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P ^ I.jpp. <I,WP ii ? I .^utilADED AND HIGH ? | SCHOOL ITEMS. mg' ?xie "regular meeting of the ^Weenee Literary society was held on last Friday afternoon and was unusually interesting. Th^^ubject for debate was: "Resolved, That woman has had more influence in the shaping of J civilization than man." The de-| cision was rendered in favor of I the negative. The officers for the first term of 1909-10 were elected at this meeting, as follows: President, Tommie GilVice President, Vivian I neeler; Critic, Minnie Bryan; Secretary, James Vause; Treasurer, Junius Mcintosh; Censor, Ram Rtr?f*lrl#?v I.it#?rarv Editor. Blooma Kennedy. We hope _ ihese officers will be as faithful i toifche society and perform their duties as ably and efficiently as the present incumbents have. Rev W A Fairy was with us on .last Friday afternoon. He made a most able and interesting address on "The Ant,"drawing instructive lessons from that most industrious and busy little insect. On April 9 the Lake City school boys came down again to try their luck with the Kingstree champions,and for the third time were defeated. Score, 12 to 6. Next Friday the Kingstree boys will go to Salters to try to retrieve the defeat they suffered here some weeks ago at the hands of the Salters veter ?lp? Mr O C Kibler returned Thursday night from his home in Newbbrry, whence he \rias called on accodnGof the illness of his motber. We missed Mr Kibler very much and are delighted to have him back. Honor roll for month ending April 9, 1909. First Grade. Ela Dubose, Ann Fultqn, Hu|^^rt Funk, Serena Lee, Rosa ^K*kins, Hampden Montgomery, PW es Sullivan, Leita Sedgwick, I d Smith. L Second Grade. Ppffr<iw5IcCants. 95.71 V 'ie McGill 95.28 I n McConnell 94.85 IVt IlU\-Uj v..vv Third Grade. ward Brockington 95.00 mas Kellahan 93.62 Fourth Grade. Jar vis Dubose ^ 98.70 Rhett Driggers.._ _. 97.40 Zeno Montgomery 96.50 Mauldin Lesesne. 94 80 Madge Cooper. ?.... 93.30 Fifth Grade. Jennie Lee ?pps._ 94.87 Sixth Grade. Louise Barr .97.33 Winnie Scott 96.60' Walter Sullivan.._ 96.55 Miriam Fluitt 95.99 Marion Dukes ?95,00 Rubie Thorn 94.11 j Seventh Grade, Donald Montgomery ?. . 98.00 j I Marie Nelson 94.33 I Jennie Lee Stackiey 94.75 I Eighth Grade. I James Vause 96.50 I Bessie Swann 95.16 ft Annie Baker. 94.83 I Robert Kirk 92.83 I Mary Vause 92.00 i Ninth Grade. Lilian Salters 97.00 I Minnie Bryan.._ 96.55 Maude Baker. 96.44 Frank Rodgers 95.44 Stella Coward.. 95,33 Blooma Kennedy 95.00 I Tenth Grade. Ada Brockington 99.43 Claia Montgomery. 99.45 I Roberta Coker. 93.86 I You should not delay under any I I circumstances in cases of Kidney) land Bladder trouble. You should M' something promptly that you ^L^Pis reliable, something like De pKt's Kidney and Bladder Fins. They are unequaled for weak back, backache, inflammation of the blad der, rheumatic pains, etc. When yon Risk for DeWitt's Kidney and BladI V Pills, be snre you get them. I hey are antiseptic. Accept no subI tutes: insist upon getting the right I id. Sold by D C Scott, M D. SCHOOL PRIZES MMTCED. Important Information Forwarded to County Superintendents of Education. Columbia, April G:?State Superintendent of Education Swearingeii j to-day sent out to comity superintendents an announcement as to the j prizes offered by the Rural School! ' Improvement association of South j J Carolina. This work has been made i known throughout this State for the j past few years by the good wurk of | Miss Mary T Nance. This year Miss | [ Theodosia Dargan of Sumter county j is president of the association. Two changes are noted in the prizes' rules this year. It will be , required of all schools that compete ( for the prizes to send answers to , questions relating to the conditions under which the improvements have! been made, and in the rules this year the chauge is also made that schools I nf Inirna nf mnro than 40ft mav not be benefited by this fund. This 400 