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r ?l|r bounty Iterorii. W. F. TOLLEY & E. C. EPPS Publishers. Entered at the postoffice at Kings tree. S.C. as aecond class mail matter. TELEPHONE NO. 83^ TERMS ~ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One copy, one year .$1 26 One copy, six months 76 One copy, three months........... 60 One copy, one year in advance. . 1 00 Obituaries. Tributes of Respect. Resolutions of Thanks. Cards of Thanks and all other reading notices,not News, trill be charged for at the rate of one cent a word for each insertion. All changes of advertisements and all communications must be in this office before TUESDAY NOON in order* to appear in the ensuing issue. All communications must be signed by the writer, not for publication unless desired, but to protect this newspaper. ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements to be run in Special eolumnone cent a word each issue. mini? mom price 25 cents, to be paid for In advance. Legal advertisements, $1.00 per inch Int insertion, 50 cents per inch each subsequent insertion. Rates on long term advertisements very reasonable.. For rate* apply at We office. In remitting checks or money orders bake payable to THE COUNTY RECORD^ Thursday. June 21. 1917. Let your slogan be, "Sell your tobacco at Kingstree." v: A U lUUKBHtr uic ucoi wuavvu luaiket in the State,?we believe it? Lake City to the contrary notwithstanding. The Booster club meeting, changed from tomorrow night to tonight because of the opening of the public /tAmmonrlo injury lumuriuw UIXIll, tuuiiiiauuo your presence. Be on hand and be sure to leave your grouch in the back yard before you start for the Court house. The Sumter Herald's sixteen-page 4 special Red Cross edition last week was a splendid specimen and showed a true spirit of appreciation of this great and benevolent organization. Every page of the paper carried a large red cross,the society's emblem. The ladies of Kmgstree and com* munity are putting forth most praiseworthy efforts in behalf of the Red Cross Society fund. The men are also doing great work and it is very probable that the portion assessed Williamsburg county?$3,000?will be ?aised by the end of the week. Let evary one of us do something to help this great organization in its work of ministering to stricken soldiery. Porvr>lo ir> overv nf thp country are responding freely and L liberally to the President's call for B jubscriptions to the Red Cross fund The call is for $100,000,000 and already $50,000,000 of the amount is reported as being subscribed. The citizens of Williamsburg county are doing their bit by contributing to $3,000 as their part of this proportionment. Most other showing a patriotic rru:. in me matter. ims is as il be. Let every man. woman rH lild who can possibly spare a H or more contribute to this i H cause. Evidence that the new rules re.^^"^Ntfarding wastage of food are being sh4ctly enforced is shown by the fact that,on information from a dustman who found considerable bread thrown into the dustbin, a woman was convicted and fined $50 at the Bromley, V Kent, (Eng) police court. Some people are such slaves to fashion that they would cut down their trees if they though they were not the proper shade.? Philadelphia Record. "A man should be permitted to I call a spade a spade," remarked the Wise Guy. "But he should be excused for calling a lawn mower anything he can lay his tongue to," replied the Simple Fellow, who had just moved to the suburbs.?Philadelphia Record. To The Public, This is to give notice that I have disposed of my interest in The County Record, having sold my copartnership therein to Mr E C Epps of Kingstree, S C. In the futdre I shall not be responsible for the liabilities or for the policy of the paper, but shall always feel a kindly interest in the old county paper which has stood the test of storms and wars and J oh'll rpmains one of the communities | best assets. Thanking my friends and co-workers for the supoort and encouragement shown me while in the newspaper business, and extending a i glad hand and best wishes to the new management, 1 am, (Signed) R K Wallace. Mr E C Epps Acquires Inter' est in The County Record. Having purchased Mr Wallace's interest in The County Record, it is incumbent upon me to state that my connection with the paper will not be that of an active participant