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Kflf- - i VS p \ * ?; , ^be ^onntu llefrnft. VOL. XXXI. K1>08TKEE, SOUTH CAROnyA, THURSMY, MAY 11, 1916. NO. 10 $30 Given Ma; for Ni $10 for First Prize in Each ? - - A 1 in Each District?Sinbscnj 10,000 Extra Votes for Candidate?Offer Closes! daring the Contest-Don The Contest Editor make9 a spe< ial announcement today. We wi give ten dollars in gold, in Distric v No 1, to the lady turning in th highest number of new subscription by May 27, 1916. We will give fiv dollars in gold to the lady turnin in the second highest number o subscriptions by May 27, 1916, an in District No 2 we will give te dollars to the lady turning in th highest number of new subscription by May 27, and five dollars for sec ond prize. All subscriptions tha have been entered and will be entei ed up to seven o'clock, Saturda evening. May 27, 1916, will b counted. Subscriptions must be strictl new. It will not do transfer th paper from one member of th family to another at the same ad dress. We will not allow this. T be counted as a new subscription i ^ must go to an entirely new address f The highest number entered, i \ each district, will win the ten dollar and the second highest number wi win the five dollars. Wjth every subscription for a yea 9,000 votes are given to go toward winning the big prizes at the clos of the contest. June 24. You ar working for two prizes at the sam time. The highest number of vote tons the Maxwell automobile, Jun 24, and the highest number of sul acriptions, from each district, wir I $10 the 27th of May. A coupon good for ten thousan * votes will be found in The Count Record. Fill it out with the nam and address of the person wishin to take The Record and mail it, wit a dollar, to the Contest Departmer and we will send you a certificate i return for the number of votes yo are entitled to. To inform the many who hav telephoned the contest departmer asking for information as to th best way to start, the contest mar ager advises everyone who intenc to do anything in the campaign t set out at once getting their frienc to promise that they will save th coupon that will be published weel | ly. At the same time ask them t ( give you their renewals. Votes wi 1 1 ? ? i 1 ...i | De given on oiu anu utrw buukiij * tions. It will be found of great servic to candidates to come to the Cor test Department and talk to th contest manager who is in charge Many things about a contest ar at first obscure to the person wh has had no experience of th sort before. These little problem will at once be solved by inforrm tion received from the contes manager. Remember that now is the tim to get to work pledging your friend to give you their aid. Every da you delay means just so many cot pons and subscriptions lost to vo and every vote will be needed if yo .want to win the Maxwell car. Man an election and many a eompetitio have been won with only a few vote to spare. If you try you can b first in your district and perhap loun i jSfj 00 ll finirchraa ManilfsifVI p lUllgOU tt illUIIIIIUvll 9 27,1916, ew Subscriptions. i District?