The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 22, 1909, Image 4
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KINGSTREE, S. C
C. W. WOLFE.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Entered at the postoftice at Kingstree. j
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THURSDAY, JULY 22. 1909.'
No Gab-Fest for Us.
Mr Stewart Starr has chal- j
lenged the editor of this news- j
paper to a series of joint debates!
on the new county question at j
the ten preciucts withiu the Kutledge
county area, beginning August
2 and to be a continuous
performance, Sundays excepted, until
August 14. We respectfully
decline to be led into a contest
of physical endurauce and test of
luDg power. Mr Stair may harangue
the populace at any time
and in any manuer he chooses,
but we beg to be excused. We
are no orator, as Brutus doubt* i
less thinks he is, uor are we in
training physically for a Marathon
stunt over Williamsburg county in 1
the dust and heat of midsummer. :
We have made certain statements
backed by figures from the
eouQty auditors of Clarendon and ;
Williamsburg counties and the of- ;
ficial report of the comptroller i
general. There is no higher proof
to be offered. If Mr Starr wants
to undertake to refute a single
thing we have said, he has his
newspaper iu which to do so without
roaming over the county and
wrangling on the stump. We
have offered all along to give
space iq The Record to ny one
who will prove us to be wrong in
a single statement that we have
made. i
What good is the bank examiner,
anyway? The office was
created, presumably to protect
the public, a9 well as the banks
themselves, from dishonest em- (
ployees covering up future pecu- ,
latious and to expose the
thieving already doue. Has anyone
ever heard of the bank exarainer
discovenuz u shortage? ,
And yet the banks of the State ,
are heavily taxed to support (
this useless office, which pays |
fat salaries to several men. Re- ,
cently iu this county, at Lake ,
City, we had a shortage iu a
bank exteudiug over a period of
several years. The bank exam- ,
iner checked up the bank time ^
and again and reported nothiug ,
wroug. Aud now comes the
news from Anderson county that ,
the cashier of the Bank of Anderson
recently left "on a vacation,"
leaviug behind hitn a
written confession that he had
stolen $33,000 of the bank's
funds. Iu this case the default- j
ing cashier "borrowed" $1,000 a ,
year ago and has been syste- ]
matipalk' I'AhKinff tho Tvinlr flvat
UiuviUUil J i wviu^ vuv vuua v* vi 1
since. We repeat the inquiry
with which we concluded a former
article on this subject: Is i
it the man or the system that
is no good? <
As stated last week, in the
1908 primary election 1,08S
yotea were polled at the ten precincts
included in the Williamsburg
part of the proposed Rut- I
ledge area. Assuming this as 1
approximately the total number I
of Totes that will be cast in the 1
<H|f, - - -y?- . ? - -r - -.
iew county election on August
IT. it would require 72G votes
in Williamsburg to constitute
the required two-thirds majority,
plus one: while ot)4 \otes, or
one more than one-third of the
total number cast, would defeat
the new county in Williamsburg.
In our article last week a typographical
error made the number
required to defeat the new county
264, when, of course, it should
have been <164. While the error
was plainly a trick of the
types, we make this correction in
order to avoid even the appearance
of trying to mislead our
readers.
The people of St Matthews
are dead right in one particular,
whatever be the outcome of
their effort to bond the county
of Calhoun. That is this: It will
take at least $50,000 in cash (not
notes or piomises) to build a
presentable court house and jail.
* * xl -i it
Auy less sum man mat in mese
times of high prices for labor
and costly building material
would be on its face a mere
subterfuge to serve until the
people voted themselves into the
new county and then put the
screws to them for auy amount
they pleased for permaueut public
buildings in keeping with
modern ideas as to beauty, comfort
and convenience.
You all know how a child likes
for its parents to move into a
new house simply because it is
new. You remember how a child
likes a new toy simply because
it is new. Do you recall Benjamin
Franklin's story of how,
when a small boy, he traded all
his boyish possessions for a whisHp'-'
A rwl how when he ant the
much desired toy he soon grew
tired of it and wanted his barlow,
his jackstones, his top, whip
and marbles back? He had paid
too dear for his whistle. Voters,
don't be children; act like men!
