The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 07, 1909, Image 2
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THE TWIN TOWN
?HARPERS-ROSEMARY.
DWELLING DESlKUtED SI EAST ENDSCHOOL
BEGINS ANDREWS SOON
TO BE AN 4ETIULITV.
liarpeM.UctoiH-r 4: We had ?|i?ite
a blaze in the eastern part of our town
on Friday night,October 1. At about
3 o'clock a tii. Mr James L Grant
was awakened by the roaring of
flame? and f und the entire diningroom
and kitchen portion of his
flwe'din,- enveloped in flames and the
main body ?..f the house also ablaze.
So fierce were the flames that the occupants
had to escape in their night
clothes. Miss Bri'tt and Mrs Ljles,
who occupied rooms on t!ie second
floo:, had a narrow escape in gettiug
out of their rooms. I understand Mr
Grant's loss was about $3,(X)0 with
i*2.000 insurance. Ilis house was a
new one. not entirely completed and
bad not been painted. Th:- tire is
supposed to have originated from the
stove tlue in the dining-room.
The Secretary of State has issued
a commission to W S Camlin, J W
Doar, G G Pavis, W B Blakeleyand
W J Parker to authorize the registration
of voters on the holding of
an election for the incorporation of
the new tow n of Andrews. We hope
to see the town of Andrews an actuality
in a very few davs.
The school in the west end of town
was opened last Monday, the 4th
inst. with Miss Maud McLeod as
principal. Miss McLeod comes from
Rowland, N C, and is highly recommended.
We bespeak a most success
ful session for this school.
There will be two schools taught
in town this year, one in the east
end and one in the west end; but our
graded school building is now progressing
nicelv. Phis L a modern
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brick building and when completed
will coet from $5,000 to $6,000. The
sessiou of 1010 will be a high school,
which will employ 6 or 8 teachers.
Our school building would reflect
credit on a town of double the size
of ours.
With the assistance of two buildiug
and loan associations at hand we
expect to see our town continue to
grow.
Say, Mr Editor, the writer had
three ver*' large opossums last week
and quite a lot of very flue potatoes
of the well known "Georgia Buck"
variety. If the editor has not lost
that taste for ii?possumand taters,"
the express company may take a sample
over in a few days for you.
Subscriber.
(The editorial taste for the above
named delicacies is by no means diminished
and we shall look forward
with pleasing anticipation for those
promised "samples." Knowing by experience
what his "samples" are
like, we thank our friend in advance
for his generosity and thoughtful
kindness. We have recently asked
several of our friends in a position to
study the habits of the marsupial
quadruped "if possums weren't
ripe?" Hut somehow they didn't
catch on. Ed. The Record.)
An Expected favor.
When Irvin S Cobb, the wellknown
humorist of the New Yoik
World, was a reporter in Paducab,
Kentucky,he was sent to do the story
of the hangiug of a negro.
The sheriff couldn't read or write
and Cobb volunteered to read the
death warrant to the negro, which he
did.
l !- -1 /l.LL*.
rnc negro nau vorxeu ior tooos
father, ami, as Cobb finished, the
condemned man peered through the
cell door and said. "Thauk yell very
y kindly, Ma^sa Irviu. I alius knowed
efth'time comefoh you-all to do
me a favor yon-all w'u'd do it."
?LippincotVs.
Frightful Faff Averted.
"I would have been a cripple for
life, from a terrible cut on my knee
cap," writes Frank Disberry, Kelliher.
Miun. "without Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. which soon cured me."
Infallible for wounds, cuts and
brusies it soon cures Burns, Scalds,
Old Sores, Boils, Skin Eruptions.
World's best for Piles. 25c. at D C
Scott's.
Old papers for sale at this
office.
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COTTON CROP CONDITION.
Government Report Places It at 58.5 1
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?Higher Prices Looked For.
Washington, October 4:?The Agricultural
department reports the;
t condition of cotton on September 25
to be 58.5 per cent of the normal,,
which is compared with '53.7on Au-:
gust 25 hfst, bit.7 on September 25,
190*,and 07 for the general average, j
i Comparisons of the conditions by
States follow:
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Virginia 71 78 75
: North Carolina-.. 70 69 70
South Carolina... 7o 6S 69 1
Georgia 71 71 70
Florida 67 72 70
Alabama . 62 70 67
Mississippi 53 70 6s
Louisiana 39 55 67
Texas 52 71 63
Arkansas 54 70 67
Tennessee 68 78 72
Missouri 72 70 74
Oklahoma 65 70 69
United State- 58.5 69.7 67.0
Advance in the Picice.
New York, October 4:?Two government
reports of importance to the
cotton trade were issued from Washington
today, causing a very active
and exciting market and great irregularity
in prices.
