The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 26, 1909, Image 2
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AN OPEN LETTER
70 MR. STARR.
It. B fi. CHANDLER tOMtS "0 tUE
DEFENSE OF THE BUSINESS
MEN OF MIME
Editor Uuuuv Keuoril:
Will yon allow uk space iti your
columns to tliaith. yon fur your nmii>y
defer.s^ of the busiuess men of
Rome? Mr Sum says that on account
of trie opposition of certain men at
Rome to tiie "wool iiat boys"' going
to Lak<- City, whcie goods- arc sold
go much cheaper, good roads arc not
wanted,so that cotton may be hauled
to Ijake City; but that their desire is
to keep Johnson township bottled
up uuder the control of a few men,
wlio are afraid that this new county
movement will "uueork things."
Now. Mr Starr makes this indictment
against the business men of
Rome and then bus the audacity to
say that he doesn't know whether his
informant wa> right or not in his
charges. Mr Editor, we have but
three white men in the Rome section
that are renters and in justice tc
these gentlemen I demand of Mr
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fttarr the name of the renter that
gave him bis information. Perhaps
it was a "nigger" renter that gave
Mr Starr his information, as it takes
a Yankee to discover a "nigger iu
the woodpile.'* Mr Starr, in justice
to yourself, though you be a Yankee,
give me the name of your iuformant
that you may prove that you haven't
discovered a "nigger in the woodpile.
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Mr Editor, the business men of
Rooie are W C Hemingway & Co,
Wilson aud DuRant Brothers. As
you have said,there are no better men
in the county or i>tate than these
orentlemen are: law abiding citizens.
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honest men who run their business
on business principles and have the
conhdence of ail the reliable citizens
in Johnson township, Williamsburg
countv aui the State at large. I say,
without fear of contiadiction,though
we live a Way of! from the railroad,
I can buy goods as cheap here as any
man car. at Lake City or any other
town iu the county.
Mr Editor, the assertion Mr Starr
has made that the business men of
Rome are trying to "bottle up" Johnsou
township to keep the "wool hat
boys" from Lake City is false: but I
do say that the business men of
Rome and Johnson township have
bottled up Johnson township against
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ivir ciarr anu ins siauueruue wugur.
We as Southerners won't allow
Southerners to insult us, much less
a Yaukee.
Now, Mr Starr, come out like a
man and give me your informant, as
we have nigger renters in the Rome
section, and prove you haven't discovered
a ''nigger in the woodpile.''
B BChandler.
Rome, S C. August 19.
KILLED TWO BIG RATTLERS
Railroad Men Have Narrow Escape
From the Snakes io Barnwell.
Mr C R Wheeler, who was up the
road in Barnwell county yesterday,
tells of the killing of two large rattle
snakes near the railroad where the
Section hands were at work, and one
of the men narrowly escaped being
bitten by one of the reptiles as he
was trimming down some bushes
right near where the snake was ly
ing.
After they had beeu killed Mr
Wheeler took the rattles home with
him. One had 1(1 rattles and u
button and the other had 11 uud
a bu tter . ? Florence Tmcx% J lufitsf
20.
'Twa> a Glorious Victory.
There's rejoicing iu Fedora, Teuu.
A mau's life has beeu saved,and now
JDr King's New Discovery is the talk
of the town for curiug C V Pepper
of deadly lung hemorrhages. "I
could cot work nor get about," he
writes, -'and the doctors did me no
good,but,aft'-r using Dr King's New
Discovery three weeks, I feel like a
new man, and cau do good work
again." For weak, sore or diseased
lungs, Coughs and Colds, Hemorrhages,
Hay Fever, LaGrippe, Asthma
or anv Bronchial affection it
stands unrivaled. Price 50c and
$1.00. Trial Bottle free. Sold
and guaranteed by D C Scott
; LAKE CITY NEWS
AND NOTIONS.;
j SOUIH CAROLINVS CORK CROP-PROFITS
! IN POULTRY PRODUCTS -PERSO AC
ITEMS.
Lake* Citv, August *^4:?Mr J
L Stuckey went to Norfolk, Va? .
Wednesday of last week and upj
to this writing has not returned.!
Mr and Mrs J L C Moore have
gone to New York tor several,
; days.
Mesdaraes (J M Kelley, J Fj
Kickenbaker and J M Truluckj
are in Newark, N J., on a visit. ;
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, j Mr L M Belk recently spent
a day in Georgetown on business;
and pleasure combined.
Mr and Mrs G F Stalvey have
^one to Bucksville, S C-, on a
ten day visit to relatives.
Mr U S Baldwin returned home
Thursday from Whiteville and |
Lake Waccaraaw, NC., where j
he has enjoyed himself for a
week.