$5 for Second Prize ifinne Mncfr Ro Qhnpflv Naut JUUliO 1T1UOI UV LFU1VUJ 11V TT the First Subscription forlach May 15?Only Extra Votes Gven t Let this Opportunity Pass. first over all, an honor that would U be worth the effort even if the ,t prizes were not offered. e The following: merchants are issuing: ballots in The Record's Ladies' Voting: contest. e Any merchant can obtain these f? ballots by seeing the contest manf ager: (3 Silverman's Dept Store, King Hardware Co, Kingstree Furniture Co, e Kingstree Dry Goods Co, IS Kingstree Hardware Co, People's Mercantile Co, lt Kingstree Drug Co. Baggett's Jewelry Store, v Rodgers & Godwin, e W V Brockington, M D, M H Jacobs, y People's Market, c R VV Lewis, e Mcintosh & Alsbrook, ' S Marcus, o . t Dist. No. 1---A11 Territory within i. Corporate Limits ot Klngstree. n Mrs Leland Taylor 5.050 'S 44 J H Epps 5,050 11 44 L S Dennis 7,6*0 44 M A Ross - 5,200 r 44 S J Deery 7,030 Is 44 C R Thomas ?5,950 10 4- P O Arrowsmith ? 7,950 * 44 L Wtiilland.... 5.050 e 44 SBMcGill 5,050 e 44 TS Hemingway ..5,050 ?S Miss Lily Cunningham ?8,290 ' 44 Lula Brockington _.5,050 44 Lyllian Alsbrook 8,300 44 Ada Brockington ?.5,05U is " Miriam Fluitt _.-.6,460 4 Lizzie Heape ?5,050 j 44 Irene Epps 7,090 44 Retha Burgess 7,660 y 44 Bessie Harper ....5,050 ie 4 4 Martha Gordon 5,050 cr 44 Nell Blakely.. ;? -5.050 l. 44 Martha Gourdin 5,050 . " Jirnmie Britton ?.5,050 44 Florrie Jacobs.. ?6,690 n ' Rosa Wiikins 5,050 u 44 Serena Lee 5,050 44 Olive Montgomery 9,170 | Annie Baker ? ?6,280 e i " Annie McCutchen 5,050 it. 44 Lily Marcus 5,950 ie i 44 Mattie Miller - ?5,050 44 Ann Fulton.. ? 5,050 19 District No. 2?All Rural Routes jq ! and Towns Outside of Kingstree Kingstree, R. F. D. ! Miss Beth McGill 9,110 | 44 Sadie Snowden 8,180 c" 44 Ruth Phillips 7.750 o Mrs G Gllie Epps 5,050 H 44 E W Howard 5 300 | Greelyville^ 6,840 Mrs E D Rhodus 6 800 44 .lohn Rankin ,050 ^ Miss Alice Connor 0,1140 1- 44 Hazel Green 6*450 e 44 Martha Gamble 6* , Greelyville, R. F. D. 0 Miss Mellie Ftrrell 14,050 q r Lanes. ? Miss Mamie Baggett .'. 9.680 I 44 Alice Rich 5,050 13! 44 Nonie Brown ... 8,960 1-' Mrs G C Parsons 5,05<> it: Salters. . ! Miss Emmie Ferrell 5,"50 ei 44 Carrie Moseley 10.160 I 44 Dulcie Lifrage 8,650 ; Mrs C W Boswell 5."50 yI " RD Bradham 7,970 i-, Vox. u ) Miss Mettie Eaddy 8,975 u i Mrs Albert Taylor 5,050 v Johnsonville. n Miss Lucile Rollins 7.840 44 Ella Russell Poston 7,990 44 Bertie Eaddy 5,<?50 e 4" Louise Eaddy 5,050 S Mrs R B W Dickson 9,195 EENS We are makir Screens to fit; lie is this: If u than you can I to pay us a pe window screei iring & Construction Co., Hemingway. Miss Cenie Haselden 6,100 " Gladys Hutson 5,<>50 " Annie Burney 7,150 Venters. Miss Bessie Huggins 6,100 " Christine Newell.. 5,050 " Gertrude Davis 8,550 Trio. Miss Bessie Register 8,990 Mrs J W Moore 5,050 "WT Rowell 9.760 " John Lockliear 5,050 LUHe uiy. Miss Mollie Nachman - 5,750 44 Laurie Stuckey -6,970 " Bertha Morris 5,050 44 Lida Howie 5,050 Cades. Mrs V G Arnette 5,050 Miss Annie May Epps 5,050 " Velma Thomas 5,050 44 May Gowdv 8,960 ' Wista Mcfilveen 5,350 I " Nettie Burgess 8,650 " Ola McElveen 5,050 " Mattie Julia Graham 5,050 44 Evelyn Hanna - ; 5,050 " Eleida Kennedy, R F D 5,970 44 Jessie Smith 9,900 | New Zlon. MissTennie Wingate 9,150 Mrs A L Burgess 1 5,050 Earles. I j Miss Connie Thompson 5,050 [ 4V Edna Feagin 9,040 j Andrews. Mrs WC Gordon 7,97011 44 C A Milhous 5,050 44 Norman Cook - - 7,650 "EL Powell i 5,050,1 "John Heinemann 5.050ii ? R W Marshall, R F b 6,150 . Miss Verra West 5,050 " Louise Wheeler 8,190 ' St. Stephens. 