The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 21, 1918, Image 4
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.
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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*
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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with 40 million people withdrawn j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
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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.
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