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I Tip dlimntg yittard PUBLISHED EVERT THUKSDAT AT EINQ6TREE, S. C. ?J l l I '?1 C. W. WOLFE. Editor aicd Proprietor. TERMS. subscription rates: One copy, one year, - - - $1.00. Onv eoj-jr, slv month*. - - ? ..V). - ft" One copy, tniee monm?. - - .s;?. Subscriptions payable in advance. ADVERTISING RATES: One inch, first insertion. $1.00: each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Obituaries and Tribures of Respect over 10J words char<red for as tegular advertisements. Liberal reduction on advertising marie for three, six and twelve months* contracts. Communication* mutt he accompanied ttjr the real name and address of the writer in order to receive attention. No communication of a personal nature will be publlshvl exeept as an advertisement. Address all letters and make all drafts payab.e to , * C. W. Wolfe, Kingstree, S.O. H Thursday, October is. 1003. M 1?rCome Forward " s And settle with us ^ vour subscription. We have IM3 -waited patiently on many who are in arrears and now J| & * that the crops are being marketed % . it is only just that we should have what is due us. To mail each delinquent subscriber a bill would entail considerable expense in the way of postage and stationery. So please call and settle without further notice. The lien law -seems to responsible for many ills of the farmer, wouldn't it be a good idea to repeal it? When a man holds up a train he usually goes to tne penitentiary. Only a woman can do so with impunity. Yet some of the fair sex complain of uuequal rights. I *TT*"" ? Judging from remarks let fall by Col James H Tillman in his testimony on his own behalf, the Legislators of South Carolina must be consumed with a mighty thirst. Another war cloud has appeared on the horizon. Little Japan has thrown down the gauntlet to Russia and hostilities seem imminent. There is no disputing the valor of the Jap, bnt in this instance his discretion is questionable, to 6ay the least of it r ~ Last Sunday a collection was taken up in the Tabernacle Baptist church, of Atlanta, Ga., to raise money to pay a $15,000 debt on the church property. When the money was counted it amounted to $16,500. Notwithstanding the gibes of more conservative cities at the "Atlanta spiritv there are many things about the Georgia metropolis that might be patterned after by other oommunities, whether they be large Or small. In another column appears a notice that on the fir6t Monday in November the board of county commissioners will let the contract for building a new brick jail. This means that erelong the old ram shackle structure that has done duty as a place of detention for malefactors will be torn down and replaced by a substantial building with modern appointments "out aud out". We congratulate the board on this step, which we believe will be commended by every right-thinking citizen. A LOVE LETTER Would not interest you if you're looking for a guaranteed Salve for Sores, Burns or Piles. Otto Dodd, of Ponder, Mo., writes: "I suffered with an ugly sore for a year, but a ' box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me.1" It's the best Salve ou earth. fc5c at W L Wallace's Drug Store. 3fe; NEWS AT SCRANTON. Young Folks Going Off to College ?Personal Mention. Scran Toy, Oct 8?Robert Singletarv has goDe t?the South Carolina college to take a course in lair. With a Pope as director, he should soon be well versed in law giving. The following pupils have gone to Welsh Neck High school at. Hartsville. Misses Aleen Johnson, Nellie Singletarv, Addie Cannon, Annie ?? ** .1 ni,. Loker, ana Masters Myers aim v^uailie Graham with others. Mrs R Mac Cooper has a large class of music ana day pupils, but cannot accommodate one fourth the children of the public school who ought now to be under good training. Something should be done at once to give these children a fair showiug. Mr and Mrs Winslow Wright have returned from Glenn Springs much improved, both having put on several pounds. rn I. nnil iWU I'uiurcu Utile uuuut mu? uuu eleven years were arrested and taken back to Kingstree yesterday where they had taken something over twenty dollars from Mr LeRoy Lee. Zingle Matthews has accepted a position as salesman at W R Singletary's store. Miss Lula Bvrd left for Haitsville last Wednesday. Her many friends were loth to speak a farewell to