Mr J M Truluck was in Rich? j
mond the latter part of last!
. week.
! Miss Margaret Adams of Wili
son, N C., is here with her
i brother, Mr John Adams.
There is another railroad man
1 in town. He is stopping at Mr
' L G Atkinson's, having arrived
a few days ago.
Miss Alma Strange of Allen
dale is spending some time with
Mrs W H Cole on Dansing street.
Messrs E W and Eugene Yates
are at Home with Mr J J Snow, j
Misses Ethel and Anna
Fitchett have gone to their old 1
home in Virginia.
Mrs A P llatchell of Elim,
visited in town a few days last]
week.
It is worth a ride of fifty miles
to see that corn field of Mr A
J Moore's. Good judges say
that five acres of it, which are a
little better than the rest, will
make a hundred bushels to the
acre.
A few days ago a well inform
ed Virginian who had just gone
over a good part of this State,
remarked to this writer that he
had never in all of his lite seen
such corn crops as we have in
South Carolina, and asked:
"What has caused it?." The reply
was: "One dollar and ten
cents and Mclver Williamson."
The reply has been submitted to
a number of the most levelheaded
men of this section and
, they all declare that it is the
proper answer. The extremely
high price of Western corn gave
our people an idea of the market
value of the grain and McWillinincnn
trju/rVlf lie hnw
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the South Carolina soil could be |
, made to rival the rich prairies j
of the West. Who is the truly
great? Is not the man who
( makes two blades of grass grow
where only one grew before
the genius of his time?
A man of this section who
could not rent his place for;
more than $5.00 per acre,!
planted tobacco and made $34
per acre net profit after the j
expenses of every kind and des- j
cription were deducted.
A country merchant near here
last Jinuary and February sold
eggs which returned to him in
clear checks $201.00. This is
$50.50 per month for eggs alone.
Who says the lien is unworthy
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' KJ1 UUULt .
W L B
Cured Ha? Fever and Summer Cold.
A S Nusbaum,Batesville, Indiaua,
writes: "Last year I suffered for
three months with a summer cold so
distressing that it interfered with my
business. I had many of the symptoms
of hay fever,and a doctor s prescription
did not reach my case, and
I took several medicines which seemed
only to aggravate it. Fortunately
I insisted upon having Foley's Honey
and Tar. It quickly cured me. My
wife has since used Foley's Honey
and Tar with the same success."
D C Scott
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THE BAKER'S NILE MEETING.
Some Speeches Made-Editor Appelt's
Comments Apropos the Occasion.
There was oil hist Friday, August
Id, at Baker's mill, in the extreme
edge of Sandy Grove township, a
mass meeting. The matter discussed
was the new couuty proposition.
J. A. Lesesue. Escj., was Claren
don's lone representative. Kingstree.
Lake City and Olanta were represented
bv several speakers, Several
good speeches were made, and our
friend Dr A II Williams, of Lake
City, we are told, lambasted the
Manning Times editor, but just
would not tell the people how much
money had been raised to build a
court house and jail. The Doctor
is a splendid fellow, a man of
highest character, and we would be
delighted to have him a citizen of
Clareudon's county seat. He has a
county seat hobby; all of us are
hipped on some subject; our friend
Williams' mauia is gold and more
gold; to get it, he imagines he must
have a county seat where he already
holds large interests, and, therefore,
neat onrarnl mnnfha ho h?Q nor. I
vut |/aov ovi wiui uiviivuw mv mmw ,
mitted himself to be the other end j
of a comet, commouly called a Starr.
Dr Williams' speech at Baiter's
mill was so severely eloquent that
we have been uuable to find out what
ne did say, other than to make disparaging
remarks a^out The
Times editor, Oh! well, almost any
good man who finds himself caught
working in a bad cause will get
pettish, especially when he is
twitted by adversaries. It is all right
for Doctor Williams to look around
aud jump upon the absent ones; we
can stand it, but all the 6ame we
would urge our friend to move to
Manning where be can gaze opon
one of the prettiest court houses in
the State.?Manning Time*.
ADVERTISER AND EDITOR
Efbics of Tbeir Relations Viewed by a
Space Buyer.
Edgar T Smith, formerly a banker
iu Youugstown, 0., later manager of
the Boston Traveler and now a proprietor
of the Hotel Navarre, New
York city, spoke receutly through
the columns of the New York Herald
on the ethics of the relations between
the newspaper and the advertiser.
UI don't want the editor to agree
with me," said Mr Smith, "when I
advertise my hotel in his paper.
All I ask are results showing that
it pays to use the advertising columns
of his paper.
"It is cutting off one's nose to
spite one's face for one to stop
successful advertising because the
editor criticises one's pet hobbies.
