The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 07, 1907, Image 2
SCHOOL PRIZES AWARDED.
Successful Contestants for Prizes for
Improvements Made Public
Columbia, November
The executive committee
of the S c li o o i Improvement
Association ha> been in
session for the past two days in
the office of the State Superin
tendeijt uf Education considering1
applications for prizes for
excellent work done in improving
and beautifying schools.
They have also arranged a programme
for the annual meeting,
which will be held in Columbia
on December 3u and 31.
The following members of the
executive committee attended
the session: Miss Mary T.
Xance, Columbia, president of
the Association; Miss
Lizzie liogers, Bennettsville,
secretary; Miss Katherine
Mazyck, James Island, vice
president; Miss Louisa Poppenheim,
Charleston; Mrs. Dora
* Dee Walker, Appleton; Mrs.
Cora Murphy, Union; Mrs. T. M.
Belk, Lancaster; Miss Bertha
Reeves, Mullins; Miss Tbeodosia
Dargan, Stateburg.
The School Improvement Association,
vhich now has a mem*
bersbip of more than 3,000 in the
State, offered 15 prizes to the
' schools which made the most material
improvements during the
year. Five of these schools are
3 i.
to receive cauj auu icu ai c
to receive $50 each. Under the
head of material improvements
Lare included local taxation, consolidation,
new buildings, libraries,
interior decoration,
beautifying yards and better
general equipments. Sixty
schools throughout the State
entered the contest. The committee
had a very difficult task.
It was qecessary to read numerous
descriptions of old and new
school houses. These descriptions
were accompanied by
some very impressive photographs
showing interior and exterior
views. After verv care
ful consideration the prizes were
awarded to the following
^ scdools:
Horry County?Spring Branch
School, $100.
Lancaster Count y?Elgin
School, $100.
Laurens County?Green Pond
School, $100,
Orangeburg County, Jamison
School, $100.
^lliamsburg County?Johnsonville
School, $100.
Horry County?Athens School
$50.
Marion Count y?Brit ton's
Neck, $50.
Williamsburg County?Union
Graded school, $50.
Spartanburg County?Cross
Anchor,$50.
Sumter County?G e n e r a 1
Sumter Memorial Academy, $ou.
Laureus County?T r i n i t y
Rjdge School, $50.
Greenwood County?Phoenix
School, $50.
Marlboro County?S a 1 e m
School, $50.
Florence County?Lynchburg
School, $50.
The checks for these prizes
will be sent to the schools within
the next few days from the
office of the State Superinten
dent of Education.
The money for these prizes
was furnished by the Peabody
board of trustees, who have
done so much for the advancement
of school interests in the
South. The secretary of the
board expressed himself as being
highly pleased at the good
results that had been obtained
from the expenditure of this
money in South Carolina. He
said that he had never seen $100
do so much good.
The descriptive letters which
accompanied the applications
cantained many valuable suggestions
which will be very
helpful to other schools striving
to make improvements. The
School Improvement Association
will soon issue another
bulletin containing descriptions
and pictures of some of the best
examples of improvements
which have been developed in
the prize contest. Many of
these will furnish very graphic
desciiptions of school conditions
throughout the State and
of the steps which are being
taken tor oeuermeni.
County and local improvement
associations are being or
ganized very rapidly tlirouyliout
the State. This will guaran
tee a larger and more important
annual meeting of the State As.
sociation. An excellent programme
has been arranged by
the executive cemtnittee, and is
expected that matters of great
interest will be discussed and
important plans will be made
at the annual meeting here
during the holidays. It is
hoped that'arrangements can be
made for more and larger prizes
for the coming year. ?News &
Courier.
Tax Notice.
The tax books will be open for collection
of taxes the 15th day of October
next.
Tax levy as follows:
For State 4 v2 mills
41 ordinary county 3)$ "
44 Roads 1 44
44 Cons'tl school 3
Past indebtedness rds 1 44
A capitation tax of $1.00 on all male
persons between the ages of 31 and 60
years of age, and 30 mills levy on all I
cattle, sheep, goats and hogs in Ander-1
son, Suttons and Penn townships?also
50 cents per head on all dogs ; also 2
mills for retiring bonds in IKingstree
tow nshiD. school district No. 16.
