Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'International” Cake rap COTTO- LENE(*cant) cups whit* our ' cup graham flour up brown sugar cup mob cup strong coses 1 2 eggs 1 cup raisins and currants mixed 1 level teaspoon soda 1 level teaspoon cinnamon Pinch of salt and cloves (■RANl) jury makes FINAL PRESENTMENT lift together the white and graham ir with the soda, cinnamon, salt l cloves. [ream COTTOLENE and brown ;ar together, and add the molasses I well-beaten eggs, then the fruit dged in part of the Hoar. Then the Fee alternately with the balance of i flour. Bake in well-greased loaf pan iu derate oven about an hour. -help your Uncle Sam by saving animal fats -help your bank account Use 'ottolene “ Th* Natural Shortening* At grocers in tins of convenient sizes mm MAN SAYS II IS ■ A FINE REMEDY —: Ml Kinds of Kidney. Kladrit-r nd Stomach Troubles Himself Kttt (»ot Uhl of Them. LLS HOW HE DID IT Anybody who has suffered with ley, bladder and indigestion ibles like I did knows it is no says the City Marshal and Collector of Winter Haven, rida." I had severe pains in and around kidneys and in my bladder and etimes would have to climb out >ed as often as 8 or f» times in a U. It put me to a whole lot of erinK not to mention expense, food sometimes wouldn't digest all, and I was getting alarmed uf my condition when friends » had found out about Acid Iron ical started me taking it. Tie* as in my kidneys and bladder ippeared end instead of crawling of bed at all hours of the night sleep got so peaceful and it did so much good I know it will p people troubled like I wafc. I at to pass the glad tidings along others because I know what c ■d time I had locating a real rem- My digestion and appetite got ter and I can eat anything I want iv. No sour stomach and indiges- n troubles on my menu any ire," declares Winter Haven’s y Marshal and Tax Collector, IV Xoiman. / / Acid Iron Mineral is a'“Vnedieiiial n compounded from ore jus/ is dug in the mine. It is prtwer- I as can be. Just a teaspoonful g!as. ! of water makes a, power- I xlose. A twelve ounce bottle (line at a dollar goes a long wavs <1 it doesn't contain a drop of nl- ’ ol or " in jurious dope. It won’t ;t anvonVs teeth. It is just a ‘1 obi huHiiv coventrated ' roM <H c.i ine. The' rtdme. emhal Corp., Koanok”, Va.. i k of it and means quality/ nno ngth. ? Druggists have >f or a (ConlTnued From First Page.) proper officials to the fact that very little moneys have been derived from the Act of the legislature pass ed at the 1916 session dealing with taxes on automobile garages, timber carts and tramroad croflsings of public roads. We are convinced that quite a large sum of money - isf being lost to the terasurer by thel-tion also provided failure to collect this and found during our deliberations that the garage tax had not been collected at all. One of our members learning that it was the dilty of gafage keep ers to pay this ta.\, took out the first license uod£r the Act of th-i legislature providing for it. W * quote the law on this subject in or der that the public may be general ly informed as to what is expected of them: y "An Act to provide for license on automobiles, timber’carts and au tomobile repair shops On Colleton county. • Section 1. Tax on Repair Shops, lie it enacted by the General As* bl\ of the State of S.outh Caroli That all automobile -repair si shall pay Into the county trea; of Colleton county the sum of . - teen dollars as a license which t. • shall procure from the clork ) court of said county before t • : v shall be authorized or permitted to This report of the grand Jury a synopsis of-the findings of the accountant, and as the matter la of so great public information, it is not deemed wise to have it read In court at this time. However, the audit last year brought* serious charges against several of the coun ty Qfflciali. The report was refer red ,to certain State officials for ac tion, resulting in the Comptroller General sending an accountant, Mr- Searson, here for the purpose of checking it. Colleton county delega- a man, Mr. A. C. Clarkson, for the purpose of re- checking the items of the shortages. These men are now at work In.the various offices of the county and