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Utyr (Eountg l^rnrb. W. F. TOLLEY & E. C. EPFS Publishers. Thursday, Feb. 21. 1918. The call of the home garden is becoming stronger every day. A few days of real spring weather has apparently caused an abatement of the bad roads wail. i The gardening season is at fiand and the new vagrancy law prommis perpetual loafing. In other words, there is no excuse for the existence of this element in Kingstree at this time. RAISE YOUR OWN FOOD. Comparison of the present food situation in this State with that of 1915 and 1914, and a casual reflection upon the fact that we are just BEGINNING to feel the effects of the great war, in its relation to our food supply, any one with even ordinary intelligence should at once perceive the importance of raising more food stuff this year than ever before. South Carolina produced last year the largest food crops she ever raised but in the face ef present conditions food production must be much greater in 1918 than it was in 1917. Mr Clarence Ousley, assistant secretary of agriculture, says in a message that is being sent broadcast into the Southern States: "If the South neglects this year to provide her own food and feed, she is likely to suffer serious priva* - l 1 tion, ana sne win put a ourut-u upon the nation which may prolong the war and even imperil our victory. "The plain, hard truth is that i with 40 million people withdrawn j from productive industries and en-1 gaged in the business of destruction, J it is not humanly possible for prodaction on the whole to exceed normal demand. The question is whether production can equal necessitous demand. "It is the highest demand of patriotism?It is the first requirement of living?that in 1918 every State, every county, every neighborhood, every farmer, be as nearly selfsustaining as possible." Indian to wn Activities. Indiantown, February 18: ? The weather this week has been fine, a very agreeable change from the re a 1J cent severe cuiu. Ouj pastor/ Rev W R Pritchett, has returned from a month's preaching tour in behalf of training camp religious activities. Our Red Cross auxiliary, a branch of the Hemingway chapter, now has a membership of 75. an increase of 20 in the last two weeks. Since it has received its allowance of yarn,6 pairs of sox, 24 sweaters and 12 mufflers, all knitted by patriotic woman, have been forwarded to headquarters. Many more articles could have been made but the supply of yarn gave out, To raise money to buy more, an entertainment will be given Friday night,March l,in the auditorium of Indiantown Graded school. Admission ,10c to all. Refreshments will be served after the exercises. Coker college has been closed to visitors to prevent meningitis infection. Meningitis has broken out in Laurens county,and a number of schools have been closed. Timmonsville has been put under quarantine because of meningitis. AH public places are closed for ten days or more. There will be a parade of not less than 3.000 men from Camp Jackson through the streets of Columbia tomorrow in honor of Washington's birthday. J A Brown, an employe of the J Southern railway at its pumping station near Columbia, was caught in the machinery Saturday and fatally injured. An attempt to burn a public school at Greenwood Saturday night was foiled by the alacrity of the fire department. This is the second time such an,outrage has been attempted. Mrs Cornelia A Jones, one of the : oldest and most highly esteemed la-! dies of Florence, died there Monday j morning.aged 87 years. She was the ] widow of Thad W Jones, ACL freight agent in that city. Rub-My-Tism - Antiseptic,relieves Rheumatism,Sprains, Neuralgia, etc. | WILLIAMSBURG SOLDIER BOY WRITES OF LIFE AT CAMP SEVIER, ITS DUTIES AND TRIALS?COM- j POSES POEM ON OUR FLAG. Editor Countv Record: I desire space in your paper tell of j some things a soldier has to do while i preparing to cross the big pond; also 1 a few of the hardships we endure, 1 for I can mention butafew of them. The first thing a soldier learns is to obey orders, and all say, "They cannot make you obey orders, but they can surely make you wish you had obeyed them." Then he has to learn right and left face and about face and the manual of arms. This is all very interesting and pood for any man if he will only pay attention. Then we learn to shoot a rifle. Almost every man thinks he knows how to do this, but he doesn't, and when he pets into the army he will find out that he knowsnothinp about I a rifle. Next we learn to fight with bayonets. This is difficult but is somethinp a pood soldier must learn, for all true Americans are tryinp to learn anything and any way to put the Germans on the run, and believe me,when the grand old 30th division gets over there they will run,for we ora laomincr tn fichf thPTTl with Cjld Oi t IVHIUIU5 WW ?? ? steel. By that I mean, with our bayonets in a hand-to-hand fight. The other morning one of my tent mates got up from his peaceful slumbers with the mumps. My captain came around a little later and gave me orders to move my tent to the quarantine station, where I now am. We have about two or three I hundred men here, and the worst of it is, we cannot get out anywhere. The cooks have to bring us our meals, and guards are all around us, of course. W? have to drill but six hours daily, while eight is required of the other boys. The other day one of my good friends, I know not who, sent me a copy of your paper. It was just like a letter from home, and you cannot know how much good it did me. I^ast nicht while one of my friends and myself were sitting by the fire with the rain and sleet falling outside, we composed the following poem, which we call "OLD GLORY." There is a grand and glorious banner. That floats over the land and sea, And it loved by our Allies. But it is nearer to you and me. And its name will ever linger, And its folds shall flutter free, Until the Chief of all great buglers Has sounded taps for me. And from then on down the ages She will fly with love and trust Until the soldiers of tomorrow Are asleep beneath the dust. And when she's defeated and