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H i'JM^^Br^^xjKmHKJ JIM. SAFE SIDE? J IF NOT, WHY NOT? v Whose fault is it? It is not ours. We offer you the necessary requirements to place you on the safe side, and would be more than delighted to WRITE YOU A POLICY that will protect you from all loss by fires at a very low rate. We represent the best and most reliable companies on earth. Kingstree Insurance,Real Estate & Loan Go. ?. V. WELCH. Nuaxer. SLIGHINING RODS. H. L. WHITLOCK, Utt?C!tr.8.C.. Special Sales Agent Representing the largest manufacturers of all kinds Improved Copper and Galvanized Section Rods. (Endorsed by the Highest Scientific Authorities and Fire Insurance Companies). Pure Copper Wire Cables, all sizes. Our Full Cost Guarantee given with each job. ^.la rft i mmmmJ 1 B6il UX1 CIUW uiuiui W4 ?/4w<v, divkiing commission with mv customers. S-7-tf WATTS'JEWELRY STORE KINGSTREE. S. C. I keep on hand everything to be found in an up-to-date j ewelry house / Repairing and engraving " v done with neatness and despatch. :: As a home dealer, guaranteeing quality and prices, I Solicit You* Patronage. , N?sr the Railroad Station. fj I . IS CYPRESS ; f J SASH | \ DOORS j ^ BLINDS . . < ^ . i I * 1 II i I O 1 % <p j ' 1 &L, i i. MOULDINGS i AND \ j MILL WORK w j * J The Meanest MiHerinTown , > is prepared to grind your corn into fine meal, coarse or medium grits. Bring along your corn. T -1 I Hill ciisu prcpcucu cv grind your wheat into the J very best grade of flour? I the home ground kind. Bring us your wheat as soon as it is ready. EPPS MILLING CO., S. F. EPPS, Proprietor f THE MONITOR The improved Self-Heating Sad Iron saves half the time, half the labor and all the worry on Ironing day. The best and most economical sad iron on the market. Simple and safe. Recommended and for sale by Mrs. S. P. Britton Salter* Depot. - S. C. * Hew??mw?gg* Undressed Lumber. I always have on hand a lot of undressed lumber (board and framing) at my mill near Kingstree. lor sale at the lowest price for good material. See or write me for further information, etc. r- H- H0DGE j. ' * ' . . a 'a i A*" ' TOBAG NlHUi tifaHTli still leads high a vera / ming on th of sending i unnecessar co for top p can't afford Read belc M?J iU muiiuay, uic $1,599.1 Come to i highest ma |-yv- J - : 7 ~ Wi v/.,vA/iV. ::>..^ :>: y.; v > ^ y .>v repairs of all kinds,ana aiso Keej a full line of the "right kind" o supplies, on which you may de pend. Kizig'stree Garage i L T.THOMPSON, Mtfr. Bit .ieT!*-HjglM? % > 3^^86*1 TlM l l"! IB "l|l|ljC,^li'3^^ ROPER HOSPITAL Medical Collie of the CHARLC! Schools of Medic Owned ?n| Cont 8 7th Session Begins Octob Fine new three-story building imm oratories of Chemistry, Bacteriology ical Pathology, Pharmacology and F equipment. ? The Roper Flospital, one of the lar South, contains 218 beds, and with ar unsurpassed clinical advantages. Practical work in dispensary forph Two years graduated service in R each year. Department of Physiology and Em leston Museum. Ten full-time teachers in laborator For catalogue address Box 42 The Man Who Knows Hov to put an automobile in order "ii not numerous,'' but there are i plenty who claim to have tha ability. Expert practical mechan ical knowledge is absolutely nec essary, and it takes time to ac quire the necessary skill. W< make a specialty of automobile " ' " i i _ . i CO FAR AL WARE in both high ] iges. We do < e warehouse flc iut drummers, \ y expense. We trices every da; to miss selling >w what we did 16th, 14,780 pou 18, an average of lis and we assur rket price at all Your friends, Hester & Moi EV nr '' COIXEGSI^^I^ ^ ou' dn State of South Carolina t STON, S. C. ta! ine and Pharmacy c rolled by the Stkt* ? 0 r 1, 1915"?ndi June 1, 1916 ilS ediately opposite Roper Hospital. Lab,Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology,Clin- sic 'harmacy provided with new, modern wc gest and best equipped hospitals in the 1 extensive out-patient service, offers pe: larmaceutical students. ? oper Hospital with six appointments bryology in affiliation with the Chary branches. ifiR OSCAR W. SCHLEETER, Regi.trar, U CHARLESTON. S. C. ,J Thank You -1 l\ We thank you for subscribe jjjj [ ing. You will thank us for giv- | . ing you a clean newspaper. ? Will cure your Rheumatism | * Seuralgria, Headaches, Cramps, | (s^rQi'no PmicAQ fNita a r\f\ 111?) }'v , ?s,01d Sores, Stings of Insect? ? # :'U:. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in1 .inially ai;d externally. Price 25c- of SENATOR EPPS ON COTTON SITUATION. FORCIBLY POINTS OUT BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED FROM STATE WAREHOUSE SYSTEM. Editor County Record:? At this time, twelve months ago, the farmers and all other persons in Williamsburg county, together with the entire citizenship of South Carolina. were engaged in much agitation and were deeply concerned in each other's welfare, because of iil HOUSE prices and mr drum or instead vhich is an sell tobacy and you with us. ; ] on 1 1 inds sold for $10.82 e you the times. ntgomery BHHHHflHHOHa! ER SALIVATED BY CALOMEL? HORRIBLE! ? lomel is Quicksilver and Acts ike Dynamite on Your Liver. ^ Calomel loses you a day! You c jw what calomel is. It's mercury; c cksilver. Calomel is dangerous, c irashes into