they have not yet made a .final re port. They have stated to us to day, howevef^ythat they have com pleted their audit of the' probate judge's office and that they have found tl/at of the $129.75 which MV. Vann found the probate judge was due to the,county treasury, the probate judge on March 4th, 191$. turned over $129.00, leaving a bal ance due of 75 cents. They also report that the last remittance • :ado ,bv the probate judge tef the < •. Was rfi October*?, ;■ ..at there were no other r • made between that ■ n. a 'f irh *, 191;. The pres- • at ; were unable to state v a t . > .r not the probate judge ' < hail this money in the bank to oflk ini credit, but they do re port that be has practically paid Proof that Some Women do Avoid Operations Mrs. Etta Dorion, of Ogdentburg, Wia, says: “ I suffered from female troubles which caused piercing rains like s knife through my back and aide. 1 finally lost ail m* strength so I had to go to bed. The doctor advised an operation but I would not listen to it I thought of what 1 had read about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Coinpcund and tried it. The first bottle bronght great relief and six bottles have entiWly cured me. All women who have femala, trouble of any kind should try Lydia E. ^inkham’s Vegetable Compound." Ti How Mrs. Boyd Avoided an Operation. - Canton, Ohio.—‘T suffered from a female trouble which caused me much suffering, and two doctors decided that I would have to go through an operation before 1 could get well. “My mother, who had l>een helped by Lydia E.' ham's Vegetable Compound, advised me to try 1 fore submitting to an operation. It relieved me from my troubles to I can do my house work w ithout ni difficulty. 1 advise any woman who isaffileted will female troubles to give Lydia K. IMnkham’s Vege table Compound a trial and it will do as much for them.”—Mrs. Mauh- 1)oyi>, 1421 5th St., N. li, Cantou, Ohio. I' I i Every Sick Woman Shoii* Vv k V do the business of repairing an •- o\t / to the. treasurer the entire .mobiles in said, county, and raid . amount due the county from his o"’- sutn shall be used ori the publi • | fire. They also "stateiJ that this highways of the county. jpaynent was made oft the day that Tax ou Timber . Carts That an j they made the audR of his office, annual license tu\'of- ten *($lo.OOt , XV.-, therefore, take it.that in so far Dollars is hereby imposed on all as this office is concerned, there timber carts in use upon the publi-’ will be no need of further investiga- highways of Colleton county. Pro- t iev and since Ibe money has been vided, That no license tax be im- p. to the county treasurer, we do posed on any timber cart or In n< deem it necessary to take any wagon hwen being used by-Individ- a< >n, except to recommend that uals in moving timber upon their all he officials in the county whj own lands for the improvement of rph t money for the county should same, or removing timber flora'turr over tjje moneys promptly fields. whet: collected and not hold it even Tax on Certain Railroads.—-That to their official credit, for such *a all owners and builders of tram- long period as .was done in this ways or locomotive roads, building case. said locomotive'foads and tram-1 Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Sears ways over and across the public will finish their report within a highways of Colleton county, or short while and we have appointed those operating the same now in e\- a com/nittee to receive the same and istence,. shall pay a license fee of to five dollars into the county treas ury of Colleton county for each and ' pedlent, having vested in them full ly recommend that the highway com- LYDIA E. PINKHAM S # VEGETABLE COMPOUND^ Before Submitting To An Operation)! £* irs<wi X band by giving him “roughvorvrat; in Jii s food. l.n the first place, w- 1 know of no law which will permit the hii:h\\a\ commissioner to use a convict as his' personal cook. It is certain! against public policy and shoulf he tondemneU. Rut this woman is reported to us as being of LYDIA E.PtNKHAM MEDICINE CO. LYNN. MASS. a desperate natufe, and the grand r)in|nitt«*e to receive the same and Jury certainly does not want anv take such further action