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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-08-05

1t will be noted from a card in
this issue by Mr. D J Epps that he
has sold part of his interest in the
Nelson warehouse business to Messrs
E C Burgess, of the Peoples Mer-
Mercantile Company, and Geo A
McElveen, both well-known and
popular business men of Kingstree.
We are pleased to know that MIR
Epps has not relinquished his entire
interest in this popular tobacco
warehouse, since it was largely
through his efforts market was
established here some years ago, and
to whom the community is largely
indebted for its present scope and
success. Mr. Epps, however, has
other business interests which fur
nish him longer and perhaps more
lucrative employment and at this
season he finds the strain, in look
ing after them all, too trying upon
his strength. His many friends will
be gratifed to know that he has not
lost faith in the Kingstree market
and will devote whatever time he
has from other business to its fur
ther successful development.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-08-05
The Clerk Guaranteed II.

"A customer came into my store
the other day and said to one of my
clerks, have you anything that will
cure diarrhoea?' and my clerk went
and got him a bottle Of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, and said to him, if this
does not cure you, l will not charge
you a cent for it, So he took it
home and came back in a day or
two and said he was cured" writes
j H Berry & Co. Salt Creek. Va.
Obtainable everywhere.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-08-05

Today is your day and mine; the
only day we have; the day in which
we play our part. What our part
may signify in the great whole we
may not understand; but we are
here to play it, and now is our time,
This we know; it is a part of action,
not of whining. 1t is part of love,
not cynicism. 1t is for US to ex.
press love in terms of human help.
fulness. Fhis we know, for we
have learned from sad experience
that any other course of life leads
tward decay, and waste. e.-David
Starr Jordan.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-08-05
THURSDAY. AUG. 5. 1915.
Wilson's Third Note.

The third note OF Iresioei' II
son to Germany with reference to
the torpedoeing of the Lusltanla'
which was given to the press last
week, is of interest in every Ameri-
can home, because it bears 50 much
on the momentous question that has
for some time been aliye-shall we
have war? Emphatic as is the ut
terance, plain spoken as are the
words, it seems to be generally
recognized in neither this country
nor Germany as bringing us closer
to war It has been compared to
the frank. firm, but kindly utter
ance of a friend to friend who has
wronged him. 1t is sharper IN
expression than any previous utter
ance, but no fuller OF meaning than
past Correspondence
T. is another manifestation OF the
frmness and tenacity of purpose
the President shows when ne has
examined question and reached a
conclusion, and was to be expected.
German utterance pronounces 1t un-
satisfactory. American utterance
approves. Its admirable argument
furnishes solution of the question
at issue in that it points out that
since the sinking of the Lusitanla
Germany's submarine commanders
have demonstrated that they can
continue the destruction OF the
enemy's commerce without destroy
ing the lives of those on board ship.
This is all the American Govern
ment has ever asked.
AS in a former note the most
serious utterance is reserved for the
last words. They are: Repetition
by the commanders of German ma
val vessels of acts in contraventlon
of those rights must be regarded by
the Government of the United States
when they affect American citizens
as deliberately unfriendly.' An un-
friendly act in the dispassionate and
courteous language of diplomacy
means nothing less than an act OF
hostility. President Monroe in his
farreaching declaration more than a
century ago, which constituted the
Monroe doctrine, when he threatened
war against any outside nation who
should attempt to seize any territory
in the Americas, conveyed that
threat in the simple words that the
United States would regard such
seizure as an unfriendly act.
No one, we think, familiar with
the feeling shown in this country at
the time of the Lusitania tragedy
would question that its repetition
would mean a very decided break by
Us with Germany land President Will
son, in his first note to Germany 'sald
as much. He has in a somewhat
more vigorous utterance used 1t IN
ren,y to a German argument but
Il adds nothing to the actual condl-
tions. Germany has planned to ac-
complish her purpose without any
repetition of it, and its repetition
now is not to be expected
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-08-05

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In men whom men condemn as ILL.,
I find so much If goodness still;
In men whom MEN pronounce alVihe'
I find so much of sin and blot
T hesitate to draw the line
Retween the two-where God has not.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
WOMEN SUCCEED AGAIN.

