The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 08, 1910, Page SIX, Image 6
Q"tRl5TMAS
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Charles Dickens
Che famous Yulctide talc which,
with Us story of Ony Clm. has
touched millions of hearts and
wrought for human kindliness.
M V.'M.KY'S GHOST.
ARLEY was dead,
to begin with.
^ There is no doubt
V&-. * ?'w h :i t ever about
( that. The register
* V of his burial was
* signed by the cler^
gymau. the clerk,
the undertaker and tlie chief mourner.
Scrooge signed it. and Scrooge's name
was good upon "change for anything
he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley
was as dead as a doornail.
Mind. 1 dou't mean to say that 1
know of mv own knowledge what there
is particularly dead about a doornail.
1 might have been inclined myself to
regard a eofliu uail as the deadest piece
of lron.mongery iu the trade. But the
wisdom of our ancestors Is in the
simile, and my unhallowed hands shall
not disturb it or the country's done for
You will therefore permit me to re
peat emphatically that Marley was as
dead as a doornail.
Scrooge knew he was dead? Of
course he did. IIow could It be otherwise?
Scrooge and he were partners
for I don't know how many
years Scrooge was his sole executor,
his sole administrator, bis sole assign,
his sole residuary legatee, his sole
friend and sole mourner.
Scrooge never painten out ca warley's
uaiue. There It stood years afterward
above the warehouse door?
Scrooge & Marley. The firm wns
known as Scrooge & Marley. Sometimes
people new to the business call
ed Scrooge Scrooge and sometimes
Marley. but he answered to both
names. It was all the same to him.
Oh. but he was a tight fisted hand
at the grindstone. Scrooge?a squeezing.
wrenching, grasping, scraping,
clutching, covetous old sinner, hard
and sharp as flint from which no
steel had ever struck out generous
tire; secret and self contained and
solitary as an oyster. The cold within
him froze his old features, nipped his
pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened
his gait made his eyes red. his
thin lips blue and spoke out shrewdly
in h:.s grating voice. A frosty rime
was on his head and ou his eyebrows
and his wiry chin. lie carried his own
low temperature always about with
him. He iced his office in the dog days
and didn't thaw it one degree at
Christmas.
Once upon a time?of all the good
days In the year, on Christmas eveold
Scrooge sat busy In his counting
house. It was cold, bleak, bitiug
weather, foggy withal, and he could
hear the people in the court outside
go 'wheezing up and down, beating
their hands upon their breasts and
stamping their feet upon the pavement
stones to warm them. The city clocks
iiau cmiy jusi cuuc o, uui n nun ijukc
dark already. '
The door of Scrooge's counting house
was open that be might keep his eye
upon bis clerk, who in a dismal little
ceil beyond, a sort of tank, was copying
letters. Scrooge had a very small
Are. but the clerk's fire was so very
much smaller that it looked like one
coal. But he couldn't replenish it, for
Scrooge kept the coal box in his own
room, and so surely as the clerk came
in with the shovel the master predicted
that It would be necessary for them
to part, wherefore the clerk put on
his white comforter and tried to warm
himself nt the candle, in which effort,
not being a man of a strong Imagination.
he failed.
"A merry Christmas, uncle! God
MTf you:" crteti a cneerrui voice, it
waa the voice of Scrooge's nephew,
who came upon bfm so quickly that
this was the first intimation lie had
of his approach.
"Bah!" said Scrooge. "Humbug!"
He bad so heated himself with rapid
waiting In the fog and frost, this
nephew of Scrooge's, that he was all
In a glow. His face was ruddy and
handsome.
"Christmas a humbug, uncle!" said
Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean
thai:, I am sure."
"I do," said Scrooge. "Merry Christmas!
What right have you to be merry?
What reason have you to be merry?"
"Come, then." returned the nephew
gayiy. "What right have you to be
dismal?'
Scrooge. having no better answer
ready, on the spur of the moment said
"Bah!" again and followed it up with
"Humbug!"
