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IN THE MATTER OF RUTLEDGE COUNTY. FACT, LOGIC AND SENTIMENT WOVEN INTO IRRESISTIBLE ARGUMENT A * GAINST THE NEW COUNTYT Editor County Record:-It seems that Lake City in her ? great, noble soul-inspiring struggle for self-preservation has at last condescended to notice through your par?pr -'hita of iircmnipnf. nlinnincs and r" ? ? & J ?ir-o comments on the Kutledge county movement." These they tell us "are ^ provokingly amusing and at variance * with the spirit that animates the moyemeut." This reminds us of a French lady who while in animated discussion with her sister, exclaimed: "But I meet with no one but myself who is always in the right!" We concede to Lake City's new county promoters that their contention is uot restrained by any constitutional barrier. That they have the right under the laws of our State to further their natural interest, as they are uow doing; but, Mr Editor, we grant this concession with the distinct understanding that it goes only so far as they are justified by the State law. Under the State law we often see public acts which say in effect: "They should take who have power and they should keep who can." in their plans, "The net is spread in plaia and open view of all voters with judgment enough to discern what it is there for." We hold that there is a higher law, that we should be prompted by a higher purpose in dealing with public questions than merely meeting the requirements of the laws of our State. It is now daily drawn to every thinking man's attention who has a cultivated con. science that in public matters people are too prone to thiuk that because their conduct is not eondemned by the laws of our country, the laws of the Infinite Power which rules the destinies of the universe are not transgressed. ) This view of the matter is one of the greatest calamities and heaviest corses we now have to contend with. The end of man's law is bat the beL ' ginning of God's law and the basis of w God's law is equity and justice in a much higher degree th*.n is contained in auy laws created by man. It is very evident to our mind that Lake City's contention for the formation of a new county, having Lake City as the county seat, is all wrong. Wrong because it is not for the geueral good ef Williamsburg couuty. Wrong because it is favoring the few at the expense of the many. Wrong because in its purpose it snatches from the citizenship of lower Williamsburg their privilege of the twentieth century. Wrong because it blights the hopes, appropriates the prosperity, binds the hands and shackles the feet of succeeding generations. In its purpose we can see only an act of disloyalty to one's mother county by those who feel their power and forget the right. That we may not seemingly ap A 1 U -C .. A . pear too iiar&u iu puoaiug juuguicm, I on our neighbors and friends, we I will say for their benefit that it is Mfeiatural for man to indulge iu the ilHAision of hope, bat in so doing they KHfehould be very careful not to shut their eyes against a painful truth. They should see to it that they are not numbered among those who, W "having eyes see not aud having ears I hear not." B Lake City had a dream and she I awoke! She dreamed that a sister town bad appropriated a few square I miles of territory, without even a I Toipe-^r?ni the people, and was then I jlaking ready to rejoice in great Ainn and <*lorv as a beautiful, nro I county seat. In the twinkling oT$&*je, as if wrought by some mtgic hand, the beautiful flower, " *wide of the people, the glory of uit town, was snatched, as it were, from the beautiful city and transpanted in the fertile soil of Lake City, to the glory of the town and honor of her people. "We awoke," says Lake City. "This is sufficient canse for the whole movement.'' Men of Williamsburg, in the name of common sense and reason, in justice to us all, answer this statement at ' * Tt; . n- -**? the ballot box. If the people of that section wished it and nothing else could be done, ! how much better it would be to give j up a few miles of territory above I Lake City than to shackle the feet ; of succeeding generations in hundreds of miles of fertile territory in lower Williamsburg and Georgetown counties. Voters of the proposed newcounty, awake before your friends (?) shall bind you hand and foot. You who huve an educated conscience; you who look for guidance beyond the common law; you wno wouiu "rather be right than be President of these United States,"' it is your conception of justice that we are depending upon to win m this light. