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DAVE TUCKER 1 Condoles with Defeated Candl- | dates and Tells His Experience. j ( Editor County Record:? i The primary elections are over with and we all know who is elected [ and who aint, and to those of you who aint 1 want to sit down and have a talk: sorter tenderly. Before I do this I will have to tell you my experience, so you will see , that 1 am just the man t<> sympathize with you, "as misery loves company." When they was talking about bringing me out for the Legislature I was kinder dubious of the thing; and when I tell isecKey aooui it she didn't exactly say "no" but after I told her that my friends said "as how 1 was sure to be elected, would be 'solid' in this box, 'sweep' everything in that place and run ahead of the ticket a long ways," then I told her I would have "Hon" put before my name, would be the "biggest man" in the county and that she would have a bran new silk dress and so on, she kinder said "yes" sideways. I tell you that "Hon" and the dress did the business. it was a mighty persuasive argument. They told me that I must canvass the county, so I painted my old buggy over, bought new harness and started out for two months,July and August. I rode up and down the country.saw nigh everybody and nigh everybody was going to vote for me,for you see see I was running on the "Independent, narrow gauge, no combination plan," was a "Give everybody an office man."and now and then when it suited me I would drop in a little "Religious programme." So with all these I could not help being elected. But, alas! vain world, where am I now? Where I was "solid" I am "soft," where I was going to "sweep everything" I got swept clean, and am at the tail end of the list of candidates,and like "Rachel" of old, am weeping and have lots of company. Where are you,bereaved friends? Alas, those little slips of paper in, the boxes answer that i question. I don't care much for myself, but I feel so sorry for Beckey. We have gone together hand in hand nigh these thirty years through thick and thin, whooping cough and measles, and when we laid little Dave in the churchyard by the creek, she never murmured. But, alas! this calamity, this defeat, the blasted result of high aspirations. Woe is me. When I came home from the counting of the votes, she met me at the door and said calmly, "Well, David, how is it?" I told her, and she said sadly, "I'm sorry for you, but it can't be helped and we must try and do the best we can under the circumstances." Now, I know you are all looking around to blame somebody or something for your defeat; that some "hard tales" were told that hadn't oughter. Why, they pitched into me right and left, even said when they couldn't say anything worse, "that my grandfather's niece was a tory in the Revolutionary war," like I could help that. I don't know nothing about that, for I wasn't acquainted with them people. I have heard so much that way that I am beginning to think 1 am not 1 by half the respectable man that I 1 thought I was, so you see that there is some damage to characters that I we must repair. < Now, 1 know you feel sad and i lonely. But cheer up. This is a big * country and will manage to get ? along without our wise counsels. 1 An unappreciative public will make I as much cotton and corn as they 1 ever did; will keep on paying taxes ar.d working roads all the same. ' There will be just as many Sunday- 1 school conventions and cross-road < fights as if we had never been born. 1 So you see we are sorter nowhere. What are you going to do about it? Just go on in the same, or better ] r?!H Hatches, irather vour crops and 1 pay your lions like "little men",pre- < pare your lands and plant a large < oat crop this fall and quit cussing ] this and that fellow for not voting ; for you. Then bury old grudges and i prejudices and work as hard to elect 1 the men nominated as you did for 1 yourselves, and when all is over we [ I will have a regular old-fashioned | s political iove-feast, for "aii is well that ends well." But. friends, I have learned solid, common-sense experience in this canvass: 1. That all the fools are not dead yet, for I am alive. 2. That the fellow that hollers the loudest is not the one to carry the votes. 