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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-06-25

A simple hearted and very devout
country preacher who had tasted
but few of the drinks of he world,
took dinner with a high toned fami-
ly where glass of milk punch was
quietly set down at each plate. In
silence and happiness the preacher
absorbed the contents of the glass
given him, and then added, MADAM
you should be very thankful for a
COW that will give such fine milk as
this"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-06-25

A woman was testifying in court
in behalf of her Sor She swore that
he had worked on farm ever since
he was born. The lawyer who cross
examined her saib: "You assert that
your son has worked on farm ever
since he was born:?'
81 do, replied the womrn.
"What did he do the first year. .
"He di. the milking
Tn" 'awyer collapsed.
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u Secretary.

Stomach troubles are very com
mon in the summrr time and vOu
should not only BE- Very ca"fu'
about what You eat just how, bn'
more than this, you should be care,
ful not to allow vour stomach to BE-
come dlsoricred, and when the srom.
ach goes wVng take kodol. Thi,
is the best known preparation that
is offered to the people today fol
dyspepsia or indigestion or any stom,
ach trouble. kodol digests all foods
1t is pleasant to take. 1t is sold Ii -rt
by DR. W i WallrCe
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GREElYVllLE GLEANINGS.
Items of Local Interest About Various
MatterS-PerS0nal Notes.


GREELYvILLE, June 22.-Mr T
w Boyle spen' several days IN Lynch
burg last week looking after the
building of fine Methodist church
at that place that he has the con-
tract to build and furnish the lum-
Der for. Mr. G f Harris from here
h. the work in charge for Mr.
4 A., ,'s. - :, .......,.....
time in Lynchburg with her nus
band.
:, Messrs P Il keelS, L d Clarkson
aud DR. f o Taylor went over to
Kingstree last Morday to attend
court, as jurymen.
!; Dr. " L Taylor spent one day
|; last week il Kingstree. DR. Taylor
! has decided to locate here, and is
getting nice patronage.
Mr. W NJ O'Bryan is being urged
by his friends to enter the race for
representative from this county. Mr.
O'Bryan is one of the best men in
Williamsburg for that position, and
should be decide to make the race
and be elected, he will fill the office
with honor to himself and credit to
his county.
Mr. j F Register, the leader of
the educational forces Of our town,
has had plaLs drawn by an archi-
tect Of Anderson for our school
binding that We expect to erect
g Ing the summer. There will be
] SIX class-rooms, several cloak and
] dressing rooms and an auditorium
that will seat from three to five
hundred people. 1t will be of brick
: and cost about seven or eight thous-
and dollars. Our people need and
want better school facilities and are
willing to spend their cash for it.
Very much to the regret of every
body in town Rev r W Spigner and
his family have moved to Jonesville
They carry with them the best
! wishes of their many friends for
I abundant success IN their new
home.
Mr. W OLIVER has moved his
family from Sumter to occupy the
house recently vacated by Rev Mr.
! Spigner. The new school is the
! attraction for Mr. divers family.
Misses Helen keisler of Chap
pells and Nira Whitehead of Kings
tree are spending some time at the
home of Mr. " j Ferrell, near here
G c Smith, Esq, of Charleston
was here on business one day last
week.
Mr. Z q Mallard of Greenvllle is
here on business.
Several gentlemen went from
here over to kingstree today to hear
the candidates for TIE senate speak.
Mrs W B Costin and little daugh-
ter from Sumter spent part of last
week with Mrs G. l. Montgomery.
Mr. H D Ferrell, of this place,
and Miss Edith McFadden of Sar-
dinia were married last Wednesday
at the home of the brides father,
Mr. Ro5t McFadden. Mrs Fer
rell is a lady of refinement and
culture and Mr. Ferrell is promi
nent and popular business man.
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C0nSumptiveS Made COmfOrta Bile,

Foley's Honey and Tar has cured
many cases of inclpient consumption
and even in the ADVANCED stages
affords comfort and relief. Refuse
any but the genuine Foley's Honey
and Tar. w L Wallace.
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A man by the name of Corn was
married at Rochelle, ILL.,, to lady
by the name of Wheat, which was
all right enough, but the fool choir
sane"What Shall the Harvest Be-"
and the audience shouted, "Nub-
bins"
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COMPANY |, S. c. '.
Will Hold Reunion al MCAliSter'S
Mill July 4.

