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$br (County SrroriU TELEPHONE NO. 83SUBSCRIPTION RATE: One copy, one year $1 25 One copy, six months 75 A ? mAnfKo ...... 50 une copy, IU1CC UlUlikua One copy, one year in advance ? 1 00 W. F. TOL LEY & R.K.WALLACE Publishers. Thursday. Feb. 22, 1917. Are we Ready for Newcomers? A recent issue of The Morning Star, Wilmington, N C, carried an editorial under the above caption, which should be of vital interest to all commercial bodies, land owners and every public spirited citizen interested in the development and settlement of our undeveloped land; and in the building of homes and better farms in the South by a sturdy agricultural type of people I from the North, Middle West and Canada. Following is a liberal quotation from the editorial mentioned, with some variation: The first thing that newcomers inquire about is the health conditions of the community which wants them ?8 citizens. Then they want to know what the school and church advantages are, that is, if they are the right sort of men. Next eornes an inquiry about the tax rate, and then come those vital questions of good roads, nearby markets and m?i-aookinff thp metroDol lilCllluca IU1 ivuvw..*B .? . itan markets. Counties which cannot answer these questions had better get ready for them. Are we ready for newcomers? Is this particular county prepared for settlers who do not belong to the strictly pioneer class which goes to a new country and hews its own way? There are still some of that kind of people but the are few. Most people are not only looking for opportunities but they want advantages and facilities along with them. We have plenty of opportunities in South Carolina, but there are disadvantages that must be cleared away. There are advantages here, of course, but there are other imperative advantages that it is well to provide as soon as we can do it. We surely need newcomers to develop this section, but we have to prepare the way for their coming. Each county in Eastern South Carolina will have to make a survey * ?ir i n.AA.foi'n in \t'V\ut nar. 01 HSOil 2&11U OStri tain iu <>.>. r? ticulars it is lacking in order to satisfy new settlers. Many are coming South all right, but they are not coming just anywhere. If some counties desired to advertise their opportunities and advantages, just what would they advertise? Besides opportunities, what are their inducements in the way of advantages? One of the truisms in this edito-j rial is?many are coming South al right, but they are not coming just anywhere. In immigration work it is found that almost every community is desirous of securing settlers, but when we ask about inducements we are told of large areas of undrained and uncleared land, or of a few desirable farms on which a maximum price is placed. The inducements for immigration are cheap lands, good transporta tion, good water, good schools, ' good climate, etc. The price of land has largely to do with the immigration question. In speaking of immigration I re fer to our own people moving irom i one section to another, and not to I -.foreign immigration. -No man should be encouraged to - come from one community to an-1 other unless you believe the oppor- J ; tunities in the new section afford ?him a reasonable chance for making 'a success. A satisfied settler is worth a hundred dissatisfied ones. PeoDle get homesick. They are tak en from an old community where they know practically every man, woman and child in the place, and ?0 into a community where they are strangers. It depends a great deal on the manner in which the immigrant ia received, and how those who went ahead of him have succeeded, whether he likes the country or not. If we really?want settlers let us A. I i i ask ourselves this question. Is ou anxiety for settlers strong enougl to lead to the offering of any rea inducements? If we truthfully answer this ques tion in the affirmative, I believe w can, by active cooperation, achiev success, and heap blessings upo many families who now reside be yond the boundaries of the "Nation' Garden Spot." A cow running at large on ou streets last week was, we under stand, the cause of a very painfu accident to a little girl. Who is t< blame? Mexicans continue to murder Am erican citizens