j instead of 500 limit is made to con- i form to the high school act of the < session of the Legislature just closed. * In a statement issued to-day Mr Swearingen says of the association's < work: t "The Rural School Improvement association has resumed its offer of ( thirty-five prizes to the schools of South Carolina. The contest is open to all country schools, as well as to schools in towns of less than four hundred population. Last year nine- ( ty-one entries were made, and the ^ committee of award were so im- j pressed with the exhibit made that { they subscribed two hundred dollars s for eight additional prizes. "The smallest rural school is eligible for the contest, and if there is T a log school house remaining in any ^ locality in South Carolina, it should this year be replaced with a comfort- j able frame building. The more J backward the community, the great- \ er should be the teacher's incentive j to improvement. All schools entering j the contest should communicate witn ^ Miss Theodosia Pargan.Dalzell, S C. The prizes are to be awarded in De- J cember, and one hundred entries are ] earnestly desired." Announcement fou 1900. j The South Carolina School Im- j provement association offers thirty- *j five prizes to the schools of the State j for the most decided improvement j made during a given length of time, j Five of the prizes are to be $100 1 each, and thirty are to be $50 each. * Regulations concerning the thirtyfive prizes that are to be awarded by ] this association are as follows: 1 1. Improvement must be made be- i tween November 1,1908,and Decern- J ber 10, 1909. ] 2. Prizes will be awarded to 1 % schools where the most decided ma- r terial improvements have been made daring the time mentioned. . 3. Under material improvements j are included local taxation, consolid- * ation, new buildings, repairing and j painting old ones, libraries, reading rooms or tables, interior decorations beautifying yards, and better general J equipment 4. No school can compete for any j of these prizes unless it is a rural i school. No town with more than 400 j population shall be eligible to the l | contest. j 5. All who wish to enter this contest must send their names and de- \ scriptions of schools before improve- < ments are made to the president pri- i or to October 1. . 6. All descriptions, photographs \ and other evidences showing im- J provements must be sent to the pres- c ident prior to December 15, 1909. j The chairman of the board of trus- \ teja of any school that is competing j 1 mnnf nrvv\??ATTA fill /laOArin. _ lur a pu/.C uiuao a^iuie an uwv?n'- y tions before and after improvements are made. 7. Blanks will be sent to schoole l competing for the above prizes, with J questions to be answered relating to I the conditions under which the im- j provements have been made. 1 8. Prizes will be awarded in checks j at the annual meeting of the South Carolina association, December 31, 1909. The prizes are to be used for 1 further improvements in the schools j receiving them. [In 1907 Williamsburg county J captured two of the fifteen prizes and ? last year four of the thirty-five ] I If you where you w prizes offered by the School Improve- I ment association. I sincerely hope there will Ijea number of applicants J and successful schools in the con- j test from this countj the present pear. J G McCuLLOUOH, p Countj Supt of Education. r Kingstree, S C, April 8, 1909. ] ^ "Pi Rather Die, Doctor* j? ;han have my feet cut off," said M c L Bingham of Princeville, III. "But y you'll die from gangrene (which had S aten away eight-toes) if you don't," j G .aid a' " "Instead, he used ? Buc* alve till wholly j ;ur ; Eczema, Fever j J So .meand Files astound j ' he i. 25c at D C Scott's. I'! ? . |'h IHAIRMAN OF BOARD COUNTY COM- ? an REPORT FOR FIRST f QUARTER COMMENCING j<j JANU 1909. ig ireenwood Hdcf Co, ch g $ 231 25 j G Vinslow Wright, paupers 133 00 J ; W Wolfe, bd of education 21 00 j J f C