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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-09-24
SOUTHERN COTTON CONGRESS.
Pres. Siackhouse Urges Meeting
of County Members, October 1.

Editor County Record
l hereby call a meeting of the
Southern Cotton congress in each
county in South Carolina at the court
house, IL a. M, October l. | re-
quest that these meetings be called,
in addition to any others that may
have been held. l hope before that
date each county will have been or
ganized. That in each county hun
dreds of people will be wearing our
badges, indicating they have paid
S1.00 to help boost the price of cot
ton and that we have their support
in trying to hold one-third of this
cotton crop and for reducing the
1915 crop so per cent. We are 60
ing to use your dollar to help US
organize. While we shall be glad
to have you contribute S1.00 to the
organization, we are not going to
let that keep you from our meetings
or from receiving all the benefits we
can secure. If you work one
horse farm or fifty horse farm; if
you make one bale or 500 bales; rich
or poor, white or black, we need
your influence. We stand for the
poor man as we'll as the rich. in ask
ing that our creditors will take that
which we have-a cotton warehouse
receipt-and withhold collecting his
notes and accounts as long as he pos
sibly can, in order that we may OBJ
tain cost or above for this cotton
crop. We wish the cooperation of
farmers, merchants, bankers, fertili-
zer companies and all other persons
doing business in the South. We
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-09-24
OFF TO SCHOOL.
Rome Well Represented at Sew.
eral COLLEGES.

Rome, September 19:-The fol-
lowing students returned to their
respective colleges this week: Misses
Amy Eaddy, Florence Heming way.
Alice Chandler, Winthrop; Laura
Yates, Linwood, N C; Ethel Johnson,
Red Springs, N C; C;Messrs F R Heming-
way, Law School, University of>South
Carolina; Charley Thomas, Univer-
sity of South Carolina. Following
will go in few days: Misses Annie
and Louise Wilson, Columbia College;
Mr. Presley Thomas, State Medical
College, Charleston. A B H.
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Five shoe factories in st Louis
which were idle for two weeks have
reopened, giving employment to
5000 persons. This is no time for
our shoe factories to be idle, with
millions of men in Europe wearing
them out by long marches and very
few engaged in making them, COM
ments the Washington Herald.
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wish.- every farmer to sign our
pledge. We request you to hold if
possible, -one-third of your crop for
one year, unless you can sooner sell
it for twelve cents per pound. We
believe five million bales, or one
third of this crop, cannot be used by
the mills. of the world before Sep
tember l, 1915. We believe two
thirds of the ,crop. or ten million
bales, can be sold at about ten cents
or above, if you will slowly sell, as
the mills need it. We can sell the
ten million bales, if properly. mar
keted, for more money than we can
the whole crop and have five million
bales on storage next September.
Will you do your part, or do you
expect your neighbor to hold your
third as we'll as his? If you and
your neighbor were serving with
Lee in Virginia, would you expect
him to face the enemy like the brave
man he is, while you ran away to
make a few dollars out of his man.
hood?
Suppose you and your neighbor
both hold the third of your crop,
which both of you agree is necessary,
will you not pledge to cut your cot
ton acreage 80 per cent, in order to
give value to the surplus you hold,
as well as fair value to the 1915
crop? If your neighbor did not
plant but four to six acres to the
horse, don't you think it would be
fair to let him RISK his full acreage
and let you that planted 20 acres to
the mule cut 60 per cent? When
the canvass is completed, see that
some one in your county is holding
one third as much cotton for one
year as was made in 1918, according
to Government bulletin 125. If the
farmers have not pledged that much,
ask the business men to put up the
necessary balance. Refer to SIM
liar bulletin and see that total acre
age to be planted in your county in
1915 is only so per cent of 1914 crop.
Every cotton farmer. small or
large. is playing a game of chance.
The stake amounts to hundreds of
millions of dollars. If we put cot
ton up four cents per pound. we
will save the South three hundred
million dollars. Are you willing to
do your part? Come to your county
meeting October and be prepared
to instruct our Legislature your
wish as to a State warehouse bill;
also whether you endorse State con-
troll of cotton acreage.
WADE STACKHoUSE,
Pres S G Div So Cotton Congress.
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Dependency

