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fltr <?atmt]t ftecord. KINGSTREE, S. C ????????? C. W. WOLFE. EOITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Entered at the postoftiee at Kingstree, * . S C. as second class mail matter. TERMS .SUBSCRIPTION RATES: .One copy, one year 31 25 One copy, six months 75 One popy, three monts 50 One copy, one year in advance ? 1 001 Obituaries, Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks, Cards of Thanks and all other reading notices, not r News, will be charged for at the rate f one cent a word for each insertion. THURSDAY, JUNE 3. 1909. Give Us a Fair Deal. Ou Saturday, Mav 15, Mr S Stewart Starr, representing the petitioners for the formation of the new county of Rutledge, appeareu before Governor Ansel and asked permission to amend the original petition so as to leave out of the proposed area the two Florence county townships and to change the boundary line below Cades. We are told in the press reports that the amendment was granted by the Governor, the matter being without opposition and uncontested. This would appear to indicate that very little interest in the whole business is taken, by the 5 people of the county not included in the Rutledge area, and . that they were indifferent as to the outcome of the hearing. This attitude of indifference, we may say, is more apparent than real. As -a matter of fact there Jb : re htmdrede of people on this side of the line who- are keenly I Jllive to the situation, but who in ?the Circumstances were so tand\ ?icappeo that they were un.-.able to do anything to resist a Eg: move on the part of the Dew v, county promoters that will put 1 Williamsbnrg county to the exi pense of another survey and. take . still more territory from, the old ' ' ? county. We say that the oppo- 1 o? -? .L. - .1 1 ? * ueum ui oiic ucw yuuu^v bcueuie vwejre ^ipiega ^ reS18t this move, 1 t- j Anasiuuoh ad they were totally f? unprepared for it, being entirely 1 without knowledge of the contemplated action until it was too ' late to take any steps iu the way of effectual resistance. j This leads up tc the question. Are we getting a fair deal in ' in this part of the county? Here is the situation, as :t ft appears to ua: When the or;gu Inal petition for the uew county | was presented tc Governor Ansel, tic appointed a commission to look after the matter to see \ that all the requirements tor the formaiiou of aew counties wera complied with. This commission was composed of sis men?two I from Florence county, two from Clarendon aud two from Wil? liainsburm Mr R B Smith of Kingstree waa appointed to represent that part of Williamsburg presumably opposed to the dismemberment; that is, the part not included in the proposed area of Rutledge C9untv. Mr Smith, by the way, was made P;' chairmau of the commission?quite a distinguished compliment to our part of the county in the ' light of subsequent proceedings. The first duty of the commission after organizing was to select two surveyors?disinterested men, not even residents of the counties affected. Messrs T C Haraby of Columbia and ? S Oliver of Marion were employed and the work went merrily on. On April 16 (mark the date) we gleaned from the columns of our esteemed contemporary, the Rutledge County News, the following bit of information: Messrs Hamby and Oliver, who ; have been working on the survey of Rutledge county since March 17, finished their field work last Thurs- . day. The area has been calculated and ' inf kin flic* rori n i fO 1 | XVUUCUgC WUI? nuuiu but lujuuvments of the constitution providing for new counties. An excellent map has been made. Premature announcement of plans is unwise. Sufficient to say, however that those in charge of the new county matter know what they are about. ? ! Upon reading the above item ( we immediately looked up Mr Smith, the chairman ot the commission, and asked him for some information ou the subject. His reply was that the surveyors had made no report to the commission, nor did he know anything acout the "excellent map" they had made. In fact, he assured us that our contemporary's statement was as mnch news to him as it was to us. This interview I took place on Saturday, April 17. From that time on we heard nothing more of the new county matter until an article in the Florence Times of April 27 apprised 119 that Mr Stewart Starr, while passing through Florence on his way from Columbia, had been interviewed and stated that