The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 05, 1909, Image 4
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KINGSTREE, S. C
C. W. WOLFE.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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THURSDAY. AUG. 5. 1909.
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Old Father Williamsburg isn't
fightiug especially to retain her
twenty-one year old sou, Lake City.
But the trouble is that the boy
waute to take with him a half
dozeu or more of the old gentleI
man's minor sons, most of whom
say they don't want to leave the
pareutal roof auri won't go unless
the big brother forces them to
accompany him when he '-dies the:
coop.'*
? Under
the election law a regis- ;
tratiou ticket wunout tax receipt
is worthless?as useless as the tax
receipts without the registration j
ticket m eutitlmg anyone to vote.,
Voters mast present to the man- j
agers of election their registration1
tickets and tax receipts, or a cer-1
tificate from the county treasurer!
showing that all taxes have been
paid at least six mouths prior to
the election.
We heard a man from the,
Scrauton section say a few days |
ago thai while he preferred to re- ^
luitin in old Williamsburg, he was
going to vote for Ratledgc because
if that county failed they
might force Scrauton into "'Beulab
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eounty. ducn rears are giuauuleas.
Everyone should know that
Beulah or Olanta car. force no
part of Williamsburg into its
county scheme unless two-thirds
of the people of the part affected
vote themselves into the new
county. If a big majority of the:
people don't want to go they I
can't be forced into any new
oounty.
Don't take any stock in the ridiculous
yarn that should Rutledge
county be defeated King,
stree is going to undertake to
bond the couuty to build a r.ew
court house. Aside from the ab
surd preposition et Amgscree
bonding the whole county without
the whole county voting for
it, the present court house is,
plenty good enough for Williams-1
burg for half a century at lt-ast.
Now that the offices are equip- j
ped with fire-proof receptacles to
protect the public records, we|
have as substantial, convenient,
aud .handsome a temple of jus-!
tice as has auv town the she of
Kiugstree in the State. Every J
citizen of Williamsburg county'
has stoci: in this fine and costly,
building which he throws away
if he votes himself into the new (
county.
We Want the Truth,
For several weeks past we have
endeavored to place before our
readers facta and figures bearing
on the subject of the formation
of Rutledge county, so that they
might decide intelligently whether,
or not to vote for the new county.
It has been far from our intention
to mialead anyone or mis- j
represent anything, but our aim,
has been merely to publish and
comment on any information that!
we could obtaiu bearing on the,'
subject, calmly and dispassionately,
"nothing to extenuate, nor
set down aught in malice.'' Open
and above board, we have given j
our authority for every assertion
.
made, there being in each instance,
so far as we know, no higher
proof extant.
in his most recent issue of the
Rutledge County Xews, Mr Stewart
Starr advises that he will
correct our "misrepresentations in .
Ins next issue. Inasmuch us any
argument we might offer now
would be based ou data that Mr
Starr says is limisrepresentations,"
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we shall refrain from further discussion
of the new county c|ues'
tion until he has had the opportunity
to set us straight.
At the outset we invited any-;
one to correct any erroneous
statement made by us aud we
have re-iterated the invitation al-;
most every week, freely tendering;
the use of our columns for the j
a P /-kilt* Atrn <irnrn onto '
'"UlaUUU "* "U1 """ -iftUUASUW,.
We have not knowingly reflected
on any individual, or descended
to the plane of acrimonious personalities,
and it is our desire to
end as we began and emerge from
the campaigu with clean hands
and a clear conscience.
To show our good faith in the
matter, if Mr Starr, or anyone else,
can in a single mstance prove us
guilty of wilful misrepresentation
?let an impartial committee decide?we
will give up the fight
and cheerfully retract every such
misstatement. Can anythiug be
fairer? Witn a clear conscience'Siud
a serene assurance that our position
is absolutely impregnable, we calmly
await the onslaught.
We have given what we believe
to be facts. If ^hey are not facts,
disprove them. We want the truth.
Support the School.
