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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-09-28
McLaurin to Remain.

At meeting of the State Ware
house association held in Columbia
Tuesday night, Hon Jno L McLau-
rim, State Warehouse Commissioner,
agreed to reconsider his intention to
resign and remain in the position
he now holds. The committee adopt
ed this resolution:
That it is our candid judgment
that the real producers of cotton,
the patrons of the warehouse system
and the friends of scientific market
ing commend the administration of
this office by Mr. McLaurin, and that
they desire that he continue to dis
charge the duties of warehouse COM
missioner and devote himself to the
development of the same"
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CHRONICLES FROM LAKE CITY
Personal Mention from Our Pros
porous Neighbor.

Lake City, September 26:-Ml
Clarence Davis of Mars Bluff spent
Monday night in town. Mr. Davis
is one of the most successful small
farmers of his section.
Sheriff G ] Graham was here
a short while Tuesday afternoon
He had been to Florence as a wit
ness in civil case. and was on his
way home. About five hundred OF
the voters of this precinct wanted
to vote for Sheriff Graham at the
late primary, so highly is he regard.
ed here.
Mrs SIN Sturgeon left Tuesday
for a visit to relatives and friends in
Jacksonville, Tampa and Dade City,
Fla. She expects to be away some
weeks.
Mr. D M Epps was in Kingstree
Saturday last on business. Mr. Epps
went to see DR. Taylor.
Mr. M M Motley went over tt
Sumter few days ago to visit rela
tives. He went through the coun
try and says that the crop prospect:
are very poor all the way, except OF
a few farms right near Sumter
which have fairly good crops.
Mr. Trenchard has removed here
from Columbia. He and family art
living in the "Hall' house on Meal
lister street. He is a brother of MI
w E Trenchard, who has been deal
ing in timber in this section severa
months.
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A Gard from Mr. Cook.

| again wish to extend my heart
felt thanks to the voters of Williams.
burg who were loyal to me in the
recent second primary election and
gave me their unqualified support
in my race for reelection to the
office of County Treasurer, and al
though l failed to win out, | assure
YOU one and all that have no hard
feelings nor harbor ill will against
you, whether you voted for me OF
not. l shall always appreciate the
loyal support you have given me in
this and in previous campaigns.
Very truly yours,
] WESLEY Cook.
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ians of an important mountain peak
on the Trentino front, only bonn
bardments have taken place in the
Austro- Italian theatre.
Notwithstanding the loss of two
Zeppelins in an air raid on Eastern
England Saturday night, the Ger
mans Monday night again returned
to the attack with airships and drop
ped bombs in the northern and north
Midland counties.
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CONVENTION OF MINORITY.
Call for Meeting of Reform Fac.
tiOn of Party.

Columbia, September 2o:-A con-
vention of the minority faction in
South Carolina has been called to
meet in Columbia on October Is, ac-
cording to a call issued here today
over the signature of W A James,
of Bishopville, strong Blease man
and former member Of the General
Assembly. o
The call follows:
Il hereby call for convention of
the reform faction of the Democratic
party to be held on Tuesday, Octo-
ber II, in Columbia. During the
campaign just passed. appeals were
made to save civilization as was
done in 1876, when negro domina-
ton was the issue. Men have been
heard to justify questionable meth
DDS at the ballot box upon the same
grounds as when dealing with ne
groes in 1875 and now it is up to US,
and is our duty, to hold a great con-
vention and demonstrate that we
are as good white men as are those
who contemptuously stigmatize the
bone and sinew of this State as
'Bleaseites,' and for the further
purpose of increasing our faith in
and concentrating our efforts to the
continuance Of the struggle for the
principle upon which we stand l
suggest that each Democratic club
send one true and tried reformer as
delegate to this convention.
"All newspapers who have any OF
these kind of people as subscribers
please publish one time"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-09-28
Mr.. Thompson I'm Luck.

The 1913 model Cadillac touring
car seized by the police department
some time ago under charges of car
rying contraband whisky was put up
at auction yesterday and sold to C o
Thompson for $3.50. The bidding
was lively and fast. In an hour and
a half Mr. Thompson sold the car to
WI Brown for $3.50. Charleston
Eyeni'y Post.
Mr. Thompson is a son-in-law of
DR. A M Snider and is we'll and ia
vorabIy known in Kingstree.
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Flour Advances.