with a relentles hand while Carrnza and the Admir istration at Woshington look on wit apparent approval. Wonder how Ion, the people of the United States ar rroinc to nut ud with the attrocities s frequently committed upon their fel low countrymen by this neighborin; nation of cut throats, thieves an bandits. GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADJONRN! South Carolina Lawmakers En< Seventy-second Session. Columbia, February 21:?The firs session of the seventy-second Genei al Assembly came to an end this ai ternoon, three days beyond th usual forty days. The end wa peaceful, all differences between th Senate and house having been smootl ed out. The Senate adjourned sin die at 5:15 o'clock this aftei noon and the House at 5:20, th ? ?yv.. o/liAnramnnf in fk IIJUUUU &UI UUOI oujuuiuuivuv u? v< lower body having been made b Chairman Liles, of the ways an means committee, after a messag had come from Governor Mannin saying that he had signed the apprc priation and county supply bills an had no further communication fo them, HORRIBLE MURDER IN McCOLl Ed Norton Stabbed to Death. Bod; Placed on Railroad Track. r> a Deuntriusviiit:, rcu ? nuuuic bloody homicide blackens the recor of Marlboro County. Saturday nigh at McColl, this county, Ed Norton.\ T Norton, Anderson Wright and A bert Wright, all white men, gotint a row just after dark, north of th town corporation. Ed Norton receiv ed a knife wound,from which he diec His body was carried six miles, an placed on the track of the Seaboor Railway below Clio.. Saturday nigh a train ran over the body. It is sai the knife wound was plainly visibl despite the mangled condition of th body. The dead man's coat and hs r 1 :*u 1 ?i??i were iuuiiu in mcv^uu wiui iuu& aioai es under the arm of the coat. Con ner T F McRae and Sheriff Patterso held the inquest yesterday and todaj Dr Reedy made post mortem exam nation and states that death wa caused by a knife wound. Theverdit was that "Ed Norton came to h death from a wound inflicted by som sharp instrument, and that W T Noi ton, principal, Anderson Wright an Albert Wright, accessories, did th killing." All three defendants are i jail. It is claimed all parties wer under the influence of whiskey whe thpv hpi>amp involvpd in thp row. BAD STOMACH TROUBLE Yields to Delicious Vinol Shrereport, La.?"T had a bad stcn ach trouble for years and became 6 weak I could hardly \.alk or do an work. My appetite "was poor, my foo would net digest, I l>Jout"d and was ver weak and nervous. I tried inanv rem* dies without help. 1 saw Vinol advei tised and tried it, and now my stomac trouble is completely cured and 1 ai well."?E. L. Marshall. Vinol is guaranteed to tone up th tired, over-taxed and weakened nerve of the stomach and create strength. Scott Drug Co, Kingstree, S C. THE WAYSII LANE DEAJ C% TATIONER Y \I5Lnges Prescription YOUR PATRONS r Bone Dry Bill Passed by Congress i ij Washington, February 21:?Abso-! 1 lute prohibition legislation took its j | longest forward stride in the na! tion's history today when the House, '* ] after two hours of uproarous debate, e approved by a four to one majority e! a Senate measure which would raise | n 1 an iron clad barrier against impor- | ,J tation of liquor into prohibition States. It is expected to receive s j the approval of President Wilson i within a week, adding immediately i to the"bonedry" territory about oner J third of continental United States. ] j Items from Earles. 3 Earles, February 17:?Rev W R Barnes filled his regular appoint- k ment at Spring Gully Baptist church I Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. s Miss Louise Long of Andrews visited Miss"Edna Feagin Sunday. Mr R E Camlin was a visitor in h Georgetown Monday, g Mrs J B Thomson has been sick e for the last few days, but is improv0 ing, we are glad to say. A party was enjoyed at the home of Mr and Mrs R M Haselden last K Thursday night. A number of d young people were present and rej ported a very pleasant time. : Misses Lorraine Lathan and Katie S, Wingate, Messrs Charlton and HerIman Camlin attended services at & ; Spring Gully last Sunday. Mr H A Camlin was a visitor in tj Georgetown Saturday. " Mr Sanl flnM rtf fiporcptnwn was > i in this community last Friday, e The Earles Graded