The report of the census bureau,
showing 2,562,888 bales of cotton
ginned to September 25 against
2,590,639 for the same period last
jear was under the expectations in
view of the claims as a result of the
drought and accounted for the firmness
of the market during the morning,
when December cottou s^ld at
13,51 and March at 13.60 or sixteen
to twenty points above Saturday's
closing prices.
Crop condition figures of 58.5 as
produced at midday were just about
what the traders looked for, but
were followed by tremendous realizing
under which the market lost
most of its previous advanj^s.
A Williamsburg Inventor.
The following clipping from the
Red Springs, N C, Citizen has been
handed us with a request to publish
same, Mr Huggins, the inventor, being
a native of Williamsburg county:
That the Universal Plow company
are now erecting a factory and will
locate in Red Springs is a yery gratifying
piece of news we give the public.
For more tnan two years this
company has been doing business iu
this State and South Carolina, and
the deraaud for their plows has become
so great that a re-organization
of the company with increased capital
was decided to be necessary.
The plant will be located on Cross
street, the work on the buildings
having already commenced and will
be completed in time to till the orders
now arriving for next season's
business.
The University plow is the inven"
tion of Mr R T Huggins, the father
of tne preseut manager, Mr J A Huggins.
Under the reorganization, Mr J A
Huggius will be the general manager
of the company, and to him aud his
business associates we wish unbounded
success aud extend to them a
hearty welcome on behalf of the citizens
of the community.
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$100 Reward $100.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn thut there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
b?en able to cure in all its stages,
and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
knovyi to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being a constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upo.i the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case
t-haf if faila tn r>nrp Spnrl fnr list
j of testimonals. Address
F J CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
We have just got in a splendid
lot of all kinds of stationery
line bond papers,ruled headings j
100,000 envelopes, and Pennison's
shipping tags with brass
eyelets and wire strings, the
best made. See our samples before
ordering elsewhere. tf
FARMERS' UNION MEETING.
Good Attendance of Officers and Mem !
bers?Postal Banks Endorsed.
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Williamsburg County Farmers'
Union met in tin* court house on
Friday, October 1, at 12 o'clock 111.
The following officers were present:
.1 D Daniel, l'res; J i frierson,
See; W C Eaddy, Chaplain; \\ II II
Cocktield. Con; J K Burch, D K; H
K Nettles, Bus. Agt; S J Kir by aud
S Y Tisdale, Ex Com. Ten local
unions were represented.
Before the union proceeded to business
Hon W I) Bryan, president of
the Cotton association, addressed the
meeting and requested that a call be
made for the Cotton association to
meet in connection with the Farmers'
union on the first Friday in January,
1010, at 11 o'clock a m.
Mr J J Snow, traveling salesman
for the Coe-Mortimer Fertilizer Co,
was invited in and addressed the
union on the merits of his firm's fer
tilizers, he also offered terms to the
Farmers' union.
A resolution was adopted instructing
the county organizer to visit and
try to revive all the delinquent
unions.
The county union also endorsed
resolution passed by Wise County
Union of Texas endorsing warehouse
plan and postal savings banks; also
a resolution: "That we petition our
Senators and Congressm^i to do all
in their power to have enacted into
law these two measures, etc."
The union then adjourned to meet
on the tlrst Friday in January, 1910,
at 12 o'clock m.
J T Frierson*, Sect'y.
Mr. W. J. Fairy Dead.
Mr William J Fairy died at the
home of Mrs W S Minns at 11:40
yesterday, Thursday, morning. He
was up a? usual on Wednesday and
his death was unexpected,
Mr Fairy was one of the oldest, if
not the oldest citizen of St George,
being 82 years of age last February.
He was a faithful soldier in the Confederate
army and was a good Citizen.
Heart trouble was the immediate
cause of death.
He i3 survived by two sons, llev W
A Fairy of Kingstree and Mr I M
Fairy of this place,and one daughter,
Mi83 Artitia Fairy.
As we go to press the funeral arrangements
have not been perfected,
but it is expected that the burial will
take place at the cemetery here at 11
o'clock this morning. ? Drrckester
Eagle.
Announcement.
We have placed an order for over
$100 worth of new job type, which
includes the latest up to-date faces
for all kinds of commercial and social
forms of printing. We are now
prepared also to do catalogue and
pamphlet work of every description,
including lawyers' briefs, in the most
approved style. We have a special
lot of new type faces that will be
used only for wedding invitations,
visiting cards, etc. Call and see samples
of work or let us send them to
you. Our job department is equipped
better than any other in this part of
the State. tf
p Wood's Descriptive Q
Fall Seed Catalog
now ready, gives the fullest
information about all
Seeds for the
Farm and Garden,
Grasses and Cloven,
Vetches, Alfalfa,
Seed Wheat, Oats.
