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THIS uuum i flown**
In men whom men condemn as ill,
I find so much 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. MAR. 11. 1915.
Volume XXX,
This issue begins The Record's
thirtieth year of existence, the
eighteenth year under the present
' editorial management.
Many interesting events have taken
place during these thirty years
and the files of The Record since
188-5,when the first copy was issued
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vy vui i\ v wuuiu hkvav
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interesting local history.
When \ve bought The Record in
- *' '1898, the town was made up of a
^ ' dilapidated brick court house and
jail and a few wooden buildings.
"The village," as it was called, con^
tained a population of about six
g ?
, ^hundred. The paper had a sub\
scription list of about six hundred.
The "good will," a Washington
v hand press and a few hundred
pounds of worn-out type comprised
the outfit. The entire shop was not
much bigger than our present pressroom.
Traveling men spoke sneeringly
of Kingstree as the only "full
grown" town in the State.
| But an era of prosperity swept
' over the South about that time and
Kingstree took the tide at its flood,
and soon a new town replaced the
antiquated, sleepy village, so that
in ten years the population increased
from 640 to 1,472 in number,and
now. our town is the livest municipality
of its size in the State.
? j* t _l it tj .. 1
ciu we digress, as me rrencn
? I .would say, "to return to our muttons.
'' The past two years have been
fraught with misfortune and affliction
to the editor, which, of course,
besides entailing a heavy expense,
0 has handicapped our efforts. But
we still live, and the old paper, as
long as we are its guiding intellijf
fence, will continue to stand for
what we deem the highest and be3t,
morally, spiritually and materially.
* We thank our friends for their
Pp N loyal support and encouragement
jf*. during all these years and bespeak
their continued confidence.
He Took No Chances,
The*recent death of Frank James,
the ^ reformed bandit-murderer,
A brings to mind the following story ;
*>
& . told soon after the death of Jesse t
James, the brother of Frank:
BB&-:rT'V . > 1
When the leader of the murderous
jobber band was treacherously slain
* by Bob Ford, a member of his own
fc/ gang, Jesse James1 body was laid out
in the morgue at Kansas City, Mo,
K> for public inspection, and a num-'
Journalist: A person who is fitting
himself to accept a position in
opposition to a newspaper man who
has a job.?Elbert Hubbard.
.
' '''It is a conservative guess that
since 1905 three thousand men have
been slain by their fellows in South
Carolina, says the Columbia State."
The United States Brewers' association
gives the interesting infor
ber of people, actuated by curiosity , j
visited the morgue to see the remains
of the notorious outlaw who
with his band, had for several years
terrorized ttfe people of several
States. Among the visitors appear
ed a very dignified, well-dressed old
fellow with a gold-headed cane, who
approached the morgue-keeper and
j
after an elal>orate salutation, inquired:
"May I he permitted to view the
mortal remains of the Honorable
Jesse James?" The peeper assured i
him that he might, and directed
him to the part of the building
where the lx>dy lay exposed.
The old gentleman took a long
and earnest look at the "mortal remains",
then turned to leave. "By
the way,my friend,"asked the keeper
of the morgue, as the stranger
got to the door of. exit, "why do
you refer to him as the Honorable
Jesse James?" "Oh," replied the
old gentleman, "you see, when I
made that inquiry, I was not altogether
sure that the bloody scoundrel
was dead 1''
Moral?Be dead sure your enemy
is "sure" dead before you l>egin to
"cuss him out".
Tn rnw^cnnnHents.
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Our correspondents would save
us a whole lot of unnecessary "mental
wear and tear if they would observe
the following few little, simple
rules:
Always sign your real name to
your letter, not necessarily for publication,
but as a guarantee of good
faith.
Always mail your letter in time
reach us not later than Tuesday
noon.
Always allow us to write the headlines
to your articles. It is a rule
among newspapers that the editor
be allowed this privilege, which is
about all the pleasure and profit
many of us get out of the newspaper
business.
Always write your letter as legibly
as vou can, especially proper names
and, more especially, initials. Always,
when practicable, give the
name of the place a person comes
from or goes to in writing "per-,
sonals".
Always try to inject some life and
originality into your letters, but do
not become offensively personal or
dilate on trifles.
Always try to avoid mentioning
the name of one person or family in
every letter. It becomes tiresome
not only to our readers, but to the
persons themselves. We have had
in a so-called "news" letter the
name of one or two persons to appear
not less than a half dozen times
in hardly a half column of space.
The foregoing is entirely impersonal,aimed
at no one in particular,
and we hope no one of our esteemed
correspondents will so misunderstand
our motive.
Several of Europe's standing armies
are on the run these days.
