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KINGSTREE, S. C
C. W. WOLFE.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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THURSDAY, DEC. 16. 1909.
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As to Free Notices.
We are giving space every week
to a number of "announcements"
of money-making enterprises for
various benevolent and and phil-1
anthropic purposes. While these
notices are really nothing uiore
than advertisements, we have always
considered that in printing
them free we were contributing
that much to the various causes
represented. It is doubtful
whether mauy of the recipients
regard it m mat ircpit, nowever,;
since we are often requested toj
ruu the notioes for two and |
three issues, to give special position
to them, to print them in
display type and even occasionally
to "write an editorial article"
expatiating on the great degree of
merit pertaining to the cause for
which some particular entertainment
is given.
These requests are of course
unreasonable, but we feel sure
that tbev are prompted by
thoughtlessness rather than a I
a desire to ' impose 011 us. The'
advertising columns of a news-'
. paper are its chief stock in trade
and when space is asked for to
exploit au^ kind of enterprise it
meuus nothing" less than asking
us for fifty cents or a dollar or
moie, according to length, of
what we have to sell, to be given
without price.
We have cheerfully granted
these requests and will continue
to do so, as long as they aie in
reason, but we cannot afford to
gi\e special position, or set in
display type or rnn the notices
more than one issue free. Don't
push a good thing along too
hard.
The interest in the polls next I
year will make both the poles? i
Arctic and Antarctic ? look like
"thirty cents."
After all. what's the difference
whether Peary or Cook or Matt
Henson discovered the Pole, or
whether it still remains undiscovered,
when the price of cotton
hovers around the fifteen-cent,
mark?
Parties visiting a printing office
should bear in mind that it is
just as ill-mannered to look at
the proof sheet or read the type,
as it is to go into the kitchen
and look into the pots and see
what they are going to have for
d i n c er.?Su mmcrvilk News.
It is piobable that South
Carolina will soon have fortythree
counties.. In the election
held Tuesday on the question of
forming t.he county of Dillon from
the upper portion of Marion, the
new county advocates claim to
have won by a big majority,
though, at this writing, the figures
have not #bee 11 giveu.
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With Matt Henson disputing j
with Peary the glory of "nailing
the flag to the Pole"' and Jack '
Johnson, the negro pugilist, threat-1
euing to wrest the title of world's iJ
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champion from Pug. Jeffries, the
Afro-American is surely assertiug j ]
ni.uvan without Kooker 'P. !<
nationally, aod Rev Richard Car-1;
roll, State-ly, to urge him tiie 1
rugged steeps to climb.
We are advised by the Ameri- !
can Press Association that a
national strike of trainmen and
switchineu appears to be im- <
m i lieu t. We would suggest,
therefore, to our merchants and 1
other business men, that in
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order to protect themselves against (
delays in transportation which
naturally occur uuder such con- ;
dition3, they have shipped in 1
what merchandise they require
for immediate use before the
strike has been officially declared. ]
If Cook could ''fake" his rec- i
ords aud observations, so could ;
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Peary. It may be that Mr Peary's '
discovery(?) of the Pole was sug
gested by Cook's claim iu that |
direction. At auy rate, it is pass- i
lug strange that after years of <
fruitless effort on the part of 1
Peary, he should succeed iu attainl
ing the loug-sougiit goal ouly after
the news was flashed over the j
world that Cook had reached the i
Pole. Peary has shown up ugly '
all the way aud if by the machi- *
natious of himself and the bureau- ^
cratic forces backing him, he :
shouId succeed in datnuing Cook j
before the world, that makes his 1
task all the more difficult to prove
himself the geuuine article as a 1
polar discoverer. Pear)- has put j
the world on notice to look out (
for fakers and if he doesn't look {
sharp he will be "hoist with his 1
petard." The public is fast be- '
coming satiated to the point of ^
<
disgust with the whole miserable j
wrangle. ,
Scranton Sketches.
Scranton, December 14:?
Messrs J M Parker, (J II Pate j
and P Matthews are attending
the Grand Lodge of the Masonic
order in Charleston this week.