Rye, Barley, etc.
Also tells all about
Vegetable & Flower Seeds
that can be planted in the tall to
advantage and profit, and about
Hyacinths, Tulips and other
Flowering Bulbs, Vegetable and
Strawberry Plants, Poultry
Supplies and Fertilizers.
Every Farmer and Gardener iboold
have this catalog. It 1 a Invaluable In |
Its helpfulness ana suprgesuve laetmui
a profitable and satisfactory Farm or
Garden. Catalogue mailed free on
request. Write for it.
I T. W. WOOD ft SONS, J
^ Seedsmen, Richmond, Va. CJ
Mortgage, real estate, title
lien on crop, bill of sale, agricultural
lease and lien, mortgage
personal property, bill ot
sale and lien on crop combined
for sale at The Record office.
Unilt on
Honor
Sold on
lllrrit
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There are no ifs and ands
about our guarantee, and no
rebate schemes about our
sales. W?- prefer to believe
that onr customer- art1 sens!
ible people in search of a
square deal, and w make it
our buMne-sto tre.-it them asueh.
When you buy a
Stieff Piano
you get what you pay for
ana pay for what you get.
Experienced buyers know
that this const itutes the only
bargain you ean count mini
I other bargain forms STT^
gambles, and the purchaser
is usually the ioser. Honesty
may not U- the best policy,
hut years of practice convince
us that It is good
.nn.mh If irrwii *v>nfomnlntp I
the purchase of a piano.don't
fail to examine the MiefT.
A showdown is our delight.
Chas. M. Stieff,
MANUFACTURER,
Baltimore, - Maryland.
' SOUTHERN WARERQOM:
5 W. Trade St.
' Charlotte, - N. C.
C. H. WILMOTH,
Manager.
\ J, D. GILLAND, |
: Real Estate Broker:
t KINGSTREE, S C. .
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* with a policy in the H??me Life J
! Insurance Co of New York, the *
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Tax Notice.
The tax books will be open for coK
lection of taxes the 15th day of October
next for the year 1909.
Tax levy as follows:
For State, o1^ mills
" Ordinary County, 2\ "
' Special Roads, 1 "
'Roads, 1 "
' Constitutional School, 3 "
A capitation tax of $1.00 on all male
persons between the ages of 21 and 60
years, also 50cent? per head on all dogs,
also 2 mills for retiring bonds in Kingstree
township,4 nulls for retiring bonds
in I.ake City township and 2 mills for
retiring bonds in Greelyville school
district, No 22.
Commutation (Road) tax. $2.00.
Levy for special school districts as
follows: Nos 17, 26, 27, 28, 29, 53, 35,36.
4 mills; Nos 15. 24, 81, 3 mills; Nos 19,
20, 21, 22, 25. 32, 2 mills; No IS, 1 mill;
Kingstree, No 16, 4 mills special, 2
mills High school.
I will Be at the following places mentioned
below for collection of said taxes:
06t.
Kingstree, 15, 16, 18,19, 20 and 21
Hebron, J L Gowdy's store, 22
Walters, 93
Greelyville, 25 and "26
Gourdins, 27
buttons, 28
Trio, 29
Harpers, 30
Nov.
Benson, V W Graham's store. 1
Bloomingvale, 2
Morrisville, 3
Rliems, 4
Church P 0, W R Graham's store, 5
Rome, 6
Lamberts, 8
Ards X Roads, Eaddy's store, 9
Johnsonville, 10
Vox P O, 11
Prospect, 12
Leo. 13
Scran ton, 1? and 18
Lake City, 19 and 20
Cades, 22
Lake City, 23
Kingstree. 24, 26, 27, 29 and 30
Dec.
Kinizstree. 1, 2. 3. 4 and 6
Like City, 7
Kings tree,
From Stli to 23rd and from 2Sth to
31st December, inclusive.
Those who desire to pay their taxes
through the mail would expedite matters
by dropping the Treasurer a postal
asking for the amount of their taxes so
as to avoid sending the wrong amount,
also stating the township or townships,
(if property is owned in more than one)
and if possible give school district wh-<re
property is located, also state whether
poll or road tax, or both, are wanted.
Alter paying taxes examine your receipts
and see if all of your property is
covered. If not, see about it at once.
By following the above suggestions
complications and additional cost may
be avoided.
J Wesley Cook,
1-1-10 County Treasurer.
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fill If such is the case you know something of our
* service. If not already one of our patrons, why
not consider the advisability of becoming one?
OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
is calculated to serve all classes. It receives deposits
from $1 up, and allows 4 per cent interest compounded
quarterly.
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