in the routine work of the office. The services of Mr W H Welch, who is so well and favorably known in this town and county as manager of the Kingstree Insurance, Real Es tate and Loan Co,have been secured f to assist in the management of the paper, and he, with Mr Tolley, will conduct the affairs of the enterprise. My connection with the paper will in no way change its general policy, but rather to uphold and strengthen, i if possible,that which it hasprevious! ly pursued, to build up and defend I the interest of the citizens of this town and county. Under no condition or circumstance will individual interests,business partiality or political influences as regards the county '? TUa RaanrH liuoe onH sorvpn | 111 WHICH JkUW 1M.VVIUII.VW MMU WV. ?VW be tolerated or condoned in its columns. Unselfish service shall be my aim. E C Epps. Mr W H Welch With The Record. With the change in the ownership of The County Record as stated above, the business management of tKo nonor nnQCorl intn thp hfiflds of Mr W H Welch. Mr Welch needs no introduction here to many of our subscribers and patrons. He came from Sanford.N C, in 1914,and assumed the management of the Kingstree Insurance,Real Estate & Loan Co, in which capacity he has since served,at the same time making a valuable addition to the citizenship of the town and county. His connection witn me i^ounjy J Record will in no way affect his coni nection with the Kingstree Insurance ajrenev.and those who have interests! in it may feel satisfied that the same will receive prompt and accurate ati tention in the future as in the past. J We are triad to have Mr Welch on our staff, and feel sure that his services in connection with the paper will be of trreat benefit to The Rec ord and its subscribers. It is our purpose with this change to give the public better service than we have heretofore been able to render, and in our efforts to do this we ask the hearty cooperation of all friends and patrons of the paper. W F Tolley, E C Epps. i Mesdames D H Oliver of Indianj town, J E Cannon of Hemingway and A G Eaddy of Johnsonville are attending the State short course for women at Winthrop college. A drought since early in May and an unprecedented heatwave throughout Germany is reported to be burning up all the valuable grain crops, as it did in 1915. The Post Office Department has ruled that no drink containing alcohol can be advertised through the mails going into dry territory after July 1. I NEWS IN A NUTSHELL. h i h a: Items of General Interest Gleaned from g Our Exchanges and Condensed p South Carolina used 80 pounds ^ more fertilizer per acre this year J* than last. ir The Hardware Association of the Carolinas is in session at Wrights- ei ville Beach, N C. pi Rapid progress is being made on t( the new ACL station at Orange- & burg, which will cost $30,000. F A very successful revival meeting P, is being conducted in St Paul's ' Methodist church, Orangeburg. w Porter Military academy, Charleston, is being used as a training camp for enlisted men during vacation. ei The first tobacco of the season V was sold on the Dillon market Sat- ir urday, sand lugs, at 10c per pound. ^ Milton Turman, a 9-year-old boy J( of Abbeville, was killed by the acci- tl J ?J---1 I n aemai uiscnargt* ui a ^uu oaiuiuaj. r Bananas will probably be used in M a greater variety of dishes through- ^ out the South this year than ever before. E Liberty Loan bsnds have been ei listed on the New York stock ex- { bi change, and a $10,000 lot has been! * sold above par. . | R A woman has been appointed as ,r flagman on the B & 0 railroad at c' New Albany,Ind, the first in the his- r( tory of the line. 0| A Red Cross society has been organized at Dillon by a number of ladies and gentlemen, among them Miss Mamie McLees and Mrs L Cot- Q] tingham. ^ Capt Jas H Kidder of New York, ^ who has leased "Brookgreen on the ^ Waccamaw," near Georgetown, has t, offered'it to Col Holmes B Springs n as an army sanitarium. Fire of unknown origin totally destroyed the Lancaster and Chester railroad station at Lancaster Sunday night, causing a loss of more than ^ $50,000. partially insured. D The engagement is announced of pi Miss Marian Cleveland, daughter of *>3 the late ex-President Grover Cleve- th land, to William Stanley Dell, of the; editorial staff of the New York Evening Sun. ne The novel sight of theJSritish flag ?