snch a genial, gen tie spirit, but the circle wherein she moves will be more radiant with her bright smiles. We know our loss is somebody's gaiu. Rev B K Truluck assisted our Baptist miuister iu a piotracted meeting, resulting in an addition of 16 members; 15 were immersed.? , Florence Times. From Socastee (Horry County.) Socastee, October 12:?Most of i the people of the neighborhood are busy picking cotton and carrying it a- ii... ?Vo Sovorol nf tho furmcrs VU LUC ? J MO. unvigi v. ... are uiakiug more than a bale to the acre. Air R T Todd has 90 acres of swamp land plauted in cotton and it will yield over 100 bales. The corn crop, too, is abundant; in some cases old corn has to be moved to make room for the new ciop. Horry is coming to the front in an agricultural way and every one is in good heart at the outlook. The mullet is running and sweet potatoes are in season, so that for a while at least hard times are not known in our community. Socastee Graded School will commence its exercises the first Monday i in November. The health of this neighborhood is not very good, there being a good many cases of chills and fever. On account of the giving way of the old flat Peach-tree ferry has! been impassable for some time. The old flat ht?s now been replaced with a new one and once more the fernis passable, much to the convenience1 of the public. J. L. H. j Attention i Ever ybonyi Having removed from my old stand across the Railroad intn thp firnrerv Store form ally occupied by J. H. Brilles. I shall be glad to serve my Friends and Customers with HIGH CLASS FAMILY GROCERIES at the lowest Prices. Thanking the public for past favors, and hoping to deserve a continuance of the same, I remain, At your service. J. H. V. GASKINS, Lake City, S. C. ABOUT YOUR I Al TNDRV.i P S Courtney having I resigned as our Agent i we have appointed Louis J. Stackley. A continuance of your patronage will be appreciated. Respectfully, Florence Steam Laundry, E. P. SMITH, Proprietor, Shipments every week. Deliveries every Saturday. , Packages called for and delivered eTerv week. IHjMU : THINGS SEEN AND HEARD IN A , THRIVING COMMUNITY. ^ I Fine Tobacco Lands?Good Cotton Crops?Schools, Churches and Personal Notes. (Written for last week) Bensox, October, 8:?A game ot kooa.Kall was h?*r?> Saturday UOOV UMlt "WW Y v ?? - ? J afternoon, October 3, between Benson and Black River teams, resulting in a score of 22 to 3 in favor of Black River. The home boys claim that while they had challenged Blftck River, they received no notice of the challenge being accepted; consequently they were taken by surprise and only a few of their regular team took part in the game. However that may be the visitors achieved au overwhelming victory and were very much elated thereby. Notwithstanding the depressed state of the tobacco market at least one farmer in this vicinity has made a fair profit this year on a small acreage. Mr J Q McCullough sold 3500 lbs a few days ago at 9 eta. net, and on his whole crop of 41 acres he has realized a profit of about $50 an acre. Mr McCnllough is a wide-awake, progressive and intelligent young farmer. He believes in tht intensive plan of farming and practices his theory. In addition to his tobacco crop ne has about 13 ? ? ' ? a.x^ MiklaU V*a acres ui cuiuju, uu nuiui uc to make about ten bales. These money crops with plenty of provisions give him a fairly adequate return commensurate with his investment of capital and labor. Mr John Y McGill is another enterprising young farmer who plants tobacco. This year he put in about 10 acres, and, 1 understand, whilp the average price per pound for which he sold his product was not so high as Mr McCullough's, yet he paid all expenses and made some money. These lands around Benson are admirably adapted to tobacco raising and experts who have inspected them say that they are unexcelled by any to be found in the broad zone of tobacco lands in the South. There are also fine cotton lands in this section aud albeit, as is the case everywhere else, the crop is cut short this year, yet I dare say the cottou fields from Benson to Indiantown and out to the Black River road will compare very favorably with those of any section of equal area in Williams burg county. Ilauds are scarce here and as a consequence the work of hai vesting has been retarded. Most of the negroes are "lieners" and