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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1918-01-10
Obituary..

DIED-At his home on Black Min
90, December 5. 1917. at p. M,
Mr. Charles Dudley Cook, Sr, in the
10Th year of his age. Interment
was made next day at Union church,
Rome, in the presence of goodly
number of relatives and friends.
Mr. Cook had a fine constitution
and bore his age we'll until the last
year of his life, when his family no.
ticed change. He was able to go
about until few months before his
death. He was confined to his bed
several weeks before he passed
away. His voice was clear and
strong, and great hopes were enter
tanned for his recovery until he was
unable to take nourishment.
His warm and genial nature at
tached to him many friends, which
was testified by. their devotion dur
ing his last illness.
He had a great reverence fer his
Maker and was ever ready to assist
the church. the poor or any Christian
endeavor.
He leaves a widow; two sons,
Messrs C Dudley Cook of RHEIMS and
John L Cook of Florence. and one
daughter, Mrs w A Marshall of War
saw; also several grandchildren. a
brother, sister and other near rela-
tives to mourn his loss. Another of
the Confederate braves has passed
to his rest. FAMILY.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1918-01-10

We are publishing on another
page of this paper the letter of ln-
structions from the State Tax COM
mission. signed by A W Jones,
chairman. to the County Auditors
and Township Boards of Assessors
relative to the constitutional require
ments in making property assess
ments for the year 1918. We be-
lieye this letter will furnish valuable
information to all taxpayers and
be of inestimable value to them
in making returns of taxable prop
erty, as we'll as valuable informa-
ton for the township assessors and
Auditors.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1918-01-10
Financial Institutions Elect Officers.

Financial Institutions Elect Officers.
The three banks of this town held
their annual meetings of stockhold-
ers this week.
The first was that of the Bank of
Williamsburg Monday. About S0%
of the stock was represented. The
report of Cashier E C Epps was ex-
tremely gratifying. 1t showed that
during the year the bankhad earned
11% on its capital of 500. 1000. The
usual dividend of 80 was declared,
$4,000 carried to surplus fund and
$500 to undivided profits. The fol-
lowing directors were reelected: c
w Stoll, P G Gourdin, W | Nexsen,
W V Strong. John F McFadden. F
Rhem, DR. l N Boyd. The board re.
tanned the present officers, viz: Pres
ident. C w Stoll; vice president, F
Rhem; cashier. E C Epps; assistant
cashier, C w Boswell; bookkeepers,
C ] Thompson and MrsL D Rodgers.
The Wee Nee bank meeting was
held Tuesday. The past year was
the most prosperous in the history
of the bank, which began business
July |, 1910. A dividend of go was
declared. 900 carried to surplus
and tidy sum to undivided profits.
The following directors and other
officers were reelected: Directors,
Hugh McCutchen, L w Gilland, w
V Strong, L C Dove, H E Montgom-
cry, ] K Smith. T X Smith; presi-
dent, Hugh McCutchen; vice presi-
dent, w V Strong; cashier. L c
Dove; assistant cashier, Miss Lilly j
Cunningham.
We tried to get a report from the
Bank of Kingstree, whose meeting
was held yesterday, but were unsuc-
cessful. 1t will appear in our next
issue.
The stockholders of the Kingstree
Electric Light & Ice Co made no
change in the officers or directorate
except that Tom Kellahan was elect
ed director vice R H Kellahan, de-
ceased.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1918-01-10

A distinguished party consisting
of two French nobiemen and their
wives will visit Charleston next
week. The object of the party in
coming to America is to present to
Virginia the sword of Prince Camille
de Polignac, father of one of the
company, who served in the Confed-
crate army and rose to the rank of
general. The party will make tour
of the South and, besides Charleston,
will visit Richmond. Raleigh, Savan
nah. Montgomery and New Orleans,
staying two days in each city.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1918-01-10
WEATHER RECORDS
Show that Other Cold Spells Have DC
Cured in Williamsburg.
Editor County Record