as the! more killings of-convicts when it committee may deem wise and ev- can be prevented. We must urgent inow authority to act. every publie road that they cross or shall hereafter cross; and this matter will in all probability, said funds arising hereunder shall be made at the next term of court, he expended on the public highways/ - Public Roads, of the said counR. That this sec/ It has been reported to us that tion shall not apply to the common several of the public roads of the carriers of passengers and freight icounty are in need of repairs and who operate n railroads within ^he we earnestly urge that the highway said county. •* / commissioner give these immediate When Payable.--That the Keen- attention. The following is a list ses hereinabove imposed sh/11 be paid during the month of October for each and every year. / In thifl connection we wish to rec ommend to the high\?»^ c jsioner which office is th0 main fl- of the roads to whitffi we direct the highway commissioner's attention: Road from A. Driggers’ Njrae leading to Neyle’s Cross roads needs commis- working badly. 4 The' Walterboro-Islandton roa 1 nancial one of the county, that he‘needs repairs. This is a good road can be of great assistance to th? recently constructed and should be j^irhen he entered a consent to a A full' report-on j missioner send her to the the peni- tentian at once. Fraser Ferguson Dangerous. There is another convict on the chaingang which in our opinioll' should not be there. Fraser Fer guson shot his wife at. Green Ron ! sometime ago, aivd when the sheriff and his deputies attempted to ar rest him h^ resisted, with rifles," having armed other negroes there. A posse comitatua was organized and tins succeeded, after an ex change of shots, in running this negro from the vicinity of Green Pond He was lat^r apprehended in Baltimore, and returned here other officials in seei •i/g. / P' that this ; maintained. (verdict of guilty, taking a life term. Act Is enforced. He/ goes about! The roads leading to Maple Cane, The negro had previously resisted over the county in t/e performance precinct are reported to he in bad Vonstkbles. W«e are informed that of his duties and it/is in his know-(condition together with the bridge* j he was placed on the ehainuang ledge more than any other official, j on them.. These are important an 1 over the protest of the sheriff and the number of c/osslags of public i should be attended to at once.. _ Other citizens. He/is eertairvl/ i roads by tramroa/18 and it would be) It has been reported to us that at j dangerous character, and yCe he- exceptionally ea^v for him to asce*-- least two swamps in the county are jj,, ve t hat sooner or later he will at tain the number of timber carts in such condition that 30 feet cause- 1 | 0 osyape. if nef>essarv at- way| above highwater should be J tempting to kill a guard or being killed. We urgently recommend that he be sent by -the highway com- flcials of life county to enforce this should receive the attention ^ey ^ missioner to the penitentiary at law rigidly and to coll»*rt all mon-^deserxe at once. They ate the' operating in Ihe county, and also automobile . repair shops. TIP' constructed at once. We are sure grand jury galls upon the proper of- that the need is .imperative and once. < We cannot approve the working of desperate life-termers on the eys due the county thereunder. We , crossings over Zeigler Branch he- believe that all that it is neeessarv , tween Walterboro and Round and for us to do at this time is to call over Horse Pen branch between Re-1 chaingang~and reoommend that all the matter to tlj.e attention of the hpboth church and Maple Cane. Wo pi|ch ^ sent to tll)> penitentiary be- ofticlals, but we might add that this flrge early attention to these two L or -/ a ny such occurrence takes proposition will be carefully watch-crossings. 