The Wuman's Civic league of Palestine (TeXas) is accorded credit by the. people of that city for the en- actment of an ordinance providing for tNe inspection of food, and the Pales- tine Herald says "these good women dcclare they are not going to stop until conditions gre thoroughly cleaned up here, and kept clean There is little doubt that the Pales- tine board of commissioners was as reluctant to take steps to provide pure food insurance for the public as commissioners and aldermen usually are, and tho success of the Palestine league in securing this protection for the people is evidence of the vigorous campaign wagcd by women for clcan- CT foods, cleaner stores, shps. cts" The Pine Es>ff Houuse wives league IS unle erstood 10 have determined upon similar caTpaign. and those inter- ested may ust as well prepare to sub init to growing popular demand for pure and clean food. including good and wholesome milk and dairy pro- ducts. as well as sanitary shops and stores.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
FELT FAR INLAND.
Tropical Storm Rages From Florida
 to Texas.

New Orleans, Aug. 16.-The tropical part of the gulf of Mexico and it's
 effects were felt ,in greater or less
 degree from Western Florida to East ern Texas and for a distance of
 about 50 miles inland, according to advices received by the local weather bureau. Heavy rains, accompanied by wind blowing from p to AS miles an Sour, were reported from the south ern of the gulf states, but no serious
 damage to inland property or ship ping has been recorded thus far. The winds greatest velocity along
 the coast, according to official re- ports received here, was AS miles an hour at Burwood, La., where 2.56 inches of rain fell. At Mobile the winds velocity was stated at 40 miles
 an hour. at Galveston 3S, and at vari-
 cus points in Southern Louisiana and
 Mississippi 9 miles an hour with heavy rain. In New Orleans 36- mile wind was accompanied by 1.1C inches of rain.
 A report from Waveland, Miss.
 stated that one man was killed today during an electrical storm and. thai
 about 15 yards of beach road was
 washed away.
 Warnings of the storm were sem out by the weather bureau last nigh by telegraph. and telephone to al towns along the gulf coast and motor boats and launches carried the warn ing to colonies at coast resorts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
lmportance of Work,

A negative life is a wicked life Someone has said mo angel ever ap. peared to a man who was not at work" You cannot make man good ry keeping him idle. T must be about my Fathers business" said Christ iL the temple. That is the gospel of ev' cry man who Is loyal to his own soxl is the comment of the Ohio State Jouroal. There Is no excuse for Idle. ness. Work. like virtue. religion. faith. Is from within. The impulse toward the right Is what keeps man at work, and If he is not at work he lacks the impulse. His religion is too weak to exert itself. A positive life Is the only true life. Nor is mere altrufsm the only form of work. It is as much . mans duty to help himself as 1t Is to help others. 30 that help is upbuildipg, which is the very condition of ones being benefit to others. A man who loves roses, sunsets, stars, creeks trees, birds, Is a friend of humanity, Loving Gods beautiful world includes man, or 1t is a false love. Not to love these creations of goodness and grace denotes a negative life that ia positively wicked.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
Percy Houghton Trying to Master
 Regulation Army Cot.

Percy Houghton Trying to Master a
 Regulation Army Cot.
 Plattsburgh, \. Y., Aug. 16.-A great deal of good natured cha1flng IS heard in the business and professional wens military camp here. Men of all walks of life, men who never did manual labor before in their lives sre digging trenches, cleaning guns and other such duties as befall the regular soldier. Percy Houghton. the famous football coach of Harvard, is a member of the rookie squad and came in for quite bit of kidding from other members the other day when he spent an unusually long time n mastering the delicate machinery known as the regulation army cot. The man who has solved some of the slost strategic football problems was compelled to work almost an hour to unravel the mysteries bound up In .he sleeping appliance given him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
spook-R.ddcn Babylon.

