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(The Countn ilfcoti KINQSTREE. S. C. C. W. WOLFE. COITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS ? StniaiCRIITlOX RATES: One copy, one year, ? ? ? $1.00 One c<?py. six months. ? ? - .5 One copy, three months. ? ? .25 nav>ih)?> ii advance. I kJUUVTVl | ? - -ADVERTISING RATES: One inch, first insertion, $1.00; each . uhsequent insertion, 50 cents. Obituries and Tribute** of Respect over 1??0 words charged for a** regular adverrisments Liberal reduction on advertising made for three, six and twelve montlis contracts. Communications must be accompanied bv the real name and address of writer in order to receive attention. No communication of a personal n&ture will be published except as an (advertisement. Address all letters and make all drafts payableto (j. w. woi.ke. Kiugstree, S. C. THURSDAY. MARCH 21.1907 A Card. Editor County Record: I Kindly allow me the use 01 your columns to express a word of appreciation to the congregations of Brewington, Corinth and Richmond. Dear Brethren, by your liberality I am settled iu the neat and comfortable parsonage located in the progressive to^rn of Greelyville, which your generosity and self-denial have provided. The house is well adapt,ed to the purpose intended, being roomy and conveniently arranged and situated in a most desirable portion of the town. You have hereby added much to out comfort, and we trust also to our usefulness as pastor. The group of churches has long, r needed a parsonage, and we re joice that it has been erected during jur pastorate. You have a nice parsonage and should be (&. proud of it, and feel repaid for; I any self-denial its erection may have caused you. Our thanks are due to all those 85K- individuals who so kindly moved ^ our goods and effects frem Manning. You saved us consider able expense and perhaps delay, and then you handied the goods so carefully that nothing was ft1"'. lost or damaged to any appreciJk? able extent #?< - We found on arriving at the gj?- house that the members of Richmond had cleaned up the premis% es of the rubbish incident tobuilding, an^l the ladies of the congregation had attended to making the interior of the bouse a fit place for habitation. The floors had been scoured, windows wash/ ed and everything made as neat y" as a pin. But, best of all, the pantry had been stocked with I all kinds of needful provisions. A card said, "From the members of Richmond and some individuals in Greelyviile who are not members." We will find use for all the articles but we appreciate fI roost the spirit wiiicn prompted the gift. Please accept our profound* thanks for all the nice things, and may God bless you abundantly. t Your servants in the Lord, B L Grier, J M Grier. Greelyville, S. C.. March 19, '07. Dyspepsia aii General Debility are cured by P. P. P., Lippmau's Great Bemedy, the superior of all B&rsaparillas. P P P is the greatest tonic for the N stomach that was ever known. Ingestion, Bad Dreams, and Biliousness give way rapidly to the r..i <,,,/! hlnrw] eleansmtr pU W fll ?l l ivuiv ut.M properties of P. P. P. A prominent Kailroad Superintend eut living at Savannah, Ga, (in which city he was born), says he feels belter than he ever did, and he had Ijfc- t the worst case of dypepsia on record. % He had no appetite, aud the little he ale disagreed with him, causing: him to vothit often; he had pains in the head, breast and stomach; hut after using three bottles of. P. P., P he I felt like a new man. He says that * he feels that he could live forever if he could always get P. P. P. His name will be given on application to us. Sold by W L Wallace. >. I FRANCIS MARION LITERARif SOCIETY ORGANIZED BY PUPILS OF UNION GRADED SCHOOL?A RECENT DEBATE. After several mouths preparatory training and drill in parliamentary practice by the teachers, the pupils of Union Graded school have organized a literary society. The regular membership is composed of pupils of the fifth and higher grades. Previous to the organization a committee appointed from the higher grades, under the direction of the teachers, drew up a constitution and by-laws, by which the society is governed. This constitution was subsequently adopted by popular vote, thus the pupil feels that he is governed by laws and regulations, which he himself had a part in making?the principle of self-government which we Americans are proud