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?hf (Eounty &worh. TELEPHONE NO. 83SUBSCRIPTION RATE: " One copy, one year ?$1 25 One copy, six months 75 One copy, three months 50 One copy, one year in advance ? 1 00 WTF. TOLLEY'& RTK.W ALL ACE Publishers. Thursday, April 5. 1917. While some of Ex-Gov Blease's ardent followers are condemning Governor Manning's war attitude and his "preparedness" propositions, others are attempting to organize companies of militia. Wires must have crossed in promulgating instructions to the "faithful" by the leaders. The attempt at organizing a military company here last Saturday, as set forth in a communication published in The Record last week, was a fizzle. This fact, however, was not in the least significant of a lack of patriotism on the part of a majority of thecitizens of Williamsburgnor a lack of confidence in Governor Manning and his preparedness promulgations anent the country's present war crisis. When the moment of need comes we are prone to believe that '*Wf.* aA? mill wnonAnr) fa fKo I CVCI Jf nuic 9VU mil ivopvuu vv/ vuv call just as speedily as the boys did in *61. Although some of Governor Manning's political opponents are attacking his attitude and his utterances relative to war against G?.t many, yet they seem to meet the approbation of the majority of the people of South Carolina, and not that, but his sentiments are almost identical with those of the President and Congress,with the exception of a "tew wilful men" who compose that body. South Carolina has never yet shown the white feather at a time like this and Governor Manning and the rest of the world may depend on it that every true son of the old Palmetto State will rally to the call when the hour of actual need arrives, regardless of their pe?ce-iuviuj{ i-'rupcuaiMco. Congress met in extra session Monday and organized without difficulty. South Carolina's Representatives received committee appointments as follows: Ragsdale, foreign affairs; Whaley, judiciary; Byrnes, appropriations; Dominick, poetoffices; Nichoils,military affairs; Stevenson,banking and currency; Lever, agriculture (chairman). Bethel Happenings. Bethel, April 2:?Mr Daniel McElveen spept Saturday night and Sunday with his parents, Mr and MnWH McElveen. Miss Essie Epps is visiting friends at Olanta. Quite a crowd from around here were in Kingstree Saturday. Mac Jessie McElveen has returned home after spending some time with her sister below Kingstree. Mr C L Burgess has been in Kingstree clerking for Mr S Marcus the past week. A large crowd attended preaching here Sunday. The Lord's supper was served. Mr9 Wooten of Andrews is visiting ber brother, Mr T B Cooper. There will be a baseball game Friday afternoon at Bethel school house between Spring Bank and the Bethel school children if Spring Bank doesn't be afraid to come. We have played them once already and our side won. Come on, Spring Bank, mnd don't be afraid of us. We hope some of our old people can see this frame. A few from around here attended the party at Mr Joye's Saturday night, McEiveen and little daughter ot' Hebron attended preaching ** here Sunday. There will be prayer meeting here next Sunday night at eight o'clock; preaching again on the third Sunday at eleven o'clock and Sunday-school ai urn. Mr W H McElveen went to Kingstree Saturday on business. We are glad to report that Mrs Laura Burgess is getting better. I hope we'll have more news to write next time. Everybody is busynow planting their crops. Tulip. ?v n**' i / NEWS IN A NUTSHELL. ~ Items of Interest Gleaned from Oar Exchanges. Porter Military academy, Charleston, Rev Dr Walter Mitchell rector,' i is preparing to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary shortly. Rav R I Corbett, pastor of Timmonsville and Cowards Baptist churches, has tendered his resigna tion, effective May 1. The largest cotton sale in the history of Bishopville took place last week, when 500 bales of long staple were sold for more than $73,000. Major W L Lee and Joseph Palmer of Sumter have secured the contract for the laying of $50,000 to $75,000 worth of street pavingat Darlington. McCormick county has sold $175.000 of road bonds to a Chicago firm at a premium of $955. This speaks well for the credit of the "baby" J county. j The Danish West Indies passed into the possession of the United States Saturday,and negotiations begun fifty years ago have finally been consummated. According to the report of Examiner LaRoque, deposits in the State banks of South Carolina amount to $57,400,000, an increase during the year of $12,100,000. The United States Rubber Co is erecting a $1,500,000 plantat Winnsboro to be used in the manufacture of automobile tires. It is expected to be in operation in July. Repairs to the First Baptist church of Hartsville,which was damaged by fire in December.are nearly finished, and a reopening service will be held the afternoon of Easter, April 8. The excavations for the Orange burg packing plant have been made and construction work begun. The builders are confident that the plant will be finished by contract time. L?d Wood, an employe of the i Woodruff cotton mills, who recently created a sensation by depositing $2,300 that no one dreamed he had, has been sued for a $50 board bill. The most remarkable public sale in the history of Clarendon county took place at Manning Monday. The advertisement occupied two solid columns of the local papers, and the sale ^included 39 items, among the articles being certificates for bank and other stocks, bonds, mortgages, notes, judgments, open accounts, store fixtures and equipment, nine mules, one horse, several tracts of land, etc. The purchasers were so numerous that the proceeds of the sale could not then be computed. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachuretts, aged 07, was asked in the capitol corridor at Washington Monday evening if be intended to vote for war. He replied that he did if the President asked for it. The questioner,a pacifist of Dorchester, Mass,named Alexander Banwart, aged 30, of German descent, called Mr Lodge a coward. The venerable Senator termed Banwart a liar and after being struck by Banwart, proceeded to knock him down. Great excitement followed, and after Vanwart had been beaten by a 16-yearold messenger boy, he was arrested but admitted to bail. Pension Money. The pension money for the Confederate Veterans and Widows of Confederate Veterans is now in the hands of the Clerk of Court of Williamsburg County.to be paid out. If any pensioner will write to Clerk of Court H 0 Britton asking that his money be sent him or her by mail.it will .1 1 T* 3 C?_ oe prompuy uuue. n yuu acuu iui your pension by some one, be sure to 9end an order for same. There are one hundred and fifteen (115) pensioners on the roll, as follows: Class "A"?2 persons $96.00 Class "B"?1 person 72.00 Class "C, 1"?15 persons 48.00 Class "C, 2"?33 persons ... 30.00 Class "C, 3"?4 persons 48.00 Class "C, 4"?50 persons 30.00 Total amount of check $3996.00 RUB OUT PAIN ! I with good oil liniment. That's the surest way to stop them. (,The best rubbing liniment is MUSTANG i aa a" as R" i LINIIHtN Good for the Ailments of Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. Good for your own A ches, Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, Cuts, Burns, Etc. 25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops the ; J Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. ; ' K. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c. j ' ?_ ] AFTER AN your nervous system is shat your digestion weakened, y< KOIM is the rich tonic-food to nou the wasted tissue, improve sharpen your appetite and your strength. Get SCO l'rS for yourself, friend that SCOTTS has pr thousands of others. Loo Dots from Dicky Swamp. Salters, R F D 1, April 2:?Farmers are very busy preparing their soil. Messrs Eugene and Ben Kichburg set out tobacco Monday. A juniot branch of the Mulberry C E society has been organized. It meets every Saturday at 3 p. m. at the usual place. Mrs G J Ragin is visiting Mrs AB Spivey and will [also be the guest of other friends and relatives in this community before returning to Kingstree. Among the visitors to the county seat last week were Messrs Eugene and Ben Richburg, Archie Spivey, R D Bradham, E B Williamson, Mrs A B Spivey, Miss Beulah Spivey, Mrs R D Bradham, Mrs John Richburg, Mr E I Montgomery and daughters, Misses Allie and Lulu Montgomery, all Easter shoppers. There will be an egg hunt at Mulberry Graded school at 3:30 p. m. Saturday. Each child entering the hunt will be charged 5 cents, the ? ?t t n d proceeds to go to me junior n> society. Mrs Estelle Spivey is the guest of Mrs Florence Spivey today. Mr A B Spivey and Miss Beu'ah Spivey spent Sunday at Greelyville with friends. The C E society held its regular weekly meeting last night, with a large attendance. There was an interesting discussion, and three new members were enrolled. The Ladies' Aid society held its monthly meeting at St Paul's church at 4 p. m. Saturday. Rosebud. Born, to Mr and Mrs W H Wilder of Sumter, Monday, March 26, a daughter, Henrietta Wilder. r/^r^SN^ ||?[v ' % Mr It I / ~3i >" Ill |y \igss3&: -> %i=== L ^ - ^ ; r S/CKNESS i teredo your strength is wasted;1 )ur blood impoverished. llil (ION IIULSIVI1 rish your nerve-centers, repair i your blood-power, ^ gradually re-establish Yasfrv or remind some ailing I j oven these words for ; \i f k for this 'Trod^-Mo.r1, Killing in Lexington County. Lexington, April l--John W Lucas, a well-knowd farmer,is lying at I his home near Gaston in a precarious ! condition,with four charges of shot, | two charges of buckshot and two charges of smaller shot,in the shoulder and chest, while Dock Gates,aged about 70 years, and Darvis Gates,his son, aged about 21 years, are in the Lexington county jail, charged with the shooting. The two men were arrested late last night and brought to jail,Sheriff Miller having been informed of the trouble by telephone. The younger Gates was placed under arrest soon after the shooting in the town of Swansea by C C Gantt, constable for Magistrate E M Martin. I Fire of unknown origin destroyed the home of Logans Hopkins, arespected old negro of Estill, Friday night. One child wa9 cremated and two others so badly burned that one of them may die. HOW THIS MOTHER Got Strength To Do Her Work Fair Haven, Vt ? "I was so nervous and run down that I could not do my housework for my little family of three. | I had doctored for nearly two years with- j ! out help. One day I read about Vinol, I ? * *- 1 1 1_ 1 I I and uianKs w it, my neaiui una ut-cu ic- | , stored so I am doing all my housework ; once more. I am telling all my friends ; what Vinol has done for me."?Mrs. I James H. Eddy. . Vinol is a delicious cod liver and iron ! j tonic which creates a healthy appetite, j aids digestion and makes pure blood. | Scott Drug Co, Kingstree. 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