Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?hr Ulnuntg iErrnrti. KINQSTREE. S. O. p C. W. WOLFE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. r< Entered at the po3toffice at Kingstree, (J S.C.as second class mail matter. j TELEPHONE NO. 83- ? .. vv TERMS P SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One copy, one year $) 25 ? One copy, six months - 75 v One copy, three months ... 50 I One copy, one year in advance.... 1 00 ej Obituaries. Tributes of Respect, ? Resolutions of Thanks, Cards of Thanks e and all other reading notices,not News, f( ? - ? *~ will be Charged ior at me rave ui vuc cent a word for each insertion. All changes of advertisements and i all communications must be in this office v before TUESDAY NOON in order'to ti appear in the ensuing issue. All communications must be signed '!1 by the writer, not for publication unless I] desired, but tb protect this newspaper, y ADVERTISING RATES; j, Advertisements to be run in Special oolumnpne cent a word eachlssncumini* u mum price 25 cents, to be paid for in 11 advance. fi Legal advertisements, $1.00 per inch tl first insertion, 50 cents per inch each *] subsequent insertion. Rates on long term advertisements " very reasonable.. For rates apply at d this office. tl In remitting checks or money orders tl nake payable to THE COUNTY RECORD. ? __________ t In men whom men condemn as ill, i I find so much vf goodness still; In men whom MEN' pronounce divine, a I find so much of sin and blot? j t harm to them than tne worK you accomplish with them. It is simply S( a matter of horse sense and economy. _____ to HEMINGWAY SCHOOL OPENS. J? Largest Enrolment of Any Open- n Ing Day?The Teachers. Hemingway, October ">:?School opened here yesterday with the larg- . est attendance ever known lie re. The opening exercises were conducted by Rev P 11 Ingrahani, pastor of; the Methodist church, after which j .w interesting speeches were" made!1? along general school lines. It was j * estimated that lot) pupils were pres- j cnt and enrolled and with these. were a large number of patrons. The teachers: R N Speigner, superintendent; Miss F H Doty, principal ; Miss Louise Wilson, music; j^ Misses Caughman, Coin-land and J. Jenkinson, assistants. j1S Work has recently begun on the1 new ?1-3,000 school building, hut it will he several months yet before this building will be ready for oc-'J, cupancy. This work is in the hands! r of W W Benson & Co, Charleston,' architects, and R L Gravely, Flor- i w ence, contractor. I ^ m li Missionary Society Meeting. The Baptist Woman's Missionary societies of the Southeast association -jwill h 'ld their annual meeting at Georgetown October 12-13. Mrs J R Fizcr of Columbia, corresponding secretary of the State union, will be / ( present both days, also Mrs W J Hatcher of Johnston, State superin- t] tendent of Sunbeams. A special in- R vitation is extended to all pastors in _ the association, and visitors will be y{ welcome at all sessions. Mks Edwin Carpenter, T " -r_, ^ l ?. T Mipmi. eii'K-m. Georgetown, October i. 5 or 6 doses 660 will break any case x of FeVcr or Chills. Price, 25 cent-. Ii ? f ? v I hesitate to draw the line Between the two?where G<>d has not.' THURSDAY. OCT. 7. 1915. 1 The W'iliianishurg County Fair i> ( going to l>e the greatest event in the a ncrricultural history of the county? ? 