3. That the fellow that tells vou "that if he can't do you no pood he will do you no harm" will vote and work for the other man sure. And lastly ?1 am done with politics now and forever. It is an "unknown quantity" composed of "sounding brass and tinkling cymbals", and 1 would rather "boss" a little farm and plough a one-eyed mule than to be the biggest man in the State. Your sad. suffering friend, Dave Ticker. Wafch South Carolina Groan. The appeal to reason in South Carolina fell upon barren earth. From Pea Ridge and Wadmalaw, from Bandana and Bloomingvale and Bucklick, from Catarrh and Due West, from Fingerville and Frogmore and Galivant's Ferry and Hayville and Horsegall and Jedburg and Monks Corner and Plumb Branch and Prognall and Turkey and Venus and Wildcat and Yauhannah the unterrified Democracy of the Palmetto State went to the polls Tuesday and decreed that the newspapers and preachers and corporation men have got to stop kickin' Cole Blease around, even if he is aeknowledgedly the worst Governor the State has ever had since the renegade Moses sent messages to a mongrel Lecrislature. Shaking his pompous black pompadour in the faces of his "enemies," "Coley" sits tight on the lid, and as their re-elected Governor prepares to treat South Carolina to the most continuous menu of crow that ever was set before the people of any State. There will be plain crow for the common people who dared vote against their protector and preserver, there will be broiled, boiled and rare crow for the preachers and cotton mill presidents and prominent citizens, and there will be special extra dry crow, vintage of '23 with the feathers on, for the practically unanimous press that opposed the man who consigned the constitution to a place that's too cold for Jones supporters. "I stand by my friends," is the battle cry of Blease, and when there are offices to hand out, his friends and none but his friends will get the hunks of pie. If any Jones man gets appointed even notary public, he will stand with the Ephesian temple and the Rhodesian Colossus and the other world wonders. The triumphal procession yesterday in Columbia, the South Carolina capital, must have been a thing or beauty and a yell forever. What a martial figure the commander-inchief of the army and navy of the Palmetto State must have cut yesterday as he blessed the beaming populace. What rejoicing there must have been in the "clubs" and blind tigers, and what "hallelujahs" must have freighted the air around the State penitentiary where yeggs and thieves and crooks and murderers await the hour of their speedy deliverance! And what an expression of exultation must have lit the handsome features of "the best Governor South Carolina has ever had" as in his mind's eye, his motor driven chariot sped along, with the former Chief Justice who was his opponent, "Cubans" who fought him hardest of all in the public prints, the Mayor of Charleston, "Uncle Hen" Tillman, the five living exJoverners who opposed him and his jther foes, all chained to the car. jf victory. What a hot time there must have been in the old town of Columbia last night! South Carolina has not yet repented of Blease, but sackcloth and ashes will come. It was an overlose this time and it will be an emetic the next time. It is true in politics as in medicine, that there are times when people ha\e to be made very sick in order to get them well. Two more years of Bleaseism will cure South Carolina for all :ime of the things for which Blease stands. Cole Blease can fool some of the common p..-?of South Carolina all of the time, he has just fooled a majority of the people some jt of the time, hut he will come to the \ eid of his rope. The only antidote 1 for Blease is that familiarity which ] will breed his ultimate defeat. h Watch South Carolina groan!? 