sour bile like dyna- ? te, cramping and sickening you. 1 lomel attacks the bones and should t /er be put into your system. ? When you feel bilious, sluggish, { istipated and all knocked out and c lieve you need a dose of danger- c 9 calomel just remember that your i uggist sells for 50 cents a large g ttle of Dodson's Liver Tone,which [ entirely vegetable and pleasant to ( <e and is a perfect substitute for < lomel. It is guaranteed to start ur liver without stirring you up g lide, and cannot salivate. \ Don't take calomel! It make3 you g k the next day; it loses you a day's s irk. Dodson's Liver Tone straight- c 9 you right up and you feel great, j ve it to the children because it is c rfectly harmless and doesn't gripe, g 1 Greenville j! Womans College 1 Greenville, S. C. 1 C Affords complete advantages for a broad, liberal education. Trains its students for lives of fullest j efficiency and responsibility. Equipment, faculty, courses of study, and cultural influences are f < entirely in harmony with present- j ' day requirements. | j Administration, instruction find dor- y : mitory buildings equipped alone the g most modern lines, for convenient, g j comfortable life and efficient work. f ( Entrance reqmremenU apon 14-unit buii. 3 Hjich standard courses leading to B. A.. I I B. L. and M. A. degrees. Literature. | , Languages, Sciences. Practical train- t ing in Domestic Science. Banna Coar?e. ? j leading to diploma. 4 Thorough courses leading to diplo- Is rnas i J Conaerratory of Muaic, departments I I of Art, EiprmioD, Phytical Culture. Kiudt.-far- ? ten, Normal Training Courie. L This institution aims to afford the | ' bosieducationaladvantagesobtainable | ( at a minimum cost. For Catalogue addreat i , DAVID M. RAMSAY, D. D., Pre?. | ( GreCnVtlle' ^ ^ a ^ 5 or A Hoaou AAA will hrpnlc nnv rasp 1 Fever or Chills. Price, 25 cents. J < fa*.' it . the terrible cloud of anxiety and the threatening disaster which then depressed and confused the public mind. The European war which had burst forth so unexpectedly and so 3uddenly completely shocked the earth, and the boast of the world's civilization crumbled; doctrinal influences of Christianity vanished and the business affairs of inter-national commerce became paralysed with dreadful apprehension. The financial interests of America, after a momentary pause, began to 3ectionalize. Wall Street squawked, and immediately the community interests of the great East, North and West ran to cover. Organized, trained and prepared to meet emergencies, these sections converted what at first seomed to them to be certain disaster and calamity into a harvest of wealth and a condition of lasting benefit. But the South! This great section which stands first in the annals of American history and which is destined to preserve individual freedom, and ever ready to defend the ?reat principle of national liberty md the nation's honor, floundered n chaos and confusion, while her prosperity wilted and disappeared ike dew before the morning's sun. [ts great product which should lave brought luxury and a bed of ?ase to her people proved only to pe a burden of poverty and a mill stone of depression. The reason for the difference be;ween the effects of the war in the Morth. East and West, and the ef'ects of the war in the South, is plainly that of a preparedness on he one hand and a lack of preparedness on the other hand. Twelve months have passed since he first shock of the war was felt; he record crop of cotton in 1914 las been practically consumed, and he lie has been given to the Bear md the Critic, who deluded the public mind with the erroneous idea hat the industrious South had foolshly produced more than a world's upply. Realizing that the agricultural >eople were approaching a great risis, which then threatened not inly their welfare but the interests if the entire people of the State, Jouth Carolina led out, as she usualy does, and provided a remedy for he purpose of meeting the emergency. The task was great, the process tedious and the hindrances mormous. Yet out of it all, has ieveloped a system which, if utilzed, will defy any adverse circumstance or current event which might je used to temporarily depress or iestroy the intrinsic value of the South's greatest product. I have reference to the great possibilities embodied in the State's warehouse system. It seems that so few men have concerned themselves in regard to this law. and be:ause of the fact that the daily papers of the State seem inclined to loubt the wisdom of agitating the subject, which at this time should De the constant thought of both the "armer and the business man, I have Dersuaded myself to at least give to :he farmers of our county the simple suggestion that there is at hand i real, practical, inexpensive, safe ind common sense method for the storing and indefinite holding off of ;he market the cotton which they ire now about to begin to harvest, rhose who do not avail themselves )f the plan should not complain Irroh'nnc mofnro onH I WUCTil lUCIi UV/liguciUiJO luuvuiv uuu ;heir creditors ask for either cash settlements or such negotiable paper is will pass current in the general market for credit extensions. The newspapers, when they diseuss this subject, advise that there s ample