Editor county hecoru.
notice in the issue of The Rec
ord of the 3rd instant the statement
is made that Kingstree with a mini
mum temperature of eight degrees
on the last days of December ex-
perienced the coldest weather in
forty years. AS have records of
the low temperatures in Williams
burg county for a good portion of
this period and as the statement
made does not comport with such
records, | beg leave to make cor
rection.
Perhaps the severest, as being the
longest continued spell of weather
within the period was the month Of
February, 1886. At that time the
spell lasted for more than two weeks,
with minimum temperatures for
several days of six degrees above
zero. and the ground was frozen
for depth of a foot or more. The
next severe temperatures occurred
in 1895. On the 7th day of Janu-
ary of that year, a minimum was
reached at Salters of five degrees
above zero and during more than
one.half of February of the same
year the ground was covered with
snow, though the temperatures did
not get below twelve degrees above
zero during this period. The sever.
est cold of all, though for not as
long duration, occurred in February,
1899. This spell began on the 9th
with a minimum temperature of
eighteen degrees above zero. On
the next two days we had a snow
fall of more than twelve inches. and
on the morning of the 18th the
thermometer stood exactly at zero.
The next day it was two degrees
above zero and during this period
there were several days that were
much colder than the minimum tenn
perature of this winter.
| am making these corrections
with no desire to criticise, but as l
have been keeping weather records
for years, l thought it might be
we'll to give you the exact facts as
to the low temperatures during the
period mentioned.
Yours very truly,
HENRY E DAVIS.
Florence, January 6, 1918.
We are glad to have Mr. Davis
letter, and publish it for the benefit
of others who may be interested.
Our remarks last week on the wea-
ther. to which he refers, were based
solely upon heresay, there being no
statistics at hand, and the Editor
being practically a newcomer in this
section, he had to rely upon what the
proyerbial oldest inhabitants had
to say about it. We do know of a
certainty that this fall and winter
have been the severest experienced
here within the past seven years.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1918-01-10

President Wilson pulled the hair
trigger Tuesday and fired another
big gun that was heard around the
world. About the same time Gov
ernor Richard | Manning took a shot
at every department under the juris-
diction of the State government
when he delivered his annual mes
sage to the General Assembly and
apparently didn't miss a single
mark.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1918-01-10
Cotton Ginned.

The official report gives l0.45O,4Ol
bales of cotton ginned to January l..
South Cardinals portion being l.
146, ,226 bales.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1918-01-10
Teachers Examination.

An examination for teachers will
be held in the county court house at
Kingstree on Saturday, January l9.
The examination will begin at a.
m. and close at p. m.
w MCELvEEN,
1.lO-2t Co Supt Education.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1918-01-10
Rugs and Floor Coverings

We have over $4,000 worth Of Rugs and Floor
Hss{s Fber Plain al Fiber and Japanese Straw These came
in late for the holiday trade owing to the temporary
embargo placed upon such shipments, but there has
not been time when good warm rugs were in great
er demand in this community on account of the ex-
ceedngly cold weather. Put one Of our 9xl2 rugs
and make your selection.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1918-01-10

Wishes to inform it's friends and patrons that it is
beginning the year 1913 with the largest and most
complete stock of Furniture and Household Articles
that has ever been shown in this section of South
Carolina
We have four large storerooms and one large
warehouse packed to the very roof with high grade
Furniture that was bought before the manufacture
ers prices advanced last year. We have a carload
Of dining and bedroom furniture also car of iron
bedsteads enroute which are daily expected to ar
rive here
The Robesonian., 1918-06-27

church. He professed faith, and as
he could not be immersed he was bap-
tized by pouring, thus subtracting
from the meaning
Paul was inspired and he said es
many as were ordained to eternal
life believed.
Characteristics of a Good Hearer.
Among the characteristics of a
good hearer is, first, attention, with
the eye on the speaker. In the days
Of Paul, when the speaker began to
read all stood up with their eyes on
the speaker and mind on the thought
Sympathy is another characteristic
that goes out from the mind in sym.
pathy with the speaker. Prayerful.
ness is an important characteristic
A minister should never sit down tt
The Robesonian., 1918-06-27
REVIVAL SERMONS
It is Hard to Go to He'll" Spe-
cial to Men, and Other Sermons
By DR.. Geo. w. Mcdaniel at
First Baptist Church.