are pushed by the merchants who hold papers over their crops. The name "Benson" as applied to this post-office and vicinitv is worthy of some explanation. It was the middle name of Maj Joseph Benson Chandler who in his day was a man of prominence and intlueuce in this community where he spent most of the years of a long', and honorable life, so that when the post-office was established, some fifteen years ago, it was named in honor of him. There are two general merchandise stores here; one is operated by Messrs James T Rollins and Vibert Graham for F Rhem & Sons and the other is owned and conducted by Messrs H L Grayson & Bro. In the case of the latter the old saying that "history repeats itself" is exemplified. Nearly a score of years ago there was a mercantile firm w hich did a flourishing business under the name "H & E Grayson." Their ''stand" was a fewmiles dow n the road from Benson post-office. They went out of business and one of the brothers moved to Florida. After being away a number of years he conies back to the old home, finds his brother and erstwhile partner again in the mercantile busiuess and purchases an interest in the store. May the new firm enjoy a liberal patrouage and prosper. Cedar Swamp Joint School, at the Methodist church, and Cedar Grove School, about two miles east of Bensou, are both without teachers. Both of these schools will be opened as soon as teachers can be secured. The demand for teachers seems to be greater than the supply in this county, and I may say, in passing, that considering the meager salaries paid, the fact is not surprising. This is meant without prejudice to either of the above named schools, for I am speaking generally; with ore or two exceptions the observation will apply to the whole county. There have been protracted meetings recently at both the Methodist and Baptist churches, conducted at the former by the pastor, Rev William Roof, and at the latter by Rev H F Oliver, the pastor in charge, assisted by Rev H C Haddock. Last Sunday,(Oct 3) Rev William Roof preached in the morning at the Meth odist church. The church was comfortably filled and the preacher delivered'an earnest discourse which was received attentively by his hearers. The new church building here i presents a neat appearance externally, J being painted w hite; but the interior \ I \ is unceiled and unfinished. With J x little more work and a few more I1 dollars judiciously outlaid the build- * ing could be made a handsome house ? nt rrv,n i/i n i;i cni|;? x uv. i/cuivi\i j m vuuv? the church is uufenced and and stray cattle are at liberty to wander whither they wilt and browze 011 the flowers and shrubbery that deck the J narrow homes of thosa silent slum- ' berers in the city of the dead. . j CAUSE OF LOCKJAW. J Lockjaw, or tetanus, is caused by a bacillus or germ which rxiits plentifully in street dirt. It is inactive so long as exposed to the air, but when canied beneath the 3kin as iu the wounds caused by per- : cnssion caps or by rusty nails, and i when the air is excluded the germ is 1 roused to activity and produces the ; most virulent poison known. These germs may be destroyed and all \ danger of lockjaw avoided by applying Chamberlain's Pain Halm ; freely as soon as the injury is re , oeieen. Pain Balm is an antiseptic and causes cuts, bruises and like injuries to heal without maturation and in one third the time required by the usual treatment. It is for sale by Dr I) C Scott, Kingstree; Lake City Drug Co., Lake City; Dr W S Lyuch, Scranton. M i The trouble with the "trustees i of providence" is that they want to claim all their'successes as their own and blame their failures on ! providence. BETTER THAN PILLS. The question has been asked?In i what way are Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets superior to the ordinary cathartic and liver pills? Our answer is?They are easier and more pleasant to take and their effect is so gentle and so agreeable that, one hardly realizes that it is pro- ' duced by a medicine. Then thev not only move the bowels but improve the appetite and i aid the digestion. For sale at ! 25 cents per bottle by i)r D C Scott, Kingstree; Lake City Drug , Co., Lake City; Dr \V S Lynch, i Scratiton. ? If troubled wi:h a weak digestion j tryChamberlain's Stomach and Liver . Tablets. They will do you good, i For sale bv Dr D C Scott, Kingstree; i Lake City Drug Co., Lake Citv; Dr j W S Lynch, Scran ton. ir~~: U ^ v A AS SOI IS (II llil li II ! 