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THURSDAY, SEPT. 23.1909.
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mve me L<IW a UWIRC.
By a very decided majority
the people of Williamsburg county
voiced their sentiments at the
polls on August IT as opposed
to the continuation of the county!
dispensary system. Jnst fifty-three i
days more and Williamsburg will be
enrolled with the other thirty-six j
"dry" counties of the State. Too!
late now to consider the wisdom j
or unwisdom of their choice, the,
people have spoken and their j
will must be obeyed. The loss of!
i
thirty thousand dollars to our!
county will be appreciably felt I
in the increase of both county and
town taxes, and unless the revenue j
til us lost be replaced ov a direct ;
tax, the roads, the schools and
the towns must go backward.
The people of the county, we
are confident, will not for a moment
consider the question of
decreasing the efficiency of their i
highways cr their educational institutions.
hence the only thing
to do is to go down in their
pockets. If the sentiment of morality
that it is presumed actuated
the people in voting out the
dispensary is worth anything at
all, it will withstand the shock
applied to the pocket book nerve
and the people responsible for
the loss of revenue, as well as
those who voted the other way,
will pay their higher taxes cheerfully
or reluctantly, according to ;
the way they voted.
Thirty thouarnd dollars a year
is a big loss of revenue to
towns and county alike and there
should be some compensation.
Theoretically the loss is to be
off set by the* elevation of the
morals of the body politic. If
it be true that drunkenness audi
crime are diminished bv prohi-!
bition, then we say the
revenue lost amounts to nothiug
in comparison with the gain in
civic virtue. But if iutemperance
and all the vices charged to the
liquor traffic still flourish, with
the additional crime of illicit
liquor selling, it is evident that
the so-called prohibition law is
a farce and a humbug.
The point is this: The prohibitionists
have won an important
vantage-ground by voting:
out legal liquor selling; now it I
is up to them to see that the:
voting out of the legal liquor
traffic be not the voting in of
i! t I .oL. lirmrvr '
luc luu^ai oait vi j v?v^v
the ""blind tiger.''Does there exist:
a sentiment against liquor sell- j
lag strong enough to prohibit i
the traffic :n ererv form, or were
i
the efforts of the prohibitionists I
only directed against the county
dispensary? This question must
be answered shortly. The law is
not going to enforce itself auto*j
matically -it must be enforced, |
We took no part in the recent
campaign, as we believed the <
people were capable of deciding
this question for themselves <
without any advice frsm us, but ;
low that they have decided, we
vant to place this newspaper on
ecord as standing for the enforcement
of the law. If the prohibitionists
are going to recline
>npinely on "flowery beds of ease"'
md expect the millennium to
;onie, now that they have voted
mt the litjuor traffic, they are
ipt to be sadly undeceived. The
law can be enforced, but the
people must do it. Prohibition
hue not. wnn the war: it has Olllv
won a battle and the lighting
goes on all the time, only now
it is guerilla, instead of regular
warfare. Let the same degree of
zeal and energy that animated
those who made the campaign
against the dispeusary successful
be injected into the war on the
illicit liquor dealers, who are apt
to spring up all over our county,
and the final victory is assured.
But it must be a constant warfare;
the forces of evil never
sleep ard consequently the sentinels
of virtue must be ever on their
guard.
Now, to bring about a concert
of action ia working for the com
mon good of suppressing crime
and vice in general, with the
particular aim to suppress the ilfwoftia
trii ttah 1 /? a 11 rr.
HCib JlljUVU liauik, nt nuutu ""o
gest that those who actively favoi
the enforcement of the prohibition
law now in force, call a meeting
of representative men from all
parts of the county to be held
at some convenient place and
systematize their work, co-ordinating
forces so as to cover every part
of the county. Such an organization,
if formed, would of itself
deter expectant law-breakers and
the men who go into it should do
So determined to enforce the law
without fear or favor and teach
every offender what it means tc
wilfully flout the law.
If some such plan of co-operation
as has been crudely outlined be
pursued, prohibition will be a
annnnsii iri U'l'lliomsKll 1*Of PfllHl t.V
OUHITCO 1U If AAA iUittu w wt ^
aud the loss of revenue will never
be felt.
Give the law a chance.
Our People Prosperous.
Last week the tive banks of
this county whose quarterly statement
were published showed combined
deposits o? about ?450,000.
To this may be added this week
$127,000 more on deposit in the
Bank of Lake City, whose quarterly
statement appears elsewhere in
this issue. Thus we have a g"and
total of nearly $000,000 on deposit
in the six banks in
Williamsburg county on September
8, just at the beginning
of the busy season. This is
certainly a gratifying showing tc
every one interested in the welfare?
of our county, as it shows
Williamsburg to be one of the
most prosperous counties of the
State. A comparison with bank
^ itomonis in nfhpr counties over
the State indicates that the people
of Williamsburg are in excellent
shape financially. In fact, we do
not believe there are two towns
in South Carolina, size considered,
whose banks make as good a
showing as those of the two
biggest towns in our county?