laid away There will be no one to weep, For every true American Will be in peaceful sleep. The sleep that knows no waking By the trumpets here below, But the call that wakes that slumber Will be the final blow. Some of the boys were a little slow, But they are all here at last; And we know there'll be no errors When we look back o'er the past. For we are going across like soldiers And fight for a cause that's true, And 90 flag will be accepted But the old Red. White and Blue. And when the last great battle is over, And they've sounded the last retreat, j And the Kaiser has doffed his helmet 1 And kneeled at Pershing's feet. We will hoist aloft Old Glory. Supreme, sublime and true. And drink to the health of our Allies j And bid them a fond adieu. ! Then with home as our vision, In the good old USA, We'll be proud, for we are coming Triumphant from the fray. Then we will hoist again Old Glory On nnr nwn helnved soil. And rest from all war's labor, For to the victor belong the spoils. H A Camlin, Co B, 118th Inft. Camp Sevier, Greenville, February 15. The South Carolina division of the UDC has endowed a bed in the American military hospital in France, being the first division of the order to take this patriotic action. It will be known as the Wade Hampton bed. j Miss Madeline Spigener, president of the South Carolina School Improvement association,urges that all schools competing for prizes for the year ending March 1 next file their applications and data with her at the office of the State department of education at Columbia on or before that day. A Riddle?Who Can Answer? Adam, God made out of dust, but thought it best to make me first; So I was made before the man, to answer God's most holy plan. My body God did make complete.but without arms or legs or feet; My ways and acts he did control,but to my body gave no soul; A living being I became, and Adam gave to me my name. From his presence I then withdrew, and more of Adam never kn>w; I did my maker's law obey,nor from it ever went astray; Thousands of miles I go in fear, but seldom on the earth appear; For purpose wise,which God did see, he put a living soul in me; A soul from me my God did claim, and took from me my soul again. For when from me that soul had tied, I was the same as when first made; And without hands or feet or soul, I travel on from pole to pole, 1 labor hard bv day and night,to fallen man I give great light. Thousands of people, young and old, will by my death great light behold, No right nor wrong can I conceive, the Scriptures I cannot believe; Although my name therein is found, they are to me an empty sound. No fear of death doth trouble me, real happiness I ne'er shall see. N To heaven I shall never go, or to the grave or hell below. Now when these lines you slowly read, go search your Bible with all speed, For that my name's recorded there, I honestly to you declare. A great many years ago a prominent merchant promised an old lady a prize if, taking the subject from the Bible, she would compose a riddle he could not guess. She won the prize by the foregoing. A car load of horses and mules will arrive at J M Truluck's stable tomorrow. Come and look these over. NOT THEJNLY ONE. There Are dther Klngstree People Similarly Situated. Can there l>e any stronger proof offered t.hnn the evidence of Kings tree residents? After you have read the following, quietiy answer the question. H D Cantley, farmer, R F D No 1, Kingstree, says: "If it weren't for Doan's Kidney Pills, I don't know what I would do. I am out a whole lot and caught a cold in my back, which hurt me terribly and interfered with my work. The pains were terrible and spread to the back of my head. I often had headaches and dizzy spells and sometimes was so dizzy, I would fall over and once I hurt myself. I always felt tired and languid and any noise would irritate me. I couldn't rest comfortably at night on account of the too frequent action of my kidneys and the secretions burned in passage and were highly colored. It was a blessing when I heard of Doan's Kidney Pills. I only took three taxes and they cured me entirely of all these complaints. I can't say enough for this remedy." 60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co, Mfgrs, Buffalo, N Y. Electricity For Five Cents a Day. It is impossible, of course, to say definitely just what DeleoDight will cost to operate. Ifiis will vary with the amount of current used and some people use more than others. But we are able to state the usual cost on the average farm. This is about five cents a day> and can be verified by asking any Delco-Light user in this county. Can you imagine anything else that you could buy for five cents a day that would give you anything like as much comfort or help you half as much in your work? Agency for Williamsburg Co., J V Carter, HEMINGWAY, S. G, A Delco-Light demonstration will be made at your home at any time qn request. Receipt Books, Blank Notes, Mortgages and all Legal Blanks in demand, for sale at The Record office. If we have not the form you wish we can print it cn short notice. CEUir II The Kings! Wishes to inf( beginning the y< complete stock < that has ever h< Carolina. We have foui warehouse pack Furniture that ^ er's prices advai of dining and b( bedsteads enrou rive here. Rugs ai We have ove Coverings in V( Fiber, Plain Fibi in late for the h embargo placed not been a time i er demand in th ceedingly cold v on the floor of and make your I ' ? 4 Bear in mi for the celebrai ords in this sec thpwfflmous ii and on easy te Records, reprot most celebrate^ We mainfc i where these in tained: Majesti and Cockfield I ! ' | Remember Wi J The Kingsl I 111-113 Academy lotto: Better (Boobs 50r tree Furnitur )rm its friends and 1 mo ? ' sar iyio wiui cue if Furniture and H sen shown in this r large storerooms ed to the very roof vas bought before iced last year. W idroom furniture, ai te which are daily nd Floor C r $2,000 worth of ilvet, Axminster, T sr and Japanese Str oliday trade owing upon such shipmen .vhen good, warm ri is community on ac leather. 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