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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-06-04
SALTERS SIFTlNGS.
Entertainment in Town Hall-F

SALTERS DEPOT, June 1.-Th,
moving picture show in the town
hall Saturday night for the benefit
of the Confederate monument was a
great success, the views and moving
pictures being very fine. The entire
audience was loud in its praise. 1t
was we'll worth the price.
Mr. Leroy B Ferrell of Charles
ton was noted on onr streets Mon
day.
Misses Cargile, of The RECORD
office, spent the day here last week.
Mrs B S D Muckenfuss of Charles
ton is visiting her sister, Mrs r
Moseley.
Mrs Jno Nj Salters has gone to
Rock Hill to spend some time with
her parents.
Mi Jno NJ Gruber, who has been
very i'll for the past week, is slow
improving.
MIR Kershaw Gruber Of Charles
ton, spent several days recently with
the family of DR. N Boyd.
Mr. j A Scarborough bought
twenty-six bales of cotton here Mon
day at II cents. There is very little
more of the staple in this section.
The last dance of the season was
given Thursday night in the town
hall. Ice lemenade, ice cream and
cake were served and the dance was
continued until the "wee sma' I"
hours of the morning. 1t was one
of the best dances of the season.
Fishing has been very popular
here the past few weeks, several
parties of ladies even trying their
hands. A large number of very fine
fish has been caught.
SALTERs DEPOT.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-06-04
A Gard From Mr.. Thr0Wer.
Editor COUNTY RECORD:

Editor COUNTY RECORD:
1 note in your last weeks issue
card from Mr.. W. S. Camlin, Jr.,
concerning a meeting held at Har-
per's the 18th inst, in which he
makes statements in reference to me;
and l beg that you allow these few
lines to appear in your columns that
l might state my position in the mat
ter before the public. Mr. Camlin
asserts that l charged the entire
town council with dispensing intoxi.
eating drinks and that l also attacked
his character.
In the first place, will say | was
not after Mr. Camlin's character or
the character of any one else. But
1T will be borne i'll mind that the
meeting referred to was held for the
purpose of discussing the situation
at Harper's in view of the fact that
an application had been made to the
board for the establishment of dis
pensary at said place. [ had no in
tention of attacking the character of
Mr. Camlin or any one else, and |
SAID so at the time before the meet
ing. | made certain assertions in
order only that the board might not
be misled and that the true situation
might be learned. My statements
were indispensable to just and
proper discussion of the business be-
fore the board and l have facts to
sustain the position and Mr.. Cam,
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Cotton Acreage.

1t has always been the custom of
the speculative markets to take
up the discussion of possible cotton
acreage early in the spring and long
before a seed is planted in the nor
thern portion of the cotton belt.
Of course, a discussion of that kind
thus early in the season, is absolutely
devoid of rhyme or reason, and is
INDUCED in almost exclusively by
the bear gamblers in their efforts
to depress the remnant always in
the South at that season of the year.
1t is usually the last card played in
the game of divorcing the planter
from his crop at inadequate prices.
1t Is absolutely impossible 10
approximate the cotton acreage of
1908 at this hour. Let that be un-
derstood. The Government does not
attempt to make its estimate until
May 25. and even then It's but an
approximate guess, upon which but
little dependence can be placed.
1t is too early in the season. Cotton
plan ed may be plowed up and the
land planted to corn; wet spell
may prevail, causing thousands of
acres in each of the States to be
turned out under the command Of
general Green"
Floods, too, may sweep our hill
sides and cause the great rivers to
escape their banks, thus sweeping
away the richest portion of the
South's cotton area for the season.
Then again the plant ispreyed upon
by many insects and p ests, which
to a certain extent, menace the
entire area. Indeed, boil weevil hat
caused shrinking IN the area, which
in some localities has resulted in the
total abandonment of the planting
and the wiping out Of thousands of
acres planted, so far as gathering
crop is concerned.
The number of acres planted l;
not of so much significance as the
number of acres harvested; in other
words, the thing that counts is the
number of acres producing its aver
age quota of lint cotton.-COtton
JOurAal.
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WOMEN'S WOES.
kingStrec Women are Finding Re-
lief at Last.

