The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 29, 1909, Image 4
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I \ KINGSTREE. S. C
.C. W. WOLFE.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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I iURSDAYi JULY 29. 1909.
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Opponents of the scheme to
form Dillon county by cutting
nlolm .Kuf flic
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part cut of! for the new county
^ioes not contain the 400 square
ttailes required by the constitution
A3 the minimum area for a new
county. To te3t the official survey
Jof Messrs Hamby aud Beatty, they
[employed Surveyor Howard Wiswall
of Charleston, who found
^'several large errors" made by
Hamby and Beatty, which would
oat the Dillon territory below the
^constitutional area required. It
will be remembered that one of
these surveyors, Mr Hamby, was
(employed with Mr Oliver to make
HHthe official survey for the proposed
utledge county. If ic be proved
.at the survey was wrong in
^H^Iarion county, it is not improbSB
able that similar errors were made
iu the Rutledge survev. Withonlv
V four miles and a fraction to
spare, a very small error would
HH( reduce the area below the limit.
We shall watch with interest the
9^1 outcome of the Marion controversy.
A very important election will
be held to-morrow in our neigh.
H bor town. Lake City: an election
that wall bring distinct advantages
to the school, besides increasing
HB its revenue several hundred dol
lars annually. All this is to be
Pm had, if we understand the ques||M
tion, merely for the asking in the
form of an electiou. The high
I I school question will undoubtedly be
answered in the affirmative by the
|Bi people of Lake City, who are loyal
to the school, and we are surprised
that they have neglected the
Opportunity so long to merge their
graded school mt'? a high school
with all the attendant advantages
of increased |.re6tige, broader curricnlum
and higher standard of
scholarship. The election will
doabllMS be carried unanimously
for the high school, there being
absolutely no excuse to vote against
* against it, and we hope to see a
big vote polled as an emphatic
endorsement of this step forward
I in the way of educational progress.
Attorney General Lyon is making
some pretty rank decisions
lately, which are causing amusement
among really capable attorneys
over the State. Only a
short while ago he rendered a decision
which had the effect of
closiDg the books of registration
in this county thirty-three days be
ifore the ensuing electious, when
the law distinctly provides that
the books shall be closed thirty
days before the date of the election.
This decision on the part of
Mr Lyon has practically disfranchised
a considerable number of
white men, citizens of Williams
burg county, who, bad they been
given a fair deal, would have been
entitled to cast their votes in two
very important elections. Mr Lyon's
latest abortive effort to construe
a very simple and plainly
worded act of the Legislature is
set fsrth in a press clipping from
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symmetrical litt1
offset the many ]
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the term fits. Foi
any given point
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the News and Courier, which ap- j ^
p?ars elsewhere in this issue. j ^
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We understand that the Rut-jaj
ledge county promoters are claiming
that the Williamsburg part of je
the Paroda railroad should be in- Q|
eluded in their territory. Well, cj.
give it to them and it only adds gy
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9-1,uvu 10 ineir property vaiuauuu.
liemember, the auditor's aud the
comptroller general's figures show ed
Kutledge to be more than half a he
million dollars poorer than the St
poorest county in the State, so it
that, comparatively speaking, a g>
thousand dollars more or less is a
mere drop in the bucket.
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The city of Florence was bond- ki
ed iu 188b for $24,000 to build fa
a court house and jail. They built
it then at that figure, but that
was twenty years ago when labor j;
and building material were at least
100 per cent cheaper than today.
A r>rknsprv?t.ive business man of ^
Florence county expressed the ^
opinion less than a month ago in ^
our presence that these buildings
would cost not less than $50,000 gi
on the basis ot present high prices M
of labor and material.
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Suppose that the town of Florence
did erect the public build- ai
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ings in that county, that is no
evidence that Lake City will bond
the town and put up a court
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OOUSt U11U jail. vibj io w
bonded to the limit already and cl
the two cases are not analogous, ^
anyway. Lee county and Calhoun
county, where the people were ^
fooled by mere promises and
pledges, would bear more directly W
upon the present situation. se
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1 of the county will take care ofl?
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ifitof all parties concerned ?rlit
Ige. Lest we be accused ot 'sub
ny kind of sharp practice, we ^
of the official map, which was s
camera does not lie, hence the
recently been able to obtain a
the new county promoters as t
le county" that we were led
points against it. But we w<
irrespondents this week refer t
convenience of our readers th
to another, all one has to do is
1 inches. Multiply 8 3-4 by 4 a
rowest part and we have just i
itself. From Lake City to Smi
is only seven miles.
e the claim of a "nice, compact
to be a joke.
lis county seat question when
ley see fit to trv for their coun
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. The taxable property may not
1 be there now, but it is bound
> come in a few years. If Rutdge
county be formed all hope
' relief for these people and their
lildreu's childreu is buried forer.
Miss Kstella Smoak, the fair
itor of the Branchville Journal,
came Mrs G B Herndon on last
indav evening. We extend felic*
<o
ations and wish both bride and
"oom much happiness.
