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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-06-19
DOES BACKACHE WORRY your
Some Alma People Have Learned
How To Get Relief.

How many people suffer from an
aching back?
How few know the cause?
If it hurts to stoop or lift
If you suffer sudden, darling pains
If you are weak, lame and tired,
Suspect your kidneys.
Watch for natures signal.
The first sign may be headache or
dizziness
Scanty painful, or too frequent
urination.
Nervousness or constant, dead
tired feeling.
Avert the serious kidney diseases.
Treat the weakened kidneys with
Doan's Kidney Pills.
A remedy especially for sick kid
neys.
Endorsed in Alma by your friends
and neighbors.
Mrs. Charles Vine, 426 Downie ST.,
Alma, Mich, says: 81 have great
faith in Doan's Kidney Pills. They
relieved me of dull backaches and
pains in my loins and corrected kid
ney weakness. The testimonial |
gave some years ago still holds good.
! have been confident that Doan's
Kidney Pills are fine kidney medi-
cine"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's and
take no other.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-06-19
ELNELL HAPPENINGS

Mr. Charles Stinchfeld, of Birming-
ham, Mich, was the guest of R. ].
Lathrop last week He will be re-
membered as the lumberman who re-
moved most of the pine along Pine
river and in the vicinity of Edmore.
Mr.. Lathrop is one of the old en-
ployees who is always remembered
by Mr. Stinchfield and he regards his
position at the Chicago Worlds Fair
as chief of the forestry exhibit as due
largely to his old employers kind
ness. Mr.. Stinchfield is now interest
ed in 100000 feet of pine still stand
ing in Oregon forests and in the SUI
perintendence of his large farm near
Birmingham.
Mrs. Drake Phelps and Mrs.
Claude Phelps of Riverdale lodge of
Lady Maccabees visited the Elwell
lodge Saturday afternoon and enjoy
ed with them a treat of Taylor's ice
cream.
Otis A. Hamp is quite a veteran at
stump pulling, having raised over
lHIll -iNC lllOuSduu VI tHC DldSh
beauties" in the past six years. With
one helper and team he pulls from 40
to 20 per day and he has cleaned up
some land where there was 100
stumps to the acre.
Mrs. Laura Keyes (nee Mallory
closed her school at Elwell last
Thursday and treated them all to ice
cream in the afternoon served at Tay-
lor's.
|. p Taylor has written contracts
for 365 acres of beets for the Alma
Sugar Company this year which is a
larger acreage than last. Pretty good
evidence that the farmers like Putt.
Fisher Bros, have the basement
finished for new barn to be 36x6O
on the wall Carpenter McGovern is
framing the timbers and same will be
raised next week. The posts will be
16 feet and the barn covered with a
curb roof. The basement will be di-
vided into three sections which will
accommodate 100 sheep, eight horses
and Is cattle with a silo on the east
end on the level of the basement
floor. This barn when completed will
probably be landmark for many
miles around. The hill whereon it
stands gives a view of from eight to
fourteen miles in nearly every direc-
ton.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-06-19

Nellie Chisholm returned from Al
ma college Friday.
Mrs. Terry Eldridge has moved her
dressmaking parlors from her home
to the rooms over Zimmerman &
Sons store.
Billy Arnson Post No. 347 and
Ladies OF the Relief Corps served
dinner Saturday noon to the village
council and other invited guests
There were quite number present
from St. Louis and Wheeler Mrs
Setback, charming lady of II years
recited poem, and she was called to
the rostrum for second recital
The occasion was one to be long re-
membered by all who was present.
Alex. Stewart, just to find out how
it would feel dropped large cake OF
ice on his foot. and now Alex. walks
slowly and says someone else car
handle the ice after this.
Modeki Myers, aged IS, an old sol.
der who has been sick over year
passed away at his home June IA.
Mrs. Markell, of Merrill, who has
been visiting Mrs. Clarence Fox this
week leaves Saturday night for Beth
any for visit with Mrs. Alex. Fox
+. w. Allen of Alma, was in the
town Saturday.
]. J. Miller, of St. Louis came to
see friends on Saturday.
Joseph Jackson, of Alma was in the
village Saturday.
James O. Street, of Lakefeld ha:
completed his contract with the Far.
mers' Elevator Company and has re-
moved his outfit to Lakefeld where
he will put in a cement foundation
for a bridge His work here gave
complete satisfaction.
A close game of baseball was play.
ed Saturday afternoon between For
est Hill and Breckenridge.
Rev. George Henry Conan went tc
Saginaw on the noon train Saturday
At Methodist Episcopal church
the following program was carried
out Sunday night, at the Baccalaure-
ate service.
Prelude-Orchestra
Hymn.
Scripture Lesson
Prayer.
Vocal Duet-Rose and Mabel Zim.
norman.
Offering.
Offertory Prayer.
Sclection-Orchestra.
Hymn.
Address-William Forbes Emery
Phi. D., d. d.
Vocal Solo-Ward Hodge.
Benediction.
Observation-Disclosures
Dr. w. f. Emery gave the address
From the most critical standpoint il
was conceded to be fine effort, anC
deserves complimentary mention
Thechurch was too small for the con-
gregation and many had to go away
1t is too bad that we cannot have {
building in this rapidly growing towr
to accommodate large gatherings.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-06-19
BACK TO THE OLD RATES.
Low RATE EXCURSION TO
BEULAH, FRANKFORT,
CADILLAC, LAKE ST. GEORGE,
MT. PLEASANT