iltl d. Last
1t does seem that women have
more than fair share Of the aches
and pains that afflict humanity;
they must "keep up" must attend
to duties in spite of constantly ach-
ing backs, or h e a d c h s, dizzy
spells, bearing down pains; they
must stoop over, when to stoop
means torture. They must
walk and bend and work with lack
ing pains and many aches from kid
ney ills. Kidneys cause more suf-
fering than any other organ of the
body. Keep the kidneys well and
health is easily maintained. Read
of a remedy for kidneys only that
helps and cures the kidneys and is
endorsed by people you know.
Miss Pollle Vsuse. Logan street
Kingstree, S G, says::"I nsed Doan's
Kidney Pills and they benefited me
more than any thing I ever tried.
My back and kidneys caused ME a
great deal of misery fer years. Head.
aches and dizzy spells occurred fire.
quently and l was bothered at all
times by the irregular action of the
kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills
which l procured at SCOTS drug
store helped me at once and since
then l have been in the best of
health"
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-06-04
A Grand Family Medbeine.

"It gives ME pleasure to speak a
a good word for Electric Bitters, "
writes Mr.. Frank Coulan Of No.
1876 Houston St., New York. ''It's
a grand family medicine for dys-
pepsia and liver complications; while
for lame back and weak kidneys it
cannot be too highly recommended. "
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NECESSITY OF DRAINAGE.
Would Make Our Low Country a Gar
den Spot.
Editor COUNTY RECORD:

At the recent Farmers Day ad
dress in Georgetown drainage, drain.
age, drainage, seemed to be the cen
tral idea regardless of speaker and
well indeed it should have been
From the apostle of drainage, Co
Jas Cosgrove, to our worthy COM
missioner of agriculture and COM
merce came iteration and reiteration
of the merits of thoroughly draining
the land. Uncle Sam was kind
enough to send a drainage engineer
all the way to Georgetown to tell the
farmers of the Importance of drain
age. This speaker told how lands
had been advanced within short
time from a few dollars per acre to
two or three hundred, and solely be-
cause they had been drained. Col
Cosgrove told the same story of en-
hancement of land values around
Charleston.
To state that drainage from the
agricultural standpoint alone is by
far the most important operation in
volved in the management of farm
is but to put the plain truth in SIM
pie language. Though South Caro-
lima soils and seasons equal those
anyw here, and though her farmers
are using more fertilizers than are
employed elsewhere, the State can
not claim first rank as producer of
any agricultural crop. Indeed the
corn yield here is but a little better
than that of Florida, which State
has the lowest average in the country.
The reason lies in the fact that
the soils most productive when
drained are allowed to waste their
DO lntiful store of plant food in the
support of marsh and swamp.
Our fiat long straw pine lands and
w:savannas" or "prairies," as they
.sre called in Florida, underlaid with
clayare without doubt the real bank
of this section of the State yet every
one who has tried to farm these lands
has recognized in certain degree
the necessity of "ditching."
M McIver Williamson has
made himself famous by suggesting
a method of conserving soil mois'
ture. His plan has its merits as
we'll as its demerits, and it is quite
certain that it is vastly inferior to
such methods involving thorough
drainage. frequent and shallow till
age and constant application Of
humus, such as was the case in tht
production of all really phenomena
corn crops.
The reasons for thorough drain
age, aside from sanitary considera-
tions, are 50 numerous and so clear
to the student farmer that their no.
tation here is unnecessary, and i
suffic2s to say that the worlds best
crops are made on none but the bes'
artifcially drained soils.
Let any farmer in Williamsburg
drain his land thoroughly and | vii
warrant one hundred eager disciples
within five years from the date th'
first tile Is laid.
While the drainage problem shoul(
be grappled with at once it shoule
be remembered that the services of &;
competent drainage engineer is no
only essential to success but is II
reality an important factor OF econo
my.
Hundreds, yes thousands, of dol
lars have been and are being squan
dered in useless bitches which wer
poorly planned and no better con
structed. Statistics along this lin
wonld prove interesting-.nearly ever
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s.
Marcus

their lands and be farmers should
be the central idea of Our people.
Sincerely,
ROSE HILL GARDEN.
May 80, 1908.
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DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the
famous little liver pills, are sold by
w l. Wallace
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full ,A.vrn. ow to proceed are
interesting Il i of in my book
"No / For Wo len." The book and
strictly confider ~ medical advice
is entirely free. Simply write DR.
Shoop, Racine, Wis,fo my book No
i. Sold by ID Icott.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
TlMMANY HALL GIVES BIG SUM 10 the Democratic Cam paign Fund. MR. MURPHY ANNOUNCES IT Will Also Pay Expenses of Big
 Mass Meeting. H. H. KohIsaat is Challenged to Give Names. of Eaisors Who Are
 Supporting Bryan But
 Don't want Him Eiec-
 ed
MR. MURPHY ANNOUNCES IT

