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She (County Srrorii. KINGSTREE. S. O. C. W. WOLFE. O'TO* *ND PROPRIETOR. ^ ? * Entered at tfte postomce ill IVIllgsutv, | S C as second class mail matter. TELEPHONE NO. 83 TERMS SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Ore copy, one year $1 25 One copy, six months 75 One 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 rent a word for each insertion. All changes of advertisements and all communications must be in this office * ** ?* f A before TU ESUA y xvuuin m uiuci w 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 All communications must be signed by the writer, not for publication unless desired, but to protect this newspaper.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 fcolum, one cent a word each issue, miniBQm price 25 cents, to be paid for in advance. Legal advertisements, $1.00 per inch irst insertion, 50 cents per inch each subsequent insertion. Rates on long term advertisements very reasonable. For rates apply at this office. In remitting checks or money orders Make payable to THE COUNTY RECORD. KINGSTREE?THE GATEWAY TO OPPORTUNITY. "In men whom men condemn as ill, I find so much of goodness still; I nmen whom men pronounce divine, I find so much of sin and blot? I hesitate to draw the line Between the two?where God has not" THURSDAY. DEO. 25.1912. So Say We. The Columbia State says; "It Is understood that R H Welch, Esq, recently elected to the legislature . from Richland county, ?I? Unit nnnuirlpriiWc fiXTlfir WI1U I i (I? iiau vvncivftVAMw -?y ience in the matter of forming new counties, will make an effort at the next session to have a law enacted which will do away with many of the obstacles that now confront the advocates of new counties. Mr Welch has made considerable money acting as attorney for people who wish to organize new counties and we do not blame him for wanting to make it easier to lorm them, but the present law saves money to the taxpayers and it should not be changed." So say we. Under the former law it was a great hardship on the taxpayers of the old county to have to bear the expense of holding an election on a projected new county,. as the citizens of the old county?except in uie cut-off portion?have not even the right to vote on the question of forming the new county from a part of its territory. If the proponents of a new county have faith in their project they should be willing to pay all the expense involved. Governor Blease's policy seems to be lynch the rapist, or if he oe convicted, pardon or parole him. ________ To celebrate Christmas, Governor Blease turned loose seventy-nine more convicts. The only surprise is that he extended clemency to so few. Why not turn them all loose and close up the penitentiary? The esteemed News and Herald of Winnsboro is quite welcome to any of our editorial squibs it happens to fancy, but we really think that if they are worth clipping they should be worth crediting. Governor Donaghey, the retiring Chief Executive of Arkansas, seems desirous not only of emulating our Governor Blease, but of going him one letter, so to speak. On Tuesday he celebrated the season of. "peace on earth and good will toward men" by liberating three hundred and sixty convicts. Governor Blease will have to look to his laurels. Those three Kershaw convicts i showed poor judgment risking ( their lives escaping from their ' guards recently when if they had I?ut waited till the Christmas holiday season they would 1 in all probability have partici !n ?lm u'lw\liK'i1>^ delivovv p.llUM III in*. -v.. . of criminals promised by the Governor in celebration of the festive Yuletide. Governor Blease shows surprising inconsistency in professing to stand as the champion of woman's virtue and yet drivirg them from the hall by his coarse utterances at the Governor's Conference. Moreover, he seems to l?e very greatly averse to seeing a white man punished for rape, whether his victim he white or black. All of which ,?oes to show that talk is cheap, especially the vaporings of a demagogue. We have long maintaired that Williamsburg county is the pleasantest dwelling-place "on this terrestrial hall," and we are now more firmly convinced than ever ol tne fact. How any one who has ever lived here can move away and be contented to abide elsewhere is one of those questions that the Sphynx has never solved. There may be other places as agreeable to live, and other people as good, but we doubt if anywhere can l>e found such an excellent combination of place and people. The Chinese have a different way of doing things from our highly enlightened (?) methods. For examnip thev n.*iv their Dhvsicians.not to l'"~ 1 x?