Sunday, June 22nd, the Ann Arbor
railroad will give low fare excur-
sion to the above points. Special
train will leave Alma at COS a. m.
Fare, round trip to Beulah and Frank
fort, $1.5O; to Cadillac, $1.O0; to Lake
George, 80 cents; and to Mt. Pleas
ant, so cents.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-10
The Sundial.

Among the ornaments Of lawn OF
garden the sundial is one OF the
most interesting. 1t is interesting
not merely from its novelty, few
persons having ever seen one, but
from its antiquity as well. The
center Of the garden may be the
most convenient position in which
to place it. In plowing the garden
the part ON which it sets can be
taken up and afterward replaced. !.
If on the lawn location must be
selected that is free from shade.
While it numbers only sunny
hours" it may recall sunny remem-
brances of some friend whose skill
may have fashioned it or is in some
way connected with it, though he
himself has passed in to the endur-
ing light of the better land.-Na-
tional Stockman and Farmer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-10
STORIES or LANpsEER.
A Picture Tha4 May Hsve Hastsnsd
the Dsath OF the ArtiSk.


In his books about est. Johni
Wood" Mr.. Alan Montgomery Eyre
recalls some Of the many stories OF
Sir Edwin Landseer, who was 8
resident of that part of London fol
half a century.
Landseer was clever as an anima
painter, but he was none the less
skillful as a painter of portraits. A
suggestion was once made to sgd
ney Smith that he should sit for his
portrait to Landseer. The ready
reply was, els thy servant dog
that he should do this thing"
Another equally well known stor!
is that which tells that the painter
had remarked to the witty dignitarJ
of the church, with your love OF
humor it must be an act of great
self denial to abstain from going
to theaters." "The managers" re,
piled Smith, "are very polite. They
send me free admissions, which ]
can't use, and in return send them
free admissions to st. Paulsp
Sir Edwin was usually very nerv-
GUS about exhibiting his work to
anybody, and his friend, G. D. Les,
lie, says:
'I had expressed my admiration
for a beautifully painted group Of
dead ptarmigan, hares, etc., in a pic.
ture Of his, which also contained
many peoples portraits. The next
morning 1 was extremely astouished
and mortified at finding the whole
group rubbed out, some rocks and
heather being substituted IN III
place. 1 asked him why be bad
done this, as the group had appear.
ed to me so e1cellentiy painted. he
replied: eyes, that's just It. I am
not going to have the fellows say
how much better I can paint fur
and feathers than heshw
This picture was the well known
one of the royal family and a group
of Highland attendants. From 1854
to 1870 Landseer was Continually
altering, scraping out and repaint-
inc this picture until the surface
was completely ruined" 81 feel
sure" adds Leslie, "that the trouble
Landseer had over this picture did
more than anything else to hasten
his DEATH ."-Westminster Gazette.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-10
EVADED THE LAW.
The Pious MussuIman Artist Painted
Only Dead Birds.