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Mrs N M Graham returned to- ,
day from an extended visit to
her former home at Bethel, N C. j
Mr li J Welch of Rocky Mount, f
N C', is visiting relatives in t
Scranton. 1
LeRoy Lee, Esq., of Kingstree, 1
was in Scranton Saturday on 1
professional business. 1
Mr A 11 Gasque, superintend- 1
ent of education of Florence
count}, was in town Sunday.
Miss Gladys Andrews ot s
Bethel, NC, is spending- some i
time with her sister, Mrs N M .
Graham.
Mr C P Johnson is in Wilmington
for a few days on business.
Mrs H A Parker and children
of Anderson are visiting Mr P
A Parker's family.
Mrs C P Johnson is visiting
relatives at Elim.
The town council is having
the sidewalks graded, which is
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a mucn ueeueu improvement.
W E C
After exposure, and when you
feel a cold coming on, take Foley's
Honey and Tar, the great throat
and lung- remedy. It stops the
cough, relieves the congestion, and
expels the cold from your system.
Is mildly laxative. Refuse substitutes.
D C Scott.
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.
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I Old papers for sale at tins of
fice. ?
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A Word to Xmas Shoppers.
The Record this week contains
more local advertising
than any regular issue we ever
printed before and as much
reading matter pertaining to
Williamsburg county has ever
been contained in just an
rdinary weekly issue of the
paper. This speaks well indeed
for the progress of our
county along industrial lines
md it also, demonstrates, as
has often been the case, that
The Record is always ready
to keep pace with, if not a
lifflt. in aHuanrp nf flip marrh
of progress.
The public-spirited merchants
and other business men
who . patronize our advertising
columns enable us to give
our readers such a paper as
we are publishing this week
it a price of subscription that
is very small indeed, when
the labor and expense involved
are considered. But
for our advertisers we could
not afford to charge less than
three or four dollars for the
same size paper. These men
ire town builders; their large
spirit of enterprise permeates
the entire county and their
influence extends as far as
the borders of our State as
representing the genius of
enterprise and energy that is attracting
the attention of the
whole nation to our own Palmetto
State.
We want the hundreds of
? ? w T-k a i _ i 1
*eaders ot ine ttecoru to neip
js to show these advertisers,
who make it possible for us to
jive this county a first class
tocal paper, that we appreciate
:heir co-operation. Take this
ssue of The Record and use
t as a business directory.
When you get ready to make
your purchases call on or write
:o the merchants whose names
lppear in our advertising
:olumns and, if% you feel so
iisposed, speak a kind word to |
:hem for the paper. We know
:hat it helps a business man to
idvertise in The Record, but
the merchant likes direct re
suits. He may sell $5(X) worth
)f goods to customers who
ivere led to visit his store by
lis newspaper invitation, but
le would appreciate the paper
nore if a single buyer told
lira that he "sat? his 'id' in
:he paper," even though that
particular customer bought
inly a few dollars worth ofl
3roods.
So, let us work together.!
Help yourself by helping us.
The man who knows he has j
:he best bargains must adver:ise
them?tell the people about j
hem. Goto him and you will
ilmost invariably get better
nerchandise tor the same
money.
In these physical culture days
;ome people display great agiiity in
lodging taxes.
[ GO TO
I YOUNG'S I
j FOR J
Hot Meals at All Hoars, !
J All the delicacies ol the +
? season served in first class ^
? style while you wait. J
f Oysters in Every Style,
Hot Drinks, Bouillon,
I Chocolate, Cocoa, Coffee
I and Tea.
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? ALSO ?
FANCY COLD DRINKS j
AND I
ICECREAM.
Fine Fresh Candy, Choic
est Quality.
FRUITS, CIGARS, CIGARETTES,
TOBACCO,
Young'slce Cream Palace:
Successor lo P. S, Courtney. J
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New AdvertisementsW
T Wilkins ? Announcement.
Bank of Williamsburg?The
Best Christmas Gift.
Watts A Watts?Come and
See.
L D Rodders?Fireworks.
II I> Reddick?Jewelry and
Novelty Department.
W T Wilkins?Special Holiday
Drive. ;
Butler Dry Goods Co?Christmas
Suggestions.