Company |, S c V, will hold thcil
annual reunion on July t at McAI
listers Mil. The veterans and all
their friends are cor, tally invited t.
attend. 5. c. GOODWIN,
President.
HENRY COLLINS,
u Secretary.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-27
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE

II OS ANGELES city council f1nan-
ciers are human enigmas. Their
AA methods are inexplicable. Their
latest eccentricity, which The Herald
has described by the phrase "oblique
economy" has been to raise the pay
of men who were already receiving
living wages and to cut down the pay
of workingmen who were barely able
to support themselves on the pittance
of less than $225 per day which they
were receiving. We say less than $40
because although that was the nom
tnal wage, 1t was reduced by the usury
of various bloodsucking professional
Shylocks, the best known of whom is
named George Arnold, who give the
men cash for their pay checks ana
charge a big commission for this ser
vice." Why a reduction from $2.25 was
necessary is not apparent, unless IL
was the intention of our worthy mu-
nicipal financiers to save enough by
docking the wages of the Woodworking
laborers to pay the increased SAL
aries of oil inspector Of streets, clerk
of the council, Deputy Clerk Wallace
civil service examiner, prosecuting at
torney's stenographer, chain gang
guards and unmounted guards.
Why should a cut in the budget af-
feet only the laborers? Why are the
workingmen picked out as the only VIC
tins of what is alleged to be 'neces-
sary" economy? Is it necessary the
workingman's meager wage should be
reduced, while the wages Of better paid
employees are left at the increased fig
ures to which they were raised recent
"? If it is necessary to cut the work
ingman's meager wage, why did not
the same necessity affect other and bet
ter paid wage earners? At the SIPS rate
the workers wage was pared down close
to the living line, for George Arnold
had to have his tribute. George Arnold
handles about $4,000 per month, from
which he gets a rake-off. Doubtless he
makes a handsome living, but that is
more than can be said of the working
men who are compelled by circum-
stances to divide their meager earnings
with him.
What will be left of the reduced wage
of 81 per day, after George Arnold has
collected his percentage? With what
will remain, how can a man pay for
food, clothing and shelter for his FAM
fly and himself? How can he pay for
the necessaries of life for those depend
ent on him? How can he pay his
RENT? Why should the poorly paid
workingman have his wage trimmed
at this time? And who is responsible
for the fact that shylock is permitted
to take toll of the workmen's earnings
Is the responsibility yours, Mr.. Mayor
Or yours, Mr.. Councilman? Or yours
Mr.. Member of the Board of Public
Works? Or yours, Mr.. Voter? o.
must you all plead guilty, and shart
the odium among you?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-27
EngIand'S OId-Age Pensions
Plans Are Revolutionary

N NGLAND'S gigantic experiment
h, with old-age pensions will be
IL watched by the world with keen
interest. for If the experiment succeeds
every government in the world will be
forced to make similar provision Tor
the INDECENT old.
There is an old-age pension system In
Germany, but it is radically diterent
from the English system, for In Ger
many the workingmen contribute to the
fund out of their wages and only those
who have contributed for certain
term are entitled to pensions. In Eng
land practically every person over the
age of 70 and poor will receive pen
sion of shillings a week out OF tue
treasury and without having con-
tributed necessarily to the pension
fund. In other words, the wealthy, that
is. the taxpayers, are compelled TO sup
mort the DOOR, Those who nave must
provide for the old age of those VINO
have not. 1t Is estimated that ABOUT
half million persons will receive SUI
ponds under the act, but the Llperai
ministry makes no secret of its lnten-
tion later to diffuse more widely the
benefits of the system by increasing the
pension and lowering the age limit
The present act is merely an opening
wedge" -,
Although the old-age pensions bill is
the most revolutionary Legislation ever
enacted by parliament, and although
there was much opposition to It In de-
bates, only twelve members of the com
mons dared to vote against 1t, ana the
lords, who detested 1t, gave the Dill h
substantial majority.
Objections to the bill were potn
financiaI and economic. Lord Cromer
protested that the pension expense
could be met only by cutting down
the appropriations for the army ana
navy and thereby weakening the en-
pire The disciples of John Stuart Mill
commended that the bill put tax on
thrift and a premium on improvidence'
that 1t would pauperize the people,
that it was Socialism in a vicious form
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-27
REVENGE LEAGUE