7? . " t just what it should It4. - ii lie sure you get your Record next <1 week, Mr Subscriber, and find out something about the Jive towns in (. old Williamsburg that are "rooting" for tlie county fair. { We wonder what has become <>f H Tlie State's Beauty Queen stipplement, tlie one tliat Mr Eidridge < talked so niucli about in connection < witli tlie Jubilee festival? ^ Here's a humble suggestion to our farmer friends who have ma- w chinery or implements of' any kind. ^ When you have finished with them for the season, why not clean them si up carefully, oil them up to prevent ^ rust, and house them in some way d or other to keep them out of the de- ^ structive winter weather? Don't e] treat it as some of this county's tl A road machinery is being mistreated. ' Rains and wind and snow do more R .T ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED. res'I. Wilson to Marry Mrs. Norman Gait of Washington. Washington, Octol>er 6:?Wood)w Wilson, the President of the nited States, announced tonight is engagement to Mrs Norman Gait f Washington. The date of the edding has not been fixed, hut it robably will take place in Decenier at the home of the bride-elect. The brief announcement from the Write House, made bv Secretary 'umulty, came as a surprise to ofliial Washington, but to a number f intimate friends it long had been xpected. From thi< circle came might the story of a friendship hose culmination was viewed as a appy turn in the troubled and lone; life of the Nation's Chief Execuve. It was Miss Margaret Wilson and er cousin, Miss Helen Woodrow ones, who drew Mrs Gait into the Write House circle. They met her 1 the early autumn of last year and ere so much attracted by her that iiey sought her out more and more requently. Mrs Gait spent a month liis summer at Cornish as a guest of be President's eldest daughter. It ~ mf lienor /\f 1\W US 1111 I'U^i 1 tnu liltliiiiiv^ Ml in. augliter and cousin with Mrs (.Jalt hat the President had an opporunity to meet and know her. One f the most interesting things about he engagement, indeed, as told by riends, is that the President's a lighters choose Mrs (hilt for their dm i ration and friendship In'fore heir father did. SUTTONS SIFTINGS. utcresting Budget of News Items Gathered by "Poor Boy." Suttons, October 4:? Several of| he young folk from here attended | box party at Oceda Friday night f last week, given for the benefit of he church there. Miss Ruth Hinnant was a visitor n Florence Tuesday and W'ednesiay. Mrs W O Henderson of Andrews nd her guest, Miss Reed of Fanaster, were here Thursday. Messrs Joe Friersoii and Roland 1 itchuni of Kingstree were noted lereyesterday afternoon. We were glad to have with us undav Miss Ethel Rowell of liryan. Miss Mattie Jeffords, near Trio, ntertained a number of her friends aturday evening in honor of her \i: . . 1.-.1...1 f \ 111.,, I 0USI11, liiiin i a,\ u'i i'i .iin uale, who is teaching near Bryan. Misses Kuth and Dodye Jiinnant is ted Andrews and Georgetown hursday and Friday. Miss Dodye iP leave in a few days to begin er school at Warsaw. Mr and Mrs W D Bryan were ere Sunday visiting the latter's ister. Mrs Ogburn, who i- still very 1, we are sorry to note. Miss Clara Blakeley spent a few ays recently with her sister at ceda. Mr and Mrs J II ho well of Trio utertained charmingly several of le younger set Tuesday night last, .mong those from here who enjoyi their hospitality were: Misses ose and Mary Long and Messrs W and Tallie Altman. Mr P M Byrdic had business here iveral days last week. Well, Mr Editor, since it's "poito time" and the 'possums so lentiful and easily caught, I am al?ady feeling dubious that you will ot hear often from ye scribe, Poor Boy. For Indigestion. Never take pepsin and preparaons containing pepsin or other diestive ferments for indigestion, as le more you take the more you will ill have to take. What is needed a tonic like Chamberlain's Tablets lat will enable the stomach to per>rm its functions naturally. Oblinable everywhere. Cades Chronicles. Cades, October 2:?During those ><>d sunshiny days last week a lot ? hay was cut and a great deal of it still on the ground on account of ic wet weather which came along ter. Miss Etlie Thomas spent several ivs at Darlington last week with i iends and relatives. < Those who attended