New York. Oct. 1s.-Tammany Hal will contribute s1o,o0o to the Demo cratic National Committee. according to an announcement made today by Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany leader. 5r
 Tn addition, the local organization will pay all the expenses of the biz mass meeting in Madison Square Gar den on October 26 at which Mir. Bry- an is to speak. This will probably amount to s5,000 more. According to a telegram received this morning by Vice Chairman Hudspeth of the Dern- ocratic National Committee from Chairman Mack in Chicago, Mir. Bry- an will speak only one day in New Jersey and one day in Connecticut.
 MT. Hudspeth said today, referring to the reported statement of Ii. IT Kohlsaat. of Chicago, to the effect that there are three Democratic edi- tors in the country who are support ing Bryan in their paper but who do not wish to see him elected and that one of these Is a member of the Dem ocratic Executive Committees:
 'I challenge MT. Kohlsaat to give these editors or to name the member of the executive committed Mir. Kohlsaat has come under hypnotic In- fiuence of the White. House It is rather singular that all these reports about dissatisfied Democrats come out of Washington"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
REPRODUCTION OF BATTLE
 OF GUILFORD COURT HOUSE

Greensboro, N. C.. Oct. 13.-Many parsons went to Guilford Courthouse battle-ground to-day to witness the reproduction of the battle of Guilfo1 Courthouse fought in t7s1 by forces under the command of General Ma thaniel Greene and Lord Cornwalls.
 The opposing forces to-day were rep resented by Infantry. cavalry and ar tillerv of the regular United States army and the National Guard of North Carolina.
 The American forces were command ed by Col. I. N. Craig of the Sd North Carolina Regiment. Col. s. W. Minor. also of the Sd regiment commanded tho British The Burlington company, State guards. representing the British were first to arrive at the objective point but the umpires. Major Max L. Barker. of the coast artillery reserves. and Captain R E. L. Mitchie of the l2th United States Cavalry. decided the battle q draw
 The Good Roads Congress of the Southern States held Us first session this afternoon. Lieutenant Governor Francis D. Winston presided over the session and delivered the address of welcome. which was responded to by Gov NJ. F. AnseI. of South Carolina. Both Governors declared in favor of constructing roads with a view to permanency and in favor of construct ing and maintaining them by taxa ton.
 At to-morrow's session of the good roads congress Congre ssman NJ. O. FL drldge and NJ. V. Richards F. l. Watson Commissioner of Agriculture of South Carolina. and Congressman William Richardson. Of Alabama. are on the program for speeches. The second session of the peace Congress will also be held tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
MACK CALLS REPUBS ON
 ONE OF THEIR SCHEMES

Chicago. Oct. 13-National Chairman Mack addressed a letter today to the Chairman of all State Central Commit tees in which he charged that the Re- publican campaign managers were calling upon friendly business inter sts to create and spread a belief that the election of W. J. Bryan means bus mess depression. in order to frighten the public into voting the Republican ticket
 MT. Mack. in his letter, states that he will furnish from time to time the names of those who are seeking to create such impressions of what may follow to the business world, if MT Bryan Is elected. that the names ana methods may be given tho widest pub licity. The National Chairman directs the State Chairmen to furnish him with the names of any Terson or COZ poration resortlng to these methods"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
MUST GIVE BONDS
U. s. COURT OF APPEALS IssIfnS ORDER AGAINST RAILROADS.
The Bonds are to Repay c0upIalnine Merchants the Advance in Rates if Roads should
 Lose Case