And, above all, don't be caught
by the mel-odious notes of a poor
performer ou a cheap, tin whistle.
In giving space in our columns
to the presentation of differing
news on the prohibition question,
we are trying to give both sides
a square deal. But we cannot
handle articles of unreasonable
length ou either side of the question.
The pressure is great on
our news columns just at this
time and we cannot afford to devote
the whole paper or any cont!.l
.. 1 MA?i /-? C < 4- 4A 4 h A /I IflAHO.
siuerauie pan ui it v\j tuu motuojion
of a single subject. We re3pectfully
give notice, then, to
both prohibitionists and those opposing
prohibition that should
their articles exceed one column
in length, the part exceeding that
space will be carried over to the
next issue of the paper.
Those Johnsonville people are
"from Missouri" in the matter of
Lake City's building the court
bouse and jail. They want to
know if the cash has been put
up; how much and in whose
hands is it?
A movement is on foot to establish
another new county, with
Kershaw as the county seat. With
svery little town ambitious to be
come the county capital, where is
this new county business going to
stop?
Spartanburg, with less than double
the area of the proposed Kut[edge
county, has nearly ten times
the taxable property of the rich (?)
Rutledge.
Our neighbor town, Georgetown
is much perturbed over an alleget
shortage of SO,000 in the count;
treasurer's office and there are ru
: mors that a postoffice inspecto
; has found irregularities in theac
j counts of the postmaster. Th?
Georgetown Times promises to giv
I
j publicity to all the facts whei
! thev come out.
Three circuit Judges have rec
omuiei.ded to the people of C'al
houti county that their publi<
buildings should cost not less thai
i SoO.OOO.
r
I
AnenI Choosing a Wife.
Now comes the great question tha
, is agitating social Washington
I Erudite authors and ambitiou
newspaper-men are contributing
symposium on "how to choose ;
i wife."' The old and yet ever nev
| story of love and mating is alway
a popular theme for discussion.
The conclusion was reached ii
one corner of the press gallery, du
ring a special discussion of thi
question, that "not one man out o
8,000 who marry actually choose
his wife.' II# thinks, it is true
that he is courting a girl, while, a
a matter of fact she is making bin
a captive for life. Of course, it wa
admitted, there was a sort of charn
in such captivity, even for the
most freedom-loving man; still n<
amount of discussion appeared t<
bring any real solution of the way i
man chooses his wife, 01 the way i
wife chooses a husband. In fac
j this complicated question promise
to take rank with the old query
"How old is Ann?"; the true au
thorshipof "Ain't it awful Mabel?1
or the unanswerable problem, "\Vh<
struck Billy Patterson?"
It has been suggested that if th
government would take a hand ii
the solution, as it does in Japan, i
might be possible to marry th
right women to the right mentrain
up a lady, fit her in ever
way for wifehood, then shoot he
home with a dispatch autborizinj
her to marry some distinguishet
man. much in the same way tha
these affairs were managed?or mis
managed?in the days of the gram
old Spartans?Joe Mitchell Chappie
in the National Magazine for July
Uelay in commencing treatmen
for a slight irregularity thatcouh
have beeu cured quickly by Foley'
Kidney Remedy may result in a seri
oua kidney disease. Foley's Kidne;
Remedy builds up the worn out tis
sues and strengthens these organs.
D C Scott
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Kingstree, S. C.
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* STATE AND GENERAL NtWS. K
1 fee**arnron^K**?**
j
President Taft lias thieatened to
veto the tariff bill if the measure
r Quaily agreed on does not does uot
- constitute a material reduction on
? specific duties.
e Cotton took a tumble of 47
i points in New York Friday on account
of the report by the govern!
ment entomologist, Dr W D Hunter,
' | stating, that the ravages of the boll
| weevil had been checked by dry
- weather.
i In a game of baseball played in
Washington Friday between two
nines composed respectively of the
two different parties in the National
House of Representatives, the Dem1
ocrats beat the Republicans by a
score of 2G to 16.