Is often caused by indigestion and
constipation, and quickly disappears
when Chamberlain's Tablets are
taken. For sale by all dealers.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-09-24
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder. Itrelieves
painful smartng, tender nervous feet and instantly
takes the sting out of corns and bunions It's the
greatest comfort discovery Of the age. Aliens Foot
Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It'll
certain relief for sweating, callous, swollen, tired
aching feet. Always use It to Break in New shoes.
Try It today. Sold everywhere, 25 cents. Don't
accept any substitute. For FREE trial package,
address Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
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Petition for Final Set
tlement and Discharge.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. C
WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY.
Court of Probate.

Ex Parte: Robert Tanner,
In Re: The Estate of Wilson Altman,
Deceased.
To all and singular, the kin lred, leg
atees and creditors of Wilson Altman,
deceased,
Take Notice, That the undersigned
will apply to the Judge of Probate of
house, Kingstree. S {. on the 10th day
of October, A D 1914, at one o'clock p.
m, for q final settlement and discharge
from re office of executor of his, Will
son AZ cman's, said estate, under his last
will ! d testament.
ROBERT TANNER,
! Executor.
7 ated this the 5th day of September,
A: } 1914. 9-10-3t
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NEW ORLEANS IS
 FIGHTING PLAGUE
NEW CASE OF BUBONIC PLAGUE CAUSES A REMOVAL OF THE
 QUARANTINED DISTRICT.
Another Case is Discovered in an lso lation Camp and Disease Was Con tracted in Warehouse.

New Orleans. July l.-Thc req! focus of bubonic plague infection was revealed here today by w. ". Wilkinson now at an isolation camp here undergoing treatment for the malady. It is six blocks from the revelations, health authorizes began their work of prevention in a new territory.
 Sending for Dr. Oscar Bowling. president of the state board of health, Wilkinson told him that he had been bitten by fleas while at the ware. house of the Volunteers of America, on Girod street. He was lodging, when stricken, at the industrial home of the order on St. Joseph street, as was Charles Lundene, the Swedish sailor who died Sunday from the plague. The warehouse is used for storing waste papers, old clothes and other articles gathered by the Volun- teers' workers.
 After hearing Wilkinson's state ment. health officers proceeded to the warehouse and established quarantine for one block in every direction. Some galvanized iron con veniently near was commandered and used to form a rat barrier to pre- vent the escape of the rodents into other parts of the city. The building was ratproofed and it's contents piled in the street. where a bonfire was soon blazing brightly.
 This was the principal development here today in the bubonic plague situation. Following the telegraphic advice of Dr. Rupert Blue, surgeon general of the United States public health service, the quarantine of 49 squares of the city was removed last night so far as it applied to the move ments of human beings. There was no cessation, however of the cam paign for the extermination of rats, and today 5000 additional rat traps were hurried into service, making the grand total of traps now set for the capture of rats 6,000 Two hun dred men in the employ of the city health department are manning the traps and all rats enticed into the wire receptacles are summarlly dis posed of
 With the arrival tomorrow of Mir. Blue a conference will be held and further plans for the eradication of the plague matured.
 Wilkinson, the sole sufferer from the disease at present continued to- day to improve
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Telephone us; rapid delivery. Pub. lie Drug Co.
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ASSASSIN CONFESSES.
Austrian Papers Publish Story of
 Murderous Student.

Budapest, July 1.-The newspaper Azajsag today published what it de- olarcd to be the confession of Gavrio Prinzip, assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and the Duchess of Hohen- berg.
 According to the statement Prinzip began to read anarchistic works while he was a reseryist with the colors. He became an anarchist and resolved to destroy one of the pillars Of the fAustro-Hungarian monarchy When, at Belgrade, he read of the archduke's intended visit to. Sara. jeyo, he decided to go there and try to ki4 him. He obtained a revolver and cartridges from a member of one of the revolutionary groups at Bel grade who, he said, was ignorant of the purpcse for which it was wanted
 prinzip at first intended to shoot the archduke as he was driving to tia town hall but decided to await his re- turn When he saw woman with the archduke he hesiated for mo- ment, then fired
 He closed by saying: q do not regret what have done am fn- deed well satisfied because have accomplished what I desired to do Tor rong time
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RECOVER FIVE BODIES.

