The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 06, 1908, Image 4
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KINGSTREE. S. C
C. W. WOLFE.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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THURSDAY. FEB. 6. 1908
Where, oh where, is, Col Jim
Far num.
And tbegobbleuns wiil git them,
ef they don't watch out?the
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grafters. I
The negro postmaster Wilson
has ' been reappointed at Flor.
ence, as might have been expected.
The president of the
United States is rather a Hard sub.
ject to bluff.
It is probable that the legislature
will, during tbe present session,
create another judical circuit.
If they keep on, tbe title "Judgo"
will soon be a9 common as "Colope!."
Tbe Solous' next junketing tour
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Y1U UC W VUliagwu ui*? vw>??j.
The object is to inspect the Citadel
Academy and to shake hands
with the denizens of the 4 4City by
the Sea." This meaus a big appropriation
for the Citadel and tne
State pays the freight.
We call attention to the cditorial
from the News and Courier
reproduced in another column as
to new counties. The concluding
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paragraph is significant: "In Virginia
the consolidation of counties
is a lively question in certain
parts of the State, because
the counties fiud the burden of
government very heavy to bear."
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And yet our Lake City friends
|?9pld have us believe that dismembering
Williamsburg would
make taxes do higher,
Mr. Stoll vs. Mr. Starr.
We publish this week a letter
to the News and Courier, writteu
by Mr Stewart Starr, boosting
the new county movement with
Lake City as the county seat.
The letter speaks for itself and
"he who runs may read."
Last week we printed a letter
* dl.k,
iron ai ruiiij) own vu vuv xvcounty
subject, in which be cited
certain figures taken from the
books of the ^county auditor. We
hate questioned the auditor as to
the accuracy of theae figures, and he
tella us that they^are substantially
correct.
Now comes Mr Starr, who goes
oter the same ground and produces j
a set of figures entirely different!
from Mr Stoll's, Which is cor-1
rect? if Mr Starr's statistics are
right and be will demonstrate the
fact beyond mere words that the
northern one-third of the county
is paying three-fifths of the taxes
of the present county government
we will have nothing further to
. say against the formation of Hut.
ledge county. But talk is cheap.
^ Produce the authority.
Let us compare some of the
figures. Mr Starr gives the total
area of Williamsburg as 1,161
square miles.
A few weeks ago in the Flor\
euce rimes' ?trticle (which we arel
.informed ?vas his production) his
estimate was 091 square miles.
! Has he made made a suiter in
the meantime and discovered hits
former error?
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?i' have seen places the area of
William- jiiiv at 9i> 1 square utiles,
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! -.vhieh wa< issm-d l?efore the part
embracing Cowards was voted into
Florence < unity.
.Mr St oil's figures are 04s sipaare
miles for r:;e total area of the
old county which, allowing for
the part cut off, would about
correspond ivith our map and MiStarr's
first estimate.
Now, as to the property and tux
question. If the one-third area
i referred to pays three-fifths of
the taxes they must own three|
fifths of the property, i. e., (acI
cording to Mr Starr's figures for
the whole couuty with which Mr
Stoll's practically agree) they pay
taxes on $2,995,200. But Mr
Stoll's statement (taken from the
auditor's books, mark you) show
in the area affected only $1,828,000.
Now, which is correct, Mr Starr's
off-hand assertion or the official
tignres.'
- There are other discrepancies in
Mr Starr's article, but the aboee
is sufficient to convince anyone
not wholly blinded by prejudice
that either Mr Stan or the county
auditor's books are wrong. If
the latter, Mr Starr should confide
to the public tne source of
his superior knowledge and the
'paopers" that he and his constituents
ure supporting will, we
make bold to assert, with- draw
any objection to Lake City,
and any other territory that wants
to go with ht-r, departing bag and
baggage whither they choose to go.
LAKE CITY LOCAL NEWS
Things of interest Noted and Put into
Paragraphs.
Lake City, February 3:?Mr
Sidney Sutcliffe of New York is
spending a few days with his
mother, Mrs M Sutcliffe.
Mr GeoC Haselden and family
of Newport News, Va., have
moved into the Richey house,
Main and McAllister streets.
A spark from a passing train
set fire to the grass in the front
yard of Hon W L Bass' residence
Sunday afternoon be- i
tween one and two o'clock and
in a few^minutes had spread over
the entire yard, but with the
kindly help of neighbors the
fire was^soon put out witnout
any further damage. If this
had occurred at night it may
have proved very serious.
Mrs S W G Shipp and little
daughter of Florence are visiting
relatives in town.
Hon W h Bass spent Saturday
and Sunday at home.
Mr Chappel, the minister of
the Baptist church,will shortly
move to town with his family
and occupy one of the McClam
cottages on McAlister street.
The handsome residence of
Mrs Belle Turner is nearly finished
and will be ready tor the
family to move into in the
course of a few weeks.