The stock in German submarines
seems to be going down here lately.
England is reported to be short on
dyes,'but at this writing there seems
to be no shortage on deaths.
niation that '"beer may be substi
tuted for bread." The brewers are!
too modest. It|ias beejj substituted'
for bread quite often, as a number'
' of beer drinkers' families ean testI
ify.?The Commoner.
i
j The love of office seems to be
'"bred in the bone" in the Till|
man family. Now it is stated authoritatively
that "his friends" are
urging Henry C Tillman of Greenwood,
a son 01* "Old Man Ben," to
offer himself for Congress. '' Dad''
in the Senate and "Sonny" in the
House?wouldn't that lie great?
M-m-m-nium!
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By the way, doesn't that stw
!pid phrase, "War is hell," credited
(or debited) to William
Tecumseh Sherman, become
monotonous, if not boresome, when
one sees it quoted about a half dozen
times a day, if he reads many newspapers?
It is even claimed that Sherman
never said it, but we believe
from his actions that he did, and,
for goodness sake, give him all the
l)enefit of the doubt. Every so-called
military hero must have some
catch phrase associated with his
name for the benefit of a grateful
and admiring posterity. If that lurid
phrase is the best thing his press
agents could find that poor old Tecumseh
could get off, he is freely
welcome to it and all the glory it
implies; but please don't spring it
on us too often.
A member of the State Senate,
Senator Verrter of Oconee, unless
we are mistaken, introduced a bill
1 I
looking to the installation of moving
picture machines as a part of the
equipment in all the public schools.
It is the discussion of such Ireak
bills that fritters away the time of
the Legislators and impedes the serious
consideration of proposed
measures really worth while. What
\
on earth would a twenty-rfour dollar (
a month teacher, with possibly a
half dozen pupils and practically no
facilities for teaching them, do with
a 8150 moving picture apparatus?
And the cost to the State would, per- 1
haps require another mill tax levy.
What the schools of our State and
county need more than anything
else are: Better paid and better
trained teachers; better schoolhouses;
better equipment, such as
up-to-date text books, desks, maps, .
globes, black-boards, pianos, play- i
grounds and, above all, trus1
tees who are capable and interested
in building up the schools. We are
AiM/v.tlrim/* r?/\ *-> A ll*r a! AA11HOA TViAVA
spr^iv.iii^ gcuciaiij ^ \jA wuioc. IIICA\;
are schools in this county?and rural j
schools, at that?that approach the '
ideal, hut we fear they are shining
exceptions.
Deatb of Mr Sol Peres.
Mr Sol Peres, for the past four- 1
teen years a merchant of this place, '
died at his home on Mill street Sat- '
urday of last week, after a short
illness from Bright's disease. Mr ,
Peres was recognized as one of (
Kingstree's best citizens and was ]
popular not only among the Jewish '
business men of the town, but all
others. He always took an active
interest in public matters pertaining
to the upbuilding of the town and ,
was elected a member of the town |
council at the last municipal election. ;
Mr Peres was about 40 years of 1
age and leaves a wife and three,
little boys. His remains were taken
to Darlington Sunday morning, 1
where interment was made in the s
Jewish cemetery. Dr Isaac Mar
cusson of Charlestun conducted the '
funeral services. Mr Peres was an
officer in the Masonic Lodge here
and an enthusiastic member of the <
local board of trade. 1 j
Among those from Kingstree at- j
tending the last sad rites were: 1
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Messrs ai n jacoos, w n uuuose, i ^
R Gee, Harry Riff, Charles Tucker
and A Rockwell. The three last
named were active pall-bearers, the< (
others were honorary pail-bearers, j
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fckc 4<i c dr
bade ic> ii c i
a &Gxi\o
ttfifh a dollar, pub
makes thc ascent <
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4 STATE and GENLKAL K
jj TOPICS |
TUa M aenno n# Plnranao nlon tn
1IIC iUOOVlla vr*. a ivtvuvv |/<MM w
hold a Chautauqua the first week in
April.
x Xx
Over one hundred miners lost
their lives in a mine explosion near
Hinton, W Va, last week.
XXX
Cotton exports from Charleston in
February amounted to 68,406 bales,
against 49,686 bales in January.
XXX
Germans up to the age of 55, who
two months ago were declared unfit
for military service, are now being
called upon for training.
XXX
After having been in session almost
continuously for two years
Congress adjourned shortly after j
noon Thursday, March 4.
y yi Y
3pect the hooks or an state institutions.
The salary is 81,800 a year, j
XXX
After having been lost sight of
for many years, the Confederate
flag under which the Butler Guards
3f Greenville marched to the front
in 1861 and under which they fought
for four years is to be restored to
the present company.