* x V - ' , physic them when they are sick, hut : to keep them well; also, when a bank fails they cut off the head of the president of the defunct institution. When a man gets sick he "docks'' the doctor, whom he pays . a yearly salary. Sickness among the class of people who can afford to hire physicians is said to be rare in China, and a bank failure has been unknown for more than a hundred years. Tarn alxmt's fair play, must have thought the rabbit who shot a hunter in New Jersey the * other day. It sounds like a joke | but the facts in the case are really vouched for and the unfortunate hunter actually died from the effects of the wounds received. He laid his loaded and cocked shotgun on the ground, while he released the rabbit, ] which he expected to shoot from 1 a trap. The frightened animal, when released, leaped upon the i gun, touched off both triggers and the double load of \shot ' J struck the young hunter. s The rabbit escaped. ] Drives Off a Terror. The chief executioner of death in the winter and spring is pneumonia. , - * - - - i j_ J Its advance agents are coias ana grip. In any attack by one of these maladies no time should be lost in i taking the best medicine obtainable to drive it off. Countless thousands have found this to be Dr King's 1 New Discovery. "My husband believes it has kept him from having ] pneumonia three or four times," ] writes Mrs George W Place, Raw- ] sonville, Vt, "and for coughs, colds and croup we have never found its , equal." Guaranteed for all bron- ' cnial affections. Price 50 cts and $1.00. Trial bottle free at M L Al- ] lon'o adv The balance ot trade in favor of the United States for month of Nov- ember was $125,000,000. Cured of Liver Complaint. "I was suffering with liver complaint," says Iva Smith of Point ] Blank, Texas, "and decided to try a 25c box of Chamberlain's Tablets, and am happy to say that I am com- * pletely cured and can recommend them to every one." For sale by all dealers. adv. J )CHOOL INFORMATION. LIST OF WHITE TEACHERS Employed In the Schools of WI1 llamsburg County. KINGSTREE Miss Kverton Shuler E<iith Graham Juanita Coward Sue McKnight DuRant Epps Kingstree High and Graded School Miss Margaret Montgomery Bessie Higgins Quintette Dantzler \Vini::red Brunson ' a rvglica Milan Alma Davis Mr. J. W. Swittenberg Mr. R. L. Holroy<3, Jr. VOX Miss Lena Mercer Annie Ervin Daisy Foster Mr. J. W. Drake Miss Cleva Rhame Jho Snowden Omie Snowden Mr. J. G. Spivey TRIO Miss Hattie Lewis Trio Graded School Mr. J. C. Morgan Miss Effie Simmons Earle Oraded School Miss Eunice Huggins Bessie Huggir^ Almwc II Graded School Miss Etta Thomas Althere McKnight NESMITH Miss Lillie Johnson Carrie McElveen Jessie Lyles COOPER Mrs. W. Dodd Daniel MORRIS VILLE Miss Kate Griffith Edimae Huggins Annie Marshall ROME Union Graded and High School Mr. O. M. Mitchell Miss Florence Stubbs Beulah Wilson Trannye Caughman Lona Reed Aileen Turner CADES Miss Gertrude Culberson Annie Felder Amanda Edwards lielva Broadway Ola McElveen Rough Branch Graded School Miss Eelilia Merrimon Daisy May fnunps Cades Graded School Miss Mamie McLees 'Ellen Barratt VENTERS lohnscnvllle Graded and High School Mr. G. B. Haynes Miss Klise Rollins Helen Louise Dietz Myrtle Ethel Poston Pauline Wilson Claudia Johnson Lillian Edith Lofton Ola Spring Pauline Stone LAKE CITY Miss Ila Wright Mrs. S. L. DuBose Annie McKnight GREELYVTLLE Miss Floride McCelvey " Corinne Hill Mrs. M. L- Montgomery Miss Florencd McCelvey Greelyvllle Graded and High School Miss Mattie Harper Catharine Romanstine i Maybell Leitch i Mr. W. M. Bonner K1EINEMANN Miss Ellen Romanstine BLOOMINGVALE Mrs. A. B. Saunders ZEB Miss Pearl Eaddy FOWLER Miss Ruth C. Williams \\T VT Srntt Miss Mamie Perkins SALTEKS Miss Minnie McFaddin Salters Graded School Miss E. Louise Boone Leila Ferguson CHAPMAN Miss Claudia Altman TAFT Miss Wilhelmina McCullough Ethel McCullough MOUZON Miss Hessie Graham SUTTONS Miss Ruth Hinnant BENSON Cedar Swamp Graded School dr. C. M. Pilgrapi Miss Jessie D. Bethea Annie Davis LANE Mr. G. J. Hearsey Miss Mary Gist Flemming RHEMS Miss Sudie Harrelson Mr J W Swittenberg.who has been the efficient head of the Kingstree High and Graded school for the past three years, from all accounts continues to give excellent satisfaction to his employers and patrons. Mr Swittenberg is a man of wide and successful experience and has devoted many years to school work. XXX There are two Messrs C B Haynes teaching in South Carolina: Mr C Brice Haynes is principal of the Johnsonville ^:hool, at Venters, in Wiliiamsburg county* while Mr C B Haynes is at the head of the Chesnee school, in Spartanburg county. "" l.il ? i ney are uum giauuaica ui uvuvtu college; and both are successful young teachers. ? Southern S'hool Notes. XXX If our rural schools taught how to find the numbers of pounds of dtrogen in a ton of fertilizer containing 6 per cent of nitrogen and its value at 20 cents a pound, as faithf ally as they teach how to find the interest on $2,000 at 6 per cent, more of our farmers would