(Further report of the revival meet
ing at the First Baptist church will
be found elsewhere in this paper
Editor.)
Thursday Evening.
eff we confess our sins, he is faith
full and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse Us from all unright
eousness."
From this text, taken from the first
Epistle Of John, 9th verse, DR.. Nc
Daniel preached a very forceful SER
mon Thursday evening. Jesus said,
IF thy brother trespass against thee, !
rebuke him. If we confess our sins !
the meaning from the heart, with the
thought behind the word.
One of the most mysterious charac-
ters in the old Testament is Pharoh
When the Lord appeared unto Moses
in the wilderness and sent him down
into Egypt to free his people, the Is
raelites, Pharoh would not let them
go and the Lord sent numerous pla-
CUES over Egypt, and every time
Pharoh would consent to let them go
he hardened his heart and would not
let them go, until there became dark
ness over the land Of Egypt and all
the first-born of every family of
Egypt was smitten with death Then
Pharoh agreed to let them go, and
after they had started on their w:
he hardened his heart and started
after them and he and his hosts were
drowned in the sea.
Judas Wanted a Temporal Kingdom.
Judas lscariot was a shrewd man.
He was in the kingdom of Christ for
what he could get out of it. When
he found out Christ was on the earth
to establish religious kingdom in
stead of temporal kingdom he was
willing to betray his master for 80
pieces of silver. He was a devil, yet
he walked with Jesus. His money
turned into fire and burned his bosom
so he took it back to the high priest
and when he would not take it back
then Judas threw the money on the
floor and went out and hanged him.
self.
Two Kinds of Sin.
When the prodigal son took the
money his father gave him and went
off to far country he had friends
as long as his money lasted, but
when he spent it all his friends de-
serted him and he went into the field;
to feed the swine. When he became
hungry he came unto himself anc
went back to his father. His father
gladly accepted him. There are two
kinds of sin. One is the sin of tn,
flesh and the other is the sin of tn,
mind. This was the sin of the flesh
and the attitude in which his brothe
received him on his return is fai
sample of the sin of the mind.
Thursday Morning.
BLESSED is he that readeth. and the,
that hear the words of this prophecy
and keep those things which are writ
Ten therein: for the time is at hand
revelations 1:3-was DR.. Mcdaniel,
The Robesonian., 1918-06-27

prepare a sermon without praying to
God to help him to understand the
Bible so that he may interpret it to
his hearers. The hearers should also
pray as well as the minister. Great
men of early days had but few books.
and they knew those books. The med
ltatlve hearers are good hearers of
Gods word. They are the obedient
hearers.
Several hundred men and bows
heard DR.. Geo. w. Mcdaniel, pastor Of
the First Baptist church of Richmond
preach at the First Baptist church
Sunday at 4 p. m. special sermon on
The Robesonian., 1918-06-27

self and obeys the teacher that has
tEe best time. Who in this country
is it that has the best time? Is it
the men who disobey the laws, the
men who tank up and are arrested
and have to pay fines? No, it is the
man who obeys the law.
Slackers Have a Hard Time.
There are in this country today men
who are known as slackers, men who
try to evade the law. These men are
having a hard time. They are the
most uncomfortable people in the
country. The person who does right
Continued on page three)
The Robesonian., 1918-06-27
J text at the morning service Thursday.
Study Bible Every Day.

text at Lne morning service lnufsday.
Study Bible Every Day.
We should study the Bible every
day. The minister or the Sunday
school teacher should distinctly un-
derstand the Scripture so that he can
interpret it to his hearers. The BIZ
bic is not book Of rules as much as
a book Of principles. People should
be ruled by principles and not by
rules. There are two principles which
are violated that are perfectly clear
to the unprejudiced mind. The form
Of Baptist is the symbol Of the death,
burial and resurrection of Christ.
Some add to the meaning and some
subtract from the meaning. A man
who was sick and had never confessed
Christ could not be satisfied to die
and not connect himself with some
The Robesonian., 1918-06-27

the subject "It is Hard to go to He'll"
DR.. Mcdaniel read the 18th CHAPTER
OF Acts as a Scripture lesson.
He Soid IN ,aon1.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-27
Christian Has a Good Time.