According to one of the tenets OF
the Mohammedan religion, it is a
sin to make a picture of any living
thing. The elaborate decorations
of the palaces and mosques of the
east are almost exclusively made up
of ingeniously interplaced geomet-
ric designs, arabesques or flowers,
intermixed with sentences of the
Koran.
There is belief among the Mus
sulmans that at the day of judg-
ment Allah will demand that the
artist who has made the image of
living thing shall endow that image
with life and that, failing to do this,
the artist will be sent to perditlon
for his sin.
A gentleman who visited the
mosque in Algiers found that the
tiles with which the building is
decorated. which are very old and
very beautiful, are adorned with
fights of birds. He expressed sur
prise at this and asked if the com.
mand against such representation
were a modern edict.
"Oh, no." answered the pious Al
gerian to whom he addressed the
question. "These are not pictures
of living birds"
"But they are painted as if flying
across the tiles" the other said in
some astonishment.
eyes," the Mussulman replied,
"but do you not see about the neck
of each there is fine black line
That is to show that the artist
painted only dead birds, and the
command of the Koran is not vio-
lated."-London Chronicle.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-10
The Word "Almanae."

The etymology Of the word "al.
manac" has been more disputed
than that Of any other in the Eng.
lish language, and from the opin-
ions expressed upon the subject
verstegan's has been accepted a.
probable, though there cannot be
the slightest doubt that the Sa1ons,
from whom he obtains his derivs-
ton, took their term from the Ara
bic. The Sa1ons, he says, used to
engrave upon certain squared sticks
about foot in length or shorter OF
longer as they pleased the courses
Of the moons for the whole year,
whereby they could always certainly y
tell when the new moons, full
moons and changes should happen,
as also their festival dstes, and such
q carved stick they called sn al.
mon-aght-that is to say, almon'
heed-to wit, the regard or observe
ton Of all the moons, and hence Il
derived the name Of almanac. =
London Tit-Bits.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-10
Finely Sarcastic.

Some time ago lady went into
the library Of her home, where a
servant girl was busting an orna-
mental bookcase. For awhile she
watched the maid and then crossed
the room to examine the work.
'I want to tell you, Jane," said
the mistress, "that we are going to
have company. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
are going to call and stay for din
ner."
eyes, ma'am," quietly responded
the servant girl, continuing her
work.
"And since Mr.. Smith is q trile
over six feet tall, jane" resumed
the mistress, II think you had bet
ter dust the ornaments on the top
shsh."-Philsdelphia Telegraph.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-10
HE Cast on evk.

A bachelor who lives in . hotel
decided to clean out his wardrobe,
the result being that the maid on
tho floor got among other thinU q
suit Of clothes which, she was sure,
her brother would Be glad to weer'
A week lstsr the bachelos asked the
maid il her brother could wear the
suit.
~Oh, I was Just going to speak 70
you about that" said the maid III
had to be fixed over, and 1t cost me
$3.50, which I think you should pay
me-"
NO." said the bachelor in telling
the hotel manager, II did not give
her the $3.50, and hereafter l shall
sell my discarded clothes to the ole
clo' man."-New York Sun.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-10
RspIisd to the Thunder In Kind.

A jolly group of travelling men
had just got comfortably seated in
the hotel lobby when another knight
of the grip arrived.
mighty glad to see you fellows
he exclaimed enthusiastically, shak'
ing hands all around.
"Sorry We can't say as much fol
you," was handed him BY one Of
the group.
"0h, You could, al right, II yon'd
lie a. I d." replied the newcomer
kansas City Times.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-10
For Cuts, Burns and Bruises.

In every home there should be a
box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. ready
to apply in every case of burns, cuts,
wounds or scalds. ] H Polanco, Del
vale, Tex, R No 2.writes: "Bucklen's
Arnica Salve saved my little girls
cut foot. No one believed it could
be cured" The worlds best salve.
Only 25c. Recommended by Kings
tree Drug Co and N L Allen. adv
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-10

According to the government re-
port, there are 2,992,OOO acres de-
voted to corn in South Carolina.
The condition of the crop is 86 per
cent? per cent better than last year
and 2per cent above the ten-year
average.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-10

Photographer Van Orsdell will be
in Kingstree from July IA to %. If
you want a likeness Of yourself or q
dear one, see him. He has had thir-
ty-three years experience and guar
antees satisfaction.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-10

5000 New Kngstree Views, s. 900
Comic Post Cards. 500 Tally Cards
with tassels, etc, for your whist par.
ties. 7.10-tf
BRoCKINGToN's DRUG STORE.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-10
Just for Convenience.

