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?he Countn $ef0td. KINGSTREE, S. C C. W. WOLFE. editor AND PROPRIETOR. Entered at the postodice at Kingstree. S C. as second class mail matter. TERMS sU HSCRII* TIoN 11 AT ES: One copy, one year SI 25 One copy, six months 75 One copy, three raonts 50 One copy, one year in advance ? 1 00 Obituaries. Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks,ard> of Thanks and all other reading1 notices, not News, will be charged for at the rate of one cnt a word for each insertion. THURSDAY, JULY 15. 1909. An Object Lesson. The Calhoun county muddle, should prove a valuable object lesson for the people of the proposed county of Rutledge. Prior to the election on the question of that new county, tiie country people were told that .$20,000 was amply ample to put up an e'egaut court house and jail; that the town of St Matthews would raise $20,000 for that purpiinnfrv DPOOle VOt wuu luv r J would not be asked to contribute a penny. These specious promises caught the wool hat boys, but a few over-cautious ones suggested that as a mere matter of form, perhaps this money had better be secured in some tangible way. The St Matthews people promptly arose to the occasion and over $21,000 veas put up in notes from responsible business men, most of whom "could be made to pay," as was fondly believed by the country people and every lingering vestige of doubt vauished fro the minds of the most skeptical. But alas and alack! More than a year has rolled oy ana those "gilt-edged'' notes proudly .proclaimed to be ,;as good as gold," are still unpaid, and they say now that siuce no consideration was named, the notes are uncollectible. Aud the court houseaud jail have not materialized, nor is there any immediate prospect of their being built. Now that the electiou is over and the new county established, the St Matthews people have decided that $20,000 is not enough to build a court house and jail; that it will take at least $r>0,000 and they say that the town will put up $20,000, provided the county be bonded for $30,000 to put up respectable public buildings. All of which goes to show, First, that auce-election promises amount to very little after the election is over. Second, that pledges in the form 01 SUQSCripuUU!>, pciouuai ?u<uctuteesor even notes signed by responsible parties,* are hard to collect when given as ail inducement to people to vote themselves into a new couuty. Third, that when real money is put up in gold, silver or curreucy, it begins to look like business. Fourth, that the people of Cal houn county, outside of the town of St Matthews, seem to have bought a gold brick aud are doubtless sorry they spoke. The quarterly statements of the j: two Kingstree banks, published recently, show combined deposits of over $230,000. This is a splendid showing for the dull season, indicating in the most emphatic way that the old town and the people who do business here are far from being "broke" yet. Nothing reflects more accurately the financial status of a community than the size of its .bank deposits. ?Rot air" cuts I very little figure- in the business j world, but cold cash tells the! true tile of prosperity. The j banks of Kingstree have gained j the confidence of the public and; ' thv\* are in every way worthy , of the splendid success they have ! achieved. Few. if any towns, i the size of Kingstree can boast; ! of two banks as well managed j | as arc the Bank of Kingstree and the Bank of Williamsburg, j j jor whose deposit accounts are as j I large, or whose condition general-,' j ly is as excellent as that shown! i by our two local banks. i ? The figures published recently in ; i The Record taken from the comptroller general's report and certified ; to by the county auditor, showing i as they do the comparative poverty j of the proposed Rut ledge county,' have opened the eyes of thinking people and some of the largest * tax payers in the affected area, in J [anticipation of the heavy increase | in their taxes that must come j should the new county movement succeed, have gone actively to work in opposition to the attempt to di? J - i.i 4... \ 1 l? YJUe tUCL'UUULV .TYllcauj la.vca ??ic high euongh, they suy, and we had better let well enough alone. It is a credulous and confiding person indeed who believes that any one mau or set of men who promise him a political office can deliver the goods. The offices in this Democratic country are in the gift of the people and the time has passed when voters can be rounded up at the polls and made to vote whichever way the local boss or bosses dictate. All of the couuty voting on one question and half the county voting on two questions on the same day is apt to bring about complications. We hope, however, that everybody entitled to vote will be allowed to do so, and that in neither election will there be grounds for complaint or protest. Some of the new countyitea have cited Bamberg aud Calhoun as examples of small counties with small tax levies. Well, look up the comptroller general's report and you ! will see that in both these counties the tax levy is larger than in old Williamsburg and they pay their county officials less, too. ? A Card Kditor County Record:? For a number of years past it has been the duty of the county board of education to appoint schpol trustees oiennially on July 1 of odd years. Realizing that this is the usual year for appointment of trustees and wishing to get an expression from the people as to their choice of men, the countyboard appointed May 20 for the patrons and electors of the various districts to meet and nominate trustees to serve for the next two years. There seemed to be some doubt on the part of the present State Supt of Education as to the proper year for the appointment of trustees, and aftpr referring the matter to the Attorney General, all county superintendents were sent letters similar to the one now published in The Record, dated June 21. 