4 TTENTION has been called by the
IN Chicago Record-Herald, the San
IA Francisco Call and other news
papers, as we'll as by Los Angeles
Herald, to the fact that Hearst's OPP
position to Mr.. Bryan is prompted by
a spirit of revenge. For the first time
in the history of the American nation
a party has been organized a plat
form adopted and a presidential ticket
put in the field for the purpose of
gratifying the desire of one individual
to wreak upon another and a superior
individual vengeance for imaginary
wrongs.
Hearst's Revenge league has pitt
fully small and constantly dwindling
following. In San Francisco William
the yellow has been able to muster
only 1893 votes and in Los Angeles
county only 81. 1t is ridiculous that
the governmental machinery of our
great and dignified nation should be
Knocked by the picayune performance
of a political mountebank bent upon
making trouble and causing annoy
ance for the sake of getting even"
with 247 votes all told his total
strength" in two great counties of a
great state, this Lilliputian pretender
makes believe he is the leader Of a
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-27
FEDERATION

n R esteemed contemporary, the
Kokumin Shimbun of Japan, says
~ the Australian welcome to the
fleet proves the kinship Of the peo-
pies of Australia and the United States,
and therefore Japan must show friend
ship to the United States"
II there was ever anything worth con-
sidering seriously in the stories OF Jap
anese luminosity it has lost its i'm
portance. Meanwhile, there is an ever
increasing number of citizens who as
sert 1t would be wise for Uncle Sam to
begin to look over the wall and realize
there are no longer only two but many
English speaking nations, which by
forming some kind of an agreement
could guarantee and preserve the peace
of the world. Talk about England"
and what little England does or says
has probably helped to prevent q
thorough appreciation of the important
fact that England is only a part Of
the United Kingdom, and that the
United Kingdom is only part of the
federated or United empire. 1t seems
incredible that there should be any
difficulty in bringing about a larger
federation which would unite Canada,
British Columbia, the United States,
Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and
the island possessions Of the United
States In the Pacific. British Australasia
makes no secret Of the fact 1t looks to
the United States for protection against
possible Asiatic invasion.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-27
SUNSHINE

n RDINARY, everyday operations of
nature in California would be
~ miracles in any other state of the
Union. In this favored country we have
become so well accustomed to hearing
about the wonderful activity and pro-
ductivity of the soil under solar in
fiuences that we have fallen into the
habit of taking everything for grant
ed. If the latest additions to the
chamber of commerce exhibit had been
grown in any state except California.
many of the leading newspapers would
have sent special correspondents and
artists to the scene.
The finest peaches in the world are
grown in California. Alongside of
luscious California peach, with its
lovely cheeks tinged with the glow of
youth and health, the best peach that
Delaware can grove is pale and anem-
ic, while by comparison the New York
variety tastes like a cross between a
gooseberry and crabapple. The
California peach looks as if it had
been grown in a garden of the gods
and plucked from a Hesperidian tree
to tickle the palate of Pallas Athene.
1t is impossible to initiate the Cali
fornia peach. In order to grow fruit
of this size and flavor California sun
shine is needed, and in spite of the
fact there is an abundant supply of
that, no one has yet learned how to
bottle or barrel it and ship it east.
From the cider mills of Jealous Jersey
came the boast that California at any
rate could not compete with the east
in apple growing; that our apples were
tasteless and ciderless. Alas, poor
boastl On a ranch near Los Angeles
one little branch of one goodly apple
tree yielded twenty-six glorious, juicy.
rosy globes. Why, when California
apples are ripe the thrifty farmer sets
tubs below the trees and makes cider
from the drippings.
Half dozen apple trees in Califor-
mia produce as much fruit as an aver
age eastern orchard. When pilgrim
from Hackensack for the first time
beholds a California hillside orchard
he realizes why we call the east EFF
fete." And what shall be said of his
emotions when he views cucumbers
two or three feet long, string beans
three feet long and cabbages weighing
twenty-six pounds apiece?
Wonderful is the wizardry Of Cali
fornia sunshine. It produces the big
gest vegetables, the most gigantic
fruit, the finest men and the most
beautiful women in this or any other
world.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-27
SPAIN FOR TAFT