Wi Hanson, w. Va, July 1.--kes- cuers after fourteen hours work com pleted al emergency tunnel into the burning mine of the Sycamore Coal company late today and found the bodies of the five miners. The fire, in spite If the efforts of 100 men, still is burning fiercely The dead men George Seibord, James Collins, Bonamin James, Henry Lyons and Marion I4yOls-are believed to have been asphyxiated by gases from the burning coal
 The emergency tunnel was begun soon after it was discovered the men were imprisoned and relays of dig gers worked desperately in the hope Of rcscuing the men alive
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Sentinel Record want Ads get results.
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rains fell over a considerable area have made a wonderful improvement. The plant now is growing rapidly and showing remarkable vitality, Stands are fariB good but irregular il size, due to many replantings The crop is three or four weeks late, probably thirty per cent having come up since June first and this late cotton will be more than ordinarily subject to dam age from the summer heat, insects or early frosts. But the crop has a great asset fin the amount of suJ- soil moisture Bool weevils are th evidence in the central, east and southern districts, but no damage yet has been reported. The leaf worm has appeared in the southern part of the state but is being controlled by the use Of p0isons Grasshoppers ih the western part of the state have done no damage.
 Arkansas The state has suffered great extremes. The southwestern section was very wet during May and
 
 but a considerable portion has been dry most of May and June. Prob. ably half of the state received boun- tiful showers In June and the crops there have made splendid progress. Stands are irregular but the plant is green and thrifty. The best conditions are in the eastern and southern sec tions. Where not favored by showers the crop is hardly holding it's own Boil weevils are reported in some of the southern sections.
 Tennessee-The western part o' the state has been extremely dry since early In May The crop is gen erally clean and well cultivated.
 Missouri-The crop is reported as the best in years.
 Oklahoma-Most of the state was extremely wet during May and fields were badly washed. Much replating was necessary. Little work toward cleaning the crop was done until early in June and in many places weeds and grass had about taken the | fields. Because of damage to the sappy plant in cleaning it of grass and weeds, the desired progress was not made in many sections. On an aver age the crop is two or three weeks | ate Generally cotton has recovered very materially during the month. Fully S5 per cent of the crop has | bppn cihopnpd out and cleaned and tha remainder is only slightly grassy. Be- ing late the larger portion of the crop l is very small
 Acreage and condition by states ! foltDut.
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The city reserves the right to ae-
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CHAPLIN REPORT SOON.

New York, July 1.-Receiyers of the n. B Claflin Company, the dry goods firm which failed last week. conferred late today with counsel. It was announced afterward that the by public accountants
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RAILWAY INVENTORY

Washington, July LA physical valuation order issued today by the interstate commerce commission re- qltires railroads to take inventory of all materials and supplies some time during Arril, May or June of each year and adjust the inventory ta June 90. For the year l91l the inventory may be taken any time prior Co
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BIDS FOR INclNERATINe PLANT.

Sealed bids will be received by the City of Hot Springs for the purchase of one incinerating plant till July 10. 19li cept or feiect any or all bids. Bids must he filed with Geo. w. Housley, Secretary.
 J. w. McCLENDON,
 GUS STRAUSS,
 GEO w. HOUSLEY. The city reserves the right to &C.,
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September but should be adjusted as of June 90.
 The commission also issued regula- tions to govern the recording and re porting Of all eXtensicns and inn proYemeats or other changes in phys. ical property of common carriers
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 FANS, all sizes, right prices, at schmelzers. 6lI Central avenue. Phone 22i 4-29- fl
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WANTED A buyer for two modern Broom cottages. Phone 2093.
 7.2-tf
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was progressing fayorably and hy next Wednesday it was expected a preliminary report would be ready.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-20
BY THE LONE, LORN BACHELOR
Unfortunate Man Records His AnImos
lty Against the Inventor Of
Pickle Dishes.