3
a Insurance Commissioner McMasa
ter has licensed the negro grand
f lodge Knights of Pythias to do a
g fraternal insurance business throughout
the State. The applicants fp*\
4 4 r* _/
jicnarter put up ?>o,uuv \
their policy-holders.
s Last week Mr R R Culpepper, a
f prominent farmer of Darlington,
s while stretching a wire fence, was
, so badl/ injured by a post breaking
s and striking him in the head that
it he died a few days after the accis
dent.
1 Dr James Evans of Florence,
? well known throughout the State as
3 a physician and Secretary of *he
3 State board of health, died Thurs1
day morning, July 15, at Clifton
* Springs, N Y, where he had gone
1 some weeks a;o in search of health
s
John T Duncan, a former Columbia
attorney who was disbarred last
, year by the supreme court, hfcg
5 been adjudged in contempt by the
same court and sentenced to pay a
fine of $50, or be imprisoned ten
davs in the county jail. Duncan
1 . . .
t bad taken a case in violation of the
supreme court's disbarment order.
7 Delay in taking Foley's Kidney
r Remedy if you have backache,kidney
g or bladder trouble, fastens the disj
ease upon you and makes a cure
more difficult. Commence taking
Foley's Kidney Remedy today and
* you will soon be well. Why risk a
1 serious malady? D C Scott.
9
The Record has printed up a
number of r ^missory note
t books, fifty * to the book,
1 that we arev. _.ng at ten cents
s each. "" tf
7
' $5,000
.1 a Word!
For the familiar sign, >een at
almost every raiiroad crossa
ing?"Stop, Look, Listen"?
the originator was awarded
$15,000 ? $5,000.00 a word!
^ l'retty good money, you say?
But that sign has saved the
^ railroads millions of dollars
in tines. It pays to get a
good thing, even though
r you may have to pay a lit'
tie more for It than the
^ "just as good" at a smaller
cost. Always
r Stop!
Look!!
Listen!!!
d Xot for the cars onlv, but
for all things, at all time&
When buying: u Piano
neyer be too ha<tty.Ntop!
And consider! See that all
[. its merit does not stand in its
ontward appearauce?that its
finish does not overshadow
its quality in tone and durability.
Look! See that it
n bears the name of "Chas M
Stieft" and insure the best in
Piano manufacture. Listen!
To the exquisite harmony of
the Stieff's tone. And the
, feature of it all is, the longer
'* you consider, the more you
l*ok, the longer you listen,
8 the more fully you become
convinced that the Stieft'is
best Piano before the public
I today.
, Chas. M. Stieff
i Manufacturer
3 SOUTHERN WAREROOM:
3 5 W. Trade St.
B Charlotte, - N. C.
C. H. WILMOTH,
Manager.
(Mention this paper.)
Better I
Dysp
If you can help it K<xl<
effectually helping Natur<
But don't trifle with Indig<
A great many people who have
trifled with Indigestion, have been
sorry for It?when nervous or
I chronic dyspepsia resulted, and
j they have not been able to cure It
Use Kodol and prevent having
Dyspepsia.
rjTeryune is Buujeui iu luuigcsi
tlon. Stomach derangement follows
stomach abuse, just as naturally
and just as surely as a sound and
healthy stomach results upon the
taking of Kodol.
When you experience sourness
of stomach, belching of ga3 and
nauseating fluid, bloated sensation,
gnawing pain in the pit of the
tomach, heart burn (so-called),
diarrhoea, headaches, dullness or
chronic tired feeling?you need Kodol.
And then the quicker you take
Kodol?the better. Eat what you
want, let Kodol digest it.