* on Bunker Hill was witnessed at the annual celebration of the famous battle Monday. It was carried there by a Canadian regiment recruiting p, in Boston. gt Rev Oliver J Hart was ordained to hi the priesthood in the Church of the di Good Shepherd,York,yesterday. The ol sermon was preached by Rev DrJno: Kershaw, rector of St Michael's whose assistant Mr Hart is. Some 95 head of pure-bred cattle i jj have arrived in Florence from Wis- g consin.and there is great enthusiasm I ^ among farmers and boys' calf clubs, j tl Florence county leads the State in f. the number of high-grade pigs and tl hopes to excel in high-grade cattle 0 as well. i p Arrangements have been com-. * pleted for the erection of a large! fj plant of 25,000 tons annual capacity t to put out high grade South Carolina ^ ground phosphate rock. The plant is 81 to be located on the Ashley river, 0 near Charleston, in the heart of the j P valuable phosphate beds. j " Henry'M Leland and W C Leland, i founders of the Cadillac Motor company. have retired. It was announ- j , ced that they would devote all their j time and talent to solving war ayia- i , tion problems. The biggest aeroplant; in mt* wunu wm w uuut m auicuu to aid them. Almost 60 per cent increase in the h peanut acreage this year is indicated! o in the preliminary report of the de-1 m partment of agriculture. The total a acreage is 2,001,000 acres. All South- b em States except North Carolina and , Tennessee show greater acreage this year than last. | f What no amount of legislation and j no multiplicity of warnings could ? accomplish in year3 has been brought! to pass in a few brief weeks by the! entrance of the United States into the j( world war?the railroad tramp and ^ the hobo have magically disappeared. Anyone caught on a railroad right- ? of-way these days must have means of proving instantly that he is above ; suspicion, or he will find himself in serious trouble with Uncle Sam. The high tide in whiskey and beer a receipts and presumably in consump-, r tion was reached during the fiscal i year now closing.1 The cigarette, a smokers of the nation also smoked c more than ever before. Ordinary internal revenue receipts, composed 1 chiefly of taxes on whiskey,beer and s tobacco,were$424,000,000,compared j 1 with $365,000,000 last year. A large part of the increase in tobacco consumption is believed to be due to the growing popularity of cigarettes y among women. To Cure a Cold in One Day j Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold i Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. * E- W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c. I The annual meeting of the stockolders of the York County Fair ssociation was held at Hock Hill aturday. It was reported that a net rofit of $1,000 was realized from le last fair, and new buildings will e erected to accommodate the ever icreasing number of exhibits. A button with a picture of a farmr cariying Old Glory nailed to his low handles and bearing the mot), "Nail a Flag to Your Plow and erve Your Country by Raising bod Crops,"is being widely distribted throughout the South. The lea originated at a mass meeting of irmers at Fitzgerald, Ga, several eeks ago. Edward Southey Joynes,professor neritus of modern languages at the niversity of South Carolina, died i Columbia Monday, in his 84th par. He had been connected with le university for 35 years. Dr Dynes was a native of Virginia and le last member of the faculty of /ashington and Lee university to >rve during the administration of en Robert E Lee. One of the trucks of the Boydluss bakery that plies between Flornce and Darlington daily delivering read was wrecked Friday afternoon nth the negro driver and Harold ,us8, 9on of one of the proprietors, i the machine. Fortunately the tiild was only slightly hurt. The pgister rod dropped and the driver st control of the car, which smashi into a telegraph pole. The negro, ?eing the smash coming, threw the nld into the sand beside tne road od took the full force of the blow ii his own forehead, which was split adly.and both were knocked uncon:ious. An auto following shortly >ok them to Florence for medical eatment. Mose, the driver.is very ireful and reliable! and no blame itaches to him. Armed Oil Steamer Sunk. New York, June 17:?The Ameriin armed oil tank steamer "John Archbold," owned by the Stand d Oil Company was