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 1S.-whlie refus- ing to set aside Enited States Judge Pardees superseddas of Judge speer' s ruling in the ,Gsbrgfa freight rate case. the unitss fstatey Circuit Court of Appeals today issued an order re- quiring the defendant railroad com- panies to give bond in the sum of $100.006 each to repay the complaining merchants the advance in rates should this advance ultimately be proved un- lawful.
 The court also ordered that all other shippers who may come in by inter- vention shall be repaid should the ad. vance be proved unlawful.
 Today's decision was on an appeal from the supersedeas granted by Judge Pardee. at Asheville. N. C.. setting aside the injunction granted by Judge Speer restraining the Southern and other railways from putting into ef- feet increased freight rates from western to Southeastern points.
 The court set the hearing on the supersedeas for November II. at New Orleans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
ATTACKS E. 5. HUGGIN
MURDER0Us ASSAULT ON STREET
 OF PHENIx CITY.
Strange Man Uses Knife on Citizen Who Had Been Warned That
 He Was Near To

Columbus. Ga, Oct. 1S--(specia1)-- E. D. Huggtn. who received note ten days ago warning him that he would be fixed" was mysterio1sly attacked on dark street tonight near his home in Phenix City. Ala.
 His assaiIant stout white man. at tackled him viciously with a knife and Huggin was cut in the face. while the keen knife also grazed the skin just above his heart. His coat sleeve was reduced to ribbons in the desperate encounter and he saved his life only through the vigor of his resistance
 All the officers on the Alabama side of the river are now searching for the would-be murderer.
 The assassination of John ". Mul- lin. prominent citizen of Phenix City. several days ago, was preceded by his receiving af note saying that his time had come
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
BONAPARTE REPLIEs.
To the Second Letter of Senator ,yO
 sephus Daniels

AO tMe oecOMN Letter or senator ,gO~
 sephus Daniels.
 Washington, Oct. 13.-Attorney General Bonaparte has replied to a second letter from .osephus Daniels chairman of the press bureau of the Democratic National Committee at Chicago. in which he complains that in the attorney generals answer as to the first inquiry as to trust prose cutions he had not differentiated be- tween the prosecution under the sherman antitrust law and those un- der other laws.
 Answering the inquiry specifically. the attorney general states under the sherman anti-trust law passed in 1890. there have been sixty-five pre- ceedinEs in all flfty-six under Re- publican and nine under Democratic administration: forty-six since Mir Roosevelt became president in Scp- tember 1901 and nine during the pre- ceding years. Among the prosecu- tions of the Democratic administra- tion, the attorney general says Is in- cluded resistance to the petition or Eugene V. Dens for a writ of naDeas corpus II is also asserted that nve out or the nine proceedings under Democratic rule were directed against labor organizations and their leaders and that under Republican rule, there have been In all three proceedings out of fifty-six.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
Arranging for Conference.

London. Oct 13.-Foreign Secretary Grey and M. Iswolsky. the Russian minister of foreign affairs, spent the morning in telegraphic correspondence with the capitals of Europe regard ing the forthcoming conference of the powers to settle the near eastern ques- tion. The details of this meeting have not been fully arranged.
 Tn falling in with the proposals of NJ. Iswolsky Great Britain has acted with the concurrence of Turkey. If Turkey takes Great Britain's advice she will accept the independence of Bulgaria and the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as accomplished facts and ask compensation.
 The report circulated that the DOW CTS are considering handing over the Sandjak of Novipazar in European Turkey to Servia and the statement from Paris that. Bulgaria has given Turkey three days to recognize her in- dependence are not credited here.
 There was no conference between Sir Edward Grey and NJ Iswolsky, consequently no progress was made beyond collecting the views Of tho chancellors of Europe regarding the scope of the conference.
 The British eahinet is to meet to-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
CHURCH OF CHRIST WORK.
One Minister Gives s5,0O0 Which He
 Made Farming.

