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In remitting checks or money orders make payable to THE COUNTY RECORD | Fowi?a Ad?ntiiia? ff i THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1922 On April 3, 1917, President Wilson appeared before Congress and told that august body that war must be declared against Germany. Today, 5 years ago, April 6, 1917, Congress declared war on Germany and immediately the great military machinery of this nation was called into action. It was a sad day for us, but it was perhaps the greatest day in the history of France, Italy and England when we recall how dangerously close was the German forces to victory over these European countries. Just v Ave years later the United States Government has completed the task jf bringing back to America the dead bodies of her 70,000 soldiers who lost their lives in the struggle "over there" to sleep on American soil. News from Rome. Rome, April 3.?Miss Louise Snow, who is teaching near Georgetown, spent the week-end with her father,' Mr. J. J. Snow. Mrs. Harry Wilson of Kingstree, is spending this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Turbeville. Mrs. K. E. Hill and children, Willie Mae and K. E. Jr., spent a part of last week with relatives at Cades. Prof. O. M. Mitchell, superintendent of Fletcher Memorial school at McColl, was a week-end visitor here. Dr. and Mrs. E. W. DuRant and sons, Ned and Francis Hill, of Georgetown, visited relatives here last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Smith spent last week-end in Charleston. Mrs. G. K. Way and daughter, Harriet have returndtf from a visit to relatives in Dorchester. Mrs. Holmes B. Springs and chil dren, Louise, .Wilson and Holmes, Jr., have returned to their home in Greenville after spending about six weeks here with Mrs. Springs' parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Wilson. Miss Effie Zimmerman of the Union high school faculty, spent the week-end with friends at Hemingway. W. T. Hemingway of Hemingway, spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr. Sam Keels of Manning, is * spending some time with his sister, Mrs. G. E. Grier. Mrs. Fannie Munnerlyn has'returned from a visit to her son, H. 0. Munnerlyn, and her daughter, Mrs. E. E. Orvin, both of Georgetown. Miss Pauline Wilson of Manning, who is spending several weeks here with relatives, is the guest of friends at Hemingway for a few days this week. Rev. and Mrs. G. K. Way and daughter, Harriet were visitors in Georetown on Saturday. o The First Contribution to The Williamsburg Society. Editor County Record: rv n i -J- xL air. u. luy uurgess ntts tnaue me first contribution to The Williamsburg Society. It is the MS. made by his grandmother, Janet Scott Burgess, July 8, 1832, which shows the family records of Alexander McCrea, John Burgess, Joseph Scott, and of others. This excellent woman copied on the fly leaves of her old Bible, "Printed by Alexander Kincaia, Printer to His Majesty, Edinburgh, 1762," the names, dates of births, marriages, and deaths of the people of her tribe. This copy that she made is a priceless heritage to the McCreas, Burgesses, most of the Scotts, and some of the Epps, a:.d will be kept forever in the archives of The Williamsburg Society. The McCrea tribe history is exceedingly interesting to the student. One with imagination loves to trace them from the myths of the time of Alexander the Great through the twilight of mingled fact and fancy from central Asia through Europe along the banks of the Danube, thence1 through France and Spain into Ireland, thence into Scotland, all the way from the southern boundary to & h the Shetland Isles, where he finds j them monarchs, priests and kings, in the early Middle Ages. Burke's Ar-! mory thus describes the coat of arms j of this MeCrea clan: Argent on a fesse azure between three mullets in j chief and a lion rampant in base j gules a boar's head couped, of the , field, all within the bordure of the third, charged with three trefoils slipped, of the first. Crest, an oak tree proper. Moto, Delectat et, ornat. From the Shetland Islands, j in 1690, the McCreas turned again j home to the north of Ireland and set-' tied in County Down from whence their fathers had gone before St. Patrick had driven the snakes out of the Emerald Isle. Alexander McCrea was born on the Shetland Islands, lived about thirty years in