From Missouri town came a we'd
ding invitation. "Mr. " was
the inscription on both envelopes and
as it was tossed to the hapless heap
on my dresser | pondered over my
bachelorhood. A flood of memories
were revivified by the dainty en-
graved cards = memories of soft,
white hands that for the moment at
parting had SO often rested in my
own-memories of the long and
lonely years that lie between, and
fragrant dreams of what might have
been.
l was not surprised at the formal
wedding announcement. She had
limited as much when, with the pre-
rogative of long acquaintance, l had
queried as to the ring glittering from
her hand. 'He's dandy chap" she
said, you'd like him."
Dandy chaps" they are, indeed,
those winners of women's hearts,
dandy chaps and theirs the reward:
theirs the JOY of living. The open
hearths of their own fresides, the
comforting companionship when the
days work is done. l mutiny in
sheer envy. Their footsteps echoing
on the walks fall upon ears listening
for naught else, while my welcome
is only the mechanical smile of the
key clerk as he hands me the sesame
to lonely room. Realization pals
me.
"1t's a lonely old life" I muse
half aloud, then, retaining from the
pile of junk the wedding invitation
and scanning the lines. Oh the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-20

WAR cost runs into figures
which are easily enough written
upon paper but pass beyond the
comprehension of the finite mind
Great Britain is now asked FOR q
new war loan of 81 ,125, 900, 900.
Already a loan of $5O0,0O0,OOC
had been made and this runs the
debt of the United Kingdom to ap.
proximately $4,000, 100000. In.
conceivable as these figures are
they express only portion of the
war cost in money. They omit
all human cost, all property loss,
all destruction of trade and com
merce. They are but the first and
immediate investment in war
No compilation ever will include
all of the frightful cost of the war
And Great Britain is but one of the
ten nations engaged in the conflict
Our conceptive faculties are put al
fault. Pioneer Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-20

THE Duluth Herald has already
opened campaign for a shorter
session of the legislature this win
ter in the interests of efficiency
and economy" The Herald is
right on this score. The legisla-
ture puts in altogether too much
time monkeying in the first part of
the session and then works its
head off in the latter part. The
consequence is that meritorious
measures are not properly looked
into. If the session was shorter
and fair days work was put in
every day, much more would be
accomplished.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-20

usually long season of cutting, and
without any breakage to speak of
with the exception of the twin en-
CINE head blowing out. Otherwise
the steady run of the entire season
was unmarried.
Jos. Smuk left for Minneapolis
this week to take charge of the
plant of the Winton Fish Co. The
company operates a second plant
and cold storage at Minneapolis
of which Joe is manager.
DR.. St. Clair has the credit of
landing moose inside of two days
hunt.
Thos. Kearney and party went
deer hunting in the Queens Bay
Country Monday.
James Gylland, James Moe and
Ed. Written have gone to the
Stoney on a deer hunt.
The Finnish bath house is now
complete. All of the private bath
rooms are fitted with linolium
floors and rugs and are kept very
neat and tidy, and baths can be OBJ
tanned every Tuesday, Friday and
Saturday. No more baths on Sun
day mornings. Baths to be had
are sweat, shower, hot and cold.
Robert Sanger and Miss Tillie
Stanslowsky secured a marriage
license and will wed on Tuesday
after which they will leave on their
wedding trip to several states and
on their return to Winton will
make their home here. Both bride
and groom are we'll known and
highly respected by all of their
friends and the best wishes follow
them through life's sojourn. Miss
Stanslowsky is a half sister to
Mrs. John Patka of Winton and
her home is near Foley, Mimi. i,
WHY hSI Pal SlIlo dlS OuSdSCO III
farming. Mr.. Sanger is we'll
known and needs little introduc-
ton as he has resided in Winton
several years. He was employed
at the St. Croix lath mill assisting
his father as foreman of that plant.
and is a steady and industrious
young man and will no doubt prove
good, worthy husband.
Ole Gilbertson transacted bust
ness at Ely Thursday.
If you want good, bright, dur
able and reasonable priced light,
get one of Stein S gasoline lanterns.
A swell, servicable improvement in
lighting.
Many deer have been brought in
this week also three moose. Some
thing like eighteen deer have ar
rived and before the season closes,
no doubt there will be rs or 80
deer brought in.
Charley Sandboe of Floodwood
is business caller in the village.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-20