New Orleans, Oct. I3.-The American Missionary Society today presented it's annual statement of work accomplish ed up to Oct. 1. 1908. before the Inter national Mossionary Convention of the Church of Christ.
 Receipts for the year were s123.000 in round numbers There were i08 missionaries at work. a gain of twenty six over 1907. and 15s new churches were organized, a gain of thirty-four over 1907. Memb ership in 1908 tn- creased over 32.000.
 During one of the reports the state- ment was made that a minister had contributed $5.0G0 to missionary pur- poses during the year. Several dele gates arose, saying they wished to see the minister who could give so much. The minister was then brought for ward in the person of Rev. John Bull of Kansas. and he caused x hearty laugh when he said he had made the money by farming. not by preaching.
 Among today's speakers were: F. W. Durham. Springfield. His: J. J. Spencer. Lexington. Ky: President R. H. Grossheld. Pennsylvania University: R. E. Fillmore. Roanoke, Va: F. M. Bowling. Los Angeles. Cal. and E. L. Powell, Louisville. Ky.
 Rev. c. s. Medburg, of Des Moines. was elected president of the Ameri- can Christian Missionary Society.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
TAMMANY LEADERS CHARGED
 WITH REGISTRATION FRAUDS

New York. Oct 1S.-Charging that wholesale registration frauds have been committed. and that Tammany leaders intend to vote hundreds of 'repeaters" at the coming election. the campaign committee of the Inde- pendence Party to-day announced that 1t had placed at the disposal of State Superintendent of Elections O'Learv. sworn evidence to prove the charges.
 According to the committee. the rep resentatives Of the Independence party were corralled with scores of other men and instructed how to register illegally. SO that some other person could vote the name registered on cleo ton day. The committee names sev- eral Tammany leaders In its charges and claims 10 have ahidavits from the two Independence party men who it is alleged were asked to join the con- spIracy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
COL. TUCKER
 IS ARRESTED Accused of DeSerting His Wife. ARMY OFFICER IN TROUBLE Wife is Daughter of Late General
 John Logan. Colonel Tucker Is Chief Payhaster of the Department of the Lakes
 Is in HI Health
 Now.

Decatur. Ill. Oct. 13-colonel Will liam F. Tucker, of the United States army was arrested here on a Wabash train today. charged with deserting his wife. a daughter of the late Gem eral John A. Logan.
 The arrest was made by Sergeant Walter O'Brien of the Chicago police department
 Colonel Tucker. who was III and could not be taken off the train, agreed to return without requisition papers. He went on to St. Louis to be taken hack to Chicago later in the day
 Colonel Tucker was accompanied by a woman for whom he is alleged 10 have deserted his wife and by a him. and two men servants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
SOUTHERN ELECTS DIREcroRs
Annual Meeting of Stockholders fl
 Held at Richmond.

Annual Meeting of Stockholders is
 Held at Richmond.
 Richmond, Va. Oct. 13--At the an- nual meeting of the stockholders of the Southern Railway, held here to- day, H. c. Fahnstock, W W Finley, E. Fl. Cary and Charles Steele, were elected directors of the third class to serve for term of three years
 The annual report Of the directors in discussing the business conditions during the year. reviews it's. campaign of retrenchIilent and says that of the totaf decrease of ss.2fs.s s25 in op arat- ing expenses. about nfnety-sfve per cent was in transportation expenses There were Substantial economies in maintenance charges although none al the expense Of conservative up- keep of the property. The road bed has been materially strengthened and obsolete equipment replaced The book value of all equipment on July 30 last was S1,B2s,794 above its capi- tai value, after $10.01s,520 had been written off for depreciation. The report. says the average level of rates now in effect should be reason ably advanced and 1t is hoped that when general business has somewhat revived. if will be generally recog- nized that existing conditions are un- fair and that a railroad is entitled to the same consideration of equal tus- tice at the hands of the business pub lie which the business has so clam orously demanded from the railroads"
 The earnings already have been an- nounced
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
STEAMER IS BEACHEp.
Fire in Her Hold. Where Cotton Car-
 Uo fs Stored

Norfolk, Va. oct. l3.-The Baltf- more steam Packet Company's freight steamer Raleigh, which left here last night for Baltimore with cotton and other cargo. to-day lies beached on the flats near Lambert's Point. with fire in her hold.
 The Raleigh was well out in Chesa- peake Bay when smoke was discovered issuing from her hold. She was head ed back for Norfolk and her crew fought the fire all night To-day 1t gained much headway and wreekers who were called in found it necessary to beach the vessel. The tugs Louis- vile and Rescue. are pumping steam into the hold. IF this does not prove effective she will have to be flooded.