XXX
The 4th annual State Convention
)f the Woodmen Circle will be held
it Charleston March 15, 16 and 17.
, |
. Rev Mr McLendon, who has been
holding a revival at Greelyville, will
conduct similar services at Charleston,
beginning next Sunday.
XXX
There were 158 fires in South
Carolina during the month of February,
causing a loss of $85,226, according
to the Insurance Commission- j
er's report.
XXX
Alfred Hampton,the youngest son
of the late Senator Wade Hampton,
has been appointed Commissioner
General of Immigration by President
Wilson..
XXX
Lewis W Parker, organizer of the
Parker Cotton Mills, is undergoing
treatment at the Johns Hopkins
hospital, Baltimore, Md. His condition
is said to be serious.
XXX
Winthrop College has a student
from China, and several applicants
from that country are seeking admission.
They are daughters of
missionaries to the Celestial Republic.
XXX
George ("Honey Boy") Evans, the
well-known minstrel man, who has
recently visited several cities in this
State, succumbed to an operation at
a Baltimore hospital for stomach
trouble Friday of last week.
XXX
Florence has formed a "housekeepers'
club" with fifty charter
members. The object of the organition
is to co-operate so as to conduct
house-keeping on a more businesslike
and economical system.
XXX
Horace S Burroughs,son of the in- (
ventor of the famous adding ma-1
chine, died in a hospital at Detroit, j
Mich, from a self-inflicted wound
Sunday. He was penniless, though
worth $250,000 a few years ago.
XXX
The foreign commerce of the
United States in January amounted
to $267,000,000 in exports and $122,000,000
in imports, showing a balance
of trade in favor of this country
of $145,000,000, the greatest on
record.
XXX
Governor Manning has appointed j
W W Bradley of Abbeville as an assistant
to the State bank examiner. |
It will be Mr Bradley's duty to in
e the road to t
<s 1? ike bottom of fat 5bix l&ads als
wfv erode vHlhout effort, but ^cu
<V.'\ 1
j&ccettnt in IKls jslarUd
$cx an ihi road to fhc top. It
zast9 etui the cptrn^ 15 cpoA ^
f the road are jjou headed
VEE NEE BAr
KINCSTREE, S. C.
: The Woodmen Circle is the auxiliary r
of the Woodmen of the World, which \\
will hold its biennial convention
T * *" ?w?wv?. A T
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Vox, March 7:?Seeing nothing in
i
your columns from Vox rural graded
school, the thought comes?"not
dead but speechless." We haye not '
j been talking, but in spite of the 1
! tough fall,we have been doing things. *
! The installation of new single '
desks, a full set Johnston's maps, g
[globe, library with fifteen dollars f
I in farm readers, the organization of c
a tomato club, corn club, flower c
club, home keepers' club and last, 1
but not least, the unveiling of the
portraits of Gen Lee and Gen Wash- ^
ington, and the hoisting of our flag, t
which has been the zenith of our *
efforts. These good things, supple- i *
mented by State aid, which means j s
an eight months' term, have so en- j fc
thused our school, that we feel like j C
a young Samson. :
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We are about to undertake to re-1..
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model our building, though it is i
I
new. A plan has been submitted, h
and accepted from a Clemson archi- j y
toot whioh will crivo nn an nn-t.iHnfp '
capacious building,with cloak rooms, j /
music room and lavatory,with rolling doors
between to throw all into an *
auditorium.
We so much needed our auditorium
when, Friday evening, friends
and patrons gathered at the school
building, though the rain poured, to
be entertained as follows:
Opening song, "America."
Contributions to Gen Lee, by
Misses Mettie Eaddy, Meta Carter
and Lessie Tanner.
Song, "Dixie."
Unveiling of Gen Lee by two little
girls, Neta Eaddy and Lena Altman,
who, after reciting a salutation,
gracefully pi Med the red ribbon
loops which ro ,ed the veil back,
and the school for the tirst time
gazed with intense interest on the
TJ
face of our beloved Confederate J
general.
A duet, Misses Maud Tayior and u
Meta Carter, was followed by a
j
I
/ *
I tnere at the same time.
XXX 1
! L L Bultman of Columbia has
S been appointed dispensary Auditor,
vice M H Mobley._jvhose term had
expired. Mr Bultmafhijas appointed
Albert S Fant as his assistant.
The salary of the Auditor is $166.65
a month for a four year term, that
of his assistant $150 a month and
that of his stenographer $52 a month.