have use for what is now taught.?The Pro gremve Fanner. Blolice to Colored Teachers of Williamsburg County. All faofihars nf Willinms nu Luiui^vi 1A.UVUV1 u v* burg county are requested to meet in Mount Zion M E Church, Kingstree, Saturday, January 3, 1913, on busint ss of importance. S W McCottry, 2tp D L Fulton. Greelyvllle Gleanings. Greelyville, December 24:?Everybody i3 doing it. Doing what? Kicking on their taxes. Mr J H Oliver, who has been attending a business college at Richmond, Va, is at home spending the Christmas holidays. The annual musical concert was ffitfen this week by the pupils of the trraded school. It was under the management of Miss Louise Deanes. Mr Theron Rankin, who is a student at Furman University, is at home for the Xmas holidays. The cold rain has marred Christmas sport somewhat. Our merchants all report having pretty good sales during Xmas week, specially S V Taylor, who had iin Xmas ad in The Record. Since the school teachers have gone things seem quite lonely. Cheer up, boys, they will come back in the near future. Miss Mattie Harper left Saturday aight for Olanta,where she will spend j a part of the holidays. Mr and Mrs J E Rankin left this morning for McCormick, where they will spend a part of the holidays with relatives. Miss Lula Keels, who has been attending school here, went to her home to spend the holidays. Mr I Shirer and Miss Helen Boykin are at home for a few days. Steamboat Bill. Notice to Pensioners I will be in the County Auditor's office on each and every Saturday during the month of January, 1913, (D V) to fill out pension claims, transfore otn Pnrtips seekincr Dromotion ivi W) M VW. -- r _ to higher grades must appear in person and be examined by Surgeon of Board. Blanks will be sent to those applicants who are physically unable to attend. County Pension Board will meet first Monday in February. H H Kinder. 12-2(i-2t Pen Com. Gould Sbout (or Joy. "I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart." wrote C B Rader of Lewisburg, W Va, "for the wonderful double benefit I got from Electric Bitter3 in curing me | of both a severe case of stomach I trouble and of rheumatism, fromi which I had been an almost helpless sufferer for ten years. It suited my case as though made just for me." For dyspepsia, indigestion, jaundice and to rid the system of kidney poisons that cause rheumatism, Electric Bitters have no equal. Try them. Every bottle is guaranteed to satisfy. Only 50 cents at M L Allen's. adv Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills for legache. I DRY G $ Complete and j* at most reasonab I Shoes! : it to fit any foot, ai jjj from the cheapes ??????? ii; Keep Your Eyes $ Starli s Dry Goi % EHflr-* Y No I /iiiiao 11c: i! When you are re I (Christmas order fc '! Nuts, Dates, etc, t Big* Line c Remember, we carry the lates and Bon Bons, also fa: of Candy. The Very Finest Line If it's a square meal you in our Cafe. i t*. S. LU ; T 9-19-3m tlBilili) C &Iin great LL-ZJ The largest and finei and fancy candies ever sec found at our store for the should see our line, even i Fruits < The finest Western ar can be obtained have beei occasion and will be on ha our store to look them ove Groc< Our store is headquart ceries. We have an especta days,and will appreciate ai will add flavor to your Neu MILHOUS & KJNGSTREE, x S GORT1 METAL SH B^howto LOO] "CORTRU and accept do will last aa Ic repairs ? new an occasional < 3 Fin-proof We have loc none in your immediate locality, write us dire CORTR1GHT METAL F 50 North 23d Street rime and MM HIGHEST MAf F U MM m% F0R RAW F K MM H Wool on Commlm m list mentioning th JOHN WHITE & CO. LOUISVII iOODs! j beautiful stock, 11 ! ?le prices. 4jjj Shoes! id in all grades, # I it to the best. || ^ * t on Our Windows. 9 f Lley^l1 w , ,rl ods Co. i I * | ^ ? Q cessaries :"| iady to place your J? if >r Fruits, Raisins, "J )ring it to us. '' | >f FireTxrox3ss ;? / j i celebrated Guth Choco- (J ncy Boxes and Baskets <1 mt of Cigars in ^ ^ want, we can serve you . ^ J URTNEY ;. M ulcctis t PROFUSION m st assortment of plain tn in Kingstree will be Holiday season, and you if you do not buy of us. [galore! I id Tropical Fruits that i bought for this great md. We invite you to sr. / ^S| sries J ters for Pure Food Gro^ | illy fine line for the Holi- I n order from you. They I r Year dinner. I JENNINGS I SOUTH CAROUNA RIGHT J INGLES?J KNOW THE CEWINE__ fC FOR THE STAMP B IHT" Reg. U. S. Pat Off. B * substitute, if you want a roof that M >Dg as the building, and never need H * need attention of any land, except H coat of paint * 0/.M. t X - KBI a Hjaiutuig-fjnxjy% *1 representatives ?Ljo* everywhere, bol 2 *t for samples, prices sod full peitkolea. ^H^Hj tOOFING COMPANY flBB Philadelphia, Pifl^H ^ ? Bun HIDES ^HSi BH IKET PRICE PAID AHmES HH URS AND HIDES jH?w HM9 lion. Writs for Pric>* ipKP s. <SFTn H y HH HH