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?hf (tcKUti) iSctoii! ^ <r> KINGSTREE. S. C. i C.W.WOLFE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. j Entered at the postoffice at Kingstree, S C as second class mail matter. I 1 TELEPHONE NO. 83 TERMS SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One copy, one year 51 0?e copy, six months 75 Oae copy, three months 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 j cent a word for each insertion. All changes of advertisements and all communications must be in this office before TUESDAY NOON in order to appear in the ensuing issue. All communications must be signed by the writer, not for publication unless desired, but to protect this newspaper. ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements to be run in Special eelum, one cent a word each issue,minimum price 25 cents, to be paid for in j advance. Legal advertisements, $1.00 per inch first insertion. 50 cents per inch each subsequent insertion. Rates on long term advertisements very reasonable. For rates apply at this odice. In remitting checks or money orders make payable to THE COUNTY RECORD. "In men whom men condemn as ill, I find so much of goodness still; In men whom men pronounce divine, I find so much of sin and blot? I liesitate to draw the line Between the two?where God has not." KING.STREE?THE GATEWAY TO OPPORTUNITY. THURSDAY, APR. 13. 1911. Our sprightly Contemporary, the Georgetown Daily Item, lias ] merged into a stuck company and ' ] the paper is soon to be equipped with a linotype and other j up-to-date material. Editor Rouse ( deserves niueli credit for the \ plucky light he has made keeping a daily paper afloat in a j small town for several yea is single 1 handed and it i-? gratifying to ^ note that the public-spirited busi- ' netw men of the town have come to his aid in a financial way. j A newspaper ? even a ' 'country ? weekly"?is a heavy load for one man of limited means to carry, ^ as the editor of The Record can ? well testify. A corporation for ] a local newspaper means co-op- 1 eration. The editor has his mind ^ relieved of business cares?trying to j j make make one dollar do the work of two?long enough to de- ^ vote his attention and thinking ^ powers toward getting up inter- ] eating l eading matter. When the multiple duties of editor, reporter, e proof-reader, book-keeper, bill col- 1 lector aad a dozen other functions, ^ more or less, fall on one man, 1 C it is not strange that mistakes occur or that the quality of reading j ma iter is not up the standard | of the city daily. The overworked country editor's highest j thought and most strenuous effort are generally expended in raising ' the wherewithal to meet the week- i ly pay-roll or pay over-due drafts for paper and printing material. He has little time for intellectual research or for framing flowery phrases. Two French editors at New ; (Means came to Mows last week as the culmination of a bitter ' newspaper feud. It is rather significant tluit names of the rival papers are the "Wasp" and the ' "Bee," and the amusing feature of the encounter is that the "Bee" got the l>est of the fight. In other words, the bee out-stung the wasp?about as rare and. unexpected a* a feat as the timeI t ' honored victory of the tortoise: v < I over the hare in a Marathon i stunt. Yesterday was the fiftieth anniversary of the tiring on Fort Sumter. We have arranged with the American Press Association for the exclusive right for this section to print the story of that mcmorahlc event, as told by the leaders on lx>th sides, settling conclusively the disputed question as to who fired the first shot iu the momentous conflict which followed that famous shot ''heard round the world. KINGSTREE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. \ ? -?