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jgetiyX " . ^ $S5??- Cftttttl) Jlcfrlf&. :=2f VJJ VOL XXII KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 13, 1908. . NO. 6 ?? ? - ' . ? -ik rll STARR'S "ADDRESS" ANALYZED. SlflE 0F TIE WEAI SPOTS UNCOVER* EIE0?1R. STILL CIALLENGES - PROOF OF ISSERTIMS . [The following article has ' been sent to the editor of The Rutledge County News by Mr Philip Stoll, with the request that it be published tins *vees.j l l In your address to the people } last week you prefaced your remarks with the following statement: "We desire to present plain facts and correct statistics relative to and concerning the formation of Rutledge count)'. All we want is that the public should have the plain truth in this matter." Relying on the above statement I reaueat that vou publish this reply, as my object in writ-l ing is that the people may get the plain truth about the matter. As to the area of Williamsburg I must insist that your figures art wrong and that there are only a! o it 948square miles in the present county. Any one who is at all familiar with the county should know that there are not 1,163 square miles in its present area. The latest map puts it at 948 square miles. What Mills' old map puts it at is of little dinsequence Few surveyors' work in that day, or in this day for that matter are accurate, as any one who has had occasion to 4x amine them will testify. There ^ are some accurate surveyors, however, and from the sources of information which I have access to, I am thoroughly conconvinced that there are not over 948 square miles in Williamsburg county. We admit that there is enough territory in this county to form two counties; that there are enough people and enough property, that is, under the constitution. But we insist that the division is unneccessary, that it . will impose a useless burden on the people, and will benef t no part of the "" I tho i rr? m pH iafa VVUUWy WAVV|/ fc %MV * M ?w -V community of the new county .seat, and that even there only a limited number will be benefited. The taxable property as given byyou is approximately correct t If Butledge county contains the townships listed by you the taxable property will be about $2,000,000. Williamsburg would be left with $3,114,178. The' l statement has been made byj W some ot the promoters ot Rut- i J ledge county that taxes in the | new county, if formed, would j be lower than in the old county, j . In other words, that the newj county would be an advantage1 on account oi lower taxes. This bold statement has never been figured out on the taxable prop k -o erty, expenses of new government on basis of taxys levied, and to make a statement is very easy, but to prove it is sometimes difficult, and to my mind taxes ir Rutledge is a hard proposition to prove. In your article you said: "It has appeared in print that we we^e endeavoring to-cut in twain one* of the poorest counties in Njtfe State. As a matter of fact j there are only twenty-one coun-j ties in the State with more' property value than Williams-1 borg. Your argument against the statement referred to proves j the statement to be correct.' Y'ou claim that Williamsburg is1 third in area and 22nd in wealth. | Third in area and twenty-second in wealth! Please take notice and you will lind sufficient evidence I? in your statement to substanti- j ate the fact that you criticise. It is unnecessary to produce cumulative evidence to prove j< it. And now to the real reason that I haved asked space in your j columns. L?t me quote vou again: k "That $118,000 proposition is 1 too thin to hold water or even;' dispensary booze. The dispen-1 sary has paid the county only a little over $7,000 in eight months of its eiistence. That $35,000 statement is utterly unwarranted." You refer to statements as "stated by another," "appeared in print," etc. I have no patience with equirocation or beating around the bush in any shape or form. When my statements are attacked I prefer for the people to know that I am responsible for the statement. That "$118,000 proposition" and that "$55,000 statement" both appeared under my name, and I here re-state them. By what anthority do vou dispute the figures of the auditor? He said the books show over $118,000* as expense account tor 19U7. Is there a surplus? We think not, but on the other hand we are informed that the county is $1*2,000 iu debt. And $4,993,115 property at 13 mills gives $64,000 taxes (in round numbers.) Subtract the direct tax ($64,000) from total expenses and something like $54,000 remains. Where does it come from?^We were told from the dispensary, fines, forfeitures, etc. You say that it is too thin to hold water. 1 ask that vou nrove vour assert' j r u , ion. A very short time ago you made a statement in print that your new county would have over $8,000,000 taxable property. With the force of my figures before the public you were forced to drop a million dollars. At another time you stated that your new county area paid three-fifths of the taxes in this county, whereas, the facts are that your area pays less than $24,000 in taxes, and the old county (the part you disignated as the pauper section) pays over A a AAA _ A T A1 i. _ xu,vuu in xaxes. is xnai a specimen of the way you put tacts before the people? Or is it that you simply got the cart before the horse? Therefore, we would suggest that since yon show such a wonderful propensity for getting facts and figures wrong, that it might be well for you to look into the matter of expenses of a county government, before you characterize estimates by the auditor of a county as "entirely , x.J if unwarranted. If I am in error I shall gladly correct any wrong impressions that I may have made. It is not my purpose to * misrepresent anything, but to the contrary to get a correct, true, honest, open statement of facts and figures before the people. Respectfully, Philip Stoll. Kingstree, S. C. Feb. 11, 1908. Haidsone Seed Cataloiee. We have received T. W. Wood & Sons' Seed Catalogue, for 1908. It is one of the handsomest and most complete of seed catalogues. This catalogue is particularly valuable in the information that it gives about Southern seeds and Southern crops, aud should be in the hands of all I our gardeners and farmers. It will i be mailed fiee, upon request to T W i Wood & Sons, Richmond. 