1 Miss Fannie Funk - 9.390 , Suttons. Miss Stella Lamb 9,250 1 " Edna Moree 8,980 " Annie Ogburn - 5,050 ] Leo. :: Mrs A J Brown -7,650 \1 Fowler. I < Miss Ruth Mills 8,970 j Bryan. ' I Mrs Lawrence Brown - 9,380 i Cowards. ' i Mrs E L Montgomery 7,160 Scranton. Mrs Linna Cannon 5,050 , Miss Lily Graham 6,980; Workman. i Miss Elva wjngate...._ ? 5,050 " Debelle Evans 9.730 , Henry. Miss Annie Ervin_ 7,350 j | Rome. 11 Miss Louise Snow - 9,970! Mo axon. j j Miss Hessie Frierson 8,670 , ' Gladys Epps _ 5,050' i " Annie Williamson 5,050 " Allie Burgess -8,160 Helnemann. j i Mrs J P Gamble Lj7,690 ! "WN Clarkson 8,270 Bloomlagvale. ! Miss Edna Camlin >..5,750 '* Alice Smith 5,150 E L Fishburne.Esq, a former mem- j 1 her of the Kintrstree bar, was elected an Alderman of Walterboro last week.' _ _ u ^ __ "The nation's Pert!." ! If you enjoy the sensation of see-; ing a ship actually sunk from shell fire of a powerful United States battleship?if the bombardment of a I town bv artillery amidst the charg- < I ing, cheering advance of more than ; three thousand soldiers, sailors and ( ' marines,?will stir your heart?if witnessing mine explosions and the workings of a wireless station hold a j thrill for you, then do not miss the | showing of the big five-part war! picture "The Nation's Peril" which \ has jiist been completed after six months of ceaseless effort by the' Lubin Company. Manager Craw- j ford, of the Uwana Theatre, keen at' ;all times to present to his patrons' the best there is in motion pictures,; has at big expense secured this ex- j ceptional picture for showing Fri-j day. May 12. * * One vote for every cent paid on \ account or purchase. >; Kixgstree Furniture Co. ig a Specialty of manufactur any measurement and our pi ^don't make you better sc buy the ready-made kind foi nny for our screens. Give ui is. Pv<JS?Jv><*v>f&-(5v?*5v>?Jv?l5v>\5v42v-iZv-*2v-i$v42 PREPARE FOR We have, frigerator mocks. I Screen Dc ' Swatters; KINGSTRE Coffins and CasKets SaIters Sketches. Salters, May 7:?The commencement exercises of the Salters school were held Thursday and Friday,May 4 and 5, at the town hall, when the following programme was successfully rendered: Thursday night, "The Miller's Daughter, or, Bound in Honor," a Jrama in four acts, was presented : by the graduating class and was much enjoyed by everyone. Each of the characters was so well rendered as to call forth frequent bursts of applause from the large audience, j Friday night, class exercises and "Topsy Turvy," drill by the grammar grade, class songs, etc. At the conclusion of the exercises Rev W 1 Sinnott advanced to the front of the stage and in well chosen words introduced Solicitor P H Stoll of Kingstree, who in his impressive style delivered the address to the graduating class in forcible words of oo tn Eohat. wp should make of I HUTiU^. CM VV __ our lives; that success in life is only to be attained by individual, persistent effort; that we should choose our t vocation and use our every energy i for its accomplishment. i The stage was beautifully deco-' rated with blue and gold, the classi1 colors for 1915-16, and pink carnations, the class flower. Delightful music for the occasion was rendered \ \ by the Silverman orchestra of Kings-1 tree and Mi38 Emmie Ferrell. The session just closed has been j one of great advancement. Twelve graduates will go to the different colleges this year from theSaltersj school. Too much praise