X X x
Governor Manning last week nami
ed the following board of regents
for the State Hospital for the Insane:
J E Sirrine, Greenville, civil
engineer. R B Scarborough, Conway,
attorney and business man. C
Fred Williams, M D, Columbia,
physician. S C Baker, M D, Sum-*
ter, physician. B W Segars, Lee
county, farmer.
XXX
Congressman Joseph T Johnson of
Spartanburg has been endorsed by
the South Carolina delegation for
Judge of the new Federal district.
It is expected that J William Thurmond
of Edgefield and J C Lyon,
Sheriff of Abbeville county, will receive
the appointments of District
tu i Pi..i **
Axiurney auu uuiieu outiea miarshal,
respectively. v
XXX
The bodies of J A Cooper, his I
wife and their son, L A Cooper, j
were found dead in the Cooper home ^
near Anniston, Ala, Monday. The
supposition is that the son had shot
his parents as they lay m bed and "
then committed suicide. A shotgun
was found beside young Cooper's
body. J A Cooper at one time was
editor of the Monticello (Ga) Times.
I
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be top! '
cl2iheiop.]jaican. < j)
'it ??aVc to vtork *' J4
/Savf 'nan ^ '
<c3sSS feif' '' i
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\ > "w^l
-ass^JS
eading,'' Birth and Life of Gen Wash
ngton", by Mi38 Claudia Powell;
'The Greatest Man," and "WashDgton
as a Child," by Ruby and 1
aek Powell. Two little girls, Pauine
Taylor and Pauline Prosser, with
i greeting, drew back the veil,
vhich kept hidden from us the face ,
>f our Nation's Chief.
A talk on the present home of
Washington, how the great movenent
of redeeming and keeping Mt
/ernon originated in the heart of
>ntf of our noble South Carolina lalies,
was given by one whose priviege
it has been to repeatedly visit Mt
/ernon, and gather for her school,
ouvemrs of rocks, and pick apples
hat grew on the "cherry tree" that
Washington cut down. .
The school, marching in military )
._j ?.. i:.i i i
truer ui teu iu a gruup, usieiieu wuiie
bliss Mattie Altman read "The Orign
and Making of Our Flag." A saute
was sounded and as they stood
it attention, the flag was raised to
he top of the flag pole.
"The Star Spangled Banner" was
ollowed by a reception of the home/p
weepers' club, whose charming service
and toothsome dishes were
snough to tickle the palate of a king.
toast given by Mr J B Altman
>rought cheers from all, and was
leartily appreciated, especially by
he teachers. R B W D.
NOW HER FRIENDS
HARDLY KNOW HER
Etat This Does Not Bother Mrs.
Burton, Under the
Circumstances.
Houston, Texas.?In an interesting ,
etter from this city, Mrs. S. C. Burton
unites as follows: "1 think it is my duty
o tell you what your medicine, Cardui,
he woman's tonic, has done for me.
I was down sick with womanly trouble,
md my mother advised several different
reatments, but they didn't seem to do
ne any good. I lingered along for three
>r four months, and for three weeks, 1
vas in bed, so sick I couldn't bear for x
ny one to walk across the floor.
My husband advised me to try Cardui,
he woman's tonic. I have taken two
ottles of Cardui, am feeling fine, gained
5 pounds and do all of my housework.
Tiends hardly know me, I am so well."
If you suffer from any of the ailments
o common to women, don't allow the
rouble to become chronic. Begin taking
Jardui to-day. It is purely vegetable,
ts ingredients acting in a gentle, natural
vay on the weakened womanly constituion.
You run no risk in trying Cardui.
t has been helping weak women back to
ealth and strength for more than 50
ears. It will help you. At all dealers.
Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladles'
dvlsory Dept., Chattanooga, Tenn., for Special
lutruclioiis on your case and64-page book. "Home
r.atmpnt for Women." sent in nlain wraDoer. E69-B
'You Better Mind, My Honey!**
You wants to be the millionaire
An' have de heaps o' money,?
Des all de gol'
De worP kin hol\?
You better min\ my honey!
De gol' is bright
As stars er night,
An' buys des all dey is in sijjht,
But mighty soon it takes its flight,?
You better min', my honey!
A li'P place fer sayin' grace,?
De home-road bright an' sunny,
De sweet home-nes',?
Dey's what's de bes',?
Dey's whar de heart beats, honey!
Des all the goP
Yo' arms kin hoi',?
De money what de rich control,
Ain't wuth de sweet peace er de soul, ?
You better min', my honey!
?F L Stanfon.
The Pittsburg Electric Welded
'ence makes the best and neatest
ence on the market. We have just
eceived a car-load. Call and let >
s show it to you.
Wiluamsbi- rg Hardware Co.
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