1 am glad to say that in nearly every case the old trustees were endorsed by the patrons and renominated for continued service. J G McCullough, Supt Education Williamsburg County. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that on the 16th day of August, 1909, I will apply to P M Brockinton,Judge of Probate of Williamsburg county, for a final discharge as administrator of the estate of Wesley Gamble, deceased. DrJ F IIasklden, 7-15-4t Administrator. SCRAflTOlV SKETCHES. \ Pythian Picnic?One Sided Game of j Ball- Personal Paragraphs. Scranton. July 14:?Mrs W H j -j Murphy has returned from a'f visit to her mother at McColl. jj l)r Covington of Florence was j | in Scran ton Monday afternoon, on professional business. ?r i r* ! .\i rs -M ij vrasque is i c[>ui icu very ill. Dr C 11 1'ate was recalled to Bisliopville Saturday to the, bedside of his sister, Miss Nellie Tate, who is critically ill with typhoid fever. Miss Pate i was taken sick immediately after her return home from Co-? luinbia college. Miss dessie Ilolliday and Master Johnny of Lamar are vis-J iting their uncle, Mr A M| Cooke. Miss Maude Parker left Monday afternoon for Anderson, where she will spend several weeks with her brother, Mr II A Parker. Miss Parker was accompanied by her friend, Miss Stella Beaty of Charleston. Miss Beaty will go to Asheville from Anderson and spend the remainder of the summer. Mr and Mrs Frank bturgeon of Denmark visited the former's mother in Scranton this week. There will be a basket picnic at (Jodwin's mill, on Lynch's river, Friday, July lf?. The picnic will be under the aus pices of the local Pythian lodge. A number of speakers have been invited and sora* of them have accepted the jivitation. A gala day is in store for all who attend. Some time ago the Scranton baseball team went down to Salters and played a match game of ball with the team there. Scranton got a drubling. Friday the Salters team came up to Scranton and engaged the Scranton team on the local diamond. The score stood: Scranton 21?Salters 1. The line up was as follows: Scranton. Salters 0 T Knight p J A Mouznn M Sturgeon c AM Salters M Knight ' lb WE hitlock P O K PronL* PA/im?is IV IVUU^CIO ^ U a t uitn A?vvi(,v W E Courtney 3 b C E Moseley Oscar Lee s s .T G Lifrage Corbit Baldwin c f J G Bryan 0 Ward 1 f S Sturgeon Roy Ward r f F Winston The game was enjoyed by the people of Scranton and the baiters' boys are welcome to come up any time. Mr P M Lee has gone on the road as a commercial salesman. A few -knotty" watermelons were on sale in Scranton Saturday?the first of the season. Later?A telegram from I)r Pate Tuesday afternoon announced the death of his sister. Mrs Pate left on the evening train for Bishopville to attend the funeral. Rev Thomas II Leitch, the well known evangelist, will conduct a revival meeting at Scranton the first week in August. w. E. a Summons for Belief (Complaint not served) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, f County of Williamsburg i C< urt of Common Pleas. Bank of Lake City, a corporation created and existing under the laws of the State of South Carolina, Plaintiff, /trtninkf D E Motley, Defendant. To the Defendant, D E Motley:? You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action which has been filed in the otlice of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the County of Williamsburg in the State of South Carolina, and to serve a copy of your answer to said complaint on the subscribers at their office in Lake City, S. within twenty days after , the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to 1 answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief 1 demanded in the complaint. i Dated this July 1st, 1909. , Bass & Stalvey, Plaintiff's Attorney, i To theDefendant, D E Motley:? Take notice that the complaint in this action,together with the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of C ommon Pleas and General Sessions at Klngstree in the County of Williamsburg and State of South Caro- ! lina on the 3rd day of July, 1909. , Bass & Stalvey, i 7-S-0t Plaintiff's Attorneys _______________ A STATE AND GENERAL NtHS. f ^tTtrTtrTt-rrrrTTrrtTtTTttYtrrJ* Friday evening, the 8th inst, Mr Fulton Kelsey, a young business nan of Augusta, Ga, was swept rrom his footing and drowned while bathing in the surf oil Sullivan's Island. A despatch from Charleston states that Charlotte Singleton, colored, sixty years old, was burned to death at '> o'clock Thursday morning 111 a one story hut in Heinz alley, bv the Ashley river, having been lirst