Chicago, September 26:-The price
of flour was advanced 20 cents
barrel today, the highest level since
the civil war. Standard Minnesota
patents sold for $9.10 a barrel, ar
increase of So over a year ago.
The cheaper grades of flour sold te
the bakers trade also was advanced
10 to Is cents a barrel. Grade:
which yesterday sold for $3.50
brought $3.50 and $3.50 today.
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OPENING AT HEMINGWAY.
Special Exercises at Beginning
of New School Session.

NEW SCuOOA SSookOAse
Hemingway. September 24:-The
Hemingway High and Graded school
opened Thursday with large en-
rolment. A goodly number of Pc
irons were present also. The OPEN
ing exercires were conducted By the
Rev P B Ingraham. who also made
very appropriate short address.
DR. w C Hemingway, intendant OF
the town, gave the address of well
come to the new teachers. The pro-
gramme also consisted of a solo by
Mrs w C Hemingway, and an ad-
dress by Miss A Burney in behalf of
the Hemingway Civic league, and a
reading by Miss S Burney. MIR r N
Speigner then spoke. outlining the
work to be done for the year. He
stressed the necessity of the close
relationship that should exist be-
tween the parent and teacher in or
der for the pupil to make the most
rapid advancement.
This was the first opening in the
new brick building. This building
was completed about two months
ago at a cost Of nearly $4,000, and
| is one of the most modern in this
section ofjthe State. 1t contains all
the new features that up-to'date
school buildings usually have.
The teachers for this term are: r
N Speigner, superintendent; Miss E
Rollins, principal; Miss L Wilson.
music; grammar school, Miss Owens
of Dunbarton, Miss Eaddy of RHEIMS.
Miss Martha Jenkinson of Kingstree.
The trustees: ] M Eaddy, chairman;
F E Higgins and W G Carter.
The school this term is member
vf the Piedmont Lyceum Course,
and five attractions have been book
ed for this place. This no doubt
will prove to be source of enter
tainment as we'll as benefit to both
patrons and pupils.
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WARNING SOUNDED;
LOOK OUT FOR BOLT,
sraTE CHAIRMAN EVANS SAYS
INVITATIONS HAVE BEEN
MADE OF NEW PARTY.

Columbia, September 25:- Saying
that an intimation has been publicly
given that a bolt from the party
may be made, that another ticket
may be put out for the general elec'
ton in South Carolina in opposition
to the regular Democratic ticket,
John Gary Evans, chairman OF the
State Democratic executive commit
tee, in a statement given out here
today, calls on all the Democratic
voters to register and be prepared
to vote in the coming general cleo
ton.
The following is the statement OF
Mr. Evans:
To the Democratic Voters of South
Carolina:
| call upon all Democratic voters
to register.
The intimation has been publicly
given that a bolt from the party
may be made. that another ticke,
may be put out for the general cleo
ton in South Carolina in opposition
to the regular Democratic ticket.
AS Democrats we owe it to Presi'
dent Wilson tha. we should endorse
his administration by full vote ir
a Democratic State. We owe it to
our Democratic congressman. we
owe it to our State Democratic
ticket.
The general election will be held
November z. The first Monday ir
October will be the last opportunity
for registering. If you do not Sc
cure your registration certificate
by the first Monday in October, to-
day week, you cannot vote in the
general election.
1 urge this action upon all Demo
Gratis with all earnestness. 1t is q
plain duty and every Democrat
should perform it.
Register and qualify yourself to
vote in the general election. Other
wise we may face a serious danger
(Signed) JoHNGARY EVANS.
Chairman State Democratic Execu'
tive Committee.
Spartanburg, S C, September Is. 1916
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ALLIES ARE STILL
FORGING AHEAD,
GERMANS ROUTED AND IMPOR.
TANT POSITIONS TAKEN BY
FRENCH AND BRITISH.