Commutation (road) Tax $2 00
Levy for special school districts as
follows:
No. 16, 24, 26, 27 and 28 4 mills
'4 19. 20, 21, 22 and 25 2 44
44 15 4 44
" 18 1 -4
44 23 12 44
44 29 4 44
I will be at the following places mentioned
below for collection of said taxes
November
Hebron 1
Kingstree 2-4
Greelyville 5-6
Gourdins 7
Sutton 8
Trio 9
Harpers 11
Salters 12
Cedar Swamp, Rhem's Store 13
Bloomingvale 14
Morrisville . 15
Rhems ?,. 16
Kennedy'8 Store 18
Church 19
Rome 20
Lamberts 21
S. B. Boston's store 22
E. F. Prosser's store 23
Leo . 25
Scranton 26-27
J Lake City 29-30
December
I k'innrcfroii 2
j Lake City 3
Cades 4
Kingstree 5-6-7-9
Lake City 10
Kingstree 11-12-13-14-19
Lake City 17
Kingstree 18-19-20-27-28-30-31
Those who desire to pay their taxes
through the mail, would expedite matters
by dropping the Treasurer a postal
asking for tne amount of their tax so as
to avoid sending the wrong amount,
also stating the township or townships,
(if property is owned in more than one)
and if possible give school district where
property is located, also state whether
poll or road tax, or both are wanted.
After paying taxes examine your receipts
and see if all of your property is
covered, ir not, see about it at once.
By following the above suggestions
complications and additional cost may
be avoided.
J. Wkslkt Cook,
9-19 tf Co. Treasurer.
The finest coffee Substitute ever
made, has recently been produced by
Dr. Shoop, of Racine, Wis. You don't
have to boil it twenty or thirty minutes.
'"Made in a minute," says the
doctor. 'Health Coffee" is really the
closest Coffee Imitation ever yet produced.
Not a grain of real *Coffee in
it either. Health Coffee Imitation is I
made from pure toasted cereals or
grains, with malt, nuts, etc. Really
! /ftftl on ATnPrt?hp to
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unknowingly drink it for Coffee. Sold
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Hereafter we positively refuse
to publish any communication
received at this office later
than Tuesday, noon, except local
and personal items, which
will not be available later than
Wednesday, noon, for the current
week. By trying to be accommodating
we are thrown late
every week and we are tired of
it. This notice applies to
EVERY BODY.
4-25-tf.
Egg O'See, 15 cts a package, at
Hill & Dickson's, Lake City. 10-31tf
All kind of canned meat*, fruits
and vegetables at Hill & Dickson's
10-31-t.
SUPERSTITIONS OF NINE.
A Number Conspicuous In Ancient and
Modern Speech.
Of all odd numbers tlie one which 1
would seem to bo tlie mo>t conspicuous
in ane.'oiii lore and modern
speech and in allusions of ail sort>.
whether cias.-ic or vi.J; ar. is
Whether this i- booaa-e it i- a le.u!
tipie .if 3. ti i}>!.* trini'v. ?*..t
we iiccil i: il .-top to i'nj :;iv.
connection- in w!?: * -11 i> ti nre- ii rt*
very numerous ;i::< 1 cxtr. rdinarily I
varied. Of old there ucro nine |
mu.-e- tiiid al-o nine rive".- in the
infernal regions. In eia -Seal my- .
tho logy we read ef nine heavens
and nine worlds, and the hydra had
nine heads.
In mediaeval times there were i
nine '"worthies of the world." the j
places in this select assembly being
dilFerentlv-allotted bv different an- I
thorities, the usual division heir? j
three gentiles, or paynims, three
.Jews and three Christians. One of
the oldest English games is nine
men's morris. It could be played
either indoors or outdoors, on a
folding board marked with the necessary
lines and squares or on a
board marked out on field or down
by stones or by cuts in the turf. In
Dorset they still play the game under
the name of marnull.
Nine appears frequently in popu- 1
lar medicine. A Sussei collector
referring to the very common rural
belief in the efficacy of passing a
ruptured child through a cleft ash ,
tree says that the patient must be
attended by nine persons, each of
whom should pass it through the
cleft from west to east. A Perth
kirk session record of 1623 refers
I to the preparation of three cakes |
I nnrrvMA from
XVA PV1UC UiVUiVlUUi |/U* ^rvi v VM.
nine portions of meal contributed
by nine maidens and nine married |
women. Threads with nine knots ;
and straws with nine joints are used i
for various healing purposes, wh ie !
nine successive mornings are often
prescribed for the performance of i
certain folklore ceremonies. j
The great Lambton worm, one of J
the best known of English dragon i
myths, had nine eyes and was fed j
from the milk of nine cows.
Again, the same number ie prominent
in various common phrases
and proverbs. Nine tailors make a
man. Queen Elizabeth is alleged to
have once addressed a deputation of
eighteen tailors with a "Good morn- .
ing, gentlemen both!"