Sinners have an idea that a Chris.
tan has hard time, much harder
than that Of the sinner himself. This
is not true. The Christian has good
tine compared with the sinner. What
boy in school is it that has the hest
time? The boy that does not learn
ms lesson, does not love his books or
obey his teachers? No, it is the bow
who learns his lessons, behaves him
The Robesonian., 1918-06-27

(Further report of the revival meet
ing at the First Baptist church will
be found elsewhere in this paper
Editor
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-19
FOOD CARD
CAMPAIGN
IN COUNTY
Drive For Signers to Pledge Cards Be
Resumed; Every Home in Grady
to Be Visited

Another food pledge card campaign
ison in Grady county, which drive
promises to be more strenuous than
the first one. Before its close every
one who did not sign a pledge card
during the previous campaign will be
given the opportunity, but it will be
thrust upon them without any effort
on their part.
The campaign in Chickasha will be
under the direction of Mrs. Orin
Ashton, while outside of the city G..
NJ Hollingsworth county foo dadmin-
istrator, will handle the county
forces, assisted by M. H. Shepard,
county superintendent The same
plan adopted during the last cam
paign will be In force again. The
workers will be formed into squads
and the territory will be DIVIDED.
Each squad will be given a certain
territory to cover and house to
house canvass will be made. In the
county, farm to farm program will
be adopted.
With the records Of those who
signed the pledge cards before, in
the hands of the managers Of the
campaign, coupled with the data that
has been accumulated by the Grady
County Council of Defense, the work
will be carried on Systematically and
the workers will have no difficulty in
picking out the individuals who have
failed or refused to sign food pledge
cards.
In short, every crew of workers on
the streets or in the country will be
"sniping squads" ready to pick off
any stragglers who failed to get their
name down on the dotted line during
the first campaign.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-19
TODISCUSS
FARMLABOR
QUESTION N

Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock A.
E. Connelley,A assistant labor COM
missioner of Oklahoma, will be in
Chickasha as one of his principal
stops in tour of this section of the
state. He will speak at the city hall.
Mr.. Connelley will go into detail
as to the farm labor question, and it
was pointed out at the office Of the
Council Of Defense this morning,
that every farmer in Grady county,
especially, as well as those of other
walks of life, should hear what he
has to say.
The speaker will give some correct
and interesting data on what the
United States must do in the way of
food production. He VII lave fig
ures to show just how much must be
produced and how many farm labor
ers will be required to produce the
required amount of food stuffs. He
will explain the movement for the
enlistment of boys in the farm work
for the summer
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-19
TO
RAISE WAR
WORKFUND

In line with the movement of the
@ f. w. c., the Home Culture and
MacDowell clubs of Chickasha have
practically designated the Fur
lough house movement Us their par
ticular war activity, and will assist
In raising the $225,OOO that the club
women of the United States are rails
ing for that purpose.
Ia this work every club woman is
expected to donate at least 81 and
In addition other means will he en-
ployed to swell the fund. Mrs J. E.
Cowles, national president of the G.
T. w. c., has recently conferred WITH
Raymond Fosdick, head Of all train.
ing camp activities, who states that
the Furlough houses are an absolute
necessity to the soldiers. The aver
age cost of maintaing one Of these
houses year is $4,000.
The Furlough houses are establish
ed back of the fighting lines in
France. The Y. M. C. A. takes care
of the immediate needs of the sol
diers, in social way, at the trench
es, or Immediately in the rear. The
Furlough houses correspond with this
work, except that they care for the
soldiers after they have been reliev.
ed of front lien duty and are billet
ed in the rear during their furloughs.
The work in Oklahoma is under
the supervision of Mrs. Eugene L.
Mccain of Pawhuska, state chairman
Of the War Victory Commission. All
federated clubs are being notified Of
the great work ahead and an active
campaign will start among the club
women ut once.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-19
HELPP. M.
SPEED UP
VICE

Upon orders of the postal depart.
ment, Postmaster Barefoot will call
on the patrons of the Chickasha Of
flee to assist in speeding up the SER
vice by making the bulk OF deposits
of mail at two regular intervals
daily.
Mr.. Barefoot expects to confer with
the business men Of the city witnm
a few days, asking them to arrangI
tc deliver their mail to the office at
the noon hour and about p. N. 81
am taking this course upon orders
from the department" said he, "and
if the business men will cooperate
with US, we shall be able to give
better service. The department re-
cognizes the fact that we are short
of help and is taking this method to
relieve the situation.
ut should be clear to anybody
when the bulk of the local mail is
dropped into the office about s
o'clock. a custom that is common. 1t
Is impossible, with our limited force,
to get it out promptly. l hope to
make the situation plain to all pat
rons of the office and to receive the
cooperation of everybody"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-19