ln lecture in connection witt tho Egypt Exploration fund. on Burial Customs in Mesopotamia and Egypt" Dr. L. w. King said the spirit which animated the Egyptians in their varied and changing practices toward the dead was based on affection and rcv. srence, but the .Babylonian. in the main, was prompted by fear. The Baby]onians were probably moro spook-ridden than any other nation of antiquity, and their magical texts made 1t clear that the most terrible class of spirits were the ghosts ot the dead who for somo reason had been unable tc enter the underworld. Driven to hunger and thirst. such a Skost might roam about and fasten on anyone with whom it had relations in this life. and it would plague him until he performed the rites that could give peace. It was mainly to lay the ghost and prevent 1t from haunt ing" that the Baby.onians were scru- pulous in performing the due burial sites.-London Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
HARD WORK ON THE FARM.

Hack- breaking, sweat-ga nerating work is being performed on the falms about this time of the year. A trip out into the country, where har- vests are being moved from the ground into barns and bins, will dis close gangs of men who are labor ing long hours so that the country might live.
 As a farmer said recently, theore,i- cally the soil-tiller is supposed to shift the hard work onto the should CTS of hired men; but help is scarce and every pair of hands helps. So the boss of the farm himself does 3 trojan's work with the rest of them
 Men with soft muscles, corpulent figures and stiff white collars i'm agino they couldn't work that hard for a living. They could, however provided they are healthy. It would do them good, though it would take them about two years to get used te it. AS a matter of fact, working ir the fields is good deal healthie' employment than warming an office chair, and as the law of compensation is forever et work, we find that the field workers invariably live longer and worry less.
 The city worker is tied down prac- tically all year; there are seasons when the farmer has more time tt himself than almost any other per son.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17

Pine Bluff is to have flour mill II operation in time to grind the mex years crop of Jefferson county wheat. Anothe step toward keeping home money at home, and in feeding ourselve With the county free o1 the cattle tick, as it is to be made through the dipping vats, and with farmers growing more beef. pork chickens and vegetables, the Pine Bluff country will soon be in posi- ton to do with it's cotton as the grain country does with its grain: store 1t until the price is satisfactory. And that is the advantage of diverslflca- tion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
GAL WESTON AGAIN
 SUFFERING FROM
 TROPICAL STORMS
Continued from Page 1.)

large numbers of persons are trapped by the water.
 In Houston, the fire department took down all electric signs in antlci- patton of damage by wind, which is 40 miles an hour here.
 The towns of Sabine and Sabine Pass have been deserted, as well as Port Lavaca. Refugees say that oth- CTS are trapped.
 \ Water is reported in the streets of every coast town from Corpus Christi to Port Arthur.
 EETN EAR INLAND
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
NO TROUBIE TO KEEP
 SKIN FREE FROM HAIRS
(Th,e, Modern Be4uty)

There is no nseI for any woman to countenance superfluous hairs, be- cause with I paste made by mixing powdered delatone with water. it IS easy to get rid of thom The paste is applied for do 3 minutes, then rub bed eff and the skin washed. This treatment will rid the skin of hair without leaving a blemish, but care should be taken to see, that you get real delatone.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
CHILpREN's SUMMER COLDS.

It is wrong to neglect a cold at any time because it weakens the sys- tem and lays the sufferer open to at- tack from other diseases. wet feet sudden changes in temperature and sleeping uncovered at night caust many children's colds in summer Foley's Honey and Tar Compound gives sure and prompt relief
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
P ss:99;: ss';;s'ss sss ss:r,
INTERNATIONAL RACKET STORE.