Some men fail from knowing
10 little, but more tail from
[lowing too much, and still more
til from knowing it all.
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ditor County Record:?
Please allow me space in your pair
to reply to the statement of Mr
K Feagin of Harper concerning
le game of ball played between
ioody or Spring Gully aud ChopT
nn, nnf n/Minorno^ in the inaf.
X, x am uvt uuuvvtuvu ?u vmv 4uM?
r personally, but only reported the
ime on information obtained from
[r II A Wheeler, who is one of the
ayers of the Moody or Spring
ully team.
Hoping that this will acquit me of
ly seeming intention to misrepreut
the affair, I am,
Respectfully yours,
Red Coon.
Note?The question of whether it
as Spring Gully or Moody baseball
ub that played Choppee a game of
ill some time ago on the Morrisville
amond is of small interest to the
jneral public. In the immediate loility
affected the facts are doubtss
known to everyone concerned,
^e think, then, that the further obouies
of the game referred to may
i omitted without serious disapjintment
to most of our readers.?
iditor The Record.
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?ther for or against the new county
>stitution by some people who are
vill explain that the cut published
ent to Mr 11 B Smith, the chairmai
map must be a correct copy of the
copy of the Rutledge county m
o what it looked like on paper. V
to hope that the map wculd show s
;re distinctly disappointed when
o Rutledge as a "shoe string'' cour
e map is drawn to a scale of four i
to measure the inches and multipl
md we have 35 miles as the extreir
ibout nine miles, while the widest
ith Mills is 24 miles, an air line: wl
;, symmetrical little county'" falls ;
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m SAGE OF POSSUM FORK
Talks Right Out in Meetly Rutledge
County Neither Needet <ot-ianted.
Editor Couuty Record:?
1 suppose we must dance to the
tune of about $2,000 as expenses of
surveying the "shoe string" meant tor
Rutledge county. But we beg to be
excused from dancing to the music
of the new county itself. You struck
the key note in your "Why Rutledge
County?" in the last issue of The
Record. And, too, your level-headed,
philosophic correspondent "Majority
Man" is right. No good will come to
the masses by means of the new
county except Lake City and surrounding
country, and even that is
doubtful. We don't want the new
county; don't need it in its present
shape, and seeing no other practical
way to cut it, we pronounce it no
good and don't intend to have it if
we can help ourselves. And it is said
that our section has been taken ad.
vantage of in that some of the Lake
City folks 'phoned to the Governor
and caused him to stop our registration
officers three days ahead of time
and prevented about fifty of our citizens
from obtaining registration certificates,
and then bragged about it.
Now, Mr Editor, is that fair? We
ought to have a square vote and a
fair count. Let's sift the matter;
everybody come out to the temper?npp
ninnin on the 12th of AugU8t
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lit Johnsonville Graded school house.
Bat don't forget to come to the election
on the 17th of August armed
with tax receipts and registration
certificates, and if the new county
fails to materialize, Lake City will
not be hurt if she will take her court
house money and build that trolley
line and connect herself with the
country aronnd
Possum Fork.
The best pills made are DeWitt's
Little Early Hisers, the famous lit.
tie liver pills. They are small, gentle
pleasant, easy to take and act
promptly. They are sold by D C
Scott.
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j, we publish this week a map of the proposed ^
ready to believe one who differs honestly Irom ^
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is maae irom a rcuuccu piioiugrapu ui iijc uiuc ^
1 of tbe election commission for Iiutledge county. 5
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ap, we were dependent wholly upon reports ^
ie had heard so much of that "nice, compact, .
>ome argument in favor of the new county to ^
we actually beheld the much-talked-of map. ^
lty, and anyone can see at a glance how well ^
miles to the inch; hence, to get the distance troui ^
y by four. For instance, the rule shows the ^ ,
te length of the proposed county. Now, measure J
place in only about thirteen miles. The average ^
hile to the nearest point west to the Clarendon ^
is Hat as that of the vast resources of Iiutledge, ^
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To the Public: ,
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 Stack $ 40,000.00
Surplus and Profits 7,500.00
Deposits. 93,000.00
Loais and Discounts 110,000.00
task 15,000.00
*$rNOT ONE CENT OF BORROWED MONEY.-**
ORGANIZED IN 1906.
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Have Paid to Stockholders in Dividends - - - - $6,800.00
We solicit your business; we thank you tor your
patronage.
BUNK OF WILLIAMSBURG,
KINGSTREE, S. C.
W. K. MclNTOSH J. C. MOORE
Farnsrs' Warehouse,
Kingstree, S. C
TOBACCO PLANTERS:
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If you are looking for highest prices and best accommodations
try the Farmers'Waiehouse at Kingstree, S. C. We
will have with us as strong a corps of Bayers as any other
market in the State,also Mr W P McGill will be connected
with us this season and we are going to make it lively for
both Farmers and Buyers. Come to see us.
T anking you in advance for your liberal patronage, we beg
to remain,
Yours very truly,
McINTOSH & MOORE,
Proprietors.
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