Y'nola'M nlAoilivl tho nnnhnn
"Nephew." returned the uncle stern
Jy, "keep Christinas In your own way
and let me keep it in mine."
"Keep it?" repeated Scrooge's nephew.
"But you don't keep it"
"Let me leave it alone, then." said
Scrooge. "Much good may it do you!
Mufh good it has ever done you!'U
"There an* many thinps from which i
I mipbt have derived pood by which
I have not profited. I dare say." returned
the nephew. "Christmas amonp the
r<?<T !*,n! l !u si'rp I have always
i thouphi of Christ m.-.s titne when If ha* j
conic r??i:titS ;?p:?i"' from : t:?* * in ration '
due io its s:: -rc.l ::?? and origin, if j
anything belonging to it ran lie apart
from thai?us a pood tin:e. a kin-l. forgiving.
churit.-I.le. |i!easani time, the
I only time ! know of in the lonp ealen j
Ujir of she year win n men and women i
J seem hy otisen' to open their ,
i shut up Ireel;. 'fSt.J io think <if '
I people he :>w as if they really I
! were fellow passeva'ers to the grave
i and not uinuhet race of creature*!
i bound <?t; other journeys And thereI
fore, niv-le. though it lias never put a
| scrap of pi.jsl or silver in my pocket,
j I believe that it has done me pood
i and will do mo pood, and I say God
j bless it."'
J The clerk in the tank involuntarily
j applauded He-oniing immediately sensible
of the impropriety, lie poked the
Ore and extinguished the last frail
j spark forever.
"I.et me hear another- sound from
you." said Seroope. "and you'll keep
! your Christmas by losinp your sicia
tion."
"Pon't be angry. uncle. Come: dine
I with us tomorrow."
| Seroope said that he would see him?
1 Yes, iud"ed be did. lie went the whole
| leupth of the expression and said that
he would see liirn in that extremity
! first.
"Hut why?" cried Scrooge's nephew
' "Why?"
I "Good afternoon." said Scrooge.
' "I am sorry with all my heart to find j
you so resolute. We have never had i
any quarrel to which I have been a j
party. Hut I have made the trial In |
homage to Christmas, and I'll keep
my Christmas humor to the last S?
a merry Christmas, nnole!"
"Good afternoon." said Scrooge.
"And a happy New Year'"
I "Good afternoon." said Sc rooge.
His nephew left the room without
nu angry word notwithstanding. He
stopped at the outer door to bestow :
the greetings of the season on the
clerk who. cold as be was. was warm
er than Scrooge, for he returned them
? i
cordially.
At length the hour of shutting up
the counting house arrived. With an
ill will Scrooge dismounted from his
stool and tacitly admitted the fact to
the expectant clerk In the tank, who
instantly snuffed his candle out and
put on his hat. %
"You'll want all day tomorrow, 1
suppose''" said Scrooge.
"If quite convenient, sir."
j "It's not convenient." said Scrooge.
'and it's not fair
^ iirsclf ill used.
PA I'll be bound.
|J The clerk smlly
ed faintly.
"And yet." said
Scrooge, "you
don't tblnk me
ill used when I
payaday'b
n, wages for no
l~) * 2J work."
The clerk ob"a
poor excuse kor served that It
pickinq man's was only once a
pocket." yoar>
l "A poor excuse for picking a man's
; pocket every 2Dth of December," said
[ Scrooge, buttoning his greatcoat to
: the chin. "But I suppose you must
1 have the whole day. Be here^all the
; earlier next morning."
The clerk promised that be would.
and Scrooge walked out with u growl.
' Scrooge took his melancholy dinner
I In bis usual melancholy taveru and.
! having read all the newspapers and
beguiled the rest of the evening with
his banker's book, went home to bed.
He lived In chambers which had once
belonged to his defeased partner,
i ~ !
Hants to Help Some One.