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We also carry a large jtock of Dry Goods and Shoes. also % Fancy and Staple Grocertes. mtilo Pnmnnnu llllllu UllllipilJ. South Carolina. :AP = ' CHEAP! I j_UMDS 8 I? 8 Mn ORSESjfj luary II, 1908. Z > been on the yp son. uj look them over g! all gone. Z IELLER X EE, S. C. ^ X W \ S \ \ %AM BO THE SUB." I Mr. Stall Sbsws That Mr. Starr's Answer fas Forced. To the Editor of The News, and Courier: In your issue of January 30 there appeared an article signed by Stewart Starr, of Lake City, in which an attempt was made to advance certain reasons why Kutiedge county should be created. The rmininn nf Vlr Starr rplativA tn matters that pertain to the advancement of any particular section of the county is of little importance,but since he has seen tit to publish in your widely read columns a statement that is without foundation of fact, I deem it wise to take to take notice of it. Among other things he said: "The northern third in area, with its one-half in people, is tired of supporting the sparsely settled poorer lands of the Southern two-thirds area, by putting up three-fifths of the taxes and getting virtually nothing in the way of road improvements or school advancement." The Burthen part of the county referred to pays taxes on $1, 800, 000 worth of taxable property. The southern part oi the pays taxes on $3,200,000 of tar able property. There is a vast difference betweeotbis statement j ..u j . i \ r_ lu duu luc uuc uiauc u_) .vr. a Lai i. The figure* I here {five were ob tained frotn the auditor, and Mr Starr by his statement has shown that he is either grossly ignorant on this subjectortbathehas wilfully misstated facts. The whole of BIr Starr's article can will be judged by the part quoted. And here it might be well to mention that he is not even a citizen of Wiliamsburg county, having only moved to Lake City recently. He owns no property in the county, except an interest in a newspaper he is trying to establish at Lake Citv.bv boost in^ tbe new county of Rutledge. The spirit of secession was not born in his breast, but is an acquired taste, and heisatLake City to grind an axe. These brief statements I think sufficient to enlighten any one who may have read and believed the article referred to. Respect fully. Philip Stoll. Kingstree, S, C., FebuaryS, 1908. Soae Good Tklofs to leaeaber. When your knife is dull, for goodness' sake sharpen it; use a piece of leather if whet stones are scarce. Ti 2.T -1- L.. ii is sometimes cneaper tu uuy your own monkey wrench than to hire a plumber. When the job is too much for your hired man, roll up your own sleeves and go to work. Do not speak illy or critically of the shortcomings of another, but improve your own. Be modest under all circumstances, especially when you have done well or have "won out." When a task looks difficult, remember that you have plenty of energy to master the situation. When you know that you i : i-* ~C-. imvtf cuunuiLicu au cnui, iavc the situation manfully and own up. In all respects do your best, but do not look for praise or applause. The world admires the person whose word and deed may be relied upon. Let Geo McElveeu send you up a load of dry pine wood for fireplace or stove. It PASSING EVENTS IN STATE AND NATION. NEWS 8F TBI VEEI CMBENSEB INTO sBorr nmum m HOST IEABEK1 Members of the general Assembly visited Charleston Saturday. Judge James Hargis, the notorious Breathitt county, Ky, feudist, was shot and killed Thursday of last week by his son, Beach Hargis, in a fit of drunken fury. Judge Hargis is the third brother of the family to die by assassination. ( Dr Maxcy Lee, the Darlington 1 county physician who killed his father and received a pardon* last April, died at Hartsville Saturday of last week. . y - C'ABeasly of San AntomO and LC Hutchins of Fort Worth* Texas, both bank presidents^ i killed themselves last Saturday1 . Ill health is the alleged cause. . Eric C Gambrill of Fort Worth,"brooding over Banker Hutchins1 death (a man whom he did not know) also committed suicide on the same day. A shrewd swindler of un? uDn known antecedents worked the*' cotton mills of Andeison last 1. - in? kJ:..~?4.^. Wee* SCllllifj " uivuitca iu ?>u? women operatives. It is said, that he reaped a nice little harvest. x Dvelliai Destroyed by Hri The handsome dwelling of Mr James P Cooper, of the firm of Cooper Bros, at Fowler postoffice, was destroyed by fire early Saturday morning. It is supposed that the fire was started by a smouldering spark from the lritrhen stove flue. Onlv the piano and a few household articles were saved. Mr Cooper's house was comparatively new and with thf furniture destroyed the total loss will approximate $2,500, about half of which is covered by insurance. 1 f ?? Adrlce to Towg lei. Remember, my son, you have* to work. Wheater you handle a pick or a pen, a wheelbarrow or a set of books, dig- ditches or edit a paper,ringan auction bell or write funny things, you must work. If you look around, yotl will see the men who are most able tjlive the rest of their days ' without work are the men who work hardest. Don't be afraid of killing yourself with overwork. It is beyound your power to do that on the sunny side of 30. They die sometimes but it is because they quit work at 6 p. m. and didn't get home until 2 a. m. It 's- the interval that kills, my son. The wrork gives you an appetite for your meals; it lends solidity to your slumbers, it < ' gives you a perfect and graceful appreciation of a holiday There are young men who do not work, but the world is not proud of them. It does not know their names even; it simply speaks of them as"01d So-and So's boys." Nobody likes them; the great, busy world don't know they are there. So find out what you want to be and do. and take off your coat and make a dust in the world. The busier you are the less harm you will , be apt to get into, the sweeter 1 will be your sleep, the brighter and happier your holidays and the better satisfied the world 1 will be with you. Bob Burdette'