1 ] About Fall Clothes, it's I lime lo think of us. Few pec.pie nowadays are satisfied with ,kany kind"' of clothes. What you want are well-tailored, perlect-tittin?r Clothes, of reliable material. That's what we promise to give you, and that's what i you'll find whenever you j care to see the many choice things we've provided lor Fall and Win- ? ter wear. Plenty of s gootl durable Soils and 'J s extra Pants for the 1 school Boys Hats to r please everyone. All at prices to please the economical. ( MAIL ORDERS J Have our careful attention. [ 9ENTSCHR?VISANSKA I 252 King SI., i h CORNER IIASELL ST. I Mission, S. t.f I LEGAL NOTICES. | Notice to Creditors. Whereas letters of administration of ,he goods, rights and credits of Abel toilers deceased, were duly granted nn.otboundersigriedjon October 5th? 190H. ill creditors of the estate cf the said i liol <alrAr<i nrp liori'hv noti led to render an account of their deiiand*, duly attested, to the underrigned. B. C. WHITEHEAD C. C. P. Notice. Notice is herebj given that the Board of County commissioners will neet on the first Monday in November, the 2nd day of November. 1003. to let c ntract to build a new brick jail. Specifications can be seen in the Supervisors Office. Bids to l>e in writing ind scaled and must be filed before 12 o'clock m., on the first Monday. The Board reserves the right to reject any ind all bids. J. J. GRAHAM, 3t. County Supervisor. Registration Notice. The office of tile Supervisors of Registration will be openod on the first Monday in every month for the purpose of the registering of any person who is qualified us follows: Who shall have been a resident of the state for iwo years, and of the county one year, and of the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote four months before the day of election, and shall have paid, six months before, any poll tax then due ind payable, and who can both read and write any section of the constitution of 18fr"> submitted to him by the Supervisees of Registration, or who i*an show that he owns, and has paid ill taxes collectable on. duiing the present, year, property in this State assessed "at three iiundred dollars or more. .I.J. EADDT. Clerk of Board. Citation Notice. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. cot'xty of williamshi"kg. By W K Ilanna. Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas W M Browdcr made suit to ate. to grant him Letters of Adminisira'ion with will annexed of the E-tate of and effects of H K Browder These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred irul Creditors of the said H K Browder iecea?ed. that they be and appear hefore me in the Court of Probate, to be held at King<t ree. Williamsburg county 5. C.. on the 19th day of October next, ifter publication the-eof, at II o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause if any they have, whv the said Adininistralon should not be granted. Given ni.d jr my Hand, til's 5th day >f October, Anno Domini. BMW. ' Published on the 8th dav of October 1908, in the Count v Record. W. E. HANNA, j?t. Judge Prohate. W. C. Sheriff's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Williamsburg. F Ithein and Sons vs Martha Singlctary et al. I3y vi!'tu?* of judgment for foreclosure me directed and tiled in this, :au?e I will offer for Saie at ftublic a net ion in front of the Court liou-e door in King-dree, S within the legal hours of sale to he highest bidder for cash on the lirsr. .Monday in November next 1903. A cert-in piece parcel or tract of land yiug being and situate in the Countv jf >* illiamsburg and Stiite of South .'aroliiiH containing (130) acres and wunded as follow*-; on the North by lands of M Krvin Snowder and lands of H 1. Grayson. East by lands M E Grayton and Kellehan known as .Memory Kellehan, South by lands of Dr I) C ioott and on the West by public road cnown as new road. Purchasers to jay for papers. GJ GRAHAM VV. C. Tax Notice. FREASrEEK*S OFFICE' WILLIAMSBURG CoUM V. Kinostiike, S. <Oct Stll, 19413 Tlu* tax levy fui tile fiscal year 1003 s as follows: for State - ft mills f??r School - S mill!? Vr OrdinaryOninty - - 4 mills for Roads 1 mill 'HO mills on value of all stock i? Andtrson. Silt tons and |>art of Pciin Townhips. 