For thirty years J F Buyer of
Fertile,Mo, needed Up and couldn't
find it. That's why F'wants to help
some one now. Suffering so long
himself he feels for all distress froai
Backache, Nervousn?*, Loss of Ap!
petite. Lassitude and Kidney disorders.
He shows that Electric Bitters
work wonders for such troubles.
"Five bottles," he writes, "wholly
cured me and I am now well and
hearty." It's also positively guaranteed
for Liver Trouble. Dyspepsia,
Blood Disorders, Female Complaints
and Malaria. Try them. 50c at M
L Allen's.
Jenkins m Bros big ad?Solid
Gold Jewelry, Ladies' Neckwear,
Toilet Soaps. Talcum Powder and
Tooth and Hair Brushes and Combs.
; It
I Good ? |
"I write to tell you the " i
good news that Cardui ?? j
has helped me so much ,
and 1 think it is just g
worth its weight in gold," fg |
writes Airs. Maryan Mar- h
shall, of Woodstock, Ga. Rj I
"I do hope and trust bj
that ladies who arc suffering
as i did, wiil take ?3
Cardui, for it has been a Rj
God's blessing to me, ar.d j^j j
will certainly help every j
lady who is suffering." jy:
The Woman's Tonic
M No matter if you suffer R.
$8 from headache, backache gjj,
E pains in arms, shoulders wl
Ms and legs, dragging-down ra
H feelings, etc., or if you 1
fcei lire:i. weary, worn- fcjii
E| out ana cc.'erally miser- jfj!
it has iii5'.:d thousands IB
0l3 of other weal:, sick ladies IjL ;
R and if you will only give &
Kg it a trial, you will be Iv i
B thankful ever after. V'
Statement of the Condition o^ j
The Bank of (ireelyville, ;
LoCATl D A I ,
Greelyville, S. C.
At the Cios -ol Business Dee. I, 1910, i
Resources
Loans anil Discounts ^..$2G,.*;78 47 j
Overdrafts, ?VM2 :?! j
Banking House, 978 Gn|(
Furniture and Fixtures 1.395 bo i
Due from Banks and Bankers,ti-"?8 22 ,
Currency, 3,u<?u 00 |
Gold.... 236 00j
Silver and other Minor Coin. 6^1 12
Check and Cash Items. _ 54;? 50
Total $>65,820 171 <
Liabilities
Capital Stock l aid in $ IT000 t?o j
Surplus runu i,?vw w.
Undivided Profits, less < urrent
Expenses and Taxes Paid 104 85!
Individual Deposits, Subject
to Cheek 38.344 24
Savings Deposits 10,380 10
'-ashier's Checks so 98
Total $05,820 17
:>TATE of SOUTH CAROLINA, I _
county ok wiluamsburo,
Before me eame < E Register, Cashier
of tlie above named bank,who.being
duly sworn, says that the above and
Joregoing statement i:? a true condition
of said bank, as shown by the books of
saiii bank. CE REGISTER.
Sworn to and subscribed before inc.
this 5th day of December, 1910.
P. R. Keels,
Notary Public
Correct?Attest:
T W Boyle,
S J Taylor,
1 F Register,
Direct oi s.
Statement of the Condition of the
People's Bank of Scranton,
located at *
Scranton, S. C.
At the close of business Dec 1, 1910. .
Resources ;
Loans and Discounts a. $28,739 46 :
Overdrafts 506 80
Furniture and Fixtures? 94t 96 j
Due from Banks and Bankers 5,168 54 ;
Currency, 475 00 '
Gold 95 00 '
Silverand other M inor Coin.. 65 93
Checks and Cash Items 3,124 48
Total $39,117 23 (
Liabilities
Capital Stock Paid In $ 8,029 50 ,
Undivided Profits, 4ess Current
Expenses and Taxes Pd. 1,304 94 (
T^??" DonL'o onri ItanlfPfN. SO 55 i 1
JL/Ur, iA' vouno ? ??? > -.f
Individual Deposits Subject 1
to Clieck, 2*?.602 50
Savings Deposits .'1,273 42
Cashier's ( necks 826 32 !