1 phjee like the shooting of Georg* ed by the grand jury and that if! Our attention has been directed believe that theye ar** the law should not he enforced in (to the fact that the public; roart >fothers on the chaingang in a si.mi- £ /gr e future, at its ne'^t session the, near Lodge and Ashton have b been ploughed up by individuals. ... highway commissioner should in vestigate this and see that the rand jury will present these offi cials for failure to do their dutv. Seed Cotton License. We consider that the buying and practice is stopped, selling of seed cotton is a great exilj It appears that the telephone confronting this county and recoin- posts and wires k on the roads from mend that the present law. wea't Walterboro leading to St. George though 't he. he rigidly enforced bv 'and to Round ar/in dangerous con- the proper officials. For inform.* - j difion. The pries are, reported to : over l tion of the nublic. we quote the. law he leanint the roads and the aid to (Krost/nn and blood 'Se . o/ine Ferrodin ' dealing with this subject and ev- wires in u*/ny places so low as to pet t every one interested to aequatp^y const it ut/ hazard to travel. Th-' the >ist Ives with it and live up^.tcC’it. Irchwpv commissioner is requested "That from and after th.iKfgirsago ' to s«y< that the telephone companle - of thi« Act. it shall b$i-fav I'ul for, ow/ag these lines place them in any person or perptdfrs in the conn- v/‘e coudltidn at once, taking sticY s tv of Colleton .PY sell. !>uy or oflv/artiop as may be neCesrary to er.-(,.. force it. Killing of George Smith. (•>h generous size twel/e oune h will be sent prepaioon receip ‘' ‘ '' * ni / otherwise traffic in seed pot: TTI'ACH/g \T F:\ F.ltC.ULDN James /!. Flmer wi,ll nreas'n r. vergre*/ Christian church next Ai'tornoon at ,4 o'clock Th' iMeoj »• ni bo '’The World's Great st N/>*d.” T!:e public In invited. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured '/»> LOCAL, APFKICATiONS. fts «hey lannot reach the seat of the disease, -atawh ts a lo< at disease, greatly in- lumted by constitutional conditions, and «r sale anv^Seed cotton. X "LlceSrftf' Required of Pealyr r.j person or persons witVn tii<’ T’ f trrand jury greatly regie'• sell or .'ouy and the circumstances under tvlii li i op upon lie"able necessary for Willi* Zeir!* r (lie paVmert bv the purchaser t.i on March (ith to tak* the Pfe of r the clerk o’ - court of.-Acrrmnion pleas convict, George Smith. While w - a license fee of thhr* v dollars, v. '.lch know that thiere was notMfic el- hall go to the general fund of the.for Mr. Zeltrier to do under the cir- lar condition. We commend tie* highway commissioner for desiring the maximum amount of convict la bor on our many had roads and tak** it *hat this caused him to want th^ life-termers. But it creates too ser ious a condition to lie justified by any such desire and we shall e\- p< ct our recommendations to be carried out promptly. Tills concludes our wot k for the tii m, ioit each of u - is detehtiine) *,i give the ci ui^fx t!e' best posHtd • j r\ice,'.in wbieli we ask the co-op * tion* of all cit'/ens. \Ve tlrank 1 number of < itizen v.ljo iiax*' ed ii‘} and ask tl' P t!e\ nnd "tl: continue to co-dpeiiite in iii.It- t’dlidon a eon "it' where las - is jp i ted, .hot! - in ! h t 1 ice and A <;OOD GARDEN DEPENDS ON HOW YOU PRE PARE YOI R GROUND. HOW YOU PREPARE YOUR GROUND DEPENDS ON THE GARDEN TOOLS YOU USE. BUY THEM RIGHT NOW AND GET YOUR GARDEN HAVE A GOOD GARDEN WITH LESS WORK THAN YOU ARE NOW DOING WITH THOSE OLD WORN- OUT THINGS YOU HAVE BEEN USING. BUY THEM RIGHT NO WAND GET YOUR GARDEN READY EARLY. USE OUR HARDWARE; IT STANDS HARD WEAR. Koger Hardware Company WALTERBORO, SOUTH CAROLIX \ t! I 1 I » in'.v i'or the "uitted,- grind respect full', W.i Iterhoro, S G. MOI’K \LL, Foreman. (' . March 7, lit I s. eumstanc#** and said cdunty. Slfecord tu be Kept by D n’ r. right in giving him r sfreedy vln !i- .VM persons in the traffic of sre<'. cation, vet we are gonvirced that cotton in rollefon eountv are re- th* death of this convict ought rot ouired to keep, legibly writ e’) in a to have. occurred,y and would not book, which shall .by « P' U to public have occurred h/t the htehwaj in.-pe-tien tiin i an'e of ti’e m-rsou commissfoni r not brought ba^k to or nerFi ns f»’onK,who:u thev p ::e , a" chaingang sucli a desperate 1 fe- or r< " ive t)\ w ay r' f . !aw»er. > \ termer conyh'f. We belie e tba’ ci an. < r r traffic rvf any sort, anv he- death is chargeable to Golleton n order to cure it you must take an , ) cotton, with thv t» mher• <•' count' orl> hecattse the highwa rtwlf and a 7cu tfro ! r-ottmlfi. the price paid HJiorefor an! co--.is/oner actwl rashlv in hav the lilood (in the vruii >u,< *iirf '<ea of the •yrtary. IJ.dl’a I’i: irr.. M-.iioinc w..s preser.t, ’,i Ly oiac ci the beat physicians In this country for x*Arsv It ts con.