dependent ones are consoled and
also questioned to their worldly
needs at once. To express sorrow
is not enough. The widows and
orphans need more than the mere
expression of sorrow. There is a
long winter before them and every
one should make it a point to ascer-
tain their fitness to cope with the
same. A real neighbor is desired
If they need help, see that they get
it. If not, we'll and good. Let
the true thanksgiving spirit pre-
vail and if possible pass around a
little of the good cheer to those
unable to supply it for themselves.
The Mothers Club and the Schools
are doing noble work among the
needy of the city and every citizen
should assist in every possible
manner. Lend a hand.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-20
ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY
ByJOHN S. PARDEE, Sec
ewnlw
Ground dwlProv interesting

Members of the new legislature
are giving more attention to the
Efficiency Commissions plan than
any other matter, except one.
During the campaign, candidates
had little opportunity to acquaint
themselves with any more than the
bare outline. Of course everyone
is in favor of economy and every
one is in favor of efficiency. Most
of the candidates went little
further than that and declared
themselves in favor of a plan essen
TALLY like this.
Now that the tumult of the CAM
paign is over and they have had
time to catch their breath, the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-20

THE shock experienced by the
citizens of this city over the terrible
accident at the Sibley mine is not
wearing away as fast as expected.
We read of these things at dis
lance with only brief feelings of
regret but when brought face to
face with such calamity it is long
remembered. Ely has been parti-
cularly fortunate in the past years
in that we have had no accidents
where lives were as ruthlessly
taken as characterized the affair at
the Sibley a week ago Monday.
1t is one of the unfortunate affairs
in mining that happen without a
word of warning and one that
could not have been foreseen only
by the eye of Providence. The
city has been in mourning since
the accident and the professions of
friends and neighbors bearing the
victims to their last resting places
have not helped to dispel the
gloom. All but one of the unfor-
tunate victims of the disaster were
men of family and it behooves the
people of the city to see that the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-11-20
SCHOOL EFFICIENCY

strong enough for that should, by
uniting, be put on an equal footing
with the independent school dis
tricts.
To put all school districts as
nearly as possible on an even foot
ing, what is the proper basis?
Where population is concentrat-
ed, in the villages and cities, the
independent school district answers
the purpose exactly.
Where population is scattered,
in the rural communities, the
education commission proposes
the common school district.
The common school district
under this plan is to include all
the territory in each county that is
not in all independent district.
In few places, by consolidated
rural schools, or by rural districts
associated with grade and high
schools, or in the large districts in
Itasca and Cass counties, and the
big unorganized districts in St.
Louis and Koochiching counties.
that result has been accomplished
already. But, generally speaking,
all over the state, the rural district
can best be made equal to the
independent district by general
consolidation. The consolidated
district as now constituted takes in
some of the rural schools. This
plan will take in all of them.
In this plan the common school
board will be elected by the people
in the district the same as an indie
pendent school board is elected by
the people in an independent dis
trict. 1t won't get away from the
people. They will be just as near
their school board as the people in
independent districts are. The
board will be able to provide good
schools for the entire district.
Good schools need not cost much
more than the poor schools cost the
little districts now, in some cases
they will cost less. And the sys-
tenn of state aid will make up any
difference there may be.
No city would be willing to leave
each ward to be school district.
The people would say some child
rem were getting much better
schools than others. The same
way in these common school dis
tricts-the entire district will be
able to provide good schools for all
the children.
The state comes in here too.
The state insists that every child
shall be entitled to complete
common school education and a
high school course if he chooses.
What is more, the state offers to
help paw for it. In many of the
little districts the children can't
get a complete common school
education. In the proposed COM
mon school districts, the benefits
for which all are assessed will be
available for all.