The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 17, 1908, Image 4
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KINGSTREE. S. C
C. W. WOLFE,
itttor and proprietor.
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and all other reading notices, not
News, will be charged for at the rate
of one cent a word for eaeli insertion.
THURSDAY, DEC. 17. 1908.
The Menace of Postal Banks.
When Mr Bryan and the Democratic
national convention proposed
to intrease the public's
confidence in the banking system
that the government has provided
by requiring the banks to mutually
guarantee the safety of money
deposited in them, Mr Taft, Mr
Roosevelt, the Republicans generally,
and most of the banks
loudly protested. But simultaneously
Mr Taft, Mr Roosevelt and
fho Rj?rmhlir?n national conven
tion proposed the establishment of
postal savings banks, the only
argument being that money deposited
in such banks would be
"safe," aud thit it would be
"convenient" to the faimers in
'the West to get to the savings
\ banks. A bill to establish such
banks is about to be introduced
in? the Honse of Representatives.
What are the bankers of the
country, particularly of the South
and West, going to do about the
proposed establishment of this system?
What will the people do
whose interests require that money
be kept in circulation in the
sSouch and West, and not be
- drawn from the country districts
to the great tinauciai auu speculative
ceutree? What will be' done
*' by a ockholders in bauk?, whose
holdings will be injuriously ufa
'
'fected by the government's com'
petition? What will be done by
;v*lt opponents of bank panics
' when they understand that postal
.sarings banks ? with the government's
guarantee of safety of deposits
-euconrage runs upon commercial
banks at the least monetary
uu easiness?
Savins should be encouraged,
but not the savings of the miser,
and to all intents and purposes
^ the postal savings banks will be
the misers of the more rural sections.
They will draw from and
will not return to circulation in
those localities. It ^is presumed
the government will agaiu place
in currency channels the scores
of millions it takes in from "the
ravriad little depositors, but the
money will not be given back tc
South Carolina or Keutucky or
Washington unless the banks in
those States borrow it from the
great tinuncial institutions in New
Y ork and Chicago and St Louis,
to whom the government will
have loaued it. The system will
be a bonanza for the banks al
the few financial centres; they
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must be the principal meuiuir
through which the governmenl
will be forced to return to cir>
culatiou the money gathered bj
thousands of postoffices, and thej
will make piofit on every dollai
handled, but the borrower in th<
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developing West and the devel
oping South will be served onlj
after those nearer the controller:
of finances are satisfied, and wher
they get that w hich trickles througl
to the land of farmers they will
have to pay the interest the gov
ernment gives the orignal depositor
piud the profit made by the New J
! York or Chicago bank to whiGh j
j the government transfers the cash,;
< plus the profit by the local bank j
i which borrows from the big" bank, j
'| What this country needs is'
j money in the country, and tliej
postal banks will take money out
i
I of the country.? 7he State.
Now is tne time for the unter-,
rified Democratic congressman to j
seek the bubble, reputation, even
at the Cannon's mouth.
PROSPECTS GOOD FOR EARLY SURVEY
Of Black River Looking to Appropriation
for Deepening Stream.
Mr W H Carr, who is one of the
Board of Directors of the Carolina
Rivers and Harbors Congress, attended
the Convention of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress
which convened in Washington, D.
C., December 9 to 11, he having
been delegated by the Carolina
Rivers and Harbors Congress.
The convention was held in the (
assembly hall of the New Willard
Hotel and there were more than
4,000 delegates in attendance. Every
State and Territory in the Union ,
was represented as was also Alaska,
Hawaii and Porto Rico. ,
Among the delegates who address- j
ed the convention were: Vice Presi-1
dent Fairbanks, Andrew Carnegie, ,
Gov John A Johnson of Minnesota, J
Sam'l Gompers, President American
Federation of Labor, Speaker of
House of Representatives Joe Can- (
non, Chauncey M Depew and many
other noted Americans; also Great;
t r
Britain's ambassador, Mr Brice, was(
present and made an excellent address
on the subject in baud. 4
The main purpose of the convei
tion was to urge our national govern
ernment to issue five hundred million
dollars in bonds to be disbursed in
ten years, fifty millions each year for
river and harbor improvement.