of, and with which the pupil should early become familiar. Francis Marion, haviug fought for and saved this section of our State during the war with England, redeeming it from the yoke of Brit ish bondage by most devoted service and loving sacrifice, no character was deemed more worthy of honor and reverence from his native soil, no life more fitted for example of noble jwitriotism, no deeds more deserving commemoration than those of the hero of our own loved section who fought in our midst long years ago. Indeed, less than two miles distant from the school building lies the Black Mingo battle ground where Marion won a hard fought victory, a spot which should be marked by a permanent monument. Thus Fiaucis Marion became the name of our literary society. We feel honored that we are permitted to bear the name of one so noble. We cannot add to his glory, his record is made?we cau help bear aion una Keep unv2 tnac name preeminent that it may never even approach oblivion among the traditious of our community. The society meets every Friday afternoon filling that part of school work usually designated as "Friday evening speaking'*. However, the worth and work of the society are far greater and deeper. Its benefits are incomparable to tne ordinary "speaking". Literary society work gives the pupil invaluable training in many ways. Through it he be comes able to "think ou hie feet", is enabled to face an audience and tell his thoughts without losing the power of speech; he is given training in principles of popular government; he receives valuable experience in parliamentary practice; through it are bestowed graceful address and a power of self-confidence. Our society is proving eminently successful. Every pupil is taking desp interest in every phase of the work. A varied programme is given at every meeting, consisting of readings, recitations, music, essays and debate. The constitution and by laws govern the eutire procceediugs. Officers are elected every two months. 1 Those who have the honor of being the first offiers of the society are: President, Ferney Hemingway. Vice-President, J. C. Marshall. Secretary, Iva Faddy. First Censor, Daisie Brockinton. Second Censor, Daisie Munnerlyn. Treasurer, Carey Rollins. The teachers act as critics. A programme committee prepares the programme, varying the duties of the members alternately. At a' recent meeting the query. "KesolveU: i n.it our common rural schools should be consolidated into graded schools'', was debated. Below is a paper written by a pupil on the affirmative side. It is uncorI rected, just as arranged and read by the pupil. From this paper one can get au idea how well a pupil of the ninth grade can handle a question of this kind. It was written by Miss Iva Eaddy. DEBATE. Resolved; that our common country schools should be consolidated into graded sehocls. 1 In discussiug tbe query chosen for j debate this afternoon we should con1 oirl/ii. u/lcunfunoia n r.iiloil Oiutl tun >vt fOUMigvg V4 H giuuvu school over a common country school. First, when 60 many children meet together, they have more ambition for study and are more willing to attend school. Second, u graded school lasts three or four times as long as a rural school. Third, more studies ure taught at graded schools, and instead of th^ pupil being turned back every time he starts tiSchool, as they are al rural schools, he is led steadily on ward through higher aud higher branches of study and the crowning noint is his praduatiou. r o There is no incentive to create ambitiou among pupils of coranion country schools. Because, as a general rule, the children start back to school after about eight or nine months' vacation and are turned back to the first of their already well worn books. Then they are led over the same old thing each term. How can a person learn anything at that rate? At graded schools, the pupils cau attend school eight or nine months out of the year and have something to create a desire for study. They can euter new grades aud study a great number of different books. There are more branches of study taught at graded schools, namely; art, music, drawing, elocution, physical culture, etc These are not taught at common country schools. When these is a flourishing graded school in the midst of a community, the people have something of which they may justly feel proud. When they send their children there they