Ireland, . and from thence came to Williamsburg in 1736. He is ancestor of the present Williamsburg McCreas, Burgesses, many of the Scotts, and some of the Epps, and of other peoples. Ilis daughter married Joseph Scott, that same Lieutenant Joseph Scott who was so sore ly wounded at the Battle of Black Mingo that he was crippled for life, and whose life so appeals to the writers of history and of fiction. The descendants of Lieutenant Jas. Scott have now the same rifle ball that pierced his thigh. John Burgess came from Ireland to Williamsburg in 1770. Many of the Burgess tribe left England during the seventeenth century,some of them migrating directly to Virginia and others going to the Northern part of Ireland. It is from this Irish branch that John Burgess came. This Burgess family is of ancient Saxon lineage, and servicable in all English history to King and Country. Williamsburg John Burgess had two sons, William and James. William married Janet Scott, daughter of Joseph Scott, and grand-daughter of Alexander McCrea. This Janet Scott Burgess knew and loved her people and regarded them worth while to record their comings and goings in this world. It is hoped that; present day grandmothers in Williamsburg county will love their own so that they will make records as Janet Burgess did. 1 William Willis Boddie. o What Co-operative Marketing will doj for Farmers. There are over 100 organizations in the world operated on the Cali- , fornia or Denmark plan?the same plan that tobacco will be marketed by. South Carolina tobacco farmers get j cnly eight cents of the consumers' | dollar, while the California farmer receives 52 cents of the consumers' j dollar. The California farmer gets., back from his organization $98.001 out of every $100.00 worth of com-; modity delivered. Can wc say such j of our auction plan of marketing? j Eighty-three per cent, of all the mar-! ketable farm products arc marketed j; through farmers organizations in Cal- j ifomia?the same type of organiza- J tion that the farmers in North Caro-i; Una, Virginia and South Carolina are j signing up for now. When it came time to sign the contracts the sec-1 ond time, or after five years had passed 82 per cent, of the farmers 1 signed the contract (ranging from five to twenty years) without even ] a campaign. This will show you what . California thinks of this plan. After thorough study of the contract you will find the following ] pvuibd. How to Organize. ; 1. By commodity. (Nothing but tobacco through a tobacco associa-1. tion. Nothing but cotton through a j cotton association, etc.) j ] 2. Only farmers in this organiza-' i tion. (This includes the landlord and 13 tenant both.) The reason for hav- ] ing only farmers in this organiza tion is that the dealer is opposite to I : Long Distance For 25c Plus | Between 8:30 p. m. and ; to Station calls. A five ; from Kingstree to all p | of 72 miles including tl Bennettsville Bishopville Charleston Camden Columbia Sumter The Station to Station | to other points, particular^ Call Long Distance ;; Kingstree Te 1 2-23-tf. e. o. w. that of the grower. When the farmel is prosperous the whole country ie prosperous, but when the farmer is not prosperous the whole country is in a panic. 3. The tobacco will be pooled. The big men and the little men get the same price for the same grade and class of tobacco. The association is not allowed to make a profit for its self, but all of its profits are prorated to the farmers. It only costs $3.00 to become a member of the tobacco association for five years. When you sign this contract you are signing your declaration of independence. When you fail te sign you are cheating yourself out of your birthright?your independence and you are weakening the backbone of your pocketbook. 4. This is an ironbound five year contract?an honest man's agreement. Because we have an ironbound contract is the reason that there has never been a failure in any organization of this type. 5. We don't organize politics, societies, or hybrid associations, but we organize farmers for the purpose of receiving reasonable profits. 