Kiugstree and Luke City.
Surely our people are wonderfully
blessed and have much to
be thankful for when we compare
our circumstances with those
of many others less favored by
opportunity and environment.
A merchant advertises in one of
our exchanges: "Straw hats fifty
percent off." If this cool weather
keeps up they will soon be off
altogether.
The new-fangled disease, pella-1
gra, is said to be marked by an
insuperable aversion to work, on the
part of the subject. As an excuse
for laziness the disease is liable
to become epidemic through
! this sccticr..
~
The death of Governor John A
Johnson of Minnesota removes
i from the ranks of the natioual I
j Democratic party one of its tower-1
ing figures. Possibly at this time
there was no man in thi party
whose political prospects were so
bright. Thrice elected Governor
of an overwhelmingly Republican
State, he was the idol of the plain,
common people, combining the elements
of rugged honesty with a
personality that drew men to him,
and, possessing withal, a.strength
of character aud intellect that placed
him in the forefront among the ablest
statesmen of the day. Well might
President Taft say, a short while
i before Governor Johnson's death,
that "in time the nation might
call him 'o its service," His death
; is a great loss to his State and
a severe blow to the Democratic
i party.
ATTENTION. TEACHERS ANB TRUSTEES!
Many Prizes Are Offered for Rural
School Improvemeof.
To the Teachers and Trustees
of Williamsburg County:
I beg to call your attention to
i this announcement of school improvement
prizes for 1909, and
urge that any school having
made improvements during the
time mentioned will enter this
contest.
That a teacher does not expect
to teach at the same place
makes no difference. If the
school win a prize it will get
the money and the teacher the
credit.
1 Be sure to mention everything.
It is the little things
that count. Read articles 5 and
6 carefully.
Miss Mattie E Harpek,
Co Organizer,
Greelyvijle, S C.
The South Carolina School
Improvement association offers
thirty-five prizes to the schools
| of the State for the most decided
material improvements made
; during a given length of time.
Five of the prizes are to be $100
each, and thirty are to be $50
each. Regulations concerning
the thirty-five prizes that are
to be awarded by this associa
tion are as follows:
1. Improvements must be
made between November 1, 1908,
and December 10,1909.
2. Prizes will be awarded to
schools where the most decided
material improvements have
been made during the time
, mentioned.
! 3. Under material improvements
are included local taxa1
tion, consolidation, new buildings,
repairing and painting old
i ones, libraries, reading rooms
. or tables, interior decorations,
, beautifying yards and better
general equipment.
4. No school can compete for
any of these prizes unless it is
a rural school. No town with
more fchan 400 population shall
be eligible to the contest.
f>. All who wish to enter this
contest must send names and
descriptions of schools before
improvements are made to the
president prior to October 1.
6. All descriptions, photographs,
and other evidences
showing improvements must be
sent to -the president before
December 15, 1909. The chairman
of the board of trustees of
any school that is competing for
a prize must approve all descriptions
before and after im
provements are made.
7. Blanks will be sent to
schools competing- for the above
prizes with questions to be
answered relating- to the con-i
ditions under which the im-l
provements have been made.
8. Prizes will be awarded in
checks at the annual meeting of
the South Carolina association,
December 31, 1009. The prizes
are to be used for further improvements
in the schools receiving
them.
Address all communications to
Miss Theodosia Darjran, Presi
dent South Carolina School Im
provement association, Dalzell.
Sumter County S C.
MOODY MATTERS.
New School Building-Tobacco As a
Money Crop.
Moody, September 20:?The new
graded school building is being pushed
to completion. Mr J B Wilder,
the contractor, says that it will be
ready for occupancy by November 1.
This is good news to all who are
interested in the education of the
children.
Good prices have been received
for the cotton shipped from here
this season. Several car-loads of
tobacco have also been shipped from
here, and sold for remarkably good
prices considering the quality of the
tobacco. Mr E Cox, of this vicinity,
planted four acres of tobacco which
netted him $60 an acre with 400
pounds of fertilizer to the acre.
Munv ntliiii' larmpM Around here
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did ad well or eveu better. Some
of the tobacco planters say that
they would rather raise tobacco as
a money crop at 8c a pound than
cotton at 121c. That being ihecase,
there should be a large acreage of
tobacco planted in th'8 section next
year.
Red Coon.
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
i
Negro Fearfully Mangled Id Machinery of
Cotton Ginnery.
Drs Gamble and Jacobs were hurriedly
called to Blakeley's station,
on the (i & W railroad, Tuesday
morning to attend a negro boy, Jim
Hewitt, who had been frightfully
mangled in the machinery of Blakeley
& McCullough's cotton ginnery.