CONGRATULATE to our Repup"
lican friends on the fact that their
" candidate for president has the
solid. enthusiastic, unreserved, earnest,
ardent support of that great natlon
which gave the world Don Quixote'
Admiral Cervera and Queen Isabella!
The press and public of Spain are
"solid for Taft" Spanish newspapers
publish Mandatory accounts of him
They saw he will rule America with
firm hand. We were puzzled to account
for the outburst of Spanish enthusl-
asrn over Taft until we remembered the
qualities most admired alike by the
peasantry, hidalgos and grandees Oh
Spain. They are ruled not by love-
but by fear; not by righteousness put
by corruption; and they regarded the
Taft administration of the Philippine
islands q. mastery and sincere fattery
OF Spanish methods of government II
won their hearts. They have never
ceased talking about it. The Spanish
office holders acknowledge that the
American office holders did just as well
as their Iberian predecessors, and were
not half as boisterous about it The
water cure for recalcitrants C'rebels'D
was inconsistent with the pretenses OF
modern civilization, and the office hold
ers and office holders deputies spent
more time in regulating the country by
collecting personal taxes than In bring
ing about conditions of equity and har-
"a nIlh-
lished in the Philippine islands declare
there was a reign OF riotous corruption
unequaled in the history of Spanish
rule. They say that grating was OPEN
" practiced, and that Governor Taft
seemed to be Indifferent to the eccen-
tricities and Irregularities of minor Of
ficials. The many cusations pub
ilshed in Philippine newspapers may
have been prompted merely by malice
and spleen, but when the blunt accusa-
ton is made that under Taft there was
a Give administration of conquered
province, the matter is so serious that
it should not be hushed up, and we
regret to be compelled to believe that
an investigation would have been or
dered if it had not been for the fact
that Secretary Taft had been selected
by President Roosevelt for his sue
cessor as the leader of the Republican
party. No accusation was made against
Mr.. Taft, but it has been alleged, over
and over again, that he was such a
good-natured ruler of the Philippines
that INSCRIPTIONS Adventures took adj
vantage of his "easiness."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-27

and that it was a blow at Individual
ism.
The financial objections being mat
tiers Of bookkeeping and Of arithmetic,
that certain science, each side was
able to demonstrate by figures, which
cannot lie, that its conclusions and
calculations were sound and that the
government could or could not Gas the
case was) pay the pensions. Whether
the bill will bankrupt the nation or
abolish poverty time will prove. In
all likelihood 1t will not quite do either.
Meeting the argument that the bill
was paternalism running amuck and
that the pensions would discourage in
dustry and saving and corrupt the peo-
pie as the panem ct circenses corrupted
the Roman proletariat, the proponents
OF the Dill had powerful answer. They
pointed to the CHASTITY poverty of the
London slums and the hopeless condi-
ton of the English farm laborer, who,
no matter how great his industry is
practically foredoomed by inexorable
conditions to die in the workhouse.
Something must be done, thew said,
with the fact of poverty. The struggle
for existence in overcrowded England
is so fierce that millions of men must
go under, no matter how hard they
strive. Are these men to be abandoned
and starved to death or driven with
their families into vice and crime
merely because they were not born
with sufficient ability or were not
given by law or education advantages
by which they might attain a measure
of success through trampling down
some millions of their competitors?
The poor are the beaten competitors
of the prosperous, but they are also
the brethren Of the prosperous. True,
great number Of the wretchedly poor
are drunkards and idlers, but in Eng
land poverty, forced upon them by
economic conditions, is the cause,
rather than the consequence, of drink
and idleness. It is right, therefore, at
least in England. that the rich should
be taxed to support the aged poor; that
the conquerors should give to the help
less among the conquered at least
enough to supply meager food and
shelter.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-27
WELCOME HOME

ME WELCOME home the Rev.
w Robert J. Burdette, d. d. and
w H. D. doctor of humor-why
not?) He will soon be in Los Angeles
again, and he says he will be mighty
glad to get back. We are delighted to
hear II, and will be mighty glad to get
him back. Absence makes the heart
grow fonder, and absence from Los
Angeles produces a yearn which only
the sunshine, sweetness. light and life
of the busy and happy southwestern
metropolis can satisfy.
DR.. Bob found nothing abroad to
make him dissatisfied with conditions
at home, but has learned, what every
man who travels learns, that in spite
of the inequalities in the distribution
of wealth in the United States, In spite
some men are deprived of the opportun-
ity of earning enough money to support
their families, while others are allowed
to enjoy unearned millions Of dollars,
it is q better land to live in than any
other. Here we have not exhausted our
resources, political, economical, physi-
cal, commercial. Here we have cause
to hope on. hope ever. for we know the
biunders OF today viii bring the bless
ings Of tomorrow. Here, toiling and
rejoicing more often than sorrowing,
onward through life we go, because we
know that In spite OF the assured fact
that avarice and roguery have done
their diabolical worst to obscure and
bedim Americanism, It is an inextin.
guishable vital principle.