Eveu if I were criticised personally
I would continue advertising just
the same so long as it increased my
business. A more absurd proposition
was never heard of than advertisers
withdrawing from a newspaper
when it happens to disagree
with them. It is simply preposter
ous ior uusiuess uieu, uu uiatici uu?
wealthy anil powerful they may be,
to attempt to suppress editorial sentiment
or dictate as to the management
through the business department.
"People are quick to see through
tricks and subterfuges."
Didn't En?y tbe Editor.
The editor of The Lamar (Ga)
Democrat doesn't believe that farmers
envy town folks. And thpn he
tells this story:?
"A shrewd ?ld farmer stepped
into this office the other day, when
about all of the machinery happened
to be running. He went back into
the rear end of the shop and spent
some time looking things over. 'That
machinery back there must have cost
a pile of money,' he remarked as he
rofnrnofl fr? trnnf Wp arlmifct.Pfl
that it had cost a good deal. 'Yes,'
he said, 'and you've got to get a
dollar out of this man and a dollar
out of that one to get it back. Besides,
you got theni folks back there
to pay, I'll tell you, so far as I'm
concerned, I'll take farmin'!' "
Tributes of respect,obituaries,
cards of thanks and all communications
of a personal nature,
not news, are charged for at the
rate of one cent a word.
IT'S A GOOD PLAN TO I (
vi-it all the salesrooms |] (
i available and not decide I 4
which piati?> to buy until I /
yoi' have seen them all. R 4
We'll take our chance j| J
B then on your buying a i|
j Stieff | j
The best Piano (
to be had for as j
little money as a \
good Piano can (
be sold. !
Direct from maker to
^ user, without agent's or ^
(middleman's profit. J
Every cent of the price I
you pay is aecc?unt?->UiuJJ|^ ]
in the instrument itse.
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Chas. M. Stieff
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Manufacturer of the
Artistic Stieff, Shaw, and
Stieff Self-Player Pianos.
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SOUTHERN WAREROOM:
5 W. Trade St. I J
(Charlotte, - N. C.I
C. H. WILMOTH, I :
Manager. I
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Registration Notice. !
The office or the Supervisor of Reg
istration will be open on the 1st Mon- day
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, sii
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 P gistration, or who I
can show that ' lwns. and has uud
all taxes colb :taole on during tne
present year, property in this State
assessed at three hundred dollars or
more. J. Y. McGILL,
Clerk of Board
Registration NoticeNotice
Is hereby given that the books
of registration for the Town of Kingstree,
S C are now open in the office of
ilie Kingstree Hardware Company on
Academy street of said Town, for the
regi>tration of all voters and qualified '
electors within the limits of the Town
of Kingstree, S C. who, under the laws
of tlie State Have tnerigni 10 oecuiue
qualified voters within the limits of
said Town.
Applicants for registration must,
wlien applying for a certificate of registration,
present his certificate of
registration from the Board or Supervisor
of Registration of the County
entitling him to vote at the polling
precinct within said Town, ana must
offer proof of Lis residence within the
limits of the Town for four months
and the payment of all taxes assessed
against him due and collectible for
the previous fiscal year.
C C Burgess,
Supervisor of registration for the
Town of Kingstree.
August 11th 100'J. 8-12-rf.
Administrator's Notice. .
All persons having claims against
the estate of Frank Scott, deceased,
will present them, duly attested, and
all persons indebted to said estate will
make payment to the undersigned.
John Scott,
812-4t Administrator.
Sheriff's Sale.
By virtue of an execution to me directed
I have levied upon and will sell
for cash for taxes on the first Monday
in September, the 6th, before the court
house door in Kingstree, S C, the following
described lands, to wit: 100
acres more or less in Sumter township
belonging to D R Cook and hounded as
follows: North bv lands of J L C Cook,
On LUC HiHSt uy lauus'u fiuju uc luwin.,
on the South by lands of Norman
Young, on the West by lands of Warren
McClam. Purchaser to pay for papers.
George J Graham,
S-19-3t S W C
Kingstree
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^ W7Sil month.
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or hang about on the
Thos. McCutchen,
27 12m. Con. Com.
If you warn engraved visitingcards
or wedding invitations
we are prepared to fill your
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and price. See our samples
before ordering.
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TOBACCO PLANTERS:
If you are looking for highest prices and best accommoda
tions try the Farmers' Waiehouse at Kingstree, S. C. We
will have with us as strong a corps of Bayers as any otlier
market ia 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.
Thanking you in advance for your liberal patronage, we beg
to remain,
Yours very truly,
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We are at your service every minute in the year, day or
night, with the largest and finest stock of
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of the lateness of the hour. We never sleep.
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