John Wanamaker's proposal to buy Belgium and preSs mt it to the Bel gilns has secured for the foxy mer- chant prince such a lot of newspaper publicity as to causa the suspicion that the old man might have.s ilad come such thing in view when hs made the proposal. In fact, it has been hinted that he was getting iealous of the amount of free adver- Using Henry Ford was getting and determined to get some of it for him. self Among tho many editorials in- spired by the Wanamaker proposal, this one from the Fort Worth Tele- gram might be rated among the six best sellers:
 Posters fresh from the printer an- nounce that John Wanamaker is wlll- ing to buy Belgium for hundred bill lion dollars in trading stamps and give the country back to the Belgians as soon as they are qualified for self government.
 Great Britain is thinking seriously about buyng the entire export sur plus of Ams rican cotton for four hun dred million stage (fright) money and handing the European neutrals their proportion, in exchange for gold CT something else just as good.
 Uncle Sam is figuring on buying up all of MeXico's old debts, plying for same in long time first mortgage bonds on the Monroe doctrine, hiring a competent manager fer that re- public and persuading all the revolu- tlonary chiefs to quit the country and go to Hayti and San Domingo with a wild west show
 "Rumor has it that John E. Rocke- teller will use his hundred million dollar foundation to buy cotton shirts and jumpers for all the savage tribes in central Africa, if he can only enlist competent volunteers to roundup and rope the beneficiariss and put the clothes on them.
 Henry Ford refuses to talk, but persons on the inside say that after his year he intends to buy Canada turn it back to the Indians and give e3ch fs,mily a big touring car.
 "Pittsburg reports that Andrew Carnegie will cash in his remaining steel stocks and buy up all the dic- tionaries in the country, in order to have the spelling sawed off before he dies.
 Reliable dispatches from the Cape of Good Hope says that Emperor Will liam of Germany vii buy ten billion acres of ire dom of the seas, provided he can put in as part payment big strip of burnt-over stump lands along the Vistula and Bug rivers.
 "Tokio advices say that Japan would like to buy the Philippine islands for sleeping porch, but wants to pay exclusively in thousand. year noninterest bearing bonds, un secured by unconquered territory il northern Tartary.
 There is something doing ever. minute at the International Racke Store exchange. Never was the busi ness 6f buying everything iron ~ bcdy with soms bedy else
 sy 50 brisk'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17

Parties having either dry lands or oceans to sell would do well to list their offerings at once. Blue sky in reasonable sized blocks can also be handled by the telescopic extension departments just established"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17

Those who have the welfare of the community at heart will lend their assistance toward making the farm CTS institute next week the great success it should be. Better farming in Jefferson county means more money for everybody, and less in- debtedness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
Bird We'll Named.

"A booby Is not merely a human .dunce. but Is Bahama bird. which Is so spiritless that when attacked by other birds 1t fails to fight and gives up the fish 1t has caught without 70 aistapca. ~
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
WIse Rather rhan WIttx.

Be rather wise than witty. for much wit hath commonly much froth. and it Is hard to jest and not sometimes leer, too. which many times sinks deeper than was intended or expect ed. and what was designed for mir0 snda n sedasaa. yfsnohllA
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
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Safety Flrst Idea.

"This safety first idea is pretty good stuff," said Pennsylvania Hungry Ss he sat down h . sott corner of nh Dfivate box car. s~That's right" agreed
 Hobo Frank. Every now and then
 ycu read about some guy getting
 drowned In . bathtuh"-CInc IncinnaH euouires,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17

Any county jail keeper will become popular with his prisoners if he lays down a lot of stringent rules and tells the prisoners if they are not satls- fled with the way he runs the place they can get out
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
Very Handy Remedy.

Always keep alum in the house. 1t checks bleeding wounds. and for bleed- Ing of the mouth or tongue a wash of cold water in which alum haS been dissolved b vezy eesctiye.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17

Wall street is so overjoyed that it thinks buried money is coming to light. Come to think of 1t. Wall street is a nice little grave digger itself
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17

The first year of the war has shown us that it isn't well to fore cast year ahead.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17

Soon we'll lear that good old Ia miliar eXpre ssion once agaln-"mones to move the crops."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17

By this time. Warsaw probably mas seen enough of the war.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17

This summer is tickle; let's banS our hopes on the fall.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17

Mr., Roosevelt hates a peace society like the devil hates holy water.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
volcsd Her Grievance.