sunk Saturday j a German submarine. Four of le crew were lost. Mr W L Dukes, of the Greelyville ?iKhborhood, was a caller at our fice Tuesday. Notice, Cotestants. All contestants in the Merchants I rade Extension Campaign must be * ire to turn in all coupons now in md before July 1. After that ' ite new coupons will be issued and d ones become void. Wsathsrwisa Birds and Fish. The seagull makes a splendid livag barometer. If a covey of seaulls fly seaward early in the mornig sailors and fishermen know that he day will be fine and the wind air, but if the birds keep inland, hough there be no haze hanging ut toward the sea to denote unleasant weather, interested folk now that the elements will be unavorable. Of all weatherwise fish he dolphin is the most remarkable, hiring a fierce gale or a storm at ea the mariner knows that the end f it is nearer if he can see a dolhin or a number of that fish sport ag on the high sea graves. Followed the Example of Cato. In the first year of the last cenury London affected great admiraton for Cato's suicide, the feeling eing aroused by Addison's play. A entleman named Budgell, after ritnessing its performance, threw imself into the Thames on his way ome. His bodv was recovered, and ? I II It was IOUDQ a scrap ui pa.ju.-i uth these words: "What Cato did nd Addison approved must neede e right." Peter the Great at Table. Peter the Great loved and most requently ordered for his own speial enjoyment a soup with four abbages in it; gruel, pig, with 60ui ream for sauce; cold roast meat, rith pickled cucumbers for salad; smons and lampreys, salt meat, iam and limburger cheese. He be;an dinner with cabbage water and losed the banqueting with goblets f burgundy. Hia Mite. "It is my belief, and I venture U? ssert it," declared the lecturer, aising his voice, "there isn't a man r? thi'o aiidionre who has ever done mything to prevent the destruction >f our vast forests." A rather timid looking man quiety arose in the rear of the hall and aid, "I've shot woodpeckers."? Life. Sure Sign. "Who was the woman I saw you vith on the street yesterday ?" "That was my wife." "Your wife nothing. What do rou think I am?a boob ? She was | ooking at a hat in the window and; rou were not trying to pull her tway."?Florida Times-Union. ! ?ur ItTotto: Better <3 Overst L-liAlKo! CHA 289 Rock alone, to s> * These Chairs are absolute satisfactic EWft**Get our pri< Valuable Coupons Gi Hoosier Kite Save Mile Kingstree Fun Phone 167, - ANNOUNI To the Tobacco Growers an<4* Sliirrnnn^inc Spf "M>< We, the undersigned, Warehouse at Kingstree for the sale of leaf tobacc will have charge of the fli ment, is a tobacco man about ten years on the C five seasons on the South an acknowledged wareho competent to handle and very best advantage; to i worth; to meet you fair i tions and to look after yo Mr G W Bass of Danvil auctioneering,has had tw< Kingstree market and a Danville (Va) market at 01 he will do the work in the try to please you in every Mr R B Tyler will have | will treat you with every ute, and see that you get dation from that departrr We hope that you will your patronage and we w ciation by working hard i come to see you personal 1 you, come to see us. We know you. Trusting tha and often and that you give us a liberal share of to remain, Yours ti Proprietors % i.w, . I 1 ' 5or>bs ^or Cess ZtToney 1 ocked! J JRS! 1 CHAIRS! 9 ing Chairs i elect from I >JJ guaranteed to give >n, or money back. :es before buying. * iven to AD Customers hen Cabinets s of Steps ;1 I a 41 mure company KINGSTREE, SJ, 1 v ? ? JEMENT! of Williamsburg County ;tion: have leased the Gorrell for the coming season, :o. Mr J A Kersey, who oor and general manage- 1 of wide experience?of )anville (Va) market and Carolina markets. He is useman and thoroughly sell your tobacco to the jet you every dollar it is md square in all transacur interest in every way. t lie, Va, who will do the ) years experience on the long experience on the le of the leading houses; i very best manner and way. charge of the office and courtesy and to the minthe very best accommolent. give us a liberal share of ill show you our appre:or you. We will try to y, but if we should miss i want to meet you and t we may see you soon i will remember us and your patronage, we beg d serve, J A Kersey, G W Bass, ri r* m K Jt5 JLYLEK, Gorrell Warehouse, Kinfcstree, S C. v*3 V