Attacking simultaneously ol all
arc of fifteen miles. running from
Martinpuich to the Somme. the Brit
ish and French forces have deliver
ed another smashing blow on the
German lines and pushed forward
their positions for notable gains.
From Martinpuich to Combles, a
distance of six miles, the British
have driven in their wedge to the
depth of more than a mile and cap
tured in the, attack the important
strategic towns of Los Boeufs and
Morval, the latter a scant mile north
of Combles.
To the French fell the town of
Rancourt, two miles east, and the
outskirts of Fregicourt, one mile
northeast of Combles. In addition,
trenches near Fregicourt. in the vi
cinity of Bouchavesnes. and to the
vicinity of the Canal du Nord to the
Somme, were taken.
The capture of Morval by the Brit
ish and of part of Fregicourt by the
French apparently seals the fate of
Comblee, which the Germans have
determinedly beld for weeks despite
the violent attacks thrown against
it. The defenders of the virtually
surrounded town have left to them
for escape only the valley, a mile in
width, running north.northeast, and
in the traversing of which they must
come under the guns of the British
and French, respectively, from Nor
val and the vicinity of Fregicourt.
Another notable step in their ap-
proach upon Peronne is marked in
the capture by the French of trenches
in the Canal du Nord region.
Except in France, there have been
no important engagements on any
of the various fronts. Berlin re.
ports the repulse of Russian attacks
in Volhynia, Galicia. and the Car
pathian mountains. Petrograd still
is silent as to the operations on the
eastern front, but unofficial advices
say the Russians have begun new
offensive on large scale in the hope
of putting down the counter attacks
of the Teutons and piercing their
front before winter sets in.
The Rumanians still are struggling
for supremacy over the Teutonic Al
lies in the Szurduk and Vulcan
passes of the Transylvanian Alps,
but, according to Berlin, all their
attacks have been repulsed.
In the Macedonian campaign con-
tinued reports of success forthe En-
tente Allies come from their various
war chancellories. West of Florina
the Russians have captured a hill
from the Bulgars; the Serbians have
crossed the frontier into their own
country, and reached a position
north of Kreusograd. while the
French northeast of Florina have
penetrated the outskirts of Petroak.
The British to the north OF Lake
Tahinos, on the eastern end Of the
battle line, also report an advance,
but Berlin says that all their attacks
were repulsed.
Aside from the capture by the ltal-
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AMERICAN AIRMAN KILLED.
Yates Rockwell Slain In Battle
With German.

Winston-Salem, N C, September
23:-Kiffen Yates Rockwell. former
| ly of Asheville and Atlanta, who has
been serving with the French aero
corps on the western battle front,
was killed this morning in & fight
with a German aircraft. Announce.
ment of his death was contained in
cablegram from Paris received
here late today by his mother. Mrs
| L A Rockwell, of this city.
Kitten Rockwell was born on Sep
tember 20. 1892, at Newport, Tenn.
His father was Baptist minister OF
North Carolina. His mother was
Miss Lula Ayers, a member OF a
prominent South Carolina family.
Rockwelps father died when the boy
was two years old, and later Mrs
Rockwell moved with her two sons
| to Asheville, North Carolina, where
they lived for many years. Kitten
was a graduate of Washington and
Lee University and also attended
the Virginia Military Institute for a
time.
Mrs Rockwell received a letter
from her son only few hours be-
fore the cablegram came telling her
of his death. In the letter he stated
that he had been granted a leave of
absence of eight days and had spent
| it in Paris with his brother, Paul
Rockwell, who had been severely
wounded earlier in the war and dis
charged from the French army. On
the day that the letter was mailed
to Paris. Rockwell left for the
front. He wrote that he had been
transferred from Verdun to more
active sector.
When the war began Kitten Rock
we'll was connected with an a9ver-
tising agency in Atlanta. With his
brother Paul, who was reporter on
the Atlanta Constitution, he went to
France. They enlisted in the foreign
legion and began service on Septem-
Der 80, 1914. Paul later was wound
ed. but Kitten remained with the
LEGION until it was wiped out after
seven. months of fighting in the
trenches. He then asked for a
transfer to the aero corps and be-
gan training. In the meantime his
brother decided to remain in Paris
and he began as a special cores
pondent there for several American
newspapers, which he now is serving.
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Bethune Convicted Again.