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. It was just a few years ago that Lake City outgrew her name, then known as "Graham's Cross Roads'"; thought of as "Graham's Cross Roads" today by many. Now proudly spoken of by her citizenship as Lake City with the stress on the city. Property valnes were low there then, before she outgrew her name. She has made great strides forward since then, for which she should get due credit, but, in the light of the recollection of the past, let us not tauntiugly refer to property yalues in lower Williamsburg. It is to be seen of all meu that in the last few years Lake City has made wonderful material progress. Why not in lower Williamsburg in the near future? We are no prophet and have no inclination iu that channel, bat we veuture to say that with the now rapid completion of the railroad already half across the couuty, we expect yet to see lower Williamsburg the garden spot of our county. Who ventnres to dispute this assertion? There is no good ground for discouragement for those who hope for the formatiou of a new county in lower Williamsburg and Georgetown counties. The golden future is drawing nearer, no matter how much the present may seem clouded. If you vote for the county of Rutledge your vote will piove a snare to your feet. We should like to suggest a name for the county seat in lower Williamsbuig. Call her "Will Town/' This would be in honor of Williams burg aHQ Georgetown counties, and as a direct descendant of the historic old town of several thousand inhab* itants of this name that stood o.i the banks of Mingo creek a few miles above Mingo bridge quite a century ago. Where this county seat is to be located is a matter in your hands. You are to be pleased; it is yours. Lake City says "Rosemary!" What a delusion! We will say this for Rosemary's sense of justice: If there be forty just men m the town they would not have it; nay, if there be thirty-five, we say twenty, and as the "last straw that bereaks the camel's back," we say ten! Let your oounty seat be centrally located. The greatest good to the greatest number of people should be your aim. ^ ? - - - _ VI!. L_!1J! rue up your own puonc uunuiugs and be independent. We have friends in lower Williamsburg and Georgetown counties who are abundantly able to build and devote to the people public buildings that would do credit to larger towns than Lake City and then continue to do business at the same old stands, if so disposed, and the volume of their business would compare favorably with that of the town of Lake City. You ask, but will they do it? We answer for them in their absence: We know them to be a large-hearted, generous people and if conditions require it they will do it, and this statement stands undisputed till they say they will not. We fancy we now see the court house nearing completion in the not fur distant - - * i ' 1- tiT i. future anu we exciaim witn joj: juet it rise, let it rise till it meet the suu in his coming; let the earliest light of the morning gild it and parting day liuger and play ou its dome! Voters and friends, on the morning of the 17th of August while Lake City is guarding the interest of her town, preaching "all to gain and nothing to lose"; while she directs her attention now and then to Johnson ville with what they term the "true gospel", the promise of a couit house with no mention of a iail? begging them to "shout" to their preaching, wheu they must know that shoutiug comes only after the fullness anil joy of the spirit and that Johtisonville disclaims to have (new county spirit), let us old county folks draw near to the polls and just before opening the boxes for voting, let us extend to those who have sinned against dear old Williamsburg by turning their backs