For the last week three
tramps have been visiting our
town, sleeping in barns and
cotton seed houses or whereever
they could find a place.
This fact being called to the
notice of the police, who made'
their acquaintance Monday
morning, the last that was seen
of them they were counting
cross-ties towards Scranton.
W. L. B.
Uee'DeWitt'e Little Early Risers,
pleasant little pills. Thev are easy
to take. Sold bv W L Wallace M
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~ FEIGNING DEA1 H.~
A Trick Resorted to by Animals to
Shun Their Enemies.
The feigning of dentil by certain (
animals for the purpose of do.eiv-j
ing their enemies and thus scour- j
ing immunity is one of the greate-t i
of the many evidences of their in-,
telligent ratiocination. This siniu- j
lation is not confined to any par! it- j
ular family, order or species of am- j
mal, but exists in many, from the;
very lowest to the highest. It is!
found e\en in the vegetable king-!
dr veil known sensitive plant
be an interesting example. The
actio.. 01 tins piam i? pnreiv r-'iiox, i
as can lie proved l?v observation and j
; experiment, and is not therefore a j
proccssof inteir -?;i<e.
An experiment.. \ writing in Wisscn
fur Alio, says that he lias s-ccn
the feigning of death in some of
the lowest animals known to science.
Some time ago while examining
the inhabitants of a drop of
pond water under a high power
lens lie noticed several rhizopods
busily feeding on the minute buds
of an algo. These rhizopods suddenly
drew in their hairlike lilaria
and sank to the bottom, to all appearances
dead. The cause was
found to be the presence of a water
louse, an animal which feeds on
these animulcitlco. It likcwi.-c sank
to the bottom aid nf'er looking at
the rhizopods swam away, evidently
regarding them as dead and ?mf?t
for food.
This was not an accidental occurrence,
for the observer has eeeu
the same wonderful performance
twice since. Through the agency of
what sense, he asks, did the?e little
creatures discover the approach of
their enemy? Is it possible that
they and other microscop e animals
have eves and ears so eicecd'nglv
small that leases of the vert highest
power cannot raake them risible, or
are they possessors of senses utterly
unknown to and incapable of being
appreciated by man? Science can
neither affirm nor deny either of
these suppositions.
Most animals are 6lain for food
by other animals. Most of the carnivora
and insectivora prefer freshly
killed food to carrion. They will
not touch tainted meat when they
can procure fresh; hence when they
come upon their prey apparently
dead they will leave it alone and go
in search of other ou.arry unless
they are very hungry. Tainted
substances are dangerous to get into
the stomach. Certain ptomaines
render it sometimes verv poisonous.
Long years of experience have
taught this fact to animals, and
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uii'reiure must 01 liicm in uruu ?>i
seemingly dead creatures alone.
Tcast to Laughter.
Here's to laughter, the sunshine
of the soul, the happiness of the
heart, the leaven of youth, the privilege
of purity, the echo of innocence,
the treasure of the humble,
the wealth of the poor, the beau of
the cup of pleasure. It dispels dejection,
bawshes bfties and manglbs
melancholy, for it's the foe-of woe,
the destroyer of depress/on, the enemy
of grief. It if what Icings enVy
the peasants, plutocrats envy the
poor, thfi guilty envy the innocent.
It's the sheen on the silver of
smiles, the ripple oo the water's delight,
the glint of the gold of gladness.
Without it humor would be
dumb, wit would wither, dimples
would disappear and smiles would
shrivel, for its glow of a clean conscience,
the voice of a pure soul, the
birih cry of mirth, the swan song of
sadness.?Life.
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Clothes and Season*.
Like the blessed wild goldfinch,
who sometimes stays with us all
winter, 1 feel a stirring ere February
is out to shed the gray outward
disguise my soul has all along been
wearing and to come forth in bright
aureate splendor of full summer
plumage. I wish to wear a greeD
kirtle when the grass burns emerald
and even the sanset skies assume
chrysoprase. In the winter were it
not for startling the good folk 1
would go everywhere in the hibernal
attire of the wise little ermine. In
autumn ? no; there the analogy
stops?I would not array me in carmine
or imperial orange, though nature
is thus minded to do. In the
autumn, even in the Jate summer, a
psychic revulsion from this rule of
sympathetic or protective coloring
is experienced.?Atlantic.
Spoiled th# Metaphor.
A very self confident young barrister
was once introduced to Sir
Henrv Hawkins and throughout his
conversation boaated of what he
hoped to do in the future.
''Ah," said his lordship at last,
I "so von hope to be famous some
day, eh?"
"Yes," replied the barrister, "some
day I hope to have the -world at my
feet."
"Why, what have you been doing
all this time," inquired Sir Henry? j
"walking on jour hands ?"
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Notice to TrusteesPlease
bear in mind the importance '
f the Ua* nets' annnai reports being}
fiied with the < ounty superintendent.
