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lie (fownti) flrforfl. KINGSTREE, S. C C. W. WOLFE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Entered at the postollioe at Kingstree. S C. as second class mail matter. TERMS >i;itS?'Kll*TloN KATfi.S: One copy, one year *i 2 V One copy, six months 75 One copy, three monts 50 One copy, one year in advance ? 1 00 Obituaries. Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks. Cards of Thanks and all other reading notices, not News, will be charged for at the rate of one cent a word for each insertion. THURSDAY. AUG. 5. 1909. 9 Old Father Williamsburg isn't fightiug especially to retain her twenty-one year old sou, Lake City. But the trouble is that the boy waute to take with him a half dozeu or more of the old gentleI man's minor sons, most of whom say they don't want to leave the pareutal roof auri won't go unless the big brother forces them to accompany him when he '-dies the: coop.'* ? Under the election law a regis- ; tratiou ticket wunout tax receipt is worthless?as useless as the tax receipts without the registration j ticket m eutitlmg anyone to vote., Voters mast present to the man- j agers of election their registration1 tickets and tax receipts, or a cer-1 tificate from the county treasurer! showing that all taxes have been paid at least six mouths prior to the election. We heard a man from the, Scrauton section say a few days | ago thai while he preferred to re- ^ luitin in old Williamsburg, he was going to vote for Ratledgc because if that county failed they might force Scrauton into "'Beulab - " " ?- ' ,1 eounty. ducn rears are giuauuleas. Everyone should know that Beulah or Olanta car. force no part of Williamsburg into its county scheme unless two-thirds of the people of the part affected vote themselves into the new county. If a big majority of the: people don't want to go they I can't be forced into any new oounty. Don't take any stock in the ridiculous yarn that should Rutledge county be defeated King, stree is going to undertake to bond the couuty to build a r.ew court house. Aside from the ab surd preposition et Amgscree bonding the whole county without the whole county voting for it, the present court house is, plenty good enough for Williams-1 burg for half a century at lt-ast. Now that the offices are equip- j ped with fire-proof receptacles to protect the public records, we| have as substantial, convenient, aud .handsome a temple of jus-! tice as has auv town the she of Kiugstree in the State. Every J citizen of Williamsburg county' has stoci: in this fine and costly, building which he throws away if he votes himself into the new ( county. We Want the Truth, For several weeks past we have endeavored to place before our readers facta and figures bearing on the subject of the formation of Rutledge county, so that they might decide intelligently whether, or not to vote for the new county. It has been far from our intention to mialead anyone or mis- j represent anything, but our aim, has been merely to publish and comment on any information that! we could obtaiu bearing on the,' subject, calmly and dispassionately, "nothing to extenuate, nor set down aught in malice.'' Open and above board, we have given j our authority for every assertion . made, there being in each instance, so far as we know, no higher proof extant. in his most recent issue of the Rutledge County Xews, Mr Stewart Starr advises that he will correct our "misrepresentations in . Ins next issue. Inasmuch us any argument we might offer now would be based ou data that Mr Starr says is limisrepresentations," ' # ; we shall refrain from further discussion of the new county c|ues' tion until he has had the opportunity to set us straight. At the outset we invited any-; one to correct any erroneous statement made by us aud we have re-iterated the invitation al-; most every week, freely tendering; the use of our columns for the j a P /-kilt* Atrn <irnrn onto ' '"UlaUUU "* "U1 """ -iftUUASUW,. We have not knowingly reflected on any individual, or descended to the plane of acrimonious personalities, and it is our desire to end as we began and emerge from the campaigu with clean hands and a clear conscience. To show our good faith in the matter, if Mr Starr, or anyone else, can in a single mstance prove us guilty of wilful misrepresentation ?let an impartial committee decide?we will give up the fight and cheerfully retract every such misstatement. Can anythiug be fairer? Witn a clear conscience'Siud a serene assurance that our position is absolutely impregnable, we calmly await the onslaught. We have given what we believe to be facts. If ^hey are not facts, disprove them. We want the truth. Support the School. Kingstree High school is paying the penaky of prosperity. When Winthrop and Clemson and other State institutions of learning become overcrowded they ask the Leg. islature for more money to