Kingstree High school is paying
the penaky of prosperity. When
Winthrop and Clemson and other
State institutions of learning become
overcrowded they ask the Leg.
islature for more money to erect
new buildings and to employ additional
instructors to meet conditions,
and the necessity therefor is
regarded as a healthy sign. That
i is precisely the condition with regard
to Kingstree's school. To
accommodate an increasing number
of pupils, a new building had to
be put up; that called for new
; furniture and more teachers and
a larger revenue to support the
school and keep up the standard
that should be maintained. The
most feasible plan to raise this additional
revenue is to levy a direct
tax as is set forth in the election
notice.
We feel confident that the peo
pie will vote for the two mill tax
overwhelmingly; but wouldn't it be
a splendid thing for Kiugstree if
they would turn out at the polls
and vote this tax upon themselves
1 unanimously? It would be the best
advertisement for both the town
and the school that could possibly
oe given mem.
It is useless to argue the advan,
tages of our school, or to point
out the direct benefit the town
has derived from it in a material
way. Cripple the school and the
town would retrograde until it finally
reached the place where it
! stood before the great educational
j awakening crystallized and took
; form in the magnificent structure
i to which all our people point
with pride, our high school building.
We cannot afford to employ
cheap teachers, nor do we want
inferior equipment. In that direc
I
tion the least degree of economy is j
the last degree of extravagance. j
The best is none too good.
Come -'lit Tuesday and show* by j
your vote that you are a friend'
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to our boys and girls and a pa- j
triotic citizen of Kingstree.
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CURRENT NEWS IN LAKE CITY.
Death of a Child-Items of Local and
Personal interest
Lake City, August 3:?Mrs A
II Williams, Mr A H Williams,
Jr..and Miss Ruth Williams have
gone to the mountains ot Western
North Carolina for a month.
Mr J L Stuckey went to Charleston
Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Ilarry Brunson
of Florence are visiting at Mr
T R Mcintosh's in town.
Miss Addie Rollins is at Rome
with relatives.
Miss Cecil Severance, who
was at home on a visit, returned
to her office at Kershaw a few
days ago.
R II Welch. Esq., of Columbia
was here last Friday night and
Saturday.
Rev L X Chappeile is taking
his vacation in North Carolina
and Virginia.
Mr Kobt 0 Johnson took a
business trip to Sumter last
week.
Miss Ruby Severance, who
visited her sister, MrJ| George
Brothers,in Florence last week,
returned home Thursday.
It is said that the boys who
went to Scranton Saturday to
the ball game departed swiftly;
in fact, left in the same manner
that the Yankees left the first
battle of Manassas. One fat
fellow says he covered a hundred
feet in ten secends. That
mite him in thp "Marathon"
class. Another "cranked" the
automobile so fast that sparks
were produced by friction and
there was no need for a battery.
When the "thirteen inch" gun
was swung into position three
miles of deck was cleared as if
by magic.
Mr Marvin Davis of Conway
was on our streets Monday morning.
It will be recalled that he
lived here when a hoy, his father,
Rev J C Davis, then being
in charge of the Scranton circuit.
Mrs Beatrice Prather, whose
home is in Florida, is visiting
her mother, Mrs Ella F .Jones.
Mr B W Stewart has our best
thanks for a sack of tomatoes.
Now, we strive to avoid even
the appearance of exaggeration.
Yet perhaps some will accuse
us of "stretching our blanket"
when we say that these tomatoes
taken as a whole as to size,
color and flavor, were equal to
the best usually seen a month
earlier. But such is the solemn
fact. At this date, as a rule,
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the bushes are about exuausieu
and the fruit is small in sixe and
limited iu quantity. How Mr
Stewart has such tomatoes as
he gave us on August 2 we
do not understand.
And they say that, when he
is really scared, Clarence Hall
can, at a single glance, pick out ,
the biggest tree in a sixty acre ,
patch and get behind it before
you could say "Jack Robinson."
Little Douglas Moultrie, the
two-year-old son of Mr and Mrs
D M Epps, died at Fletchers,
N. C,. last Sunday of tonsilitis.
All that remained of the little
one was brought home and laid
to rest in the Askins cemetery
Monday afternoon. The hearty
sympathy of us all is with the
mother and father, to whom the
going away ot baby gave a
wrench that only those who
have felt just such an agony can
appreciate.
