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\ IN HE lllTLEDGE COUNTY. A CAIM AND DISPASSIONATE REVIEW OF THE MATTER-SOME FALSE CLAIMS EXPLODED J Editor County Urcord: Much h-.s !nn-n both spoken and written. with reference to the lintledjre county movement, hut it yet remains, we believe, for the different sections of the county from whom comes the deciding vote to give an expression of prevailing sentiment in -e - u ;.n ekia IQUi paniouint luvaiuj. Mini i..<^ ia view we beg space in your valuable paper to put our&elves on record. We think a critical and patriotic study of the underlying principles involved in this new county issue would justify all the people of the whole county in saying it would be best for the masses to vote the new county movement down, and with this conviction we shall cast our 1 i:.~ .1. A. vote, He ueuevc iue ngm uuuotu eration in public matters of every citizen of this county is the welfare of the masses of her citizenship, and the general good ought specifically and definitely to outweigh private gain With these truths to govern our judgment in this matter, can we conscientiously favor, advocate and j vote for the new countv? We answer I r^' * every time. No! We emphatically, cannot. 1 With the good of the masses of I ;' l , oai j>eople at heart we cannot as * fair-minded citizens afford to havej the county cut after any such shape and boundary as it is now surveyed. It would certainly be detrimental to the interests, present and future, of, the majority of our people and more especially the lower portion of the county, while we do not believe it would be benelicial to any great extent to any other portion of the oountv except the town of Lake City." The time never has been, nor everwill be, when it would be profitable \- to favor Like City as a town at the expense of the greater portion of Williamsburg couuty. In striving for private gain those who allow j themselves to go so far wrong in " i * ~ f liotp ffll. 1 puuuc uiaucio ao iu xvigti u?u *... low countrymen will have an awak-: t V * I ening acccrdiug to the eternal laws, of God's justice. There is no just reason under high heaven, that we know of, why Williamsburg county should be cut at this time for the formation of a new countv. If, however, at some future . time she must be cut, then let us cut her after such shape and boundaries that the masses of her citizenship shall be most conveniently served, most benefited, giving the greatest good to the greatest number of peo-! pie. Such an arrangement as this j would serve to enhance the prosper- j itv of the county and the content-, meat of the people. If you believe; this to be true, then at the ballot box we shall have the time and lib ertv to answer for ourselves. The question is this: Shall we al-: low any given section of our county to take to herself those desirable ad- j vantages that naturally belong to an- j other much larger and more distant territory? The Atlantic Coast Line railroad gives us daily three north bound j and three south-bound passenger' trains. This schedule is almost] equal to the trolley service of large cities aud all people from Cades to Cowards, living near stations, cau go to Kingstree and return iu less thaa two hours. All citizens living west of these stations to the Clarendou county line can make the sta tioa from their houses, go to and re- j turn from Kingstree iu about four hours. So it is with all living south- J east of the railroad at the different stations along the road. The very convenient and rapid schedule of-' fered this section of the county by, the Coast Line puts the people in close proximity to their present county seat aud any changes would be of little benefit to them. In comparison to this now agreea-! hie accommodation to this section take up the geographical positions from King3tree of Harpers, Black River. Bloomingvale, Morrisville, Mingo Bridge. Rome, Poplar Hill, I A. Lambert, .Johnsonvillo and othei remote parts that are too many t< mention. From these points King' stret- can be reached only by lonj; 'dusty travel and after many hour; m making an all day and pari oi night trip. Should the new county be estab lished and Lake City be the count; seat, the lower portion ot \\ lllianis buig now in the survey would no! be at all benetited, as they are pract ically as far from Lake City as fron Kingstree. The injustice to thesi people would be very marked and is as it should be, a matter of greal public concern. It does seem to ui that the Uutledge county promoter: haw? concluded that the thing: worth while, and the on?// thing: woith while, are the things imuiedi atelv to be gained by the establish ment of Lake City as a county seat and that foresight and cousideratioi due the welfare of the majority oi our people aie negligible factors. 'PL.-. .voa. 1 oil flio ?\an_ x ur ^tvaicii/ j,wu tut tin niv |'(vple is lt-ft out of account in the rac< for immediate results,you might say, for the immediate dollar, or it* equivalent. This is the fundamental harm that is beiug done. The question we shall answer ai the ballot box is: Are you democratic?for the masses?or are you foi self? Every voter who is a thiukinc man, who is free to vote after hi* own judgment, shall answer this question for himself. We see from the public prints that in the establishment of Calhoun county St Matthews, the county seat,proposed to build the court houst and jail without cost to the country people and as a matter of good faith the business men of this town pui up "good paper", joint notes, etc. We are told these notes are given without a consideration and the law holds they are not collectible. The town has failed to% make good under this agreement and now the county is without court house and jail and the people are in quite a dilemma. t ..l? rex- ? M e unuersiauu .u^e viij similar proposition on foot. We do not say they will not make good; we simply say promises do not build court houses and jails, and as proof of our statement we point you to a "precedent case" in Calhoun county. In the beginning of this new county movement we were led to believe that it was only a ruse to defeat a sister town in seeking similai honors. Our eyes are now opened; we now see. We were told that the towu of Cades could never extend her corporate limits unless she supported the new county. ' This statement was of course too absurd to be argued and fell flat. Then came the statement that the promoters of the new railroad now under construction from lioseuiary to Marion, S C, had sold out their road to the Coast Line and that the people of that section through which this road runs would never