Outing the Dayton flood good old -lady of color" was rescued with two white women from the deep water and put on the roof of a barn for safety, After the boatman had rowed away the white women both offered prayer for their future safety, but the colored woman sat by in stollG silence. One of the white women. turning to hor. said: "Pray, woman, pray. Do some thing to help." The old woman clasped her hands. knelt on the yoof. rolled her eyes upward. and said: "Deah Lawd. yo' onca promised us long time agc dat dey nevah would be no mo- noods., Nov. Lawd. what does dis yar Voan1s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
FUNSTON SENDS
 WHOLE REGIMENT
 TO BROWNSVILLE

Orleans.
 The battleships are due at Vera Cruz on Wednesday. On their arrival the Marietta will sail for Progreso, in answer to appeals from the Inter- national Harvester complny and other importers. They complain that sisal cargoes are being held up. General Funston, III command on the border, today wired to the depart ment the details of a battle between four American soldiers and about 30 Mexicans at tProgreso ferry, on the Rio Grande, eight miles from Merce- des. No one was injured. The Amer jeans were examining wagon train. when the MeXicans, across the river, opened fire on them. The soldiers re- turned the fire and drove the Mexi- cans away. General Funston added that he was strengthening his patrols all along the river.
 Funston Increases Patrol.
 General Funston reported also that he had moved the entire 26th regi- ment of infantry from Texas City tc Brownsville, where the citizens were in fear of attack by armed bands o1 MG Xicans.
 The war department announced that it is sending two aeroplapes from Fort Sill. Okla.. to Brownsville Thase aeroplanes will be used fo scouting purposes, and 1t is expected they will render important service il locating bands of Mexicans attempt ing to cross the border. The state department received dispatch from Mexico City that 4O l Ane ricans were in danger Of starva tion, and that 120 of them had aske for aid to leave the country. Thei plight was so serious that they wer willing to abandon their property t get away.
 Secrctary of State Lansing held
 conference with President Wilson, a a result Of which instructions wer
 sent to Consul Silliman to take tn
 matter up with Carranza and insis
 that foodstuffs be given transports
 tion to the capital. An agent of tn
 consul will be sent to distribute tn
 food to the Americans.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-17
Happiness ! Duty.

The better we understand life, tho mere we come to the realization of the fact that happiness is duty. It sig nifies that we gre working in harmony with the laws of our being. It Is one of the concomitants Of righteousness. Righteousness in its last analysis will be found to be living in right relations with the laws of our being and with the laws of the universe about ua This attitude, this habit of happiness is also . heneht to others. As cheer tulness Induces cheeriu!uess in otAerst 50 happiness Inspires and induces hap. ptness. We communicate this condt tion to those about us. Its effects come back in turn from them to us again. As anger inspires anger. as iove and sympathy inspire love and sympathy iE others. each of It's kind. % cheerfulness and hAppiness inspire the samt n otherA-Ralph Waldo TSinA
The day book., 1915-04-08
RESPITE WANTED

1
In Scottish college it was the
custom for each student in turn to
say the grace after meals, and one
day youth took advantage of the
opportunity to convey complaint no
one had had the courage to make. He
rose and said
For rabbits young and for rabbits
old,
For rabbits hot and for rabbits cold,
For rabbits tender and for rabbits
tough,
Our thanks we render, for we've had
enough"
-O-O
ONE benefit
Mistress gracious, Susan,
the house is on fire.
Susan (overworked)-Wel mum,
it's comfortin' to think that at last
there's a fire in the 'ouse 1 'aven't 'ad
to light!
-O-O--
AS USUAL
''The barber told me a funny story
this morning."
illustrated with cuts, l suppose"
-O"O