erect new buildings and to employ additional instructors to meet conditions, and the necessity therefor is regarded as a healthy sign. That i is precisely the condition with regard to Kingstree's school. To accommodate an increasing number of pupils, a new building had to be put up; that called for new ; furniture and more teachers and a larger revenue to support the school and keep up the standard that should be maintained. The most feasible plan to raise this additional revenue is to levy a direct tax as is set forth in the election notice. We feel confident that the peo pie will vote for the two mill tax overwhelmingly; but wouldn't it be a splendid thing for Kiugstree if they would turn out at the polls and vote this tax upon themselves 1 unanimously? It would be the best advertisement for both the town and the school that could possibly oe given mem. It is useless to argue the advan, tages of our school, or to point out the direct benefit the town has derived from it in a material way. Cripple the school and the town would retrograde until it finally reached the place where it ! stood before the great educational j awakening crystallized and took ; form in the magnificent structure i to which all our people point with pride, our high school building. We cannot afford to employ cheap teachers, nor do we want inferior equipment. In that direc I tion the least degree of economy is j the last degree of extravagance. j The best is none too good. Come -'lit Tuesday and show* by j your vote that you are a friend' * to our boys and girls and a pa- j triotic citizen of Kingstree. I CURRENT NEWS IN LAKE CITY. Death of a Child-Items of Local and Personal interest Lake City, August 3:?Mrs A II Williams, Mr A H Williams, Jr..and Miss Ruth Williams have gone to the mountains ot Western North Carolina for a month. Mr J L Stuckey went to Charleston Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ilarry Brunson of Florence are visiting at Mr T R Mcintosh's in town. Miss Addie Rollins is at Rome with relatives. Miss Cecil Severance, who was at home on a visit, returned to her office at Kershaw a few days ago. R II Welch. Esq., of Columbia was here last Friday night and Saturday. Rev L X Chappeile is taking his vacation in North Carolina and Virginia. Mr Kobt 0 Johnson took a business trip to Sumter last week. Miss Ruby Severance, who visited her sister, MrJ| George Brothers,in Florence last week, returned home Thursday. It is said that the boys who went to Scranton Saturday to the ball game departed swiftly; in fact, left in the same manner that the Yankees left the first battle of Manassas. One fat fellow says he covered a hundred feet in ten secends. That mite him in thp "Marathon" class. Another "cranked" the automobile so fast that sparks were produced by friction and there was no need for a battery. When the "thirteen inch" gun was swung into position three miles of deck was cleared as if by magic. Mr Marvin Davis of Conway was on our streets Monday morning. It will be recalled that he lived here when a hoy, his father, Rev J C Davis, then being in charge of the Scranton circuit. Mrs Beatrice Prather, whose home is in Florida, is visiting her mother, Mrs Ella F .Jones. Mr B W Stewart has our best thanks for a sack of tomatoes. Now, we strive to avoid even the appearance of exaggeration. Yet perhaps some will accuse us of "stretching our blanket" when we say that these tomatoes taken as a whole as to size, color and flavor, were equal to the best usually seen a month earlier. But such is the solemn fact. At this date, as a rule, * ? i J . J the bushes are about exuausieu and the fruit is small in sixe and limited iu quantity. How Mr Stewart has such tomatoes as he gave us on August 2 we do not understand. And they say that, when he is really scared, Clarence Hall can, at a single glance, pick out , the biggest tree in a sixty acre , patch and get behind it before you could say "Jack Robinson." Little Douglas Moultrie, the two-year-old son of Mr and Mrs D M Epps, died at Fletchers, N. C,. last Sunday of tonsilitis. All that remained of the little one was brought home and laid to rest in the Askins cemetery Monday afternoon. The hearty sympathy of us all is with the mother and father, to whom the going away ot baby gave a wrench that only those who have felt just such an agony can appreciate. Mrs A E Hill is away on a visit to Timmonsville. W LB For indigestion and all stomach trouble take Foley's Orino Laxative, as it stimulates the stomach and liver and regulates the bowels and will positivelv cure habitual constipation, D C Scott. | STATE AND GENERAL NtWS. J Hob Givens,a negro longshoreman, was shot and killed Friday morning in Charleston by Policemai Hums. The trouble grew out of the negro's resisting arrest and taking the pistol away from the officer who apprehended him. Policeman Burns shot the negro after he had tried to kill another