his mission to Columbia was to consult with Mr R H Welch, the attorney for the new countyites, n preparing an amendment to the original petition, dropping Pee Dee and Hanna townships. We again sought Mr Smith, the chairman of the new county | commission and our representative on the board, who assured us most positively that the surveyors had not yet made their report to the commission and that he bad no definite information as to the result of their survey. The next news was that the :ime for hearing the lequest for ^ permission to amend the petition | *as set for Saturday , May 15, at vhieh time Mr Smith told us .hat the surveyors had made no ' eport to the commission as to 1 their findings, and even up to ' this time, Mr Smith says, neith- ' ;r the report nor the map lias 1 been submitted. Now, in the face of these conJitions, what could we on this side oi tiie line uo iu juocui the granting of the amendment, ( being kept entirely in the dark ? and having absolutely no data to ( act upon? I It appears to us that the sur- ( veyors have given out information prematurely * to interested parties before making their report to the commission. We do not know Messrs. Ilamby and Oliver, the official surveyors, personally, and far be it from our desire to accuse them wrongfully; yet it seems to us that they should explain their delay in fPbmitting their report to the commission that employed them and also tell how the information that they were paid to obtain leaked out prematurely. How did ' Mr Stewart Starr know on April 16 that the area of Rutledge came within the constitutional requirement unless the surveyors told him, and what right had they to disclose this information before submitting a report to their employers? Where did Messr3 Starr and Welch get their data for preparing the new petition and how could they know that sufficient territory remained to admit of their dropping Pee Dee and I Hanna townships? From whom shoald Governor Ansel take his information except the duly constituted authority created by himself; viz, the commission that he appoint- 1 ed? Wa3 it just or fair in the Governor to act on an er parte statement from Messrs. Starr ana Welch in a matter that concerns our whole county? These are pertinent questions and we, in this part of the county, to whom this is an issue of vital importance, would like to have them answered. Give us a fair deal! In our discussion of the new county question we are going according to the lights before us, ! and we disclaim any intention to be unjust to any one or unfair in any respect. If we are wrong we invite anyone to point 1 out the error and we will chear ? 11 ? T# . 1 _ 1 tuny acKnowieuge it. 11 me j people io the affected area really I want to separate themselves from the old county we have no complaint to make; it is a matter ^ for them to decide. But we do ] want to see the issue squarely i presented, in order that the vot- i ers may clearly see just what they are going to do before it is * irrevocably too late. We erefore offer anyone interested' the matter, whether he be . or ^ against the new county move* j ment, the use of our columns to ' express his views. 1 The editor of a Kansas paper ( says of the new money: "The f head of Lincoln appears on the * c new silver half dollar, the bust of Cleveland will appear on the new $10 certificate, and that of , Grant on the $50 one. We'll get c i sight of Lincoln now aud then j Mid occasionally may scrape an ? icquaintance with Cleveland, but / ^ *ood-bye, General Grant, and ^ God bless you." g The commencements of our / 1! State colleges are being featured j, n all their bloom aud beauty d ind grandeur. But we see very little account of them in the F papers published in the cities ' a-liere most of these institutions have had their invitations and g catalogues printed. / u In making his fight for a duty ^ 511 South Caroliua tea Senator n Tillman should have the backing c if at least one Republican mem- * ber?a certain Beveridge that cheers but not inebriates. o ===== 5 Turn Collncac Ihle llnnth 1 ITU LbllfJObO luid inuuiu. Of the tour eclipses scheduled n for 1909 two will take place this month?one of the moon this \, evening- and one o f the i sun on June 17. Both of these eclipses will be visible here. fl That of the moon will be visi- c ble throughout almost all North America. It will be a total eclipse here. The moon will ( enter the shadow before it rises. ? The total eclipse will