-? ? Misses Ruth Phillips and Beth McGill spent the week-end at their respective homes near Benson. On last Friday afternoon the Kingstree and Lake City school boys played a game of base ball here. The score was 8 to 9 in favor of Lake City. The Wee Nee Literary society held its regular meeting Friday, the 7th inst. The query for debate was: "Resolved, That prisoners should be treated less severely." The decision was rendered . in favor of the negative. We were glad to have Miss Ruth Phillips become a member of our society. There was a mistake in the honor roll last week, so it is again published in full and is as follows: Grade X. Florence Mcintosh 99 Bessie Swann 95 Martha Jenkinson 95 Grade VIII. Cuyler Harper 95 Walter Sullivan 96 Louise Barr 97 Rubie Thorn ?96 M&ttie McCollough 95 Grade VI. David Epps 95 Gleorge Hammet 96 ?eno Montgome-y 98 n J- TW urttuei*. Mary Dubose - 98 Mary McCants 97 Lavone Anderson 95 James Montgomery 93 Grade III. Hampden Montgomery 97 Serena Lee ? 97 James Sullivan 93 ; Grade II. Harold Steele 96 lanie Gamble 94 Madge McCants 93 Remington Stone 93 Lucile Hurt 92 Lucile Nexsen. _.91 Dosia Sexton. ....90 Grade I. Bessie McDaniel 95 Bernard Dubose ! 96 , L<eon Nelson ...92 In justice to the paper we will , jtate that the "mistake" in the lonor roll referred to was not made 3y us. The roll was printed just as , t came to us, as the "copy" will show? Editor The Record. ( Ready with Easter Bargains?Jenkinson Bros Co. Hear Rey Richard Carroll at Court House?G J Davis, S J Dobbins, [ W L McFarlin, Committee. Polk Miller and Col Tom Booker at Opera House Next Thursday Eveniug, April 20. Another Man Burned Out with No T ? Poolf\r | lliMii ainjc uuuuitiu iK.aii.j u. Insurance Co. Sheriff's Sale?W W Singletary vs S B W Courtney. Sheriff's Sale?John T Nelson et al j vs F Augustus Nelson et al. Bankrupt Notice ? Stackley's Dry Goods Co. Summons for Relief?John M Nexsen vs Tyra McClary et al. Quarterly Report?J N Hammet, : County Commissioner. Notice to Creditors?Sol Peres, | Bankrupt. Advantage of Having Money in the Bank ? Farmers & Merchants j Bank, Lake City, j STATE and GENERAL j TOPICS j] Willie Crowell, a white employee of the Scott Lumber Co,in Marlboro county, was killed Thursday, the 6th inst, by a tree falling on him. XXX The city council of Florence has appropriated $20,000 for a right-ofway for the Seaboard Air Line railroad to enter the little "Gate City." XXX Population statistics of the thirteenth census give Gaffney, South Carolina,4,767 in 1910: 3,937 in 1900, showing about twenty-one per cent increase. XXX T D Jenkins of Rembert, Sumter county,committed suicide Thursday, April 6, in a hotel at Society Hill, shooting himself through the head with a pistol. XXX Monday afternoon Governor i _ j it ? a .tsiease paroiea inret? prisuucis anu refused seven applications. Among those refused was Daniel E Motley, of this county. XXX Mr T E Stokes has succeeded Mr { James P Kilgo as editor cf the Dar- 1 ington News & Press. Mr Stokes ( has been for some time editor of the i1 Timmonsville Enterprise. XXX Governor Blease has issued a proc- * lamation calling on Sheriffs and their 1 deputies,constables, rural police, city * and town officials to enforce the laws c against crime vigorously. XXX * The Secretary of State has issued 5 a commission for charter to Clayton 1 Linen Mills,Greenville. The new mill * proposes to manufacture linen fab- * rics. The capital is $200,000. XXX * In a difficulty which occurred at s North, Orangeburg county, Friday, between Jerome Harley and Victor J Phillips, George Phillips, the father of Victor, was fatally shot, probably accidentally. XXX I Trapped in a burning coal mine L near Littleton, in North Alabama, 118 convict laborers perished last I Friday night. This is considered the worst calamity of the kind that the State has ever suffered. I XXX Bee man James, a 19-year-old lad of Pickens county, was drowned c Thursday ot last week m iveowee j river. He had shot a wild duck, 8 which fell into the water, and met his death trying to get the bird. XXX The receipts for 1911 from the fertilizer "privilege tax" tags will 0 amount to the enormous sum of o $227,229, all of which goes to Clemson College. This is about $25,000 more than was received la<t year. g XXX Tom L Johnson, ex-mayor of t Cleveland, Ohio, and twice Con- 4 gressman from the Buckeye State, . died at Cleveland Monday night. He was famous as an advocate of three cent street car fares and the "single-tax" ideas of the late Henry George. | Does This C V\ TVio frillnwincr is rlinnprl from Tl II "Mr. G. A. Cooper, of the India if by fire last Thursday. The fire was V\ flue. Most of the furniture was sa1 I destroyed. The loss is about $1,500 U We can insure your proper] ft Why