policeman. A severe earthquake occurred near Mexico Citv. Mex., Friday morning, destroying the town of Ctiilpaucongo, and partly demolishing Acapulco. The loss of life, though not definitely known, is said to be great. Marsh Wellington, a negro murderer, was hanged at Greenwood last Friday. lie confessed his crime, the murder of a woman, while on the gallows. Thursday night, July 29, lightniug struck the dwelling house of Mr J W Pickens near Jonesville, killing Mrs Pickens instantly^ ? A rattlesnake bit a Mrs Sto*. ( the toe last Thursday. The sua... was iu the house aod selected the lady's toe as the point of attack. Prompt medical attention was given and no bad effects followed. The incident occurred near BatesburgJ !)r Luk Wing, Chinese vice-consul at New York, was slaia bv a native Chinatnau Saturday. Constable A Ii Byrd killed Berry Kowe a negro degrade, at Branchville Saturday. William Lawrence, a white farmer of West Springs, Union county, was killed by a train Saturday eveu-. ing at a railroad crossing one mile north of Union. An explosion of gasoline in a building at St Paul, Minn, killed five people and injured six last Saturday. At Wellston, sixteen miles from Macon, Ga, Sim Auderson, a negro, was shot to death by whites for peeping into young ladies' bedroom. Two negroes were shot to death near Grant Prairie, La, .Friday hy enraged white citizens for shooting and wounding an aged white farmer named Thomas Fontenat. The 4-year-old daughter ot Mr Wdtsou Baker of Darliugton was killed Friday by the accidental discharge of a shotgun. The child was rolliug a ermelon around on the floor an ^ajocked down the gun, which wa^tanding in a corner of the room. Cecil Broom, a prominent white man of Waxhaw, N C, is charged with criminally assaulting a young lady near Van Wyck, in Lancaster county, last week. The victim was do humiliated by the outrage that she tried to take her own life by poisou. Auditor Dorrell, of Georgetown county, has tendered his resignation to Governor Ansel on account of infirm health. The little town of Calhoun Falls, in Anderson county, was almost wholly destroyed Sunday night by fire, the loss aggregating $5,000. Mr J M Cherry, the largest farmer in York county, is said to have his whole farm, embracing five miles, planted in corn this year. The cotton crop report issued by the Goverumeut Monday, August 2, indicates a very poor condition generally, the general average being 71.9 of a normal crop, as compared with 74.6 a month ago and 83 a year ago. For South Caroffua the condition up to July 25 was 77 as compared with a ten year average of 80. Calhoun Harris, assistant cashier of the Orr mills at Anderson, has been arrested on a charge of misappropriating $50,000. Harris claims the alleged shortage to be due to clerical errors. The beat pills made are DeWitt'a Little Early Kisers, the famous lit. tie liver pills. They are small, gentle pleasant, easy to take and act promptly. They are sold by DC Scott. GO-FLY keeps flies off Horses and Cattle. 25c and 50c. At all drug stores. 6 3 lOt Old papers for sale cheap by the hundred at The Record office. n wfl Mi HBl ?ll flfilS SraH R VHlM vX^flHHI A ? 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M o a 7c o rw> rnn nm VW&C 1 mwui^i am za/v y.w ii^v Sony Brook Whickey, (Bottled in Bond) 3.65 7.00 5.00 13.00 Clarke's Malt Whiskey 3.85 7.00 4.00 JU00 Clarke's Medicinal Corn-Malt, .... 3.50 6.50 3.75 10.00 Old Private Stock Apple Brandy, . . 4.00 7.00 4.50 I2JOO Select Old Peach Brandy 4.75 9.00 5.00 14X0 All goods guaranteed under National Pure Food Law. All orders shipped same day received in plain packages. Remit by postal or express money or registered letter. Complete price list mailed upon request H. CLARKE & SONS, Inc., Richmond. Va; The South'* Koecer Mail Order House rriT'ssri I BASEBALL SUPPLIES 1J X Balls, Bab, Masks, Gloves, Etc, X X Guns,Ammunition, Cutlery, Cook- X Q ing Stoves and Utensils, Farming fi * Harvesters and Hav Rakes, Paints * X and Building Material. X X LAKE CITY, S: C. 8 I T j.1 IV l_l* __ | I o ine ruouc; j Our Statement rendered to State Bank Examiner under date of June 23rd shows the following particularly fine condition for this season of the year Capital Stack $ 46,WO.00 Surplus ant Profits 7,500.06 Deposits. 93,000.00 Loans and Discounts 110,000.00 Cask 15,000.W ONE CENT OF BORROWED MONEY.^a ORGANIZED IN 1906. j Haye PaU to Stockholders in Dividends - - - - $0,800.00 We solicit your business; we thank you tor your patronage. jjfl BANK OF WILLIAMSBURG, V KINGSTREE, S. C. 1 ^SURVEYING NOTICE!1* j|j UNTIL * * After AUGUST 22 ? >1/ I SHAII. RE WITH Wl .. 1 TJIfcTCLE S-?-2v? ?r* $ ON A f j * DRAINAGE PROJECT # a at ji jjj Lake Phelps, Cresswell, N, C, % * Persons needing my services are requested to cor- ft tfir respond with me. * $ LAWRENCE H. McCULLOUGH, % 1 8-5-tf DRAINAGE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR. JH j