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For rates apply at this office. In remitting checks or money orders make payable to THE COUNTY RECORD. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1919. Have you subscribed to the Salvation Army fund? If not you should. The Salvation Army is one of the most wonderful organizations in the world, operating in the larger cities everywhere. The work they do is worthy of your recognition, atul every American, who ignores the opportunity to help the organization in this drive for home service funds, if called upon, is without the milk of human kindness. The Salvation Army, as an organization, did wonderful work, during the past four years. I was among the first to go upon the battle fields of Europe and administer to suffering humanity. reports 01 tneir worx ana service should leave no doubt in the minds of our people as to the righteousness of their cause, abroad or here at home. They go where other Christian organizations would not think of going. They administer to a class of people, that, as a rule the established churches do not seem to realize are in existence or do not countenance. No slum is too black and treacherous for its workers, and no human being can become so low, lawless and degraded, that they will not try to help him up and set him aright in the eyes of society. Members of the Salvation Army are missionaries of a different type, the world needs more of them, and they need our financial assistance, and moral co-operation where\fr they have a post. WANTED? One rural mail carrier for Kingstree's Route No. 1. ? | President Ebert in addressing a demonstration in Berlin Monday said Germany would "never sign the peace terms." Let's wait and see if she doesn't. t : If Germany does not intend to i sign the peace treaty presented by the allied powers, why should she want an extention of time in which to consider its terms? Mr. McAdoo, late secretary of the treasury, resigned his job as such because he was getting short of. funds. He is now employed by a moving picture corporation of California at a salary of $200,000 per annum, which should enable him to "recuperate his fortune." v '< Because Williamsburg people failed to subscribe the cOuhty's qdpta in the Victory* bond drive does not signify that they are not patriotic aftd want the cot t of the war liqudiated. Fact is they had sold no cotton and very few had sold their seed. On their cotton they had to borrow money, to carry on farming operations, paying interest and at the same time paying insurance and warehouse charges on their cotton. In the face of these existing conditions many of them are excus able, although the banks made most liberal propositions for the advancement of money, at a low interest rate. In other states conditions were different and the bonds were readily sold, the people had the money on hand instead of a lot of expensive cotton. War and Woman's Attire A short while ago Dr. Lyman Abbott made the shrewd comment that the press is supplanting the pulpit. The idea was that the newspapers prove more interesting to the people. But certainly the pulpit here and there finds a preacher that is quite equal to holding his own in at least nno mmer nf the arena where the struggle for the survival of the fittest is progressing with wavering fortunes. The newspapers is not the only public organ that now and then or in occasional examples, resorts to sensationalism to win public attention. The pulpit orator now some times launches a bit of sensational talk that is more startling, possibly because of its source, than the most morbid stuff of the yellow journals. One of the favorite resources of sensationalism, whether in press or pulpit, is the old theme of women's attire. The revenue office officials have just been wrestling with the j question whether corsets are underwear, and. in order to class them as such?for purpose of taxation?have had to declare "vests" underwear also. We are not clear in our mind ?not that it matters?whether the revenue people meant "vestee," or only the garment that men eagerly throw away from them at the first approach of warm weather. And now a New York clergyman, the Rev. Dr. John Roach Stratton, has succeeded in stirring up the ladies of his flock by his censure of some of the the costumes worn at the "I?al llleu" at the Ritz-Carlton. ? - - - - x 1 l'he Doctor tnougnr mai sonu- ui those?wo do not know whether or not ho saw thorn?wore too tenuous and scant. One of the ladies retorted, that! "perhaps the Rev. Dr. Stratton is not accustomed to seeing women in evening dress." Now this seems mild enough, but it drew the parson's fire right away. He came back with the "retort churlish," that he once sat next to a lady who was so scantily attired ' that he "positively blushed" when j another man came up to speak to him. We venture to make the point that the parson should not have needed the presence of another male to summon hot blushes to his cheeks. But what seemed to hit the Doctor hardest was the implication that he was not accustomed to move in circles in which ladies wear evening HrAc? Ha bails from Virginia. and Is proud of it. Hp said to The Tribune Reporter: "On the matter of this parsor^ qualifying for New York's social set, however, I wish to say that it depends on what the standard of entrance is. If one who dates back on his father's side to the Black Doug-; lases of Scotland, and whose moth- j er was a Virginia Carter, and who j traces his ancestry back to "Old i King Carter," so called becaused he; owned in his day half of the present . State of Virginia?if that sort of pedigree availed for the procuring of social distinction, there might be no difficulty in this particular case, but if the requirements were founded on the size of the money bags, and one must qualify according to the specifications of a pork-packing aristocracy, then there might be serious difficulties." "This parson" seems inclined to wear his pride of family at least sufficiently decollette. After this fling, he refers the fashionable ladies of New York to go to the Bible for "the right standards of women's dress." We have a suspicion that they will not take his advice, in spite of the Black Douglases or "Old King Carter." If they have not listened to Paul they will hardly turn now to John. But this incident suggests that - - ? ?