Willie Bethune. colored. was again
found guilty of murder in the first
degree by Lee county jury at
Bishopville last week for killing MI
GB Minis, a prominent citizen OF
Clarendon county, in the public road
four miles from Manning, on Feb
ruary 81, 1909. The jury was out
only fifteen minutes. Judge Geo T
Prince refused to give Bethune g
new trial and sentenced him to be
electrocuted October 81.
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Those who take the old advice
about being sure to be right before
going ahead usually eat at the Sec
ond table.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-08
FIGURES Are Provided,

The rubber products companies con
tribute 81 per cent of the wage and
salary payments of Summit county,
according to a report just made public
by George F. Miles, chief statistician
of the Industrial Commission. The
automobile industries of Lucas county
pay one-fourth of the wage and sal
aries of that community, another re-
port shows, while still another report
on Montgomery county indicates that
the largest payroll is that OF tbs cash
registers and calculating machines in
dustry. During the year 1915, total
wage and salary payments in Summit
county amounted to $35,343,O ,O43, ac-
cording to Mr. Miles. The report is
based on information obtained from
500 establishments employing regular
ly five or more persons. The figures
/ for the other counties also are based
on statistics from concerns which en-
/ ploy five or more persons. In summit
county $29,030,965 or 82.1 per cent,
was paid to wage earners; $4,238, $40,
or II per cent, was paid to bookkeeD-
ers, stenographers and office clerks !;
1 $936,542, or 2.6 per cent, was paid to
sales people, not including travelling
statesmen, and S1,137,166, or 80 per
cent, was paid to superintendent and
managers.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-08
.0aoa0 s0z9z0N NolT INE u

These left at the various stations. dozen
or more at each. In these the people keep their
bedding and their scanty effects. The government
of Greece allows them two or three sous a day,
with rice which they cook on fires of thistes and
other weeds.
In a Turkish Journal vigorous complaint was
made against the Albanian refugees in Thrace as
more proficient with the Mauser than with the
plow, and szillfu only as cattle thieves" plea
was made for bringing back the Bulgarian farm
far more desirable neighbors. 'The Bull
garians our friends"
In the larger towns, as Saloniki and Kilkush, the
refugees are ranged in tent cities ten thousand or
more in encampment There were perhaps
10000 Greek refugees a little more than year
ago along the road from Drama to Saloniki.
When 1 was at Saloniki the Turks leaving
in great numbers 212,OO0 took steerage passage
for Stamboul in month. Saloniki (Thessa-
lonike), beautifully situated, in full face of Mount
Olympus and with noble harbor, should be one
of the great cities of the world. In the aftermath
of the second Balkan it lost half its popula-
ton. 1t is better off today than in the times
when st. Paul called out for help in Macedonia.
Harsh and often terribly brutal operations
in Serbia and Greece result from the unchecked
operations of the military element. The soldier,
as such considers neither economic conditions nor
the soul of man. 1t claimed that the two wise
ministers Pashtch in Belgrade and Venzelos in
Athens were both opposed to the policy of repres-
sion. Both would, If they could have proclaimed
religious linguistic tolerance in those parts Of Mac
edonia turned to them by the treaty Of
Bucharest. But the fact of victory and especially
victory their sister state, Bulgaria, intoxcates
the military, and fills the mob with the least
wind" In such times the civil authority cannot
hold its against the military.
Bulgaria recognized better the value of toler-
ance. A Greek church and school stand undis-
turbed in Sofia. In the Bulgarian national assem-
bly, there are about dozen Turkish deputies rep
resenting Thrace. These Turks supporters all OF
the king, hold the balance of power against the
combined democrats and socialists, the group op
posed to all The spirit of hate is still very
strong among the people of Bulgaria. They nate
Roumania, as the robber-state who has done then
the most harm. They hate Greece
There never be settled quiet in the Eas
until the Balkans belong to the Balkans" unit
civil authority everywhere dominates the militar!
and until customs unions and other unions caust
these people to realize that one fate befals then
all and that the welfare of each state is bound
in that of it's neighbor
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-08
Plan to Save Coin.