Every one knows that a cat has
nine lives, while the "cat" that is
used for the castigation of evildoers
has nine tails. j
When Mercutio insults Tybalt
and the latter inquires, "What
wouldst thou have with me?" the ,
volatile but fierv partisan replies,
"Good king of cats, nothing but one
of your nine lives." Heywood, the
proverb monger, has the saying, "A I
woman hath nine lives, like a cat," ,
which will be news to most folk.
Three more examples may be giv
en from a collection of applications
of this remarkable number 9 which '
is not easily exhausted. Possession, 1
we often hear, is "nine points of the
law." A person who has. paid some ,
attention to his or her attire is said
for some inscrutable reason to be
dressed ".up to the nines," while the
most startling event is but a "nine /
{lays' wonder." The last phrase,
though truer now than ever, was familiarly
used, with many other 6till
current forms of popular speech, in
the days of Chaucer. ? London
Globe.
Unreasonable.
Not long ago in a western market
town I chanced to observe an Irish- .
man with a live turkey under his 1
arm. The turkey was squawking
and gobbling in a distressed way, a
racket to which the Irishman did
not at first pav any particular no
tice. Finally, however, the disturb-1
ance got on the Celt's nerves. Giving
the bird a poke in the side, he
exclaimed:
"Be quiet! What's the matther I
wid ye annyhow? Why should yez I
want to walk whin I'm willin' to
carry ye?"?Harper's Monthly. (
At* It All.
A wife had occasion to go out to
women's votes meeting, so left a
pudding in the saucepan for her husband.
When she arrived home she
went on with her washing and inquired
how he'd got on.
"Very well," said he. "I thoroughly
enjoyed the pudding."
Good!" said the wife. "What '
f>?v. /irt with th/> cloth it was '
UiU JWU UV rr . v.. W?? ?
boiled in?"
"Cloth, my gal?" said hubby as be
abstractedly continued reading his '
caper. "Was there a cloth?"?-Lon- '
don Illustrated Bits.
An Exemption Noted.
Lawyer?Your uncle's will seems
to be a perfectly legal document,
such as will stand in any court I
can find no grounds on which to 1
contest it. '
Disappointed Nephew?But you
must find some grounds. Where
there's a will there's a way, you :
know.?Lippincotfs. I
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NoticeBy
Georgetown & Western Railroad
Company of its Intention to Apply to
the Next General Assembly <>f the
State of South Carolina for an
Amendment to, A Iteration and < hange
oi'its1 harter.
The ?ieorgeto\\n &. Western Railroad I
company will, at the next session of I
the General Assembly of the Stat** of
t?euth ' arolina. apply tu said General
Assembly for an amendment its
< 'haru-r ami for -itch alteration in
change th'-reinas ' ill eonterupon it by
an Aei ??f said General Assembly, a
mong oth'-r rights and privileges* the
right to build and construct a railroad
from some point on the line of Georgetown
& Western Railroad, between
lane-in the county of Williamsburg,,
a'd i>eorgetown in the county of
Georgetown, through the counties of
Georgetown, Williamsburg, Florence
and Marion, t? some point or points in
said counties by a route or routes to be
determined upon hereafter by >aid
Company.
Georgetown & Western Railroad
Company.
By Raymond s Farr,
General Manager.
lO-lO-Jan-lot-08 '
Final Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that on the
23rd day of Nov. 1907, I will apply to
the Probate .fudge of Williamsburg
County for a fi al discharge as administrator
of the Estate of H. K. Browder,
deceased
W. M. Browder,
10-31?4t. Administrator.
Stop That Cold
*o eheek early colds or Orippt with
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rtth Prerenties U rater than to let It ran and be
ubllged to cure ft afterwards. To be sure. Prerwitics
will cure even a deeply Mated eold. bat
taken earbr?at the sneeee stage?they break, or
Uead off these early colds. That's surely better,
rhat't why they are called Prerenties.
Prerentlcsere little Ckady Cold Cures. No Quinine,
no physic, nothing sickening. Nice for the
children?and thoroughly safe too. If you feel
hilly, if you meese. lfyou ache all oyer, think of
Prerenties. Promptness may alio rave half yoor
usual sickness. And don't forrnt your child, II
there Is fererlshnesa, night or dsy. Herein probibly
lies Preventics' greatest cfOdeney. Sold In
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Prerenties. Insist on your druggists giving you
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ALL WORK
Guaranteed ^Represented.
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Attorney at Law
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