- ? furt nv uie war is> respvuaiinc ivi ua >..? treme fashions in woman's dress. War breaks down all sorts of barriers, liberates the feelings, and fills the whole people affected by it with a desire for greater freedom of spirit and body. We shall have to accustom ourselves?we old-timers ?to a freer and a more enfranchised and scantily-clad world. A similar experience was noted after the Napoleonic cycle. The diary of Madame Clelie-Eponine Dupont records that the Revolution had brought forth "a passion for flimsy and scanty draperies that excites comment." And Parisian comment. Wnat sort of comment would those Revolutionary and Napoleonic draperies have called forth from this Vire-inia-bred parson? We quote a few words from Mme. Dupont: "Whatever a dress may be, declares this chronicler (I have a Flora frock, a Ceres robe, a Diana, a Vestal and an Aurora costume), it must be transparent. A friend of mine made a bet the other evening at a supper party that everything she had on, including her rings, her bracelets and her shoes, would weigh less than a couple of silver coins. She took off her clothes, weighed them, and won her wager." What's a "bal bleu" at the RitzCarlton to this? The parson would do well to meditate upon what he may yet have to face.?The Columbia State. o Chief Negro City Chicago is the first negro city in America. Estimates by negro leaders set the negro population of Chicago at 125,000. Two years ago the number was 25,000. Demand for labor, high wages and the awakening of the negro through travels induced by the war arc given as causes f r>w rl /\i i c in^l iiv Netrro I 1VI lilt- VIVItailuvuc ? !?!?<%. - ..n labor is employed largely by the packing houses. It is organized and affiliated with labor federation.. Xegrocs have crowded the white out of some territory*, so that it is now impossible to define the "black belt". Negro living conditions have improved with growth. o Ark of the Cov*nant The Ark of the Covenant was the sacred chest which the Lord directed Moses to make to contain the tables of the law which he had received on Mt. Sinai. It was four and one-half feet long, two and onefourth feet wide and two and onefourth feet high. It was covered within and without with gold and was carried by staves inserted in | rings on the corners. This Ark of the Covenant was the most sacred possession of the Isrealites. It was placed in the holy of holies in the tabernacle and later in a similar position in Solomon's temple, where it was closely guarded. o Hub My-Tism is a powerful \ antiseptic; it kills the poison j 1 ' ? ? ' ?d on enc- I caused irom miecicu iu^, nm.' old sores, tetter, etc.?adv. o War Tank Tries Trip up Pikes Peak J The "Little Zeb", one of the Rev- i eral tanks that toured the western | states in the interest of the Victory loan, is shown in the June Popular 1 Mechanics Magazine making its j brave attempt to climb Pikes Peak. It courageously chose an unfavorable time of year, too, when the winding mountain road was blocked by snowdrifts that sometimes rose in its path to a height of 10 feet. It waddled along finely behind its motto "Pikes Peak or Bust," however, until twelve miles up the slope | something did "bust". Repairs were made, despite a 60-mile gale, nearzero weather, and a cracker-andsardine diet for the crew. Then the "Little Zeb" started again, only to kn ct nnnnrl still short of the Summit, and ordered elsewhere by a messenger from headquarters. o 666 quickly relieves Constipation, Biliousness, -Loss of Appetite and Headaches, due to Torpid Liver.?adv. o Sniail Water Heater Can Be Packed in Traveling Bag A small electric water heater, only 12 in. high, shown in the June Popular Mechanics Magazine, is now manufactured for attachment to a faucet, directly or with a rubber tube. The water then flows through porcelain tubes in which noncorrosive resistance coils heat it progressively to the required temperature. The faucet from which the heated water is finally drawn is so associated with the electric snap switch that the current is not turned on until the hot water is actually wanted. If cold water is desired, the faucet hnn/ilr. is thrown in a reverse direc tion, causing the water to flow througli an unheated by-pass. o We are proud of the confidence doctors, druggists and the public have in 666 Chill and Fever Tonic.?adv. o Soldiers Recently Discharged William Moulder, Cades; Hugh McClary, Baxley Mitchell, Kingstree; Tonle Huggins, Johnsonville; Hugh Gamble, Nesmith; Henry Nelson, Hemingway. o ? ? ??? mnn t fw*vr EBhiKT tKUltiaw inriAti Says President Wilson Has Forsaken Fourteen Points An Assocated Press report from Berlin says: "Gel-many has seized and unfurled a new banner on which are inscribed President Wilson's fourteen points, which the President apparently has deserted," said Frfeidrich Ebert, the German President, in a statement to the Associated Press. President Ebert declares that the world's youngest republic in the hour of greatest peril had weighed its overseas big brother and found him wanting. In a statement intended primarily for the American people, which he designated "a moral declaration of war upon all that remains of the old system of interntional politics," the first President of the German republic discussed with outspoken frankness the peace situation, the state of the German people and the prospect of the immediate future. 1 i (BRUM 2* The Guarantee I Ha^ m : ? yr I (II ~ I COME IN A I OUR UNI Rugs and 1 Linoleums & C Kingstree Fur I Academy Street, Next Do I lit DOCTORS SAY THE ! NEW CALOMEL IS BEST MEDICINE. i New Variety, Called Calotabe, Is ; Purified And Refined From Nauseating and Salivating Effects?Medicinal Virtu^ Retained and Improved According to the world's greatest physicians and medical authorities, calomel was the best and most universally useful of all medicines. Medical authorities prescribed calomel for almost every disease and explain that it was the best and surest of all system purifiers. 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