6. An expert will be employed to sell this commodity, who studies the marketing of tobacco the year round. The farmer as an individual is a producer and not a salesman. A man who spends 364 days producing a commodity cannot sell it on the 365th day, or in one day. The commodity will be sold by class and grade, and tho -far-more in Viron'nia Mnrth and South Carolina will receive the same price for the same class and grade of tobacco. Is $11.00 a hundred pounds a decent price for the farmers to receive for the bedding, planting, cultivation, fertilization, rent on land, worming, succoring, cropping, curing, handling and marketing of tobacco? This is what you received in the year 1921. There are men arriving in this territory to dissatisfy you with co-operative marketing. Are you going to let them cheat you out of your birthright? Sign your declaration of independence today?A tobacco contract. 7. We organize for a reasonable profit The California prune growers are getting their own price on prunes. Are you doing it on your tobacco? Sign the contract today if you have not already done so and get your neighbor to sign it too. T. M. CATHCART, County Agent. 666 quickly relieves a cold. WANTED?At Silverman's Department store an experienced saleslady?adv A KINGSTREE INTERVIEW MR. EPPS TELLS HIS EXPERIENCE. The following brief account of an interview with a Kingstree man four years ago, and its sequel, will be read with keen interest by every citizen. D. J. Epps, 515 Liveoak Ave., says; "A few years ag) I had a terrible backache and when I stooped there were shooting pains through my back. I was always tired and languid. My kidneys didn't act right and I had to get up at night to pass the secretions. At times they passed too fieely and again were very scanty. "Doan's Kidney pills were recommended and after I had used them I was entirely cured." (Statement fiven January 21, 1918.) On February 23, 1922 Mr. Epps said: "It has been a number of years since I h:\ye had trouble with my back and kidneys and I credit Doan's Kidney pills for my cure." 60c, at e.1! dealers. Foster-Milbuirn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 566 cares Chills and Fever. I *11111II* Mil Hill IIII 1*1 Night Rates! ij nr t i war lax oc 4:30 a. m. on Station j | : minute conversation ;; oints within a radius !! tie following: j; Darlington Dillon Florence Hartsville Marion Summerville Rate is Extremely Low ;; y on calls made at night ;; i for Information. lephone Co. I! ********* I I I UI I 1M1 i HfK I Many Great ! fj be Ha< {Big B< j Furnitii | now going on , I* of the Kings Company and of the Willis ture Compan | yellow tront | Main street. I You Ev< I Buy, Bi I Thousands have avai portunity to supply their reduced prices on furniti has brought to the peopl portunity they need to bi than it can be bought on day. This opportunity there is not room in the i stock in its entirety, com Ttrrt 1VTA <IA/lllAA ^llA flf y mat, yyc wc icuuvc iuc 01 ic ters will accommodate it ix s We still have several (which will be sold during $22.50 beds to go at $7.7 values, and it is to the i need beds in the future t< We also have left National Bed Springs, wo offering at only $4.95. (There are still on bar Talking Machine Records 10c each. You had bette line early, for these Reo these prices. We were unable last Saturday, atvotiin ai eocuu ll|l UtC UI{( auTUUOUig IU1OIU]! cu this airship will positively be sent up * > date. It will be sent from our new J ii [ on Main street i WilliamsitffgJi | S. J. DEfej ^WWWVTWShWWS^OOAAooooA"! ? Savings Yet to J at the J inkrupt I': x ire Sale ! = =^= :!: i I at the old stand iij tree Furniture | I the new home | imsbursr Furni- i:i >y, in the big | building on | J i : -I 1 ' i;1 1 x Intend to !| uy Now! iled themselves of this op- < | fiAA/tfi whila offootlv X UVVWU ?? U1AV fcUVUV VUUJ il ire are in effect This sale 3 e of this section the op- g iiy furniture at a lower price !; tiie wholesale market to- >\\ is possible only because new quarters to store this !;i sequently it is compulsory Slock so that our new quar- g hundred beds,worth $25.00 il I this sale at $8.75. Also 5. These are exceptional nterest of those who will i.; o buy them now. i[: <,? several hundred of the i>; >rth $12.50, which we are is' id several hundreds of the ill which we are selling for ijji ir supply your wants in this wds will soon be gone at ijji on account of weather conditions, to j!j ^ 9 advertised in last week's paper, but * Saturday, April 8, unless it rains on that j 11 quarters, the Big Yellow Front Store lrniture Company I > IY, Manager ? South Carolina. U A " ^vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv \ AAVWWWWVAAAoAAVWVAAAA A V