Total $39,117 28
STATE uF SOCTH CAROLINA, I __
County of Williamsburg f ,
Refore me cameJno M Myers, Jr, i
Cashier of the above named bank, who, 1
being/dulv sworn, says that the above
ami foregoing statement is a j
true condition of >aid batik, as
shown '?v tlie books of said bank.
JNO M MYERS, JR, Cashier, j
Sworn to and subscribed before i
me, tl> is Gtli day of December, 1910.
Wm S Lynck,
Notary l'nblic for South Carolina.
I Correct?Attest:
D P XI-.L-VimUT
iv jj iuv iviixuii a t
.1 M PARKER,
K B CANNON.
Directors.
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Trespass Notice.
Al! person-; are herehv warned against
trc.-pa-sing on toe Ian > of :he under- j
si rn?'d l> iinnt'ng.ii-hing.hanling wo?d
or rutting t mi>er <-r re-passing in any '
other maimer \\hat-oe\e>'. Said lands
are I'li-ated in Anderson o wn.-hip.
Parti s .li-fi gar-iing thi- notice will [
be dealt with rcmdiiig to law against.
I tie.-pa-sing. J A Fgagin,
Ml Thomson,
o l Thomson, j
Ti'i??, S iRi l,
Novembe ' P.'. I!?I0. 11-17-lt
i
Sti'fementof IDs rcndltinn nf t
The Bank of Kingslree,
located at
Kingstree, S. C.
At the close of business Dec. 1st, 1910. ]
Resources
Loans and Discounls *190,343 44 1
Overdrafts 2,834 8'$ ,
Banking House 71
Furniture and Fixtures 1,95s 78 j
Due from Banks and Bankers,26,473 89
Currency, 4.083 Oj )
(iold, "x'O 00
Silver and other Minor < oin.. 833 OS
Checks and < ash Items :>07 30
Total $.'3U,1.)U oo I
Liabilities
Capital Stock Paid m $ 30,0)0 no
Surplus Fund 15,00.) no i
Und. Prohts, less Current
Expenses and Taxes Paid, 7 316 4o
Due to Banks and Bankers, 1,480 <>t#
Individual Deposits Subject
to check 70 922 97 ,
Savings Deposits 105,&2 26 '
1 asliier's ( hecks #>s_37
total, $'-jjfln-70 00
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA)
COUNTY OF WILLI CMSBWG \
B' tore me came F w Faue.v,Cashier
of the al>ove named bank, who, being j
illy >w<>rii. says that the above an i \
foregoing statement is a true condition j
- l said hank, n- shown by the books uf
said hank.
F W FA IRE V.
w nr. to ar.c -ub:;?Tibed before me
I: i ' in day of l> ? .utter. 1910.
Lkkoy Lee.
' . v" :uy 1'ubHc lor S C.
C I:::i ct?A T -T:
* i> c Sett,
R Ii Kellahan.
.John A Keliey,
Electors.
Statement of the Condition of
Tiis Cank of Williamsburg,
located at
Kinsstree, S. C.
At the Close < f Business I e<-1, 1910.
Resources
Loans and Discounts *141,977 89
Overdrafts 2,244 01
Ranking House 9.032 79
Furniture and Fixtures 8,627 41
Due from Banks and Bunkers. 52.098 56
Currency, 2,621 <>0
Bold r,0 0'>
Silver and other Minor Coin. 314 29
I 'hecks an 1 < ash Items 127 73
Cash County Warrant" 2,*2* 71
Total. $2 5.502 39
Liabilities
Capital Stock Paid In $ 49.090 0o
Surplus Fund 8,909 09
Undivided Profits, less Current
Expenses and Taxes Paid. 6 136 87
Due to B ink"and Rank?-rs. 1,015 13
Individual Deposits Subjeet
tot heck, 94,269 54
Savings Depo-its 03,685 13
Cashier's Checks 2,395 72
Total $215 502 39
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I
County of Williamsburg. f
Before me came E C Epps, Cashier
of the abovi? named bank, who,
being duly sworn, says that the above
and foregoing statement is a true eondition
of said bank, a> shown by by the
books of said bank.