The accident occurred about 6
I o'clock a in, and was caused by the
negro, who is about 25 years old, being
caugh' somehow in the shafting
of the m Winery and jerked so violently
that his le^t arm was literally
torn off above the elbow. In addition
ty this the boy's legs were each
broken in three places and he also
sustained internal injuries. The doctors
say that when they left their
patient he was getting along as well
as possible iu the circumstances,
though it is impossible to tell at this ?
time what chance he stands for recov- ?
ery. m
BANKRUPT'S PETITION FOR DISCHARGE J
IN TIIEDISTRICT COl'KT OF THE (A
UNITED STATES J
KOR THE DISTRICT ?>F SOUTH CAROLINA. ?
In the matter of J C McElvecn, fi
Bankrupt.
No. - ?
In Bankruptcy. (A
To the Honorable Wm II Brawley, Dis- )M
trict Judge of the United States for ?
the District of South Carolina: (A
J t: McElveen of Lake City, in the )M
county of Williamsburg and State of ?
South Carolina in said district, respect- fi
, fully represents that on the 4th day of jff
September, 1U08, he was duly adjudged ?
bankrupt under the acts of Congress fi
relating to bankruptcy; that he lias du- jf
ly surrendered all liis property ?and ?
rights of property, and has fully com- fJ
plied with all the requirements of said
acts and of the orders of the court ?>
touching his bankruptcy. (A
Wherefore he prays that he may be
decreed by the court to have a full dis- ?
charge from all debts provable against fJ
his estate under .-aid bankrupt acts,
except such debts as are excepted by ^
law from snch discharge.
Dated this 4th day of September,
A D 11)09.
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J U MCW-VEEN, DiUlM Uf>k.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
District of S C?as:
On the 17th day of September, A D fj
1909, on reading the foregoing petition, (
it is? f
Ordered by the court, that a hearing s
he had upon the same on the 30th day
of September, 1909, before said court at
Charleston in said district,at 10 o'clock Xo
in the forenoon; and that notice thereof ^
be published in The County Record, a qUj
newspaper printed in said district, and act
that all known creditors and other per- n,e
sons in interest may appear at the said pp
time and place and show cause, if any 0f;
they have, why the prayer of the said COj
petitioner should not be granted. p]a
It is further ordered by the court, .{n
that the Clerk shall send by mail to all "aft
known creditors copies of said petition the
and this order, addressed to them at to i
their places of residence as stated. tin
Witness the Honorable Wm H tio
Brawley, Judge of the said court, and i,ef
the seal thereof at Charleston in said
district, on the 17th day of September,
A D 1909. i
[seal.] Rich'd w Hutson.
19-23-11 Clerk.
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Summons for Relief. Final Discharge. I
STATE OF SOL'TH CAROLINA. . 'sf gA n iS?1??? H
county ok Williamsburg. lth da\ of October, A D 1909, the unCourt
of Common Pleas. ders.gned will make application to the H
v^u u Judge of Probate of Williamsburg
M Cooper, T M ( ooper and J F countv and State of South Carolina for
Jooper, co-partners trading and doing final discharge as administratrix "cum
nisiness under the firm name and tescameoto annexe" on estate of Sarah I
ityle ot Cooper Brothers, Plaintiffs, q Britton,
r 4 ^ . Sallie Louisa Clyde, AdministraL
A Gibbs, Defendant. trixlcum testamento annexo. 9-28-4t
the Defendant, L A Gibbs:?
fou are hereby summoned anil rerod
f<? nnoiruv frlin /*nmn1ainf in MlW ? ?
ion which was filed in the office of final uiscnargei
Clerk of the Court of Common . , , . . ... .
;as for said county on the second day o j cirtnhK gl\Qn iftno ?t\Lu ifl
September, A D 1909, and to serve a ~ ^ A. 9 1909,1 will
)j Of your answer to the said com- ?PP<> 1? Dri K1,11(jn'J"a^e 01 f?T M
int on the subscribers at their office Jfte jH
Kingstree, S C. within twenty days ^airo<fm .*$??!,
erthe service hereof, exclusive of q ., f, d e. deceased.
! day of such service, and if you fail y" "4l 1 J "HILUPS*
answer the said complaint within the
le aforesaid the plaintiffs in this ac- T pFfinRn has nrint*?d nn a
n will apply to the court for the re- iHE ^EGORD ^ printed up a
: demanded in the said complaint. number of promissory noteH^H
GiLlako & Gilland. hooks, tiftv notes to the hook.
Jr'Jaintitts' Attorneys. ' ?j ?
Cingstree, S C. that we are selling- at ten cents^^H
September 9. 1909. 9-9-6t eacjj tf