suffocated from ; stnoKe and being unable to move) from her bed. J?W Messervey, who killed Cou-| stable Fishburne and fatally woun- ' ded his deputy, J D Altman, at Ravenel, in Colleton county last week, has been arrested and lodged 111 Walterboro jail. A special term of conrt has been ordered to couvene at "Walterboro, .Judge Shipp presiding, on August 2 to try Messervey, Altman died of his ijuries Friday in a Charleston hospital >? State Superintendent S^Xia has issued a call to county suA tendents of education to meet w. * bim in Spartanburg Wednesday, July 14, to consider a number of important subjects. The conference will be held at Wotl'ord college. '1 he Columbia Record has* sent out this week two automobile scout cars in a capital-to-couuty tour of the State in the interest of good roads. The scout cars started out Monday, July 12. Reports from Washington state that the Florence po3 toflice matter will be taken up in a few days and it is hoped that erelong the negro, Joshua Wilson, will be ousted as postmaster. Dr P II Mell, for several years president of Clemson Jollege, tendered his resignation to the board of trustees last Thursday, July 8, to take effect September 1, 1909. The board of trustees at their meeting last week did not act on Dr Mell's resignation, but decided to defer action until their next meeting to be held on August 12. At the annual meeting of the Southern Kindergarten association held in Knoxville, Tenn, Friday, Miss Marion Hanckel of Charleston was elected president of the association. 1 A mill rillorra in Ah. Ill IU1 WllVil llii a? f Iiiu^v 1*1 beville Sunday L L ""Httersou shot Mrs Maggie Pem1 twice with a pistol, then tur he weapon on himself, shootik >le through his own head. Mrs Vender is not seriously hurt. For seme time Patterson, who is an' "unknown tongue" preacher, hod been trying to marry Mrs Pender, who is a widow and possesses some little property. A terrible accident occurred at CLeraw ferry about 10 o'clock Saturday night, Mr Charles Irby's wagon, driven by a colored man, was backed off into the water by the mule team, drowning the negro driver, also a negro woman and one of her two children who were in the wagon. The other child was rescued. Governor Ansel has pardoned Dauiel Zimmeiman, who pleaded guilty in 1907 to the charge of embezzlement and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary, tie had served a year and a half. Zimmerman, with one Thos J Gibson, stole abont 815,000 worth of State bouds turned in for redemption. Gibson is under sentence, bat is oat ou bond on a motion for a rehearing of the case. Governor Ansel has offered a reward for the capture of George Childs, a negro of Auderson county, who is wanted for killing his wife 011 the night of September 27, 1908. Governor Ansel has appointed Judge John S Wilson to hold a special term of court at Georgetown to try the negro, Alfred Jenkins,now confined at the State penitentiary, charged with criminal assault on a young lady school teacher in Georgetown, June 18, 1909. Delay in commencing treatment for a slight irregularity that could have been cured quickly by Foley's Kidney Remedy may result in a serious kidney disease. Foley's Kidney Remedy builds up the worn out tissues and strengthens these organs. D C Scott. jjjfcBanner | Warehouse, Kingstree, S, C. We solicit the patronage of farmers of Williamsburg, Clarendon and adjoining counties. We have ample storing and grading room for Tobacco, with sufficient capital to protect our customers. We know what buyers want and know every type of Tobacco that is sold. We are going to give our cus* tomers the benetit of our experience and with hard, honest work and fair dealings, we can guarantee top prices on every pile Tobacco sold with us. A trial is all we ask to convince the seller that we know our business and that it is to his advantage to sell his Tobacco at Banner Warehouse. Come ( to see us. j ^ Yours to serve, A T TPUTCD CDDC ft, D A VT2D, > l r^nuvjo i u\t ui 1 jw ui vlvljiv* PROPRIETORS. To the Public: .J Our Statement rendered to State Bank Examiner under date of June 23rd shows the following particularly tine condition for this season of the year Capital Stock $ 40,000.00 Surplus and Profits 7,500.00 Deposits. 93.000.00 Loans and Discounts 110,000.00 . Cash 15,000.00 *>rXOT OXE CENT OF BORROWED MOXEl.?^a ORGANIZED IN 1900. Have Paid to Stockholders Id Dividends - - - - $6,800.00 We solicit your business; we thank you tor your patronage. BANK OF WILLIAMSBURG, 4 KINGSTREE, S. C. jA RL-liilil I From JwMSilgm&Qb "BLACK BOURBON." 4-year-old "Kentucky Jack" Now at our Stable. Will be here until October 1st. 815.00 No Colt, No Pav. Come quick. GREELYVILLE LIVE STOCK COMPANY, Greelyville, S. C. W. K. McINTOSH J. C. MOORE H P Iff J ram warn, Kingstree, S. C TOBACCO PLANTERS: If you are looking for highest prices and best accommodatioQS try the Farmers'Waiehouse at Kingstree, S. C. We wiH have with us as strong a corps of Buyers as any other market in the State,also Mr W P McGill will be counected with U3 this season and we are going to make it lively for both Farmers and Buyers. Come to see lis. Thanking you in advance for your liberal patronage, we beg ' to remain, Jm Yours very truly, McINTOSH & MOORE, Proprietors.