- trr.e,! of tiejr.o of the N st tonics known. Ron,Lined with som • of Hie t" s’ hlo,,>t If You Wish To Have GLASSES Prcperiy Fit Purifiers, l-.-rte^ corahirmtion f f •he Ingredients In ! {ii: - . cine.-Jn tvnai prodg >-»• suck y, p h r*ul res,- ’s H* c-it- rrbal <. nditi- ns. gru.i tf r U'auniofidlv t r . e F j t.i .\r.Y i. rr>., r.-o?.. T !■ 7*. O d K Drugg’ Vr. "c Hall’s i anuly I’illr; f ,r coasGpatiOR. (the $ !iit« o r t he raid purchase. ini- lijt" bore . and < apecta 11' i- th; i V »n :i Mi-.i. ‘MiealfRtr Pen- tru *■ when f t ' fs recalled that thi •lit' Anv V*. or P' r -orK vio- pri' Mip">r '.as con'feted of a i «]:• : a-d iu .• the »vi.',ion> f* f Seetiot (M G. !y • ' had been broiii'ht to Ci uU- | 2 * 0* of thi • \ct sh all be ■ :X,I / -'f ' , ' ’ r, ,;rty b> r for’ier hi: b " a i U’l 1 u . of C m istfenv ar lor. r.rd. U pD t f -y IT" • iop<r, and bad bei n ret lirr 1 G'»r * i rpn i h« -eof bv acv rot, rt of Ml to the p< •nitent ia.r. beenu®* , p. . con et •*:) t ji u’isdictionr' shell \> ax con’id"r»'d too de-nerat* o l> ’^ h**d t’ y m fib** of nut ??ior« than t i»« oi nvan '• work. We nr/- ah-. one urd ’• ed (bill" r4 nr imp ■jeon- p t •> bb;- to a irnderrtand. why th That will give you koo<1 saVisf:u-tic;n, you will have to act at oi’ct* and let us EXAMINio YOUR EYES and fur nish you with tlu* glasses y.iui mut. I.ccaust* we widfiavt our business litre open only tii! A; i !! i th^n move • / • _ , . / » .-v •• f to Greenville, S. (’. !)() NOT PUT IT OFF ANY l.L.'.Y 1 L, ill T <,iYi YO«'I: RIGHT VISION. BOX Sl IM'liK 4T FVF.HGHFKN ntnt lor n<»t c* ef,-d : ng tlilrkv day:;.’* Xudit til (’otiiity IbH.k*.. The (‘sent grand jurv inherited ’from the grand Jury of 1917. quite There will be a bolyBupper at nroldem in connection with th* audit of the county's book:* by a highway «omnti.« : loner should ^Knv had him a "trusty” in face of ;.0 of these fact*,. I.nu Smith ns Took. Tew She ii Strong and. vYc* 1 Berktley, Ca’.—'I vis r.f-.r',. and was always tired,' so my house work was a great cCort. After irony other medicines hvd failed Vinci 1 uilt me up and made me strong, i have a good appetite and sleep we!!. Jewelry Store WALTERBOJIO. S. U. ergfeen seh*x>l house on Thursday : 'ight. March 21. Everybody is in- 1 "d to come and bring well filled boxes. In Phis connection w.- must strong- Every nervous, weak, ailing woman 1” condetuir the hfishway commis g To Cur* • Cold In One Day Ik* LAXATIVK BROMO Quinine. It rtope th# certified public accountant. It an- sinner for keeping I^>n Smith, th pears that the grand jury of 1917 wife of the convict Above referred emploved Mr. C. L. Vann to make' to, at his hom<» in Walterboro. Thi-i this audit and his report was filed woman was convicted at the same late in the year 1917. _ The grand , time that George Smith. her hus- lury at that time met and prepared hand, was convicted, and the crime ’IfSi*, 114 ,a<1 cure i a report on it. which report .has'w-ith which they were charged was wf Laovic“s < sie , ^""r« oa’cach box. 30c‘. Jbeeo published in the local pk^er. .the poisoning of her former hus- should try it.”—Mrs. N. Edmunds, a 107 Dwight Way, Berkeley, Cal. We ask every nervous, weak, run down, ailing woman in this town to try this cod liver and iron tonic on our guarantee to return their money if it fails to help them. For sale by John M. Klein, Druggist. What is LAX-FOS Whenever You Need a General Tonic The Old StandanUGrtve’s Ttitcler.s LAX-FOS IS AH IMPROVED CASCARA C chill Topic is equally valuable as c A Digestive Liquid Laxative, Cathartic General Tonic because It contains th* and Liver fomc. Contains Caacata Bark, aellkucwn tonic propertiesofyUIN’INi Blue I lag Root, Rhubarb Root, Black u:d IRON. Itacts on the Liver, Drive' Root,May Apple Root, Senna Leaves and out M iicria, Enriches ihe Bloo.1 an ; Pepsin.a Comiunes strength with pals- up tbi Whole System. '# table atomauc taste. IX>c* not gripe. 50c