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?lir (Count!) Record. K1NGSTREE, S. C C. W. WOLFE. , editor and proprietor. j Entered a: the postoffice at Kingstree. i J S C. as second class mail matter. TERMS ( SUKM'KirrioN RATES: ,' One copy, one year $1 25 j8 One copy, six months 75 j] One copy, three monts 50 : One copy, one year in advance ? 1 00 ] Obituaries. Tributes of Respect, ' Resolutions of Thanks, < ards of Thank s and all other reading notices, not , News, will be charged for at the rate 1 of one cent a word for each insertion, i j THURSDAY, SEPT. 23.1909. ^ r n\ mve me L<IW a UWIRC. By a very decided majority the people of Williamsburg county voiced their sentiments at the polls on August IT as opposed to the continuation of the county! dispensary system. Jnst fifty-three i days more and Williamsburg will be enrolled with the other thirty-six j "dry" counties of the State. Too! late now to consider the wisdom j or unwisdom of their choice, the, people have spoken and their j will must be obeyed. The loss of! i thirty thousand dollars to our! county will be appreciably felt I in the increase of both county and town taxes, and unless the revenue j til us lost be replaced ov a direct ; tax, the roads, the schools and the towns must go backward. The people of the county, we are confident, will not for a moment consider the question of decreasing the efficiency of their i highways cr their educational institutions. hence the only thing to do is to go down in their pockets. If the sentiment of morality that it is presumed actuated the people in voting out the dispensary is worth anything at all, it will withstand the shock applied to the pocket book nerve and the people responsible for the loss of revenue, as well as those who voted the other way, will pay their higher taxes cheerfully or reluctantly, according to ; the way they voted. Thirty thouarnd dollars a year is a big loss of revenue to towns and county alike and there should be some compensation. Theoretically the loss is to be off set by the* elevation of the morals of the body politic. If it be true that drunkenness audi crime are diminished bv prohi-! bition, then we say the revenue lost amounts to nothiug in comparison with the gain in civic virtue. But if iutemperance and all the vices charged to the liquor traffic still flourish, with the additional crime of illicit liquor selling, it is evident that the so-called prohibition law is a farce and a humbug. The point is this: The prohibitionists have won an important vantage-ground by voting: out legal liquor selling; now it I is up to them to see that the: voting out of the legal liquor traffic be not the voting in of i! t I .oL. lirmrvr ' luc luu^ai oait vi j v?v^v the ""blind tiger.''Does there exist: a sentiment against liquor sell- j lag strong enough to prohibit i the traffic :n ererv form, or were i the efforts of the prohibitionists I only directed against the county dispensary? This question must be answered shortly. The law is not going to enforce itself auto*j matically -it must be enforced, | We took no part in the recent campaign, as we believed the < people were capable of deciding this question for themselves < without any advice frsm us, but ; low that they have decided, we vant to place this newspaper on ecord as standing for the enforcement of the law. If the prohibitionists are going to recline >npinely on "flowery beds of ease"' md expect the millennium to ;onie, now that they have voted mt the litjuor traffic, they are ipt to be sadly undeceived. The law can be enforced, but the people must do it. Prohibition hue not. wnn the war: it has Olllv won a battle and the lighting goes on all the time, only now it is guerilla, instead of regular warfare. Let the same degree of zeal and energy that animated those who made the campaign against the dispeusary successful be injected into the war on the illicit liquor dealers, who are apt to spring up all over our county, and the final victory is assured. But it must be a constant warfare; the forces of evil never sleep ard consequently the sentinels of virtue must be ever on their guard. Now, to bring about a concert of action ia working for the com mon good of suppressing crime and vice in general, with the particular aim to suppress the ilfwoftia trii ttah 1 /? a 11 rr. HCib JlljUVU liauik, nt nuutu ""o gest that those who actively favoi the enforcement of the prohibition law now in force, call a meeting of representative men from all parts of the county to be held at some convenient