A plan submitted to the State Indus
trial Commission under which it II
hoped to save S39, 100 a year has just
been taken under consideration. The
plan is that of A C. Ernest and G. B.
Miller, expert accountants, who were
brought to review the activities of the
commission by S. P. Bush, of Colum-
bus, and E. A. Deeds, of Dayton, busi-
ness men, who have been interested
in governmental efficiency. The ex-
perts rejected in large part the find
ings of the so-called efficiency engi-
neers of the State Civil Service Com
mission, but picked up some of the
suggestions the young men of the Eff
cheney Bureau had made.
There was no agreement upon the
proposal that the auditing and claims
departments of the commission may be
consolidated, but it was agreed that
the clerical forces of the various bu-
ttaus should be consolidated and be
managed by two managers at $2,400 a
year each. Numerous positions then
may be abolished and more work can
be done. Parings in the Censor Board
also were recommended
! One of the delays in putting the
recommendations into effect. if they
are finally agreed upon, is occasioned
by the specific appropriations which
will compel the State Emergency
Board to make appropriations. The
Emergency Board must provide for the
creation of the jobs. The question is
raised as to whether the Emergency
Board may create positions legally
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-08
HIGH-GRADE BUTTER
BRINGS BEST PRICE
Farmer With Small Herd Often.
times Is careIess-QuaIity
Is Large Factor.

One reason the farmer with a small
herd does not make more money from
butter is that he does not take pains
to make a high-grade product. The
man who is obliged to take a second
grade for his butter can in most cases
improve the quality by making a few
simple changes in the methods of pro-
duction.
Use nothing but new and clean ves-
sells in which to keep the milk. Musty
grain or feed if fed to cattle will taint
the milk. Do not attempt to churn the
cream before it. is ripe or wait until
it becomes too sour. Wash and scald
all vessels after the milk or cream has
been emptied from them. Have two
sets of vessels so that one set can be
placed in the sun while the other one
is being used. There is nothing that
equals sunshine in the production of
good sweet butter.
At this season and all through the
summer and fall when butter is scarce
at the local store. and private homes
find out that a farmer is making a
good grade of butter there will be no
trouble for that farmer to market his
butter. Keep the cows producing, make
good butter and secure customers for
it.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-09-08

by artificial boundaries. The effect of intolerance,
worst in Greece, bad enough everywhere, to
drive out of each nation all who belonged to the
wrong language religion. do not say race, for
they are all of the same general Stock the
bulk of the Turks and Greeks. This has filled
the region with refugees, men and women whose
fault is that they lived the wrong side Of the
boundaries made for them in the treaty of
Bucharest.
Passing down the long highway which leads
200 miles from Sofa to Samokov and Dubntza in
old Bulgaria. then across the border of Macedonia,
down the Struma river past Dzumaia to Petritch
we found everywhere the Bulgarian refugees from
the Saloniki district in Greek Macedonia These
have been roughly estimated at $4,000 in number.
Some of these have been given farms houses
abandoned in Macedonia by Turks who followed
the Turkish army away Others received farms
left by Greeks when the Greek army went back
after the treaty of Bucharest. The government
grants each person some fourpence day. Some
find work. but after the war there are few employ
ers. The cost of living has doubled the means of
living has fallen. At Petritch, near the present
boundary of Greece, there were hundreds of these
waiting about the stone sidewalks day by day.
They waiting for the powers to revise the
treaty of Bucharest and give them back their
homes in the region above Salonikl. Some local
journal had said that this revision was coming
soon. 1t was my duty to assure them that it would
come. The phrase in Sofia, Europe exists
concerned.
The reason for that is clearer now. Europe was
paralyzed by the great terror which has since
come on it in an unthinkabe catastrophe. There
were some in the concert of powers" who were
striving to bring this catastrophe. The war
of steel and gold' about to give place to real
war, which would end they hoped, in speedy vic
tory and world power. 1t has not ended in that
1t has not yet ended at all. But those who most
looked forward to the who had
least conception of its certain consequences.
In the whole length of the Struma valley in
western Macedonia, towns have been burned in
whole or part by the Greek army which pursued
the Bulgarians as far the old border of Bull
garia In Greek Macedonia, at the hands of some
or all of the three successive armies-Turkish
Bulgarian and Greek-mOst of the towns between
SalOnik and Drama have suffered the same fate
Each of these towns has it's share of Greel
refugees from Turkish Thrace. These have beer
estimated by Greek authorities as numbering 300,
600. They have come by railway from Adrianoplt
in box cars belonging to the Greek government