court this i eek from here were: Messrs Y G . rnette, T P Fulmore, \Y C Wilson, j F Epps and J L Thomas. i Mr E H Carsten and his son, lite Jimmie.went to Kingstree Friday. , Misses Eunice Odoni and Nellie honi]>son went to Kingstree Saturiv. Mr 1> M Path, the ellicient sales- , an for the People's Home Remedy , > of Rome, wa- in town Saturday. Mr E S Sauls of Pin ville spent ie week-end here with friends and j latives. " " m " "" ' mwmt ms im 1 j o Drive Oat Malaria Aral buifu Up lire SysAr \ j ake the Old St tndard OAOVF. S ! ASTELESS cbrll TONIC. Y v. t: - r j hat you arc tr.kl \ y a tY> i3 ' rinted on every lahel, r'l -v.i"" it is ! uiaiue end Iron 111 a tirtelcss f<.<s'ni. j a, v. o . r . . '.e IIC Jii^ U.. v.J v ?. ? - ? 7 I ron butt-is up lb . -p; . " j JL^JL i STATE and GENERAL fc i TOPICS H /W\ /I\ /-1\ /1\ /W\ m /T\ zTSTTN Ohio will vote on the question of prohibition next week. XXX Manning citizens have organized a Fair association. Fair to held November 26. XXX I Exports from Charleston during September amounted to $880,000, against $37,000 for the same month last year. XXX J B Duke, the tobacco millionaire of Durham, N C, has subscribed $100,000 a year for the rest of his life to the Southern Methodist church. XXX V Wm M Nichols, son of Judge Geo W Nichols of Spartanburg, a second . . . ? r* I 1 .1 J lieutenant in tne tsritisn royai neiu artillery, was killed in a battle in France early last week. XXX The municipal primary in Charleston will be held next Tuesday. The contest for Mayor between John P Grace, the present incumbent, and T T Hyde will probably be bitter. XXX Twenty-two true bills against persons charged with violating the dispensary law were returned by the grand jury in the cgurt of general sessions at Charleston last week. XXX Col E J Watson, president, has is-1 sued a call for the members of the i Southern Cotton congress to meet in I Charleston December 14, during the sessions of the Southern Commercial congress. XXX Anthony Comstock, widely known o irv tUn fi (rhf ncrainvjt vipp | no n icnun in luv n^uv ? >-?. in New York city for more than forty years, is dead. He began, as a porter, a crusade against obscene books and pictures. XXX The Legislature of Alabama, just adjourned.passed stringent laws relative to the shipment of liquor into the State. Each citizen is limited to two quarts of whisky and six bottles of beer every two weeks. xxx Eight negroes made their escape from the Sumter county jail Saturday night by digging up the lloor of the cell. Three of the prisoners have been recaptured, while the other five are being searched for by Sheriff Bradford. xxx The amount of the foreign loans financiers in New York have agreed ! to float in this country for the allies ! is $500,000,000. The securities arej to be Anglo-French notes. They | bear 5% interest and will be sola.at 98 cents, 2 cents below par. xxx The prohibition law has gone into effect at Barnwell. The dispensary there was burned Saturday night , and all the liquor tnerem destroyed, and the law forbids the board from ordering more, now that the result of the election of September 14 has been declared. XXX At the recent session of the Association of Attorney Generals held at San Francisco, Attorney General T H Peeples of South Carolina was elected vice president of that body. He was the youngest member of the association and the only Southerner elected to office. XXX Mrs Mary Furay of county Galway,Ireland, is announced in London to have the mother's record in the | present war. She has given ten sons| to the British army. Five are dead i in France, one is in a hospital recov- j ering from wounds, another is nurs- i ing a right arm shattered by a bullet,one is a prisoner in Germany and one remains fighting. XXX Late advices say that Germany has acceded to the American demands