should you run the risk of 1 |! surance policy will cost you so lil | SOUTHERN REALTY )J Second Floor, Gj \i 4-13-tf Kingstre< Thursday of last week Tom James, a negro,aged 12 years, shot and killed the 12-months-old baby ot Mary Booker, colored, with an old doublebarreled shot-gun. The infant was in the arms of a little negro girl when the fatal shot was fired. The boy claimed the shooting to be accidental. XXX Another mine horror is reported from Scran ton, Pennsylvania. Up to Saturday the report showed seventythree killed as the toll of the fire at the Pancoast colliery. A canvass of the families of the victims shows forty-five widows and one hundred and thirty-seven orphans as the result of the calamity. X X X Patrick C Moore, a conductor on the Anderson-Belton trolley line, while fixing the head-light on his car Thursday of last week, was shocked to death by having the whole voltage from the power house pass through his body. The strength of the current is estimated at 3,300 volts and death was instantaneous. XXX Two members of a negro minstrel and performing animal show were burned to death and six others badly injured in a baggage car fire Friday night at Hartsville. The show train was on the siding packed up prepared to pull out when the accident occurred. Several trained animals in the car were also burned to death and others badly injured by :he fire. XXX At the inquest held at Darling ;on Friday over the iioay or jane TefTrey, a negro woman, Fannie hooper, her niece, aged nine years, ronfessed to having poisoned the :offee drank by the deceased. The mouthful poisoner stated as the reason for her heinous crime that her mnt would not allow her to sit at ;ab!e with the family during meals ind when a chicken she ordered the ittle negro to catch got away and lew to the woods the latter was ;oundly thrashed by her relative. SPECIAL NOTICES Phone us when you want rjT to get a notice under this heading. Price one cent a word for each insertion. No t iv nrl taken for leas than 2oc. 'hone 83. For Sale?Fifteen thousand handnade, heart Cypress Shingles 5x21,near ndiantown church. R W Stuckey, 4-13-4t Vox. S C For Sal*?Scholarship in Bryant & ;trafton Business College, Louisville, f interested let us hear from you. The ( ounty Record. For Sale?Two lots in North Kingsree 50x150 feet, suitable for building ats. Can be bought at low figure. 4-24-tf R N Speigner, Mgr. Wanted?At once, one gold fish withut globe aquarium. Will pay 50c for ne sound, good-looking fish delivered at lecord office. W, C o County Record. Wanted ? A contractor to build raded school house near Workman, 'or plans and specifications apply to JOHN J ?<rrs, hairman Board of Trustees and Build-1 ing Committee, -13-2t New Zion, S C. Preferenoe. j jokes about the suddea rich ' Are funny, to be sure, But Td rather be a sudden rloh Than be a sudden poor. ?Puck. ap Fit You? // he County Record of March 30: \j ntown section, lost his duelling II caused by a spark from a stove if . /ed, but the building was totally \\ with NO INSURANCE." 11 ty no matter where located. IJ osing all you have when an in- II ttle ? & INSURANCE CO., | tmble Building, jj e, S. C. II I , I \ ?ywwYW mwiifrnwimwiWHivvwww? | BETTER BE SAFE THAN SORRY J ^ During 1910 %At $ The Fire Companies Represented by this Agency & I PAID NEARLY ? 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G.. who has had ten 1 years experience in the retail drug business in Ohio and Pennsylvania; Charleston ?^ fl ami Columbia of this State, and is a most competent Pharmacist who compounds all 2 1 f- Prescriptions with scientific care and accuracy. y? We are open from 7:30 In the mornlni? till S In the evening, and from 10:80 A.M. ?j ?22 till 11:45 A. M.,.Sundays and 3:30 to 5:30 P. M., but will open at all times to a<l minis- 2 jjv ier to the needs of the sick. JJ#- ' $ Oive us a call or phone and if we haven't the article you vish we will get it for 2TZ you at the earliest moment. : ? ? Kingstree Drug Company j ^ Next to Stackley's. 3 r'Jj oiuauuaiiuiuiuiiiiuuiiuiiuuiuuiuiiuiiuuiuiuiuiuuio H If ??mk ! ! mi IBIII I I I II III I I II I -Ail 15a?Kitac?E5X=!Sn I | i >"i1 Hotter [j Baking 1j v^l pill I ** ^,e ^?or i /1 IM' ^ .rn i letw in certainty in bak? 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