BANDCTVE
CONCERTS
Musicians From Camp DOniphan Make
Big Hit; Guests Of Chamber Of
Commerce

They are with us again. Those
band boys of the 130th Field Artil.
lcry, and If you were down town at
aby time during the day, you know
that they are sitting there as one of
the keenest military bands that has
jammed wind around these parts.
Al about $3.50 this morning they
"busted the main stem wide open"
and incidentally cleared all the stores
Of prospective buyers and clerks as
they swung along to the strains of a
lively march number.
Two concerts were given during
the day. Both were attended by
about all the folks that could be
jammed into the available space and
TIE efforts of the band men brought
storms Of applause. At noon the
Lana was served a turkey dinner at
the Early hotel. as the guests of the
Chamber of Commerce, Secretary W.
w. Clark having taken up a subscrip-
tiCn to provide for their entertain.
menr.
1t was originally expected that the
visitors would remain in the city till
$3.50 this evening, leaving on the Fris.
co at that hour for their post, but or
ders received this morning required
them to return to Camp Doniphan at
once and they left early in the after.
noon after giving a short program
on the street.
Or. II. S. Morrison, Of Topeka,
Kan, is the director of the band,
which consists of &c pieces. The pro-
gram given this morning was as fol,
lows:
1. Circus Bee.
2. Hololulu Hicka Boolo Boo.
3. Tall Brown-slin Girl.
4. The Garden of Italy.
5. Eve Wasn't Modest Till She Ate
the Apple.
C. Trombonium.
T. Somewhere in France is the Lily.
s. Keep the Home Fires Burning.
8. National Emblem March.
10. The Mississippi Cabaret.
H. Star Spangled Banner
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-19
CUPID'S BATTING
EYE HAS SLUMP

Cupid isn't hitting to say in the 800
class vet this spring around these
parts. One might say that he was
almost entirely minus his batting eye
up to date. Only an occasional cou-
pie does he bag. Saturday afternoon
and this morniny he landed the fol
lowing, to whom marriages licenses
were issued at the office of the court
clerk: H, S. Brooks, aged 10, of
Blanchard, and Miss Minnie Hale,
aged is, of Blanchard. NJ. B. Clark,
aged %, of Pocasset, and Miss Vivian
Speake, aged IS, of Chickasha.
A license was issued this morning
to Leonard Jenkins, of Lindsay, and
Miss Matte Smith Of Alex.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-19
ROUTE MAN
FOR TRAIL
LOGS ROAD

r. H. Evarts, route agent for the
Ozark Trails, has spent several days
in this vicinity logging the various
proposed routes through Chickasha
The Ozark Trails are getting out an
official route book for tourists. which
book will show all of the different
routes and markings. Twenty thous-
and copies will be issued in a few
weeks.
Mr.. Evarts, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Conde Mckinley, Arthur
Ersland and Tom Horn, has just
logged the road to Oklahoma City
via Tuttle and Newcastle, returning
over the Mustang ferry.
It is yet considered uncertain which
of the three routes from here to Ok
lahoma City will be finally designat-
ed as the Ozark Trail. Each Of them
will require some work, especially the
road to Amber. There are too many
curves Immediately out Of Chicka-
sha, It is pointed out These will
have to be eliminated and considers
bic work done right away, Mr.. Ev.
arts stated.
On April LIST Mr.. Evarts and Col
Harvey viii start from Las Vegas
New Mexico, and mark the Ozark
Trail back this way It viii posi-
bly, take one month to get back here
In the mean time the roads here
should be in good shape in order tt
get the markings. IAN of the road:
are in good shape after crossing the
Canadian river, and in certain places
on this side of the river" said Mr.
Evarts.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-19
FIND CHICAGO DRY
PETITION SHY SICNERS S

BY United Press
Chicago, March 19.-The prohibit
tion question may not be voted an is
sue In the Chicago election on April
2. The election commission today
unanimously ruled that the dry petit.
tion failed by 7,515 of the required
number Of signers.
The anti-saloon forces were ready
Immediately to ask their managers
to secure a writ to force a vote on
the question. The vets planned to
appeal should writ Of mandamus
bo granted.