reap the expected benefit from that source, as the road would never be developed and the people who did now support the new county would be discriminated against. A false statement, conceived in iniquity and born in siu. We were urged to believe beyond investigation that the new county area contained all the most valuable lands of Williamsburg, her taxable property much greater. The county auditor's statement published two weeks since proves this false beyond contradiction. One of the latest things given out is that the lands right here in the county will be enhanced ten dollars per acre in value. We do not doubt that Lake City property will be enhanced considerably in value, if the movement is successful,but the other statement is false on its face. The next, but not last promise we expect to be "giveu out" for advertisements an old one,but perhaps it may work ? "Forty acres and a mule." If the promoters in their disappointment after the election should be accosted by some credulous voters who may ask, "When is delau' goin' for to be divided?" do not hesitate to make good. Majority Max. Cades, July 19, 1909. Old papers for sale at The llecord tiiftice. >1 W. C. T. U. DEPARTMENT. ^ (Contributed. > > . = Does It Pay. ^ Does it pay to liceuse a traffic which lessens the demand for the helpful things of life, which in' creases their cost ami diminishes the ability to pay for them!' Does it pay to license a traffic which makes men less skillful, less 1 steady, le^s reliable: which lessens endurance, lessens self respect, and the respect of others, lessens conlit dence. lessens credit, lessens the de5' maud f< r food, elothinir. sheltei and / - - O' ' tools with which to work? 5. Docs it pay to license a traflic ' which breeds idiots, paupers, criminals, lunatics and epileptics and ' j casts them upon society to be sup ported by decent, honest, industri1 ous people? :i Does it pay to liceu>e a traffic which iucreases taxes by creating a i necessity for jails, penitentiaries, 1. asylums, hospitals, almshouses, or> i phanages, reformatories, police and ? criminal courts? ' Does it pay to license a thing which decreases a man's industrial Lj efficiency so that the government " reports show that 72 per cent of " j agriculturists discriminate against I! him for usinsr it. and that TO ix*r i 0 , ! cent of manufacturers, SS per cent ; of tradesmen and (J0 per cent of railroad officials do the saipe thing? Does it pay to maintain national 1; quarantine against criminal and derj pendent classes from abroad and license 250,000 saloon keepers to maufacture such products at home? 1 Does ii pay to support the families of saloon keepers and bur-tenders and pay their rent, taxes and ljinsurance, and buy luxuries for ' them in order to get a few penuies '; in revenue and license out of the ' many dollars which they filch from ; the pockets of industry? Does it pay to employ teachers to I teach children the evil effects of * alcohol upon the human system and 1 license men to sell a thing which inilames the stomach, hardens the brain tissue, softens and weakens the blood vessels, impovershes the blood, over works the heart, retards I the elimination of effete matter, i dims the eye, did Is the hearing, die? i eases the throat, luugs, kidneys, I * - 1 1 iL. .1 liver, nerves auu inuscies; me ueniand for which is wholly artificial aud when supplied serves no good purpose. t Does it pay to call miuisters to preach the gospel of love, charity, | honesty, purity, forgiveness and reI demption, and 'icense other men to I engage in a traffic which fosters | hate, engenders strife, breeds dis| honesty, impurity and destruction? Does it pay to send missionaries to j the heathen to point out the way of ' salvation, and from the se.me port and often in the same vessel send "liquid damnation'"? Does it pay to build a palace for the brewer, hire servants and boy i silks for his wife, and dress your own wife, iu rags, make her take in ; washing to support the family and | finally send her to the poorhouse I and bury her in th'* potter's field? I Does it pay to levy a tax to sup port orphans and widows and license the murder of husbauds and fathers? Does it pay to license a thing which is always and everywhere known to be the enemy of everything sacred to God and man? Does it pay to maintain on our coasts 275 life sariug stations at a cost of little more than a million and a half, and out of the same pockets and under the same flag maintain 250,000 life-destroying i. i. l.:n: 1 ? Ci SIUUUI1S at iwu Uiiuuua uuu a uaii. Does it pay to listen to the sophistries and falsehoods of passion, prejudice, ignorance, appetite and greed, and close your ears to the voice of conscience, reason, judgment, suffering, religion and God? Does it pay to do that which will blanch the cheeks with fear and make you dumb with terror when at last you stand in the presence of t he Judge of the quick and the dead? I The Record lias printed up a number of promissory note books, fifty notes to the book, that we are selling at ten cents i, each, tf i SCRANTON SKETCHES. People Coming and Going-Picnic and a Ball Game. Scranton, July 21:?Mr II L> Cannon and Miss Addye Cannon are visiting in Greenville Miss Kosaella Harmon of Prosperity has been elected music teacher in the graded school. The faculty for the next session will be composed as follows: \f.. \r n ri ! : : i. Air ivi r> v.Tarrjs, pnutipai, j?n?a Floride Harper, first assistant; , Miss llosaella Harmon, third assistant. j Mr Will Casque of Florida spent Saturday in town with his brother, Hon M L Gasque. Mr W E Whitlock spent Sunday and Monday in Charleston. Mr R F McKnight left Saturday for Jacksonville, fla, where he has secured a p^sitiop^*1 as salesman. ? A match game of baser, played between the home team j and the Cypress Branch team on the local diamond Friday afternoon resulted in a score of ' I to 4 in favor of the visitors. The town council is having much needed work done on the streets and sidewalks. Mr Fred Coward, agent for the A C L railroad at Foreston, is at heme on vacation. Miss Jessie Holliday and her brother, Master Johnny Holliday, have returned to their home j at Lanes after spending a week ' with their uncle, Mr A M Cooke. , The Pythian picnic at Godwin's mill, on Lynch's river, Friday, was largely attended, and despite the intensely hot weather, everybody seemed to enjoy the day. lion Chas A Smith of Timmonsville was present and made a speech on prohibition. The farmers are "laying by" their croDS and will in a few days be enjoying a season of well earned rest. W E C. 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