begin in ] Charleston at 29 minutes and - 5 j seconds past 7 o'clock and will end at 8:40 o'clock. The moon leaving the shadow at 9:54. ( The partial eclipse of the sun , will take place about sunset ] and will last from 6:58 o'clock until the sun sets. Colds that hang on weaken the constitution and develop into consumption. Foley's Honey and Tar cures persistent coughs that refuse to yield to other treatment. Do not experiment with untried remedies as delay may result in your cold settling on your lungs. D C Scott. Old papers for sale cheap by the hundred at The Becord office. \ V i r~ :iy ' > ' * * ' ~ ** r STATE ARB GEREEAL RtlS. H ^7r7rrr7r?r?r7r^7r?r?r7rr A tornado of great fury struck the little village of Zephyr,in the eastern portion of Brown county, Texas, at 1 o'clock Sunday morning and left a path of death and destruction seldom paralleled. The death list has reached a total of 32, aud the number of seriously and fatally wounded will reach 50. A score are more or less injured. An unknown necro was shot aud killed at Campteld church, Abbe- J ville county,* Sunday. A /'big: meeting" was in progress with a poker game on th^ side, and in the latter some frictiin arose as to the winning of a pot. May 30 falling cn Sunday, Monday, May 31, was observed as Decoration day at the North and in some parts of the South-Ji^erein the Blue and the Gray-1 ided into one in paying--* t dead. In.;'" vvEdpefield coi'' >w^ bl; ? the | bii in^ /eon. railroau. ha31 . traffic resumed. The sti fay 17 and lasted thirteen dayo. J Ben Sngoak, a young merchant )f Smoaks, in Colleton county, was foully murdered Saturday night, [t is supposed that a tramp committed the crime for the purpose of robbery. Twenty two persons were killed ind probably forty injured in Okahoma Saturday night, May 29 in i cyclone. While on a Sunday-school picnic ficursion, Willie Shannon, aged 11 rears, was drowned near Columbia Saturday while bathing in a mill jond. A charter has been issued to the >ystal Ice Co, of Orangeburg, em>owering the company to manuacture, ice, fuel and power. The :apital stock is $100,000. Senator E D Smith delivered his naiden speech in the Senate Monlay. His speech was devoted priulpallv to a dennnciation of the lending tariff bill and a strong ar jfumeat for free trade. 5 Kev A B Kennedy, a or of tbe First Bapt*' -] Columbia, has been a society for the Prevents y to Animals. The a1 3 throwing a dog out [ist Sunday that th' lered put out. Eber Ashford. one c ants in a shooting i < 'tenderloin" district in 1 sunday, May 23, dud Monday af- ( ernoon of wounds inflicted iu the j ght. c William Camp was killed by lighting Mpuday afternoon iu Spartan- 5 urg county. William Simmons, a eighbor, and his family of tour i hildreu were terribly shocked and ( beir home set on fire. < The report of the U S cerisus bu- i * ? ' i 1 .r L _ 1 l eau places tne toiai numoer ui uaiea j f cotton produced last year at 13,. 1 87,306. ! The State Press Associatiou w ill j ] aeet in Greenville July 6-7-8. Tne newly discovered disease, pel- ' agra, found a victim in Spartanburg ' ast week. ( The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific expo- i ition, which cost $10,000,000, was pened yesterday at noon. President l?aft pressed the button. On Tuesday, near Anderson, a bolt )f lightning from an apparently clear sky killed Jim Bird, a negro plough hand, also the mule he was ploughn8* Monroe Ward shot H R Miller twice with a 44 calibre pistol Tuesday in Union. The cause of the shooting is unknown. Miller is likely to die. Col J H Averill, a prominent railroad njau and commissioner of the Charleston exposition, died at Summerville Tuesday.? Walker U Jones was urowueu iu Congaree river, near Columbia/l^uesday. He had gone fishing and it is supposed was taken with an epileptic fit and fell into the water. John T McGrady, who lived in the upper part of Richland county, died Tuesday of hydrophobia in a Columbia hospital. \ v^-'-r-- n \I7"E claim for th< Shoe that it is ?better leathers, m and finish than the of five and six dollai We know that the] lasted?others are n< know that ~dJ J T HAND LASTED BEN r has the same characteris superiority?exclusive c viaual style?you expect in made-to-order fool costing twice as much you don't find it in ord five and six dollar shoes Our new Spring stock includes th biest line of low shoes ever shown i city?shoes that look the part an keep their "dressy" appearance 1 than any we know of. We can prov N MM IT SMITH, BUSCK IMC CS.. IK. (.masses, Vs. $5.00 $6.0( BUTLER DRY GOODS GfflPANY Mngsuee, o. <j. BLACK E 4-year-old "Ke Now at our Stable. Will b $20 No Colt, No Pay. Come q GREEEYVIILE LIVE Greelyvil ANIMflLi . . .. roothless Ar? ? 