EC EPPS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 6t11 day of December, 1919. ,
E 1. Montgomery.
Notary Public for South Carolina.
Correct?Attest:
W 1 Nex-en.
John F Mcl addin,
Cbas W Stoll,
Directors.
Statement of the Condition of the
: : Wee Nee Bank, : :
located at
K1NGSTREE, S. C.
At the Close of Business Dec 1, 1910.
Resources
Loans an'l I>is:'oun's, $29,998 2*1
Overdraft-. r>23 22
Furnitu.eand Fixtures, 2 357 94
Due from Hanks and Bankers, 13,911 05
Currency, 2.603 00
Sold. *10 00
Silvvr and other Minor Coin. 288 06
Checks an I Cash Items, 499 !?s
Total. *.70,991 82
Liabilities
Capital S'o.-k Pai l In, $28,080 00
Undivided Profits, less Current
Expenses and Taxe- Paid, 314 12
Individual Deposits Subjec t
to Cheek, 17,97177
Savings Deposits, 3.824 83
Cashier's Cln-cks, 201 10
Total. $-70 991 82
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,!
County of Williamsburg. \
Before me came E L Montgomery,
Oshier of the above named bank, who
!>eing duly sworn, says that the above
find toregoing statement is a true con
dition ot said bank, a- shown oy inc
books of said t-ank.
E L Mon igowkry.
Sworn to and sub>cribed before me
this 6th day of December.1910.
CHAS W STOLI. [L SJ.
Notary Publie for South Carolina.
Correct-At i>st:
H K Montgomery,
W P St OTT.
Hi gh Mcutchen.
Directors.
LIGHTNING RODS!
H. L. Whitlock, Lake City. S.C
Special Sales Agent
Representing the Large-t Manufacturers
of All Kinds
Improved Copper and Galvanized
Section Rods
(Endorsedbv the Highest Scientific Authorities
and h ire In?uranceCompanies)
Pure Copper Wire Cables, All Sizes
Our Full Cost Guarantee given with
Each Jo').
I sell ot. eios margin of profit.ilividcoiiuiiission
with my <-u-ti mers.
9-'2!?-3mp
-Jk.
I Some Good. Ones I
m
W. T. Brownridge Tailor-Made Clothing,
Two Nice Trunks left,
Full line Lion Brand Shirts and Collars,
Bates' Hats,
Arnold's Hats,
We have a nice line of Xmas Ties. Be sure and see them t
I before buying. They are Peter Hill's goodsUnderwear
and Hosiery.
Grocery Department p
I' National Bicuit Co's Crackers, ' f
| Heinz's Pickles, . ]'f- :
si Self Raising Flour, / . ;
^ The Famous Toxaway Coffee,
Nice line of Fruits always on hand, J :
Harry L. Schlessinger's loose Candy, | \
Fleming and Christine's lines of Box Candies, 1-2 and 1 lb [M
boxes, {
Full line of Canned Goods,
We handle the famous Meadow Gold Butter,
Antrim's Full Cream Cheese,
Star Brand Hams, |j* -ji
Gold Brand Hams, " / ^
IForbe's Montebello Hams. iJ
Wt. r
L. D. Rodgers & Co. | 1
| NOTICE I;
We want to announce to the public that Ej|
sr on December 1, we will open a 3
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E Fresh Meat Department 3 't|
E 3 :>.3
^ in connection with our present business, we 2
E will have on hand at all times the freshest
E and tenderest Beef, Pork and Mutton to be 3 <
obtained. 3 T. S
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Your patronage is solicited, a
| Milhous Jenning's, v | 1
E Phone No. 93. Kingstree, S. C 3
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