Young, mad plow 50 0o A J amble & Jacobs, pauper 1 00 ( ' " " chain gang 1 00 j G Imith-Williams Co, road plow and -I chain gang 22 15 { 11 Jennings?Sinking Fund Co, ins on J court house and jail 93 33 J Thos M Gllland, bd of ed 21 00 P farmers Supply Co, paupers 18 00 J Valker Evans & Cogswell Co. supplies M Clerk of Court 123 40 P Mouzon. paupers 4 00 H ^esmith Brothers, paupers 48 00 N C Hemingway & Co. paupers 36 00 H )r W C Hemingway, paupers 5 00 M iVallace & Kelley, jail practice 8 75 F i D Reddick, kerosene oil 3 30 E )r WS Lynch, paupers 12 00 B Cennedy-Montgomery Co, rd p 17 52 S< " " " paupers 8 00 M diss Lillie J Cunningham, reindexing L 40 00 ? [ J B Montgomery, auditor 33 34 VI A M Vause & Son. ch g 2 90 V iVilkins W Grocery Co, chain gang supplies 32 21 V I Wesley Cook, contingent 13 88 R r Wesley Cook, treasurer 33 34 V r C Young, road plow 70 00 C ilizzard Hd Co, chain gang 12 03 C \ N Hammet, contingent 6 00 f N Hammet, county com 25 R People's Mercantile Co, ch g 13 65 V Jeo J Graham, jail report 94 50 J i S Strong, guarding c house, 52 50 C worKs u w i lohn Reed, coffin for Wash Cooper, Pauper ? 00 ? M Rrockinton, lunatic 3 50 ^ r G McOullough, salary supt of education 100 00 8< Cennedy-Montgomery Co, chain gang \ 9 60 I D Reddick. chain gang 6 86 i D Reddick, c house and jail 11 44 f J Steele, Jr, re indexing 26 66 I J Steele, Jr, casing judgment rolls 25 00 diss L J Cunningham, reindexing 38 05 Williamsburg Live Stock, rent of liorse on c house grounds 1 85 Farmers Supply Co, o house and jail 14 10 Farmers Supply Co, ch g 25 44 I J B Montgomery, contingent 3 50 1J B Montgomery, auditors sal 33 34 I N" Hammet, county com 75 00 < J N Hammet, contingent 5 25 L?ILLI i want the latest style hat effec = O"?.!? <Bz> ill find all the tine headwearof I = KILzi.g'S'ta wingstree Hardware Co, eh g 30 2*> Valker Evans & Cogswell Co, clerk of court and judge of pi ohate 2120 Wesley Cook, contingent 10 40 Wesley Cook, treas sal 33 31 rVirtU uniifhorq Ppliriiarv I ?T COI? J WVrt9 tvwvmv*W - ~ ^ , term of court 624 90 no M Nexsen, paupers (1908) 36 Oo eoples Mercantile Co, chg 8 43 )r I W Grahum, gate-fence 1 50 imgstree Telephone Co, phone rent 4 00 Constine, work on c house 1 00 ?r IN Boyd, lunatic 5 0o M Bradshaw. magistrate and constable 33 75 >r .1 F Haseklen, lunatic 5 00 i W Boyd, roads (1909) 75 00 G McDonald, magistrate 18 75 ] W Davis, magistrate 18 751 M Brockinton. lunacy 3 30 lowe & Page, cement work on C H square 421 (0 J B Montgomery, auditor 33 84 J B Montgomery, co com 12 50 N Hammet, contingent rt 20 N Hammet. commissioner 50 00 [ D Reddick, office supplies 2 60 ! I) Roddick, chain gang ^ do . K Wallace, magistrate 100 00 M Hrockinton, co ccm 12 50 G McDonald, constable 13 00 eo J Graham, sheriff 375 00 eo J Graham, constable 75 00 eo .1 Graham, lunatic 14 10 eo J Graham, contingent 20 40 eo J Graham, jiijUggport 38 40 J B Mont*-' ntingent 4 10 J Grahair '.eer 100 00 Cottingh rdplow 60 00 PFrierson hg 70 00 eorgetown(jiu?.c co 48 90 Wesley Cook, ci term of court pay bills 255 50 Wesley G?ok, treas sal 33 34 Wesley Cook, contingent 19 57 ^ M Brookinton, contingent 1 80 J Steele, Jr. reindexing 43 33 iss L J Cunningham, reindexing 38 67 O Britton, 1-3 clerk of court salary 133 33 O Britton, contingent 6 20 f C Hemingway & Co, ch g 151 74 Rhem & Sons, ch g 49 48 pps & Epps, chain gang 38 36 lizzard Ha Co, chain gang 12 93 :ott & Miller, chain gang 3 77 Wallace & Kelley, ch g 1 75 H Howie, chain gang 2 02 F Epps, chain gang 2 68 I M Vause & Son, ch g 4 40 \ Sedgewick, awnings for clerk of court room 45 48 1 M Vause work on c house 13 75 ; K Gamble, coroner 37 50 """ Ji' U ulUf iail nrjrtiw 19 75 t CLkl avc ?v 4ii V iivj , j>**? ! W Wolfe, advertising 74 50 W Wolfe, printing and stationary 32 75 . II Graham, t bd of assessors 4 00 7 P MattLews, t bd of assessors 4 00 R Pendergi -3, t bd of assessors 0 00 C Daniel, t bd of assessors 6 00 Iddie Wilson, t bd of assessors o 00 i