211.-3 Have Claws \ Capable of r'i'.lir.? a Man. lon^' ,i Bri'ish scientist nunai lover -oiitrioutea to tne 1 the r<*" !t of his studies of ?al !if" '*"* ;':e lea. t interestof iiis . ? .< '??|x was "How .nulls Dpi. . -.nsdvcs." /'The !.1 r * s in genera!," ic says, ".r . ? ' I v. ftli weapons nore or ! < . ve. ie carnivore i.-ive s.u rjr > :.. ^ . which i hey rend their prey. :e tooth- \ ess ant eater- ::\e enormous daws, capable of kiili:!?r a man. ''Many reptiles i>e tue.r mios to strike down tlu'r ;v.ui". while a argc number of animals are supplied with pungent odors or seere;ions that are equally potent as a lefensc. In certain groups we find ;normous horns and tusks that are intended entirely for purposes of protection. In some cases they are upon the top of the head, as in rows or oxen. Again, as in the elephant oV sonic cetaceans, they are highly developed teeth. "Our common horned animals depend upon their head weapons for defense. They are of two distinct kyids and subject to a marvelous variation in the different families. "One group, represented by the common cow, is called the hollow horned ruminants, because the weapons are hollow and persistent ?that is, they are never shed except in one instance?the pronghorned antelope. "Another great group, represented by the deer, have solid horns that are cast at certain times and grow again very rapidly. "When a stag loses its horns it retires to the dense woods, away from its kind, and remains secluded until it is armed again. The growth of the new horn is very rapid. "In the rhinoceros we find a curious arrangement, the horns in some being easily moved, seemingly only held by the skin. They form terrible weapons, however, though totally different in their construction from the ivory tusks vl the elephant, with which they are often matched, being formed of hairy, fibcrlike matter. Some species have a single horn, while others have two." Sort well your seed, but first b( careful to select the right sort. / i 4 1 usual run / are handot, and we ut Shoe CH MA" fk :hr nnints of f / \ _j*** ut and indi- /J \ ' iSil liiiuu mujjjju i From IOURBON. " ntucky Jack" e here until October 1st. .00 uick. STOCK COMPANY, He, S. C. 9 < A SPECIAL NOTICES . Transient Notices will be Published in This Column at the Rate of One Cent a Word for Each Issue. No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents. For Rent?Two 6-room houses on East Main street and one 9-roOm house on Brook street. Apply to J I) Gilland or 4-15-tf S L Courtney. Wanted?Representative with Horse and Buggy to work Williamsburg and Geoigetown Counties. * Good commission paid. Give reference. Cigarette suckers" or those addicted to drink not wanted. Florknce Marble Works. s 5-29-4t Florence, S C. For Sale?Two story brick store, plate glass front,on .Main street,Kingstree, b C, next to court house. Building 30 feet front by 80 feet deep; building lot 30 feet front by 105 deep. Nine rooms on upper story. Good entrance. Also one lot adjoining building lot 52% feet in court hou?.e yard by 52% on Jail street 105 feet deep. Two Pool Tables and outHt and soft drink outfit for sale cheap, Store on ground floor. For terms apply to R J McCabe, or 1-14-tf Philip Stoll, Kingstree, S C. ' Kingstree /CAMP NO- 27. ' r, 1 at and 8rdMonday .; I liigbtt *nb each tvVsN^tti2lkjtW^/SJl Vlilting Choppers corV dially Invited to come X, ^i><eET5 up and sit on a stomp r* y "** or hang about on the ^ limbs. Thos. McCutchen, 9 27 12m. Con. Com. 3C o f DP. Yia?./ Kingstree Lodge Jjgpjf Knights of py tfjias v<r Regular Conventions Eve ry 2nd and 4th'.Wednesday nights ' Visiting brethren always welcome, Castle Hall 3rd story Gourdin Building. M. H. Jacobs, C. C. Thos, McCutchen, K R S & M F 1785 1909 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON. * 125th Year Begins uotODcr 1 Entrance examinations will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 9, at 9 a m. All candidates for admission can compete in October for vacant Boyce scholarships, which -pay $100 a year, One free tuition scholarship to each county of South Carolina. Board and furnished room in dormitory, ? $12. Tuition, $40. For catalogue address, Harbison Randolph, 6-4-3t President. *