The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-09-27


bale at Hartsville this week.
Senator Tillman was in Charleston
several days this week, inspecting
the navy yard.
Lexington fair will be the first to
be held in the State this year, its
dates being October 1918.
Edward Wheeler of iMarion, Sec
ond lieutenant I'm the British artil-
lery, was killed by asphyxiating gas
in battle in France last week.
Capt Campbell King of Charleston
has been decorated with the French
war cross for gallantry at Verdun,
being the first American to receive
that honor.
Trenches that may be picked up
bodily and moved around from place
to place have been invented by the
United States marines stationed at
Quantico, Va, who will use them for
practice in hand grenade throwing.
Two little children were killed in
three days this week by automobiles
on Atlanta streets. and several grown
people were injured. Scores of COM
plants of reckless driving have been
filed with the police department, but
it still goes on.
Four negro carpenters were killed
and seven stunned during terrific
storm at Camp Jackson Saturday af-
ternoon. The dead are: George c
Kilt, Branchville; M Churcher, Fort
Motto; ] M Green, Eastover; W j
McCotte, Georgetown.
Gaffney chapter, D A R. has set an
example which might we'll be fol-
lowed by all similar organizations in
the State. 1t has resolved to serve
no refreshments at any meeting du-
ring the war, but to donate to the
Red Gross fund the money saved
thereby.
Capt A P Langford. railroad con-
tractor at Charleston. has asked the
newspapers to start a subscription
to raise 81 100000 to be paid to a
man of any nationality who gets the
German emperor, dead or alive, be-
fore Christmas. Capt Langford has
contributed the first $50 toward that
end.
A brand new scheme to reduce
divorces and stop Atlanta in its wild
career of bidding fair to become a
second Reno has been suggested by
court officials. 1t is to take the quar-
reling couple and lock them up alone
in jury room for half day to see
if they cannot patch up their differ
ences.
/ Expulsion of Robert M LaFollette
of Wisconsin from the United States
Senate is demanded in a petition
sent to that body by the public safe
ty mission at St Paul, MINI. The
Senator is accused of making a dis
loyal and seditious address before
the Non-Partisan League convention
in that city Thursday night.
An aged white tramp arrived in
Florence Saturday morning very i'll
and was given medical and other at.
tention at the station house but died
there Sunday. On his person was
found a passbook of New York
savings bank showing that his name
was Frank L Crosby and that he had
$3.50 to his credit there.
South Cardinals latest contribu.
ton to Uncle Sans success in the
great war is manganese from the
mines near Mccormick. These mines
are being operated by the Atlantic
Manganese company. which began
operations about July l. The com.
pany is now shipping two cars
week, one of high grade and the 9TH
er of low.
The United States department of
agriculture has issued a bulletin or
THE Lesser Cornstalk Borer." 1t
has been compiled by Philip Lugin
bill of Columbia and George G Ain
slie, and is a compilation of observa
tions made at Columbia and Lake
land. Fla, during the years 1875.
1t is illustrated with cuts of fields
around Columbia showing the devas
tating effects of the corn borer.
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