1 Ttmrs-Ihitpirfrli, llichiiKiiolt I >t, '< ( |' t Legal Notices > Summons for Relief (COMPLAINT SERVED). i THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OK WILLI A MSB UKU, Court of * omnion Pleas. Silas W illiams. Josina McKnight and Louisa Cooper, Plaintiffs, against Paro Williams, Rosa Covert, Centry i Williams, Prince Williams, Edward [ Williams, Willie Williams, Sallie Williams. Amy Williams,Moses Williams, Lottie U illiams. Maggie Graham, Harry James, Annie James, William James, Nelson Cooper and D M Er- 1 vin, Defendants. To the absent Defendants, Paro Williams, Rosa ('overt, Centry Williams. Prince Williams, Edward Williams, Willie Williams, Harry James, Annie James and William James: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action,of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office, Kingstree, S C, within twenty days after the service nereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to aqi#wer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanaed in the complaint, Kelley & Hinds, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. Dated September 3, 1912. Take Notice: That the complaint in the above-entitled action has been filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Williamsburg county. Kelley & Hinds, 9-5-fit Plaintiffs' Attorneys. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. williamsburg county, ' iourt of Common Pleas. Silas Williams .Insina McKnierht and Louisa Cooper. Plaintiffs, vs Paro Williams. Rosa ('overt, Centry Williams, Prince Williams, Edward Williams. Willie Williams. Sallie Williams, Amy Williams, Lottie Williams. Moses Williams, Maggie Graham, Harry James. Annie James, William James, Nelson Cooper and D M Ervin, Defendants. NOTICE. To the absent Defendant, Willie Williams, an infant over the age of fourteen years: Take Notice: That unless you procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem to appear and defend this action on your behalf within twenty days after the service of the summons and complaint herein upon you, an application will be made to H 0 Britton, Esq. Clerk of this court, at his office in Kingstree. SC. by the undersigned, on the twenty-first day after service hereof, at eleven o'clock a. m., for an order appointing some suitable and competent person Guardian ad Litem to appear and defend this action on your behalf. Kelley & Hinds, 9-5-6t] Plaintiffs' Attorneys. Kingstree. S C. September 3, lyiz. Citation Notice. THE STATK OF SOUTH CAROLIN A, County of Williamsburg, By P M Brockinton, Esq, Probate J udge. Whereas, Selden E Bryan made suit to me to grant her letters of administration of tne estate of and effects of S G Bryan, These are therefore to cite and admonish ail and singular the kindred and creditors of the said S G Bryan, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Kingstrre, S C, on the 7th day of September next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon,to show cause if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 24th dayof August. Anno Domini, 1912. Published on the 29th dayof August, 1912. in The County Record. ! P M Brockinton, 8-29-21 Probate Judge. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that on the 22rd day of September, A D, 1912, at 12 o'clock noon, I will apply to P M Brockinton, Judge of Probate of Williamsburg county, for Letters Dismissorv as Guardian of the person and estate of D T Floyd. J L Gowdy, 8-22-4t Guardian. Notice to CreditorsAll persons holding claims against the estate of Harry White, deceased, will please lile the same at once, and all persons indebted to said estate will make payment to AD Nelson, 9-n-2t. Executor of the Estate of Harry White, deceased. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of September, A D 1912, at 12 o'clock noon, I will apply to P M Brock inton. Judge of Probate of Williamsburg county, for Letters Dismissory as Administrator of the estate of W J Singletary. deceased. S L Courtney, Administrator. August 5, 1912. 8-8-5t i 1 " Receipt Books, Blank Notes, Mortgages and ] all Legal Blanks in demand, for sale at The Record office. If we have not the . form you wish we can print it cn shotr notice. Notice of Election. I Notice is hereby given that an elec.ion will be held at the usual voting dace in Greelyville school district. No 52, on Monday, September 9, for the >urpose of voting on the question whether an extra tax ?>f 2 mills shall be eviedonthe property in said district for school purposes. Those in favor of said tax shall vote "yes".those opposed will vote "no". The trustets will act as managers, and the election will be conducted by the rules governing general elections. T W Hoyle. Fked MisaoE. .1 F Montgomery, ?