Ordinary pepsin "dyspepsia tab~""ets,"
physics, etc., are not likely
be of much benefit to you, In
..stive ailments. Pepsin is only
D. C. SCO'
LrtabUihed in 1S94 The aim of the school
tlATTrt. "Thorough instruction unde
MUI 1U: possible cost"
The school was established by the Method
place where girls can be given thorough tra
coat The object has been ro fully carried out
n rci rf f. It is to-day. with its facult
KL3UL1. building and grounds, wort
THE LEADING TRAINING SCH
Ae H A pays all charges for the year. 1
I y II beat laundry, medical attentk
except music and elocution. A
REV. JAMES CAW
I CLIFFORD J
AN IDEAL HOME SCI
Piedmont belt of South Carolina. Gives indh
ily limited to-tO. Seven instructors. Confer
Education. Climate unsurpassed. 9136 pays
literary tuition. For catalogue address
dc\/ r r, n i
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To the
Our Statement rendered to S
date of June 23rd shows tl
fine condition for this
Capital Stack
Surplus aid Profits
Deposits.
Loans and Discounts ..
fash
tetrlVOT ONE CENT OF V
ORGANIZE]
Haye Paid to Stockholders in D
We solicit your business
patronage.
BANK OF 1
KINGSTR
w. k. Mcintosh
Farmers' 1
Kingstr<
tobacc(Tpl
If you are looking for highest
tions try the Farmers' Waieho
will have with us as strong a c
market ia the State,also Mr W
with us this seasoQ and we are
both Farmers and Buyers. C<
Thanking you in advance for
to remain,
'/ours ve
Mcintosh
Propri
^ot Get
epsia
' i
>1 prevents Dyspepsia, by
5 to Relieve Indigestion. .
sstion.
a partial digester?and physics art
not digesters at all.
Kodol Is a perfect digester. II
you could see Kodol digesting every
particle of food, of all kinds, In the
glass test-tubes in our laboratories,
you would know this just as well
as we do.
Nature and Kodol will always
cure a sick stomach?but In order
to be cured, the'stomach must rest
That is what Kodol does?rests the
stomach, while the stomach gets
well. Just as simple as A, B, C.
Our Guarantee
Go to your druggist today and get a dollar
bottle. Then alter you bare uaed the
entire contents of the Dottle if yoa can
honestly say, that it has not dona yon any
good, return the bottle to the druggist and
he will refund your money without aueatlon
or delay. We will then pay the arug- -y
zlst for the bottle. Don't hesitate, all *
druggista know that onr guarantee is good.
This offer applies to the large bottle only
and to but one in a family. The large bottle
contains 2ft times aa much as the fifty
cent bottle.
Kodol is prepared at the labor*
tories of E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chlcafo,
IT, M. D.
is clearly ?et forth by its
r positively Christian influences at the lowest
ist Church, cot to make coney, hot to famish
ining in body, mind, and heart at a moderate ?
: that as a
y of 82. its boarding patronage of 300, and its
h $140, COO
OOL FOR GIRLS IN VIRGINIA.
nclading the table board, room. lights, steam
in. physical culture, and tuition in k!1 subjecta
.pply for catalogue and applies tioo blank to
TON. Jit. M. A.. Principal. Blacktop#. Vs.
SEMINARYrIOOL
FOR GIRLS
ddual attention to each student. School fami
A. B. degree accredited by State Board of .
all charges for year?room, table board and
FFORD, D. D?
UNION, S. C.
'N
f
Public:
Itate Bank Examiner under
ie following particularly
5 season of the year
$ 40,000.00
7,500.00
93,000.00
... 110,000.00
15,000.00
SORROWED MOSEV.-??
) IN 1906.
it-Mends - - - - $6,800.00
;; we thank you tor your
ILLMG,
EE, S. C.
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J. C. MOORE |
ffarehtmse,
;e, S. C
ANT ERS:
prices and best accommodause
at Kingstree, S. C. We
:orDS of Buyers as aav other
' P McGill will be connected
going to make it lively for
jme to see us. -wj
your liberal patronage, we beg
ry truly,
& MOORE,
ietors. 1