for settlement of the Arabic case. The Imperial Government, through its ambassador, Count Von Bernstorff, disavows the sinking of the vessel and announces that it has so notified the submarine commander who made the attack. Germany ^ah fUn 1/ioe nf HI SO CAJJieSSCS Itr^ici iui me JUOO ui I American lives and agrees to pay an 1 indemnity to the families of Americans lost by the destruction of the vessel. Ihe Colds of Mankind Cured by Pines Have >ou ever gone through a typical pine forest \vh?n you had a : cold? What a vigorous impulse it sent! How you opervu wide your j lungs 10 take in those invigorating 1 and mysterious qualities. Yes, Drj Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey possesses those , stimulating qualities arid overtvimes, hacking coughs. Trie inner lining | of 4he throat is strengthened in its( attack against coil germs. Every family neods a bottle constantly at; hand. !?~c. I J J i ' \ I ? fcyy O If) o American Mahi j? Dimensions: Height, Depth, 23 inches. 9 We insure each ( Flood, Tornado, Lis ^ any caus3 whatever. + ? If you want the b< C ?Come'on; Get Busy Order. I? Kingstree Fu ^ Two Doort From Postoffi< Absolutely Mouse Proot and Dust t TTiTi't rnrmwr || Qlic mat 'J* ^*A I> UIWUI 4 | ? . oop ? ? ? ceo?o ? " hci5 tvr cctton-uvfll CI IV IS * I SJicttt an witi .string cut fc I 5tort a |;j 1 7 | 3aute J | Account- | i:^rT-T-^rl Kil ^SE?BB3ffiBBK^3SSS5Ef" 2MI??3E W7 jj j o ? r-?fJaBSSBM J / / ' f T OPPO! IS N _= and is keep y _ _ j _^ riou 01 in the fully ii Our Clubbing Rates* * We offer cheap clubbing rates with a number of popular newspapers and periodicals. Read carefully the following list and select the one or more that you fancy find we shall be pleased to send in your order. These rates are of course all cash in advance, which means that both The Record and the paper ordered must be paid for, not 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, but twelve ; months ahead. Below is the list of our best clubbing offers. w * The County Record and the Semi- | Weekly State, one year $1.85. / i /mir f it Oaaav/I n /4 f U a C a n iU JLUC IVCtUI U C1I1U tlic UUUtlf ; ern Ruralist (twice a month) for $1.25 a year. The Record and Home & Farm (twice a month) $1.35. The Record and New York World (3 times a week) $1.75. i The Record and Atlanta Consti- ^ tution (S times a week) $1.85. The Record and Bryan's Commoner, $1.65 N. B. We do not club with any daily papers. The first issue you receive of the paper or periodical is evidence that the money for % same has been forwarded by us. ^ We are not responsible after that - [ The County Record. No. 666 This ia a prescription prepared especially br MALARIA or CHILLS 6. FEVER. Five or six doses will break any case, and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not I return. * It acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c ______?-? 'IIF'taW?** ij no chance 6 .j lujiset) in the | >.| -C0P-?C _Qg? . cog i I fluffed hi5 cars with J i she docs summonS u Herbert Kaufman. * \s ft as the lakh- I an& taltt it oven 1 ifeliW.t - ^''Wl Slarl a p 3attb I 0 I Account ' ' I a. . . [s [^3 a n Mb B 1b V / 1CP DEPOT || )PEN ore and I I any pe= I I n stored I I be kept M MMill' iWH HI! Pi Ml"! 11 I IMIWIil MBBBHUHnBaBanni s jgony* or Golden Oak c 92 inches; Width, 45 inches; *2 French Plate Mirror, 18x30 $ )rgan against loss by Fire, <y rhtning or destruction from You are protected for 5 years est Organ made for the money 73 ; Don't Wait. Send Us Your ? irniture Company H ce K1NGSTREE, S. C. Proof. Made of Brass, Guaranteed Nol to Rusf i who thtnhs he he ip the man without r 'znchcb Vac Kticctor from his boor,: > cannot Itcor opportunity xthcr i money in the batik alxvat n* Opportunity. Conw In CO*v*^*r if* * *+ r*e,r*t 3? "I'l !' !' ' ? 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