upon her, the last invitation, while singing hymn No 1180: "If you are sorry for what you haw done, The vilest sinner may now return." No collection. W E X Cades, August 3. CHOPPEE DEFEATS ROME lo Snappy Game of Ball Played on the Latter's Diamond. Rome, August 2:?Choppee defeated Rome in an exciting and ju--' ,arne of nine innings on the ji e diamond Saturday afternoon, July 31. The home team has the consolation of knowing that it was organized only since July 24 and this was their tirst practice on the diamond for this season. They deserve credit and praise for their good playing. B Baker's pitching was the feature of the game. The line-up was as follows: CHOppee. Rome. Altman, S 3b Thomas, G Beattv ss Chandler. G Altman, E rf Altman, S Bruenton, D rf Graham, W Johnson, L c Brockinton, C Bruenton, B If Hannah. J Altman. A p Baker, B Munnerlyn, J 2b Altman, H Altman, Sam lb < handler, W The score:? Clioppee 1 3 320020 0?11 Rome 0 2002000 0-4 X X X The Crime of Idleness. Idleness means trouble for any one. It's the some with a laay liver. It causes constipation, headache, jaundice, sallow complexion, pimples and blotches, but Dr King's New | Life Pills soon banish liver troubles and build up your health. 25c at D O Scott's. Venters and Vicinity. (Received too late forla>t wrek's Issue.) Venters, July 27:?Farmers of this section are wt ving broad smiles since the rain, a * days ago. Corn and cotton crops re generally good. Tobacco men are very busy curing aud getting tobacco ready for the market. Most of the young folks and some of the older ones, too, are attending the picnics and fish fries trying to make everything lively for boys and girls during vacation. Mrs G W Davis of Chapman is visiting relatives in Georgetown. Mr Richard Poston of North Carolina is visiting relatives in this section. Mrs J A Cockfield and Miss Edna Davis have returned home, after spending a very pleasant week with friends in Durham, N C. Miss Bessie Van Keuren of Kingstree is visiting relatives in this section. Rev and Mrs W B Baker and son were guests of Dr and Mrs Walter Hemingway last week. Mrs Callie Huggins and son, Charlie, are visiting relatives at Johnsonville this week. Dr R L Cockfield left Saturday for Baskerville, Va. Mr Reese Cockfield left Saturday for Durham, N C. We are sorry to note that Mr F E Huggins has been sick for several days. Formee. Washington's Plagnr Spots lie in the low,marshy bottoms of the the Potomac, breeding ground of malaria germs. These germs cause chills, fever and ague, biliousness, jaundice, lassitude, weakness and general debility and bring suffering or death to thousands yearly. But Electric Bitters never fails to destroy them and cure malaria troubles. ' They are the best all-round tonic and cure for malaria I ever used," writes R M James of Louellen, S C. They cure Stomach, Liver Kidney and Blood Troubles and will preven Typhoid. Try them,50c. Guaranteed by D C Scott. Are Doctors Any Good? Foolish question! Yet some people act as if a medicine could take the place of a doctor! The best medicine in the world cannot do this. Have a family doctor, consult him frequently, trust him fully. If we did not believe doctors endorsed Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for coughs and colds, we would not offer it to you. Ask your doctor. No alcohol in this cough medicine, j. c.Aycr Co.,Lowell,Mass. If we did not believe doctors endorsed Ayer's Pills for constipation, biliousness, sick- i headache, we would not offer thern to you. Ask your own doctor about this. | I KINGSTREE GRADED AND HIGH SCHOOL 1 ......... .... | Kingstree, S. C. ) | High School t Boys and Girls prepared for College or for Business Life. ^ s PURE WATER, EIGHT INSTRUCTORS, J j ^ HEALTHFUL LOCATION, FINE MUSIC DEPARTMENT. > j ^ HIGH SCHOOL ANNEX recently completed with beautiful < * and spacious Auditorium. ^ I AMPLE ROOM FOR BOARDING PUPILS, ^ ? "RT7!A SfYW A TOT/E { ?j \ Fall Term Begins \ j Monday, September 13. j } For information apply to 2 E. C. EPPS, I f Clerk Board Trustees. * J. G. COLBERT, j f Superintendent. < [ Kingstree. S. C. ) I STOLL BROTHERS I jWE | STOCKS WEi |BUT B0ND5 BUV AND ftND AND : SELL LANDS | SELLI| I It will pay you to always see us when you have any business of this kind. I?