The meetings were infused with
much enthusiasm and those interested
have bright prospects of gainioff
their desires in this instance.
Mr Carr's main object in attend
ing was to endeavor to get an appro-!
priation to remove obstructions and
deepen our own Black river, and he
tells us that he has had the promise
of a survey to be made early in -the
coming year and that if the report
be favorable there will be uo trouble
in getting the desired appropriation.
He reports a most pleasant trip,
having met with most courteous
treatment on eveiy hand.
We truly hope that we will soon
have Black river surveyed and that
we will get an appropriation sufficient
to make it navigable for light
draft steamers to this point.
HOW DID THEY GET THERE?
Judgment Rolls from Clerk of Court's
Office Found by Roadside.
A "special" to the News and
Courier, dated Deceinbei 13, fron?
i the Manning correspondent contain-:
: ed the following paragraph, which J
, is of interest to the people of Wil(
liamsburg county:
While coming from Kiugstree to !
Manning day before yesterday MrE:
! P McLeod found a bunch of old j
legal papers lying by a log near the
! road, about ten miles this side of
r Kingstree. They consisted of several
old judgment rolls, dated November ;
' 5, 1^60, and July 9, 1H61, and bear-'
' ing the signature of Judge J N|
I Whitner. How these papers got out i
out of tbe clerk's office, and why1
they were deposited at the roadside,
' are matters of conjecture. They had ,
evidently not been there very long,
for they bear no marks of exposure
t to the weather.
Medicine That Is Medicine.
' I have suffered a good deal with j
" malaria and stomach complaints, but j
, I have now found a remedy that
keeps me well, and that remedy is
" Electric Bitters: a medicine that is:
r medicine for stomach and liver trou 1
bles, and for run down conditions," ;
5 says W C Kiestler, of Halliday, Ark.
i Electric Bitters purify and enrich,
l the blood, tone up the nerves, and
impart vigor and energy to the weak.
I Your money will be refunded if it
. fails to help you. 50c. at D C
| Scotts's drug store.
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NEGRO REGULATORS
AT BENSON?
ALLEGED ORGANIZATION TO ENFORCE
MORALITY- NEGRO SUSPFCTED
OF MURDERING WOMAN.
Benson, December 14:?The negroes
in this section have had a little
strife among themselves for the few
weeks past. They seem to have
formed an organization for the pur
pose of correcting the morals ot
those who they believe deviate tco
much from the paths rectitude.
Consequently one dusky maid, Lou
Burrows, was a victim to the chastising
rod for alleged immorality
and we are informed that she was
everely punished. Some lime previous
to this Dolly Burrows was in
like manner whipped.
- ~4-J*)ut two weeks ago Melia Wiln?jrvd
from her home
0 girl, Kosalie, lived"""d
Brown's place.
c.o pick
Co.. -v
her soo.
can le. K
pre aumin
visi torb;
ber Comjta
Coi mell,
whi tie hug
Btej >ped onme
way under fe
tioi i be sa:V
dir: was tf
strAw. He
wagon dra
track, as 1
on horse v
day. T
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h ?nt
niday with
i .e supposed
et ut see by the
c oow it was.
u?< xliey found that
they uad ut d a murdered negro
woman. .11 inquest was held
Satarday nearly two we^ks later.
The woman had been buried with a
few old sacks thrown around her.
She had been undressed, only wear-:
ing a union suit and a skirt. Around !
her naked waist was tied a cloth
string to which wa> attached a little1
i
buudle containing two tive dollar:
bills and one silver dollar.
Circumstantial evidence joints |
strongly to Dozier Singletary as thej
guilty party. Dozier is a quiet autl |
rather well thought of negro living
near this place. Ned wons.