place and systematize their work, co-ordinating forces so as to cover every part of the county. Such an organization, if formed, would of itself deter expectant law-breakers and the men who go into it should do So determined to enforce the law without fear or favor and teach every offender what it means tc wilfully flout the law. If some such plan of co-operation as has been crudely outlined be pursued, prohibition will be a annnnsii iri U'l'lliomsKll 1*Of PfllHl t.V OUHITCO 1U If AAA iUittu w wt ^ aud the loss of revenue will never be felt. Give the law a chance. Our People Prosperous. Last week the tive banks of this county whose quarterly statement were published showed combined deposits o? about ?450,000. To this may be added this week $127,000 more on deposit in the Bank of Lake City, whose quarterly statement appears elsewhere in this issue. Thus we have a g"and total of nearly $000,000 on deposit in the six banks in Williamsburg county on September 8, just at the beginning of the busy season. This is certainly a gratifying showing tc every one interested in the welfare? of our county, as it shows Williamsburg to be one of the most prosperous counties of the State. A comparison with bank ^ itomonis in nfhpr counties over the State indicates that the people of Williamsburg are in excellent shape financially. In fact, we do not believe there are two towns in South Carolina, size considered, whose banks make as good a showing as those of the two biggest towns in our county? Kiugstree and Luke City. Surely our people are wonderfully blessed and have much to be thankful for when we compare our circumstances with those of many others less favored by opportunity and environment. A merchant advertises in one of our exchanges: "Straw hats fifty percent off." If this cool weather keeps up they will soon be off altogether. The new-fangled disease, pella-1 gra, is said to be marked by an insuperable aversion to work, on the part of the subject. As an excuse for laziness the disease is liable to become epidemic through ! this sccticr.. ~ The death of Governor John A Johnson of Minnesota removes i from the ranks of the natioual I j Democratic party one of its tower-1 ing figures. Possibly at this time there was no man in thi party whose political prospects were so bright. Thrice elected Governor of an overwhelmingly Republican State, he was the idol of the plain, common people, combining the elements of rugged honesty with a personality that drew men to him, and, possessing withal, a.strength of character aud intellect that placed him in the forefront among the ablest statesmen of the day. Well might President Taft say, a short while i before Governor Johnson's death, that "in time the nation might call him 'o its service," His death ; is a great loss to his State and a severe blow to the Democratic i party. ATTENTION. TEACHERS ANB TRUSTEES! Many Prizes Are Offered for Rural School Improvemeof. To the Teachers and Trustees of Williamsburg County: I beg to call your attention to i this announcement of school improvement prizes for 1909, and urge that any school having made improvements during the time mentioned will enter this contest. That a teacher does not expect to teach at the same place makes no difference. If the school win a prize it will get the money and the teacher the credit. 1 Be sure to mention everything. It is the little things that count. Read articles 5 and 6 carefully. Miss Mattie E Harpek, Co Organizer, Greelyvijle, S C. The South Carolina School Improvement association offers thirty-five prizes to the schools | of the State for the most decided material improvements made ; during a given length of time. Five of the prizes are to be $100 each, and thirty are to be $50 each. Regulations concerning the thirty-five prizes that are to be awarded by this associa tion are as follows: 1. Improvements must be made between November 1, 1908, and December 10,1909. 2. Prizes will be awarded to schools where the most decided material improvements have been made during the time , mentioned. ! 3. Under material improvements are included local taxa1 tion, consolidation, new buildings, repairing and painting old i ones, libraries, reading rooms . or tables, interior decorations, , beautifying yards and better general equipment. 4. No school can compete for any of these prizes unless it is a rural school. No town with more fchan 400 population shall be eligible to the contest. f>. All who wish to enter this contest must send names and descriptions of schools before improvements are made to the president prior to October 1. 