- OFFICE OVER BANK OF WILLIAMSBURG ISTOP! LOOK! LISTEN!? ? ? ^ Have you bought your w ? TOBACCO FLUES | @ It not, why not? We are still making them at the sameS ? place, so come in and give us your order. ? jgj Ask to see our jgj @ PARIS GREEN GUNS ANDISPRAYS ? a the flies out of the house by using jgj . - f\AAn^ II II \TF\ AllA t / rpfl A AO gjMKcci> UUUKJ, winuuwjAnu,rLY iRAra@ jgj A full supply of (?j ?REFRIGERATORS, ICE< CREAM FREEZ-? ? ER?' ICE TEA TUMBLERS AND COOLERS* ? ? @ (?j We have the goods. ? (?j You should keep cool by using one of our ? @ n-A-a^iv?ocizs. @; @ Ask to see them. ? STOP! 1 [g[ Call and see the latest in FRUIT JARS3 Patent top jgj S-% Jars are better. ? Not a bit of trouble to ring 35, so ring for what you want(jg) jgj or call and see for yourself. gj @ OUR BUILDING MATERIAL @ _ ! ? department is complete, such as Sash, Doors, Blinds, Lime, ? jgj Cement, Nails and Booting. jgj ? COFFINS AND CASKETS ? ?always on hand. Services rendered day or night, Kemem-? (?j ber the place, jgj ?Kin&stree Hardware Co..? tsi ? g Remember Kingstree as the coming tobacco market. w v Poland-China Pigs Also a few \nutig B?ar* and Sows; full-blooded N stoek entirj <\ to registration; ages from u weeks to t{ inoiitlis. I'riee* from &.U0 to $10.U>. Urires quoted :ir?- less than one-half what the -ami grade of hogs will i-n-t you in Virginia or !V?- . nossee. These arc tint* specimens of hogs, from my experience far sU|>erior to the Berkiniro Though I have a few Berkshire* for sale too, bat not full-blooded. ( nine and see ine or send in your order. I \ri) please you. J. J. n. GRAHAM, - 5 Cades, 5. . ':q C-l7-3mo*. HE uini?. SUCCESSORS TO GEO. S. HACKED & SON 1 CHARLESTON, S. C. WE MANUFACTURE Doors. Sash and Blinds; Columns and Balusters; Grilles and Gable Ornaments; Screen Doors and Windows. WE DEAL IN <v Glass. S:ish Cord and Weights. Kingttree Lodge JBSS limits of pyttjtas Regular Conventions Ivery 2nd and 4th Wednesday fright* Visiting brethren always welcome, Castle Hall 3rd story Gourd in Building. M. H. Jacobs, C. C. Thos. McCutchen, K R 8 & M F VJ Summons for Belief (Complaint not served) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ^ County of Wiiuamsburg i Court of Common Pleas. Bank of Lake City, a corporation created and existing under the laws of the State of South Carolina, Plaintiff, against 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 Jiled in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the tfVttm+ir nf Wtllnrnchnrflr in tKo yVUiv; V* ? a*> taiv uwt^vv 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 answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated this July 1st, 1909. Bass a Stalvey, Plaintiff's Attorney. To theDefendanr, D E Motley:? Take notice that the complaint in this action,together with the sutincone, 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 Carolina on the :trd day of July, 1909. Bass & Stalvey. 7-9-6t Plaintiff's Attorneys Registration Notice. The office o! the Supervisor of Reg* istration will be open on the 1st Memday in each month for the purpose of registering any person who is qualified as follows; Who shall have been a resident of the State for two years, and of the county one year, and of the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote four months before the day of election, and shall have paid, six months before, any poll tax then due and payable, and who can both read and write any section of the constitution of 1895.submitted to him by the Supervisors of Registration, or who can show that he owns, and has paid . >i all taxes collectable on during the, present year, pioperty in this State assessed at three hundred dollars or more. J. Y. McGILL, Clerk of Board. Depart ore of PasseBger Trains at Kingstrte. ' The Atlantic Coast Line railroad " ; has promulgated the following '* 1 schedule, which became effective'1 Monday, May 17. 1909. , . : . ?NORTH BOUND- . *, i ( t No 80 -7:31 a. m. ' No 46 .lfcJAia. ni. ? No 78 5:58 p, m, -SOUTIIIBOUNP? ; No 79 10:52 a..m* No 47 5:58 p. m. , No 89 9:15 p. m. *DAI LYjEXCEPT SUNDAY.