Ibig bankr
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^ The bankrupt sale whi<
^ place in our store aaturuay
^ 12th, 1908, was a grand succ
i We sold goods at from o
^ value. The people were deli
^ the following prices:
^ 10c Good Luck Baking Powder,
^ 05c Arm and Hammer Soda
^ 10c Tomatoes
^ l?>c Stockings and Sox
^ $1.80 Shoes
^ $3.50 Shoes
^ $1.00 Umbrellas
^ $2.00 Men's Hats
$1.50 Ladies' Hats
^ Good Green Coffee
> Good Tobacco
^ You can at once see fror
^ will pay to visit our Auction
I Tuesdays, Thursdays,
EACHT
Don't Forget the
Be on hand prompt
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TEACHERS URGED T0 ATTEND
Educational Meeting Jo Columbia December
30 to January I.
Editor County Record:?
The educatio - castings to he
held in Columbia Dec iber 30 to
January 1 will probably be the most
interesting and largely
meetings of the kiud ever he "
the State. Superintendent
Martin, President L T Baker,of tl
State Teachers' Association, a.
Miss Mary T Nance, of the Scht
Improvement Association, i
write me asking a large atteudai
of teachers, trustees and ** "
tercsted in educational au
The total cost of the trip
be more thau $10 or $12 i
our county will be well repr .
J G McCl LLOUOn,
County Superintendent Education.
SPECIAL NOTCES.
-s Transient Notices will \ Published
In This Column at the/ .te of One
Cere a Word for Each ^ue. No advertisement
taken for 1 a than 25 cents.
Lost?Lady's bla? containing
visiting cards, c, and one letter
addressed to Miss Dora Holland,
'iing.-tree, S C; also small tan purse
->ntainining $45.00. L 'beral reward to
er. Communicate fith R K Walmagistrate.
4 12-10-2t
' "or rttNT -C ne pr Mes,suflicient
llvijtdiouse roo** p room, with
acres of 1 o a lot of corn
age for salt ly to
\ OOPSR.
ly/trec:, Greenville, S C
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Noticeis
hereby given to all road
to make lists of all tools in
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arge auu mm 111 aaiu i?h tu
?>ftice on or before December 28.
i. 5 J slngi.etary,
7-2t (bounty Supervisor.
. Dissolution of Partnership.
Notice i? hereby given that the coartnership
existing .between *A E Hill
,.hd G L Dickson, under the firm name
of Hill & Dickson, will be dissolved by
mutual agreement on January 1, 1909.
All indebtedness of the firm will be
assumed by G L Dickson and all accounts
due the firm will be made payable
to G t Dickson.
(Signed) Hill & Dickson.
Lake City, S C, \
December 14. 1908.-tf
Administrators Notice.
All persons haying claims against the
estate of J C Sanders will present the
same, duly attested, to the undersigned
and all indebted to said estate will
make payment to
A W Chandlkr, Administrator.
ll-19-4t Gourdin. S C.
FREE TOBflGGO SEED.
Tobacco0 seed for
planting will be furnished
free to parties
who apply for same at
Kingstree Hardware
Cos.
Mcintosh & Moore,
12-1- 41 Workman, S. U,
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upt i
3ti0n sale i
ch we advertised to take 5
at one o'clock, December ^
:ess. 'i
ne-fourth to one-half their ^
ghted to bid off goods at
Sold as low as 3c per can ^
" " 2c per pack. ^
*' 5c per can ^
" " 3c per pr. ^
" 85c per pr. ^
$1.50 per pr. ^
" '* 40c each ^
" 85c each
,'4 " 25c each ^
" 6c per lb. ^
" " 13c per lb. ^
a the above prices that it i
Sales. Auction Days are ^
Fridays and Saturdays 1
77EEE. %
Time and Place. 3*
:ly at two o'clock. ^
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^ All kipds of Toys a
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COUNT. Give us the opp
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COflPLETE LINE
We have in addition to thi
hardware of all kinds, but for
give you a list of what we do
we have one of the most up-to
found anywhere, and invite y<
self. A welcome to ALL at o
FARMERS!
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an absolute guarantee. We
will get a better stove or
i can get elsewhere. These
er should make every cent
ortunity of PROVING to
OF HARDWARE. ^
e above a complete line of
lack of space are unable to 1
carry. Just remember that
i-date hardware stores to be
>u to call and see for your*
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