monday, the 4th day of January, 1915, the same being salesday, the following described tract of land, to wit: "All that certain tract of land situate In the county and State aforesaid, containing eighty-six (86) acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands of Joseph Parker and the Clarendon and Williamsburg county line; on the East by lands of J C Young; on the South by lands of Marion Floyd, and on^ the West by lands of Parker and estate^ of Solomon Floyd." Upon purchaser's failure to comply promptly with his bid, I will re-sell the same on tue same or the next convenient sales aay, at the risk and expense of such defaulting bidder, without further advertisement Terms of sale, Cash. Purchaser to pay ior papers. H 0 IJRITTON, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Williamsburg County. 12-l0-3t Itecember 1, 1914. THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION. OF THE > New York World. Practically a Daily at the Price of a Weekly. No Other Newspaper in the World Givefl So Much at So Low a Price. The year 1914 has been the most eifl^ traordinary in tne history of moderH times. It has witnessed the outbreak oH the great European war, a struggle titanic that it makes all others loo^l small. 19 You live in momentous times, and yofl should not miss any of the tremendo^H events that are occurring. No otlJHB newspaper will inform you with^^H promptness and cheapness of the Thn^^J a-Week edition cf the New York Wo*ffl| Moreover, a year's subscription tl^BS will take you far into our next PrefWI dential campaign. The Thrice-a-Week World's regular subscription price is only $1.00 per year, and this pays for 156 papers. We offer this unequaled newspaper and The County Record together for one year for $1.75. 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