have the consolation of knowing that their children are receiving nrnnop dorolnnmpnf hnth in mind r~. and body by the combiued efforts of from three to six competent teachers instead of one twenty-dollar teacher at a rural school. At rural schools the teachers aie so often deficient in training and when that is the case the pupils must suffer the cousequenoes. Daniel Webster said: "Something that was called a school was kept for two or three mouths in the winter, frequently by an itinerant, too often a pretender, claiming only to teach a little reading, writing and ciphering and wholly incompetent to give any valuable assistance to a clever youth in learning either." How well thai may' be applied 10 present day rural schools! No doubt that my opponents will say that many of our greatest men attended common country schools and no others, but we must remember that it was not the rural school that made them gieut. Instead of that it was the manner in which the pnpils applied themselves. Many people have become famous who attended common schools in childhood but after attending those schools they attended preparatory schools and colleges. If they had gone to graded schools instead of rural schools, they would not have had to go to preparatory schools. A graded school fits people for college but a common country school does not. Some people will say that if rural schools are consolidated, it will be the means of debarring some children from school on .account of the distance, but the day has come when three aod four miles are considered only a modern distanae to attend school. Some children do not mind going six or eight miles to school. We have an illustration of the fact j here at the Union Graded school. I All of us would rather come the distance we do to school here than a common school at our door-steps. We may be sure that others feel the same way. If any of you all do not see the benefit derived from graded schools, compare the condition of the country now with the time before they were introduced. You will find a vast difference in the state of education. If common schools had served j the purpose of educating the children as they ought, why Mere graded ! schools introduced? It was because people found out that their children 1 were not receiving proper training. Therefore, common country schools are gradually becoming a thing of the past, I have heard many people say that they wished to see the day when rural schools ivere all consolidated t \ / Y f I into graded schools. Among these was our superintendent of educa-1 ' tion. One of the beat things of a gradi ed school is the uplifting influence i that is cast by good libraries and i pious teachers. Oftentimes the school near their hemes is the only one some children have the oppor ; tunity of attending, therefore after ' having gone to school as long as > they possibly could they are betttr , equipped for the battles of life if they had attended graded schools. It is not the case with them if they ; had attended common couutrv schools. .A graueu school arouses a social i element, in a community by bringing \ more people together than a cornmou school would It causes the i people to have a common interest and to strive for the welfare of each other. ! Taking into consideration the many advantages, I think common country schools should be cousolida ted into good substantial graded schools. O. M. M. ! that From Chapman. Chapman, March 18:?Mr. Robert Cox, formerly of Savage, but now of Outland, has been very sick with typtoid fever, but seems to be improving. Miss Duffie Harmon has returned from Conway, where she has been visiting friends and relatives. Miss Edna Davis went to Georgetown last week to the Sunday-school convention as a delegate from the Muddy Creek Sunday-school. Miss Mary Dusenbury, one of Conway's popular young ladies, is visiting the Misses Harmon. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Doar of Georgetown came up to Chapman last week.. Mrs. W. H. Harmon is spending some time at Conway with her son, Mr. R. T. Harmon. Miss Carrie Perry is visiting at Darlington. Mr. Montague of Georgetown passed through here on business last week. Foreclosure Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,J County of YVilliamsburg. f Court of Common Pleas. R. B. Cannon, Plaintiff, vs. Ellen Miles, Jefferson Miles, et al. Under and by virtue of a decree of foreclosure and sale in the above stated action, granted by the Court of Com mon Pleas, bearing date March 14, 1907, the undersigned will on the first Monday in April, 1907, during the legal hours of sale, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, before the Court House door in Kingstree, in the State and County, aforesaid, the following described premises: 4 'A certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate in the County of Williamsburg and State aforesaid, containing four acres more or less, bodnded North by Manning public road from stake 3x n in ditch, East by lands of W. W. Miles 1 and Laura A. Miles, South by lands of estate of Thos. M. Creecy, West by I lands of Ann Knight. Purchaser to be let in possession November 1, 1907 G. J. Graham, Sheriff Williamsburg Coudty. i 3-14-8t. Trustee s Sale of i Personal PropertyUnited States of America, ; Eastern District of South Carolina. In the District Court. In re Brown & Carter, Bankrupts. In Bankruptcy. Under and by virtue of an order of Chas. W. Stcll, Keferee, in the above matter, bearing date February 18th, 1907, to me directed, the undersigned will sell at public auction to the highest bidder or bidders i for cash, at the storehouse of SmithWilliams',Co., at Lake City, Williamsburg County, in said District, it 12o'clock noon on the 22nd day! of March, 1907, all the unpaid accounts," promissory notes, bills of sale, chatteljmortgages, agricultural liens, jbonds, mortgages of real es i:ate and other choses in action*of, j and belonging to the estate of said ! Brown & Carter, Bankrupt. A. H. Williams, Trustee. 3-5-3t i V.Vrf.-'J __ ? | Go the new jjj | Daylight 5tore.| <d @ @ FOR YOUR SPRING GOODS. WE HAVE A ? @ NICE LINE OF ? | Embroidories Laces, All Overs White Goods, Rib-1 | boos, Silks, Millinery and Dress Goods. @ @ WE CARRY THE BEST LINE OF LADIES @ ? AND GENTS' SHOES IN TOWN. PRICES @ ? AS CHEAP AS ELSEWHERE. NO TROUBLE ? @ TO SHOW GOODS. COHE AROUND. 9 9 ? | Stackley's Cash Store. ? jgj KINGSTREE, S. C. <?j ?: ? :?:@ :?:@ # :?:?'?:?:?:?:?:?:?:???:?:?:?@:?:?:@:.@:@:? | ?NEW YEAR'S? ? 1 Greetings, i @ ? ? j ^ | We are fully prepared to fur* | ? nlsh you with Hardware tor the ? | year 1907. | is Latest and best improved# | Agricultural Implements. | ? Everything necessary to cultivate ? @ ? o your crop. 5 | Remember we are closing J | but our stock of .J' ? r?i inxn'ri inr ? 1 r 111 uivn ? ?. ? at greatly reduced prices. ? ? COMPLETE LINE COFFINS and CASKETS, g | Our elegant new Hearse furnished when de-1 \ ?' sired. ? i KINGSTREE HARDWARE COMPANY I ? Headquarters for Hardware and Crockery. J ^ i>:?:@:?:?:?:?:@:?:? :?:?:?:?:?;?;??? ;?;jg In using a cough syrup, why Dot m. T . , ? , , get the best? one that comes highly ,&es aud ^08t c *mplete ~Hst-RUpTonLtai^^L, Bpft ChtG?0- S. BiCKEB i SOB, dren always like it because it con- * m tains no opiates, is a laxative and is W | guaranteed to give satisfaction or gj j your money refunded. Try it.?Sold ^ M by W L Wallace. fli |J ? v Pw O STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,) ? ^SHraHR ^ County of Williamsburg, i m ^ By P. H. Brockinton, Esq., Probate i Judge. " Whereas, T. j. Phillips made suit to -manufactuh :rs of? me, to grant him Letters of Adminis- _ tration of the Estate of and effects of w3.Sll, Doors, Blinds Samuel S. Tisdale -, ... These are therefore to cite and ad- ou in? an(* Building Material, monish all and singular the kindredand Sash Weights and Cords Creditors of the said Samuel 8. Tisdale rH.P( vorrvx- w. ,, dsceased, that they be and appear be- " ' fore me, in the Court of Probate, to be ?1 a?ssas? held at Kingstree, S. C., on the 80th day of March next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration be BH Couoil0/. Given under my Hand, this 9th day of March, Anno Domini, 1907. ^^^^Hcouch, tt:. Published on the 14th day of March, 1907, in the County Record. H JMj P, M. brockinton, |hjc|hjlijl|i^^ Probate Judge. i Tbejtid There are many kidney remedies erery u??ue. but few that accomplish the result. ^^^BB "PINEULES" is a kidney remedy that contains no alcohol or opiates of any kind, complies with the National Pure Food and Drug Law, l||||k |3|QLI VMbB guaranteed to give satisfaction. U^^^4mU9UAm^^ Thirtv day treatment for $1.00. In-j AUcongh ?ynip? containing oplatea con?0quire about "PINECLES."?Sold I by W L Wallace. Sold by W L Wallace. i I .... i'y.^