warehouse facilities in South Carolina to store the cotton, and they publish almost daily the Pact that there is abundant money n the banks to hold the entire crop; and that the great Federal Reserve System alone is fully capable of bringing relief to the South. All of A'hich is absolutely true, but so far as the individual farmer is concerned it is all "Bull"?or, to be genteel?it relieveth him not. The plan of holding cotton in Standard warehouses, privately owned, is profitable only to the very large merchants, fertilizer dealers, manufacturers and simulators. The producer had far better sell nis cotton out right at almost any price, at home, than to consign it to the generous protection of such institutions as furnish food for the Octopus which thrives best and fattens faster when fed from such sources. The price of cotton will never be controlled by the farmer, or even influenced by him, so long as the necessary facilities for holding and storing the staple remain in the hands of men other than those who produce it. Keep this thought uppermost in your mind. It runs through both weave and warp of the warehouse act. By the way, reader, have you ever read that act? How many are those who have devoted to its studv a reasonable amount of intelligent thought? It is the only intrument of legislation which provides an absolute source of relief to the producer of cotton, who, since the war between the States,has been a slave to our miserable credit system. It is the one instrument, which, if utilized, will enable our merchants to act a3 reservoirs,thus preventing the overflow of cotton upon a disorganized and depressed market. I guarantee that the North, East or West would snap at such an opportunity to control the marketing of a product of some great industry of theirs, yet we people of the South are willing to sacrifice our very substance, rather than cut a rut or swerve the least from a trodden path ingeniously prescribed by the subtle brain of subsidized interests. The Warehouse Commissioner cannot build oar warehouses, a wise provision of the act, but he can and is instructed to take them into the system when built, provided, etc. Every merchant and eveiy farmer who handles one hundred bales of cotton or more per annum should have a warehouse upon his premises sufficiently roomy to protect his cotton from the weather,if for no other purpose. Any merchant or farmer who has such a warehouse, one hundred feet or more from all other buildings, well built and with a metal roof, rain proof and first class yi every physical respect, can transfer the same by lease or rental into the State system and for the normally small sum of about ten cents ner bale per month,secure a State warehouse receipt which carries with it all the privileges of the great system, and which is recognized by the Fedoral Reserve batak as preferred collateral security, to which notes may be attached and readily discounted, payable twelve months after date,if so long a time be desired. A half dozen farmers producing thirty or forty bales each uniting their interest could likewise enjoy these privileges. The remedy is at hand, but without the preparation it availeth nothing. Money is abundant,but cotton will have to be sold at a sacrifice or warehoused?the receipt will be absolutely necessary. Th? privately owned and managed warehouse is not practical, is too expensive and is undesirable. The warehouse under State control is feasible, practical and preferred. Details would continue this article beyond reasonable length. Those who are interested can act for themselves. A little deliberate thought, a little expenditure of money and a little perseverance would fully prepare our people to meec any emergency that might come. Dismiss the idea that warehouses should be built of brick and located on expensive town lots. Such is not necessary. The proper place to store the staple is in or near the field upon which it grows?and the South Carolina warehouse system provides this opportunity. E C Epps. Burglary at Hemingway. Hemingway, August 23: ? The store of the Haselden Mercantile Co was broken into and entered last Thursday night,the thief gainingentrance by breaking the glass in the front. The cash drawer was torn open but contained only 27 cents in pennies, it happening that Mr Hemingway put all of his cash into the safe before closing Thursday night. Several pairs of shoes were taken from the shelves, but it could not be learned whether the intruder found any to his liking or not. The bloodhounds were wired for early Friday morning from Kingstree, but a message was received from Sheriff Graham to the effect that it was impossible to come on account of roads being in bad condition, owing to the recent very heavy rains. Tbe Clerk Guaranteed It. "A customer came into my store tVio nfhor rliiv arid eairl nria nf mv VIIV- VVUVI V??4J MUU UUIU VV VUt 111 jr clerks, 'have you anything that will cure diarrhoea?' and my clerk went and tfot him a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and said to him, 'if this does not cure you. I will not charge you a cent for it.' So he took it home and came back in a day or two and said he was cured," writes J H Berry & Co, Salt Creek. Va. Obtainable everywhere. ? " *"* /->. ; % -J "V JM