3 mills on value of all property in I k'liool Districts Nos. 1ft, 10, "23and 21 I I mills on value of ail property in j iehnol Disi ricts .Vos., 10. 20. 21 and 22. mill on all propery in No.. 13. A capitation tax of one dollar on all nales Itftween the aires of 21 and 00 ears unless constitutionally exeuip?d. A commutation tax of two dollar* nay be puitl by those liable tu load lutv. I will he at the following places oil he days mentioned in-low for tin- eolection of the said tax: wingstree, uctohor 1*? to 24 inclusive 'ales October 26 jUke City *' 27 and _'S c ran ton " 29 'rospeet " 30 j 'enter* " 31 ianiberts November 2 tome " 3 ! foirisville " 4 kingstree " o, 6, 7. and ? -anes " 10 rio " 11 , rreeley ville " 12 and 13 [ingstree " 14 ( ndianrown ' 16 lingstrec " 17 to Dec 31 1 iclusive. i G W JOHNSON. County Treasurer. ' V: tS , ' . Clerk's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Williamsburg County. Court of Common Flea*. J 0 Iv'Jnch I Decree of ForeW E Cock field et al \ c,0*ure and Sa,e In obedience to the order of Court in the above State case, I will sell, on the first Monday in November, next before the Court House door in Kingstree, S. Cwithin the legal hours of stile, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property, to wit: All that certain plantation or tract of land containing two hundred and eighty-eight ('288) acres bounding and butting as follows: On the North by the four hundred (400) acres of land of Mrs \V E Cocklield; on the East by the estate of R Y II Lee; Ori the South by Utids of J M Cocklield, and on the West by lands of Ned Gaskins and lands of Mrs W E Fllnn. B C WlIITKHKAD. Oct., 15th. 1903. C. C. C. P. Notice of Sale. By virtue ol a Power of Attorney given to me bv rhe heir* at law of ihe late David W Britton, for the purpose of making partition of the lands formerly owned by the said David W Britton. notlje Is hereby given that I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, at Kiugstree, 8. C., on Monday the 2nd., day of November, 1903. at 13 , o'clock, the following described lands: one undivided one fourth interest In all that cerrain tract of land lying, being and situated in tbeCountyof Willianisbuigand State of South Carolina, containing two hundred (200) acres and bounded as follows; on the North by lands of F C Britton, on rhe East by lands of B B Chandler ami M J Hasel- " I den, on the South by Public Road leading from Indiaiitown to Union Church and on tin West by lands of F M Britten, Sr.. and Estate of D W Britton. Also all that certain tract of land lying being and situated in the County of Williamsburg, and State of South Car?{lina containing two hundred (200) [ acres and Iwuuded as follows; on the | North by lands of F C Britton, on the I East by lands of E P Britton and F M ! Britton. Sr.. on the South by Public I Bond leading tromTndiantown to Union Church, and on the West by lands of F K Taylor. Also all that certain tract of laud lying, being and situate It ? -I... n...m?u IV'il I ii m villi ror nrnl lit im V/'m ??..j the State of fSouth Carolina, eontaininj: two hundred '200) acres, bounded as follow*; 0:1 the North by lands of F M Britton. Sr., and Public Road leading from Indiantown to Union Church, on the Last by lands of H li Chandler, on the South by lands of ? CJosey and on the Went bv lands of F M Brition Sr and B B Chandler. Terms of Sale,'Cash. Oct. 12, 19.3. JOHN A KELLY Attorney for Heirs of L> W Britton.. I PROFESSIONAL CARDS. | , DrR~J McCabe Dentist KINSS'REE, S,C. Robert d. KIRK ? Attorney-at-Law Kixgstree, S. C. ~W. L. BASS, 0 Attorney at Law LAKE CITY. S fi. TIiok M. GlUaiul. Louis W. Clllaud? GILLAND& GILLAND, Attorneys-at-Law Kixgstkre, ... S. C W. F. CLAYTON. Attorney - at - Law. FLORENCE, S. 0 Practices in all the United Statev Courts, and in the Courts of Florence and Williamsburg Counties. FOE SALE. Brick in any quantity to suit purchas ? r. The Best Dry Press Machine-made ABEI Special shape* made to order. Correspondence solicited betore nlacing your order4. W. r. FUNK. P. () Pox 1O.'i. Kings tree. S. C. ro m i?. Am standing niv Brown Stallion, Dick (by Dan Harold) at Lake City, S. C. Apply for terms, J. H. Blackwell, 3-17 tf. Lake City, S. C. Half of the manufactures of :his young and newiy developed, jouniry go to the old and well-de /eloped sections of Europe, whero nanufacturing is the chief indusry. ;