Williamsburg Live Stock Co?
Horses and Mules.
S Marcus ?Keep Your Money
at Home.
G Ollie Epps ? Waterman's
Ideal Pen.
Atlantic Coast Line?Special
Holiday Hates.
Anderson, Spring < ?Malt
Toast.
Youngs Ice Cream Palace?
Gutlfs Candy.
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K? As we are handling nootlier Chris
S works, therefore w:' think we have tt
IW HHHB
We keep on hand at all time- a i
for the ' itristma-? holidays the best
candy department we have a lull lit
pounds. Thi- candy is guaranteed
X FULL LJ
Try our Star P.rand Hams. Ka
Flour is guaranteed to be tt?e best f
department i? up to the highest stai
National Biscuit Go's Famou- OI<
bisc.>s, package, 10c. Saltines, pour
Biscuit < :o's Cakes and Crackers, all
J j. 13.
i Our Chrism;
of New Ideas, Cc
j ?/ Yon rani; f fnd a better place t<>
^ / attractions in 11 <
IVow we mention a few arl
?g CnlT Pi us DIA V
& Bar Pins Kuive.
Toilet Sets of all kinds Baby J
^ Cnff L'i ks Neck
!g5 And oilier goods too numerous to
I WATr
!|| Opposite Depot
azsnB&XMXi) .AmamamaammM
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Ayer's Hair Vigor .<
In?r di ntS! Sulphur. Glycerin. Quirin. Sodium Chlorid.
????? Capsicum. Sage. Alcohol. WaJer. Perfume.
Anything injurious here? Ask your doctor. 4
Anything of merit here? Ask your doctor.
Will it stop falling hair? Ask your doctor. I
Will it destroy dandruff? Ask your doctor. 3
Does not Color the Hair *
I u. ULL1L nrra, Agent l
\ beautiful line of the Waterman's Ideals to select from may be
seen at the
KingStree Dry Goods Co.'s Store. . Jj
^WORKS^l
jtmas goods, we :tre able to p:iy mon attention to the buying of our fire- ? .?
:e best line of the best g >ods of tiiuc kind in town. Pricesare lowest, too. 0
complete line of fruit, but w have out forth a special effort to furnish
and largest line of fancy fruits ever handled in Kingstree. In our J9; - *J
le of the famous Hfeadley's Chocolates in packages from one to five *,8
to be the best. 3
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JLX L^4 KJ? a VJr/Vf WLvlVJLlvUi *^9* i
ro Corn Syrup can't be beat. The famous Merry Widow Self-Rising ?2
lour on the market. 24-lb sack, $1.00. Everything else in our grocery *X9 ?{
nlard of quality. ^
J English Fruit Cake: 1 pound cakes. 35c; 5 pound cakes. $1.75. _Naid,
y5c, Oysterettes. package, 5c Full supply of all kinds of National m ]
gunanteed to be fresh and good. <g . '.j.?
RODGERS.^" I .1
E and SEE! Si
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as and New Year Display 1 fl
>ming Surprises, Novel and Desirable Goods ;|
gt-t jnst th^ rjght thing for everyone. Our stock is full of , . aj
:>Jicljiv Gifts of the latest designs and best quality. * ?1
ie prices will be the lowest possible.
IONDS Watch Fobs Lockets - ! S:
saud Forks Hat Pins Jewelry of all kinds !A
Pins Eye Glass Chains Smokiug Sets
Chains Shaving bets Fancy Goods J A ^ I
i:bre!las, Gold and Silver Handles |8;
mention. Engraving Free jS i&l
rs & WATTS. 11
Watches and Clocks Repaired ;? Si
1 pay you to look over our
nd Novelty Department^f^y
before you purcha^.
"^vTare"offerin^so I.M
splendid yalues in price,.
quality and design wbUM ' wagM
We give you one Pi^DO
Vnfo TL-irh <>vprv 10 lv"H
' i ii lli " Department. W'c are Ifl
1^ ^(;ujg to jrive this beau-^fl^^H
to SOU1COI1C I
/BSOLUTELY FREE. ?
R E D 0 1C K. H