cannot be; given the principal, Miss Leila B jj Ferguson, and her faithful, efficient ! assistant, Miss Mary B Heyward, for their zealous, conscientious and untiring efforts in instructing the pupils under their charge. We are pleased to have with us for a few days Mrs Ferguson and j her daughter, Miss Jane,mother and : sister of our popular principal. ' In the large audiences Thursday j and Friday nights we were glad to note many of our friends from Kinpstree. Lane, Greelyville and Andrews. Miss Marguerite Layton of Florence spent several days last week as the guest of Miss Carrie Moseley here. Mrs A R Moseley spent several days last week in Charleston at the j bedside of her sister, who is critically ill. \ Miss Madge Cooper of the Confederate Home college is at home here for a few days. Mr W H Stubbs of Benncttsville 1 is spending a day or two here with , relatives and friends. Mr LeRoy B Ferrell of Florence is here for a few days at the bedside of his father, who is quite sick. J Look Out i Buy your furniture from us and i rriva I'niir fn'onds votes. Goods and h.?v prices guaranteed. I Kixgstree FVrniture Co. ' ing Window and Btoor roposition to the pub- jSj reens for less money j&! thf?n vnu won't have 9s > an order for door or j|j j Kingstree, S. C.' I, THE HOT SUMMEf just what you will need s, Ice Cream Freezers,' ?eep out the flies wit] tors and Windows; Fly 1 and Daisy Fly Killers. E HARDWA1 - We Lea< The King Hard Invite You To Th We are giving votes in the being conducted by The Coum cash trade and on payment of y< in n?*?k/-l r\f TTovrlurnvo hmr if aiC ill llttu U1 11U1UTT Ui V) WWJ IV worthy lady in the race. Remember, you get 100 vo you spend at our store, either o on payment of accounts. We Invte You To1 Tli a If in it Hnrdurai 1IIC lUilg liai UTTUI "The Popular Hardw; oHa^HBHaamMUBn Real Estate?Fa Country Farms and To If You Want to Bu If You Want to Se | We can place you in any sectior v you want. Address all corresp* " Gourdin & Harper, P II im rawest ps~a; Br r ?s?' '* "?' ^ <''' ' "" /-i '' Statement of At Conditio Farmers & Merchants Nj P LAKE CITY, S, C / \V i[ At the Close of Business Ma : ? if1'.' RESOURCES. IF t. 1 Bills Receivable p Bonds (at par).. Banking House and Fixtures ? . Redemption Fund ^ Cash and Due from Banks pHH LIABILITIES. Surplus and Profits Rediscounts (by cotton) Bills Payable Circulation Deposits RANK WTTH I WE PAY ? PER CENT INTEREST ON Farmers & Merchants "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Authorized by Federal Reserve Board to Act as Adninistr t pays is mm. I ? [WEATHER [. ReHam h our ?raps, RE CO., 1, Others Follow IwareCo. eir Store Ladies' Contest now ty Record for your 3ur account. If you of us and help some i - Y!r' tes for every dollar n cash purchases or / ' Our Store e Company I ire Store" | rm Lands. m Lots For Sale! ty, See Us ill, See Us i of the County that Dndence to [Jnerstree. S. C. _ j . wtraxj of ,he !iwj itional Bank | '' ^ ,y 1, 1916. ... r&?- ', I [l?ltI ragg j $322,343 26 I .... 111,000 0? .^y:; Zr \ . 9,800 00 < T>1*-. ]/ :::: 4? 1| ^ J smcss 36 v}HEj^g . IT I Wli.L f BE I $100,000 (hi 32. 299 00 it will J 37,171 13 Sv 10,000 00 HJnNw/ j 100.UOO 00 \ zzi.ziy zi II, " " y $506,689 36 I JS. ^ I SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. National Bank, LAKE CITY, S. C. ator, Executor, Trustee and Registrar. HHnmm IN THE RECORD.