Mrs A E Hill is away on a
visit to Timmonsville.
W LB
For indigestion and all stomach
trouble take Foley's Orino Laxative,
as it stimulates the stomach and liver
and regulates the bowels and will
positivelv cure habitual constipation,
D C Scott.
| STATE AND GENERAL NtWS. J
Hob Givens,a negro longshoreman,
was shot and killed Friday morning
in Charleston by Policemai Hums.
The trouble grew out of the negro's
resisting arrest and taking the pistol
away from the officer who apprehended
him. Policeman Burns shot
the negro after he had tried to kill
another policeman.
A severe earthquake occurred near
Mexico Citv. Mex., Friday morning,
destroying the town of Ctiilpaucongo,
and partly demolishing Acapulco.
The loss of life, though not
definitely known, is said to be great.
Marsh Wellington, a negro murderer,
was hanged at Greenwood last
Friday. lie confessed his crime,
the murder of a woman, while on
the gallows.
Thursday night, July 29, lightniug
struck the dwelling house of
Mr J W Pickens near Jonesville,
killing Mrs Pickens instantly^ ?
A rattlesnake bit a Mrs Sto*. (
the toe last Thursday. The sua...
was iu the house aod selected the
lady's toe as the point of attack.
Prompt medical attention was given
and no bad effects followed. The
incident occurred near BatesburgJ
!)r Luk Wing, Chinese vice-consul
at New York, was slaia bv a native
Chinatnau Saturday.
Constable A Ii Byrd killed Berry
Kowe a negro degrade, at Branchville
Saturday.
William Lawrence, a white farmer
of West Springs, Union county,
was killed by a train Saturday eveu-.
ing at a railroad crossing one mile
north of Union.
An explosion of gasoline in a
building at St Paul, Minn, killed
five people and injured six last Saturday.
At Wellston, sixteen miles from
Macon, Ga, Sim Auderson, a negro,
was shot to death by whites for peeping
into young ladies' bedroom.
Two negroes were shot to death
near Grant Prairie, La, .Friday hy
enraged white citizens for shooting
and wounding an aged white farmer
named Thomas Fontenat.
The 4-year-old daughter ot Mr
Wdtsou Baker of Darliugton was
killed Friday by the accidental discharge
of a shotgun. The child
was rolliug a ermelon around
on the floor an ^ajocked down the
gun, which wa^tanding in a corner
of the room.
Cecil Broom, a prominent white
man of Waxhaw, N C, is charged
with criminally assaulting a young
lady near Van Wyck, in Lancaster
county, last week. The victim was
do humiliated by the outrage that
she tried to take her own life by
poisou.
Auditor Dorrell, of Georgetown
county, has tendered his resignation
to Governor Ansel on account of infirm
health.
The little town of Calhoun Falls,
in Anderson county, was almost
wholly destroyed Sunday night by
fire, the loss aggregating $5,000.
Mr J M Cherry, the largest farmer
in York county, is said to have
his whole farm, embracing five
miles, planted in corn this year.
The cotton crop report issued by
the Goverumeut Monday, August 2,
indicates a very poor condition generally,
the general average being 71.9
of a normal crop, as compared with
74.6 a month ago and 83 a year ago.
For South Caroffua the condition up
to July 25 was 77 as compared with
a ten year average of 80.
Calhoun Harris, assistant cashier
of the Orr mills at Anderson, has
been arrested on a charge of misappropriating
$50,000. Harris claims
the alleged shortage to be due to
clerical errors.
The beat pills made are DeWitt'a
Little Early Kisers, the famous lit.
tie liver pills. They are small, gentle
pleasant, easy to take and act
promptly. They are sold by DC
Scott.
GO-FLY keeps flies off Horses
and Cattle. 25c and 50c. At all
drug stores. 6 3 lOt
Old papers for sale cheap by
the hundred at The Record
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fine condition for this season of the year
Capital Stack $ 46,WO.00
Surplus ant Profits 7,500.06
Deposits. 93,000.00
Loans and Discounts 110,000.00
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