6. All descriptions, photographs, and other evidences showing improvements must be sent to -the president before December 15, 1909. The chairman of the board of trustees of any school that is competing for a prize must approve all descriptions before and after im provements are made. 7. Blanks will be sent to schools competing- for the above prizes with questions to be answered relating- to the con-i ditions under which the im-l provements have been made. 8. Prizes will be awarded in checks at the annual meeting of the South Carolina association, December 31, 1009. The prizes are to be used for further improvements in the schools receiving them. Address all communications to Miss Theodosia Darjran, Presi dent South Carolina School Im provement association, Dalzell. Sumter County S C. MOODY MATTERS. New School Building-Tobacco As a Money Crop. Moody, September 20:?The new graded school building is being pushed to completion. Mr J B Wilder, the contractor, says that it will be ready for occupancy by November 1. This is good news to all who are interested in the education of the children. Good prices have been received for the cotton shipped from here this season. Several car-loads of tobacco have also been shipped from here, and sold for remarkably good prices considering the quality of the tobacco. Mr E Cox, of this vicinity, planted four acres of tobacco which netted him $60 an acre with 400 pounds of fertilizer to the acre. Munv ntliiii' larmpM Around here , .UU..J --- did ad well or eveu better. Some of the tobacco planters say that they would rather raise tobacco as a money crop at 8c a pound than cotton at 121c. That being ihecase, there should be a large acreage of tobacco planted in th'8 section next year. Red Coon. A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. i Negro Fearfully Mangled Id Machinery of Cotton Ginnery. Drs Gamble and Jacobs were hurriedly called to Blakeley's station, on the (i & W railroad, Tuesday morning to attend a negro boy, Jim Hewitt, who had been frightfully mangled in the machinery of Blakeley & McCullough's cotton ginnery. The accident occurred about 6 I o'clock a in, and was caused by the negro, who is about 25 years old, being caugh' somehow in the shafting of the m Winery and jerked so violently that his le^t arm was literally torn off above the elbow. In addition ty this the boy's legs were each broken in three places and he also sustained internal injuries. The doctors say that when they left their patient he was getting along as well as possible iu the circumstances, though it is impossible to tell at this ? time what chance he stands for recov- ? ery. m BANKRUPT'S PETITION FOR DISCHARGE J IN TIIEDISTRICT COl'KT OF THE (A UNITED STATES J KOR THE DISTRICT ?>F SOUTH CAROLINA. ? In the matter of J C McElvecn, fi Bankrupt. No. - ? In Bankruptcy. (A To the Honorable Wm II Brawley, Dis- )M trict Judge of the United States for ? the District of South Carolina: (A J t: McElveen of Lake City, in the )M county of Williamsburg and State of ? South Carolina in said district, respect- fi , fully represents that on the 4th day of jff September, 1U08, he was duly adjudged ? bankrupt under the acts of Congress fi relating to bankruptcy; that he lias du- jf ly surrendered all liis property ?and ? rights of property, and has fully com- fJ plied with all the requirements of said acts and of the orders of the court ?> touching his bankruptcy. (A Wherefore he prays that he may be decreed by the court to have a full dis- ? charge from all debts provable against fJ his estate under .-aid bankrupt acts, except such debts as are excepted by ^ law from snch discharge. Dated this 4th day of September, A D 11)09. 1 " ' T. I, 1 i. J U MCW-VEEN, DiUlM Uf>k. ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON. District of S C?as: On the 17th day of September, A D fj 1909, on reading the foregoing petition, ( it is? f Ordered by the court, that a hearing s he had upon the same on the 30th day of September, 1909, before said court at Charleston in said district,at 10 o'clock Xo in the forenoon; and that notice thereof ^ be published in The County Record, a qUj newspaper printed in said district, and act that all known creditors and other per- n,e sons in interest may appear at the said pp time and place and show cause, if any 0f; they have, why the prayer of the said COj petitioner should not be granted. p]a It is further ordered by the court, .