D'-n't, in f m* ca?ef sign pay warrant
for last montn of school until this an-!
nuai report is properly made out and
signed by the clerk of your hoard. Write
the wonts "Last Month"' acn -s the
face of the warnnt fur ttielast month
of each school.
J G McCut LOUGH.
< ounty Superinlet.dent of Kducniion.
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Sum mens for Relief
(COMPLAINT SERVED.)
>TA7E OF SOUTH CAROLINA. , '
i ?ui?ty o' Williamsburg
Court of Common i leas. 1
AMD rdon. PlaintifT.
Against
Alice Darby, L.un Da: by, heirs atlaw
of -iack Darby. deceascu: Yanikiej
Lav is, .for E D.ivis, George Davis.
Mary < onyers. Collins Davis, Louella i
r r. > er, heirs at-iaw of tieorge Davis, i
deceased: ;vlacKey Davis, Morgan Davis,
Bessie George, I.i valve Davis, heirs 11
at-iaw <>f I- riduy Davis, d-eeased: For- j
tune Da.b\, liarry Darby, Daphney I
Mc ants. Tena fox worth, -tames Dar- c
by, heirs-at-law of Caesar Darby, deceased;
Docia Cohen, .Dmes Cohen, j
nilip ' ohen. Mary Richardsoq ^rah
Epps. oolomen Lohen. Pick hen, j
iu-irs-at-law of Windser Col .-eased
Fed Darby, >io->e Darb, ,onus 1
Darby, John Darby, Jacob Chandler, |
heire-at-lawof Daphny Darb.deteased;
('airy Lee Dingle. ( ephus Ifarby, Liz- 1
zie Darby, heirs-at-law of Liston Dar- |
K?? Ken Movir >am llnitir
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.Ikcob Major, Fortune Major, heirs-at- '
law of Matilda Major, deceased; .Sarah |
I>arby, heir-at-law of L-aac l?arby, deceased',
Louisa Boyd, Varices curses, 1
Cal.in Darby, Rovanna Darby, heirs- i
at-law of Calvin Darby, deceased; Lo- <
gan tiunjble, William Gamble, Wesley (
Gamble, ht-ira-at-iaw ol Sarah Gamble, '
deceased: Mose Dun more, Daphney (
Hose, heirs-at-law of Clara Dun more, .
deceased, and Jacob ( handler, Defend- '
ants. |
J o tne defendants above named: ^
You are hereby summoned and re iUiied
to answer the complaint in this .
action,of whic h a copy is berewitn ser- '
ved upen you, and to serve a copy of l
your answer to the said complaint on .
the subsc riber at their office Kingstree. '
S r\ within iwenty-days after the ser- |
vice hereof; exclusive of the day of .
such service; and if you fail to answer '
the compl tint within the time afore- \
said, the plaintiff in this action will ap- .
ply to the Court ft r the relief demand- '
ed iti the complaint. And you.the said \
Soloman Cohen, Picket cohen, Cephus .
Cohen, infant defendants, are hereby '
required to be caused to be appointed a )
guardian ad litem to represent your in- .
terest and upon your failure so to do \
within twenty days from the service \
hereof the piainun win appiy 10 tne .
Clerk of Court of Common Pleas of '
Williamsburg County to appoint a \
guardian ad litrm to repre-ent your in- .
terest. J
To Maiy Conyers. Collin Davis, I.ev- ^
alve Davis, leua Foxworth, James
Cohen, Philip C"hen. Fed Darby, Lizzie
Darby, bonus Darby, John Darby,
Sarah Darby, Rosanna I'arby, Logan
Gamble, Wil-liam Gamble, WesleyGamble,
Mose Durmore, i on-resident de-:
fendants:
Please take notice that the Complaint
in this action together with the J
summons, of which the foregoing Nis a ?
copy, was filed in Jie office ox the ?
Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for j
Williamsburg County, State of >outb ?
Carolina, on the 15th day oi January, j
1908. Dated'lanuary 15, 1908. <
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General Contractor
and Builder - - Greelyville,
Sooth Carolina.
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AtlanticJCoast Line?Trip to
Florida and Cuba.
Kingstree Dry Goods Co?
Queen Quality Slippers for '
Ladies.
Williamsburg|Live Stock CoHorses
and Mules.
Stop that tickling Cough! Dr
Shoop's Cough Core will surely stop
it, and with perfect safety. It is so
thoroughly harmless, that Dr Shoop
tells mothers to use nothing else even
wifh vprv voune babies. The whole
' ?J J - some
green leaves and tender stems
of a lung healing mountainous shrub
furnish the curative properties to Dr
Shoop's Cough Cure. It calms the
cough, and heals the sensitive bronchial
membranes. No opium, no
chloroform, nothing harsh used to
injure or suppress. Demand Dr
Shoop's. Take no other. Sold by
D C Scott.
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