school is get* s ting up a play entitled, "The Old e Maids' Convention," which they i* hope to present about the first of e March. Mr R C Marshall attended service e at Trio Baptist church last Sunday, e Little Lila Evans, who has had a y severe attack of pneumonia, is able t d to be up again. I e Messrs John and Will Evans of g Andrews visited at the home of Mr >-! J W Tompson Saturday night and d Sunday. r i Mr G W Gamlin was a visitor in the Aimwell section Monday. ! Mr George Harrelson, who lives ~ j near Andrews, visited his daughter, Miss Harrelson, last Sunday. y j Mr R E Camlin has moved from ! Olin and is now engaged in the par ' per-wood business near here. d 1 Tim .QnnHo v-snhnnl is 11 (IIT IUL bl IUUIOV k/WMMMj WV..VV. .. . making good progress, although the | T attendance hasn't been very good J for the past few weeks, owing to | 0 the inclement weather. I e 1 Mr T A McCants, Jr, who is un der treatment in a Columbia infirm' ary, is improving, and we hope will d soon be at home again. d Mr W J Taylor of Andrews visited Mr C A Terry Sunday, d J!! HOW YOU GET SICK i n l Sometimes you overload your ' stomach with rich foods. Your ? life may be an active one, and thus, ; you may care for all you eat. But I a few days of inactivity show your Ls system does not call for so much. . You awake in the morning tired. !t Your body feels heavy; you know you are not up to the mark. Your digestion has not cared for the 10 overload. Part of it remains. It generates gas that inflames the r- delicate linings. They fail to pour f] out the digestive fluids and neglect to absorb the life-giving el? n ents. I ie You kun-.v something is w, ng. j I Your, body gets weak, and soon I n I opportunity is otrerea ior some oc <? I ver? illnc-a. i I Taken in time, the Indigestion I n would not become serious. First re- I move the overload: then soothe the I sore membranes: then build up the _ weakened body. It's simple to say, ? but not tooeasy todo. Youneedhelp. A tonic that will quicken digestion. help remove waste, soothe the soreness and arouse the system? that's Just what you need. Peruna has an enviable record in this respect. It has aided many l- 1 thousands in the last century to overcome just these conditions, and thereby prevent serious sickness, y The tablet form is convenient j ? /MtT |i IE rHAKMAu !S. S. C. LERS IN fllgars ) i igarettfs V/andy I Toilet articles ' obacco oys i is a Specialty. lGE IS SOLICITED * T a IH * * ^ o/yc I * * * ^ Have been built and actu These figures?320,817? by ub since August 1, 1 This unusual fall and wi: us to confine the distribu for immediate delivery t to stock cars in anticipati We are issuing this notici selves against delay or di you are planning to pur< and take delivery now. Immediate orders will ha Delay in buying at this ti Cd Enter your order today agent listed below and d( hj Ford Cd V3 PRICES Runabout $372.75; Touring Car $3 ^ Town Car $622.75, Sedan $672.7! & 5XT-T-XT-X3 ^ Shoe^ We've A in this h and have built 7j?uth at all th w/ien we say t/it ordinary we ar Jfot S/lO ive /ave no it ive Aave eve* convinced. Hie Kingsfa The %==? T-T'T-T-T-T'T-: 'ord UNIVERSAL CAR 320,817 ally delivered to retail buyers since Aueus -represent the actual number of cars mar 916, and delivered by our agents to reti nter demand for Ford cars makes it nec tion of cars only to those agents who ha o retail customers, rather than to permit on of later spring sales. e to intending buyers that they may prot sappointment in securing Ford cars. If, :hase a Ford car, we advise you to place y ve prompt attention. ime may cause you to wait several months. for immediate delivery with our author >n't oe disappointed later on. i r i i^xuxor vjuie ?. 87.75; Coupelet $532.75 >, f. o. b. Kingatree, S. C. THOS. McCUTCHEl ThatW ?en Selling S/t iwn for ten ye up a buoineos by telling i Ties, and giving service. 7t we Aave somet/iing out e not exaggerating one 6h <Jfic jYew vard dr Foster es andSiippers f on exhibition are t/u r s/ioivn*"(2ome in ar ree Dry Go( Store of Quality = J.. 1 XX-X-XJj f * g ufactured iil buyers essary for ve orders w any agent ect them therefore, M our order ized Ford Lpany ^ ^ M, Agent. S r5^ ^ear \oes \rwr*c H/ %J fou the 9/ow, of the ^ ' \ 1 ii i best M id be f < ids Co. i \