{n that the Clerk shall send by mail to all "aft known creditors copies of said petition the and this order, addressed to them at to i their places of residence as stated. tin Witness the Honorable Wm H tio Brawley, Judge of the said court, and i,ef the seal thereof at Charleston in said district, on the 17th day of September, A D 1909. i [seal.] Rich'd w Hutson. 19-23-11 Clerk. \ f - . I "TiQjCUBKES MAILORDER WHISKEY T10U5E L I fliiliian ?' - S^RICHHONOMU I'll BLY J lillllllMY WHISKEY! I Thousands of satisfied customers point to "Clarke's Mail Order Hcrsc,** and say "There's where I buy my whiskies." There is a reason for ti.ls:?- j ifl We sell only the purest and best, and guarantee quick shipmer.15 by Cannon Ball Express. Let us ship you a trial order of some of the following. They are creep- ! ;)fl tionally pure and delicious. We prepay express charges. I Gal. 2 Gal. 4 Full 12 Full ifli Ju^. Ji'jr. Ots. Qis. <B| Clarke's Happy Valley Cora, .... $2.50 $4.50 $2.75 $7.75 H Clarke's Old Tar Heel Corn 2 85 5.00 3.25 9.00 JH Clarke's Select Old Corn 3.35 6 00 4.00 10.00 JB Clarke's Old Private Stock Cor?, . . . 3.85 7.00 4.75 13.00 Clarke's Sunny South Rye 3.35 600 3.75 10.00 Clarke'. Old Tar Heel Rye 3.85 7.00 4 CO 11.00 IB Clarke's Monogram Rye -1.75 900 5.CO 14.90 Sunny Brook Whiskey,(Bottledin 3ond) 3.85 7.00 5.00 13.00 Clarke's Malt Whiskey 3.85 7.00 4.00 11.00 Clarke's Medicinal Corn-Malt, .... 3.50 6 50 5.75 10.00 Old Private Stock Apple Brand-', . . 4.00 7.00 4.50 12.00 Select Old Peach Brandy, 4.75 9.00 5.C0 14.00 All goods guaranteed under National Pure Food Law. All ord^ shipped same day received in plain packages. Remit by postal or express money or registered letter. Complete pric list mailed upon request a CLARKE & SONS, Inc., Richmond. Vafll The South's Pioneer Mail Order House B&^kt^g B^stmess? I VfllT have more or less ot it. Possibly it is with us. 9| YHI If such is the case you know something of our H| 1 service. If not already one of our patrons, why M not consider the advisability of becoming one0 OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT J^H is calculated to serve all classes. It receives deposits from $1 up, and allows 4 per cent Interest compounded quarterly. Bank of Williamsburg:, KINGSTREE, S. C. jfl O^O^s^wOwOwwwOwO^OwO wOWO^O IITO PLEASE YOU.SS I ! That's-what we are working for all the time. Good, salable good^i suitable for 7A |T77"EJD^I^TG- PHESEITTSW jfl ) STERLING SILVERW ARE and SILVER-PLATED WIRE. ifi jfl | RICH CUT GLASS, A large variety of W j^| ) CLOCKS and BRONZES. GOLD and SILVER JEWELRY.f) H v "Hold. Silver and Nickel Watches. ? | A full line of OPTICAL GOODS. EYES FITTED FREE. ) Remember we are WATCH INSPECTORS for Southern Railway, I Georgetown and Western Railroad and Consolidated Street Railroad. ) WATCHES ND JEWELRY REPAIRED. jR |H I MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. U H | S-TXIOlvC^-ScScBEO., fl H ' 25J UN STREET. CHARLESTON, S. ?. if H Summons for Relief. Final Discharge. I STATE OF SOL'TH CAROLINA. . 'sf gA n iS?1??? H county ok Williamsburg. lth da\ of October, A D 1909, the unCourt of Common Pleas. ders.gned will make application to the H v^u u Judge of Probate of Williamsburg M Cooper, T M ( ooper and J F countv and State of South Carolina for Jooper, co-partners trading and doing final discharge as administratrix "cum nisiness under the firm name and tescameoto annexe" on estate of Sarah I ityle ot Cooper Brothers, Plaintiffs, q Britton, r 4 ^ . Sallie Louisa Clyde, AdministraL A Gibbs, Defendant. trixlcum testamento annexo. 9-28-4t the Defendant, L A Gibbs:? fou are hereby summoned anil rerod f<? nnoiruv frlin /*nmn1ainf in MlW ? ? ion which was filed in the office of final uiscnargei Clerk of the Court of Common . , , . . ... . ;as for said county on the second day o j cirtnhK gl\Qn iftno ?t\Lu ifl September, A D 1909, and to serve a ~ ^ A. 9 1909,1 will )j Of your answer to the said com- ?PP<> 1? Dri K1,11(jn'J"a^e 01 f?T M int on the subscribers at their office Jfte jH Kingstree, S C. within twenty days ^airo<fm .*$??!, erthe service hereof, exclusive of q ., f, d e. deceased. ! day of such service, and if you fail y" "4l 1 J "HILUPS* answer the said complaint within the le aforesaid the plaintiffs in this ac- T pFfinRn has nrint*?d nn a n will apply to the court for the re- iHE ^EGORD ^ printed up a : demanded in the said complaint. number of promissory noteH^H GiLlako & Gilland. hooks, tiftv notes to the hook. Jr'Jaintitts' Attorneys. ' ?j ? Cingstree, S C. that we are selling- at ten cents^^H September 9. 1909. 9-9-6t eacjj tf