B Eaddy, t bd of assossors 6 00 T DuBose, t bd of assessors 0 00 W Floyd, t b?l of assessors 6 00 i O Holloway, t bd of assessors 0 00 7 M O'Brien 6 00 F Rodgers, t bd of assessors 0 00 F Scott, t bd of assessors 6 00 W Keiley, t bd of assessors 6 03 i'illie Webster, t bd of assessors 6 00 ; B Fitch, t bd of assessors 6 00 7 W Boyd, t bd of assessors 6 00 W Register, t bd of assessors 6 00 i B Chandler, co bd of equal'n 23 50 V G Wilson, co bdof equal'n 12 60 V W H Cockfield, co bd ofequal'n 16GQ > N Jobnsonand n t. r>auuy, township board 12 00 R'Cox, co bd of equal'n 21 80 7 S Eaddy, co bd of equal'n 22 40 P Cooper, co bd of equal'n 12 80 : B Marshall, co bd of equal'n 19 50 H Cuerry, co bd of equal'n 19 00 W McClam, co bd of equal'n 20 00 E Davis, co bd of equal'n 12 70 , W Chandler, co bd of equal'n 16 80 T Godwin, co b<l of equal'n 16 50 I Montgomery, co bd of equal'n 15 00 P Shaw, co bd of equal'n 17 20 [ M Thomas, co bd of equal'n 17 90 7 S Camlin,' Jr, co bd of equal'n 20 40 r R Funk, co bd of equal'n 12 57 J M Graham, co bd of equal'n 9 10 J Hanna. t bd of equal'n 6 00 S Courtney, t bd of equal'n 6 00 r I N Boyd, t bd of equal'n 4 00 M Eaddy, magistrate and constable 29 16 H V Gaskins, magistrate and con- ? stable 145 84 1 F Edwards, magistrate and constable 15 00 D Gamble and S T Nesmith, township board of assessors 6 00 Wesley Cook, jury and wit ticket 2 50 ingstree Hardware Co, mantles for court house 49 20 T Nelson, t bd of assessors 6 00 Ending April 15th 1909 J N Hammet. Chairman. lepartnre of Passenger Trains at Kingstree. The Atlantic Coast Line railroad a9 promulgated the following shedule, which became effective looday,September 7,1908. -NORTH BOUNDNo 80 7:26 a* m. No 46 11:42 a. m. No 78 5:53 p. m. -SOUTH BOUNDNo 79 1 0:52 a. m. *No 47 5:53 p. m. No 89 9:06 p. m. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. H O Britton, continf ^>nt 4 00 ? 1 J B Montgomery, ? tingen 2 GO G 1 J B .Montgomery, . itor 33 34 J Walker Evans & <\ w^. o, for J clerk of court offic 90 77 L 1 J Graham, road engiieer 100 00 V T J Grahim, contingsut 6 93 J D W Floyd, paupers r 18 00 J Cottingham. road plow 27 47 J 5 M A skins, chain gang 20 26 ^ \llen Brothers, road plow ? 50 R lAke City Hardware Co, ch g 6 75 V Epps & Epps, chain gang 38 77 tl D Kedaick, chain gang 23 63 E r F McClary, chaingang 7 00 V Town of Lake City, terra cotta pipe V for roads 43 00 E 1 P Frlerson & guard, ch g 51 60 I M Sturgeon, chain gang 1 90 J r A Cox, chain gang 4 50 V Elowers & Oliver, road plow 32 13 S Smith Williams Co. chain gang 14 83 R DrJ F Haselden, paupers 15 00 S Slakely & McCullough Co, paupers J 18 00 J Blakely & McCullough Co, paupers A S 3 Strong, guardingfc house 21 50 S i r ^- -L? ?u.r. w ro J jeo j uranam, cumu imi mo ,? ?* MatthewB 10 00 H I E Brown, chain gang 5 00 ^ irown Brothers, roads (1909) 17 95 V iV J Godwin chain gang 12 00 J f M Matthews, roads 6 00 J ? M Brockinton, lunatic 3 50 P iV D Pitch, jail 2 85 D Jrown & Brown, chain gang 6 00 J facobs & Scott, paupers 7 00 I JJGraham, chain gang 3 00 J f J Graham, road engineer 100 00 V C Hemingway & Co, rd (plow 49 95 D J Cottingham, road plow 60 00 ' P Frierson and guard, ch g 58 75 R Cingstiee Hardware Co, c house and Jail 43 65 J lutledge Co News, auditor's ad 25 00 V W Barr, lumber 2 82 K Jeo ! Graham, lunatic 21 00 Jeo J Graham, contingent 2 30 J Jeo J Graham, jail report 90 00 G MeCullough, contingent 6 45 I O Britton, contingent 5 SO V M Vause & Son, road plow 6 75 C Young, chain gang 70 lg )r W J Haselden, lunatic 5 00 ? V M Vause & Son, jail water1 Z fin InT I3E3"2" . tivelv trimmed, be sure and call at Cra-le's ===== the season displayed at reasonable prices. :ee, S. GL ===== I - il I ?" n . n iili /? yv If The Best Fertilizers tor Lorn That the yield of corn from the average farm can be greatly increased by intelligent and liberal fertilization has been repeatedly demonstrated. 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