Entirely apart from the many
other advantages of a Person
al Checking Account at the
Bank, the convenience of it is
no small consideration. The
ability to make purchases and
pay bills after banking hours
without the necessity of al.
ways having a pocketful OF
money is worth asgreat deal.
With a Check Book in your
pocket, you are taking no risks
of losing money and yet you
always have all of your money
on hand and ready for use.
[ One is as liable to need money
$before nine in the morning or
after three as between those
hours. The Personal Check
Book settles the matter.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-10
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NEWS 446:

EyNw A4!
Born on July 4 to Mr. and Mrs ] q
Mcconnell. a son.
< Miss Marie Nelson is visiting rel
atives in Charleston.
Miss Mabel Harper spent the
weekend at Greelyville.
Mr. A L McElveen of Greelyville
+s was in Kingstree Sunday.
Z Born, Wednesday, July 9, to Mr.
s and Mrs r D Carter, girl.
Miss Marian Gray of Woodruff is
/ the guest of the Misses Harper.
sl Home grown water melons have
made their appearance in Kingstree.
y Mr. Sam D Carr, who has been on
to st Paul, MINI, returned here
tuesday. 4
Miss Bessie McFaddin of Sardinia
is visiting Miss Louise Wheeler for a
few days.
e Miss Emma Cooper of Indiantown
: was a guest of Miss Ada Brocking-
ten this week.
4 Miss Louise Wheeler who has been
visiting in Sumter and Sardinia has
returned home.
81 Mrs r. Howle of Darlington is
\shere on a visit to her daughter, Mrs
Nv DHarrington. D
Miss Viola Gamble and her sister,
Miss Pauline McCants are visiting
Friends at Nesmith.
MrsR w Crosland of Bennettsville
Is visiting her parents here this week
Mr. and Mrs j N Hammett.
81 Miss Ruby Koennecke has return
ed to her home in Sumter, accom-
panied by Miss Sadie Meyer.
& Mr. w w Davis of Danville, Va. is
buyer on the Kingstree tobacco
maket for the Export company.
4 Miss Emma Weaver was summon
led to Lake City Saturday morning
by the death of her grandmother.
Mrs Shelton Hamily and little
daughter, Annievieve, of Waycross,
! Ga, are visiting the Misses Harper.
Miss Rounette Hirschman of Man.
ming, who has been the guest of
Misses Lille and Pearl Marcus has
returned home.
Mr. Junius Mcintosh of New Zion
and Mr. Sidney Seignious of Orange
burg are on the staff as clerks at
NNelson's warehouse.
The town of Kingstree now has a
nice new 500 gallon tank street sprin-
kIer. The streets were sprinkled
with it this morning.
Messrs T B Johnson. F R Edmund
scn and Luther Guthrie Of South
Boston. Va, are among the tobacco
men in Kingstree today.
] Earle Cook, manager Of the
Kingstree High school baseball team,
issues q sweeping challenge to any
high school team in the State.
Little Miss Serena Lee, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Leroy Lee.i visiting
relatives at Dyson, to which place
khe made the trip unaccompanied.
s Can't Conrad Constine returned
from Gettysburg, Pa, Sunday. He
reports the reunion as most enjoy
4 able. even exceeding his anticipa-
tons.
DrRJ McCabe spent the week
end at Marion, where Mrs McCabe is
4 making an extended visit to rela-
tiyes,. The Doctor returned home
Monday morning.
MrJ M Valentine of Richmod,
one of the livest tobacco auctoneers
head on the Kingstree market Is sell.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-07-10

The County Record job Office is
better equipped than ever to do your
printing. Send it to US at once.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-02
SOME MILK MACHINE TESTS
Danish Experiments Reported 10 De-
psrtment OF Agriculture Should
Prove Of Much Interest

The subject OF milking machines Is
one Of current interest In carrying cir
cles. says the American Culti.ator.
Along this line the results OF some
Danish experiments reported TO the de-
partment OF agriculture should prove
Of value, since Denmark is at the top
notch in darying practice.
Four uniform lots Of ten cows and
four heifers were used In the first sea
sons experiments. and in the second
seasons experiments four lots of II
head each were used. The results OF
the EXPERIMENTS showed that nearly
the same amounts Of milk were, in
general. obtained by either method CT
milking For the aged cows however.
hand milking appeared t. give small
increase over machine milking, while
the opposite was true for the heifers.
The chemical composition OF the milk
was not affected by the method Of
milking adopted. No special difficulty
was met with in operating during the
process OF milking. The great differ
ence In the ease Of milking different
tNNs Gnu h'llNie w manu- was ibhhu
to be not nearly SO pronounced by
machine milking.
The results obtained indicate that
one man with two machines tmilkng
four cows can do about the same
work as three hand mixers. and can
milk 80 70 GO cows in two to two and
onehalf hours. The meteorological
examinations OF the milk showed that
machine-drawn milk may have fewer
germs than milk drawn by hand, II
both the machine and the teats Of
the cows are kept scrupulously clean.
Care IN keeping the teats clean ia
especially important from the fact
that bacteria IN dirt adhering TO the
teats are likely to be sucked into the
milk pail with the air, and will tend
largely TO increase the bacterial con-
tent Of the milk.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-02
KEEP WATCH ON TURKEY HENS
all Coops Should Be on High Ground,
as Stupid Little pouits Cannot
Stand Dampness.
AZ n. B. RrsHING

This spring one OF my turkey hens
stole her nest under a pile OF lumbe'
back of the barn. Another chose the
straw stack, and very tame enc sat
In nest on the henhouse floor.
II yours have eluded you, look In
such places. Turkeys like old boxes
and barrels on their sides.
coop with a wide roof, that pre-
vents rain from beating in, is valu-
able for hens with young poults.
u the roofs over the coops are not
good. in severe storms the mother
will move about in the coop TO get out
OF the rain; the stupid little pOults
will not follow, and soon will be wet,
chilled and ready TO die.
All coops should be on high ground,
so as to be as dry as possible. Young
turkeys are very tender and cannot
stand to be wet very much
have seen an ash-heap or leach
work havoc among young turkeys
that were near II.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-02
-ALsAlSAFoR POULTRY YARDS
One of Best plants 70 Furnish Green
Food for chickens-cruWns Are
Hard to XIII Out.

C3y PHfLO X. RLINE Colorado Expert
ment Station)
Alfalfa Is one OF the best plants TO
furnish green food for chickens, but
ordinarily 1t soon kills out II over
pastured.
Alfalfa crowns that have been cut
on and plowed under. and that have
taken root again. are much harder to
Kill out, as many have found by re-
peatedly grubbing out the same stool
that has taken root the second time.
Such crowns seem to put out shoots
from each piece OF root that is left
in the ground. II the soil is In favor
able condition.
Those who desire to establish al
falfa In their poultry yards can sac
ceed In this way by plowing or spad-
ing under alfalfa crowns that have
been near by. Early In the spring
is the best time, while the crowns are
still dormant. The crowns should be
covered four TO six inches deep, and
the soil wet down and kept moist.
and the chickens kept off until the
crowns have become established,
which will be much sooner than by
alfalfa seeding. and will stand much
harder pasture.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-02

Several Practical Suggestions That
viii Lessen Work OF the Farmer
II Followed Carefully.

Every farm ought TO be equipped
with a crowbar and a ten.foot iron
tipped wooden spike for moving
heavy objects. They save time and
take the place OF muscle.
The best way TO mend straps on
common farm. work harness is to riyet
with copper rivets. They never rot,
and hold better than wax-ends
II will pay TO have on hand dupli
Gates OF the most breakable parts OF
the harvester. II costs time, which
Is money. TO stop a machine In rush
days to wait for the broken parts.
A ten-iollar forge and an anvil with
a few other tools will more than pay
their cost the first year
Every farm ought to have a little
work shop stocked with few good
tools and plenty OF bolts of various
sizes. nuts, rivets, a few pieces Of
round and strap-iron and such things.
n the lawn is uneven. put the roll.
er on II after heavy rain this fall
and again In the spring. Use the un-
shod horses 10 draw IT,
II does not pay TO keep a runt OF
any kind on the farm. Get rid Of
them.
Never put thick pad under
horses collar. Leather is the only
thing.
IL you happen to run into poison
Ivy, wash in hot water just as soon
as you can. Grlndelia. which can be
had at any drug store. rubbed on the
parts every FIVE minutes until the
itching stops. will also cure 1t, IL done
before the pustules break.
A field of cow.horn turnips will sup
ply rich table for the hogs from
which they can help themselves and
grow fat.