-29-2t Trustees and Managers. For Sale. Mv farm consisting of 197 acres on R F D 1, three and a half miles from Kingstree; 80 acres cleared.good dwelling. store house, one tobacco barn and other necessary outhouses. Splendid fruit orchard. G" >od pasture and timber. School 300 yards frofto dwelling. Good watar in house. The lands front one mile on south side and % mil^on north sideof Murry's Ferry road leadingfrom Kingstree to Greelyville. Also one 45 h p boiler, good 3o h p engine, saw and grist mill. The above land is well adapted to the growth of cotton, corn and tobacco. For furthur information call on or address F H Hodge or LeRoy Lee. 5-30-4tp Kingstree. S C, Registration Notice. The otfice of the Supervisor of Reg istration will he open on the 1st Monday in each month for the purpose of registering any person who is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident ol 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, six months before, any poll tax then dm and payable, and who can both read and write any section of the constitu* - ~t t one kirn k?. f vw L1UII 1)1 10OU suuuiitiru lu xiiin Uj Win Supervisors of Registration. or wIk can show that lie owns, ami has pair all taxes collectable on during tht present year, property in this Stac< assessed at three hundred dollars or more. H A Meyer, f.lerk of Board Undressed LumberI always have on hand a lot of undressed lumber (board and framing) at my mill near Kingstree. for sale at the lowest price for good material. See or write me for further information, etc. F. H. HODGE. 7-lK-tf ri"OTSAisj Farm of 193 acres; 75 acres excellent cleared land t in high state of cultivation, J balance#in fine timber land. t Dark top-soil with clay sub- ! J soil. One three-room cot- J tage, barn, stable and two I tenant houses. Public road + runs through plantation. 1 ! mile to ACLRR station, ! 2 miles to school, 2 miles to I church. Running water on J property. For price and } I terms write, wire or 'phone : J. D. GILLAND, J ? Attorney-at-Law t KINOSTHBK, ... SC.* Kingstree CAMP NO- 27. ft if, >?~^. -;,y ?>' * lf<4' V I st ?nd 3rd Mond?> . 6v?-'vy *.;?! >! Ni-ht. In ??ch " month. ' St*'<vV*'>?'' Vlpiting choppers cor \ / v/,'.7/ Hfclly invited to con* v>.' t up and sit on a stump *5s; or haug about on the ' limbs. Philip H. Stoll, 27 li'ra. Con Com ^ 2C. of IE= Kingstree Lodge SS? No. 91 Knights of Pythias * Regular Conventions Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday nights Visiting: brethren always welcome, Castle Hall 3rd story Gourd in Building. R. N. SPEIGNER. U C. R. C. McCabe, K of R & S. Hacker Manufacturing Co. I Successors to 9 George S. Hacker & Son J Charleston, S. C _ - - ?* , we nanuiaaure Doors, Sasli and Hlirvls: Columns and balusters; Grilles and Gable Ornaments; Sc reen Doors and Windows. We Deal In Glas>, Sash Cord and Weights. tyKY'S OMOlAX/fllVE r Stomach Troublk and Ccnstipatio* Children like to taka Dr. Mllei' Laxalive Tablet*. a ?rii SiTLl!! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? WELL. IF YOU DON'T. ASK SOMEE I'VE COME HERE TO STAY ! TELL YOU WHERE TO BUY HAR I I'LL DO SOMETHING DIFFERE? ! OF MY YOUNG FRIENDS ARE GOI OF THE PAPER EACH WEEK A BOOK. YOU'LL FIND THIS LOTS < FARMERS' SU] $ Quality I Jewelry 4 DIAMONDi 1 WATCHES 15 RICH JEW % STERLING | CUT GLAS % FINE UMB WATCH REPAIRING | JEWELRY REPAIRING 1 DIAMOND SETTING ENGRAVING t BY EXPERTS I S. THOMAS , | QUALITY JEWE 257 KING ST-. y Mail Ordtra Racaiva Prompt and ?:?:?:?:?.?:?:?:?:m@'m 1L J. STAC ? ? The Coffins and Cas ? |j offers his ser a | Day and ijjj in the ? ? FIRST OFFICE OVER STACKLEY'S ? ? Yours to Serv __ 1 L. J. STAC! :?:??"?:?:? :?:? :?:?: *?>:?:<? Go To St WHEN YOU NEED ANYTHING A record of more than twent] 1 hind him. With a bunch of nic* ? on hand, he is always ready for Also Feed and Livery I J. L. Stuckey, i% The County Record and Southei Only 1. ^1 iody. i a tew years and dware and things. ? *it each week. lots ng to cut me out lND make a scrap OF FUN. PPLY CO. I ^jj 1 i ; l t <' ' - :/? 5 o < & ELRY i*' SILVER s wj RELLAS T 6 beo., l^k ler8. _ ^ ^ urr/Afci_e.o / i^/v, o. ? sr .. j Careful Attention. 1 s>:?:?-@:?:@:@:@:@ J| :kley, 11 I f kets Man @ f a < i hI vices j -J, Night I i BR* GOODS 00,'S. |U, 1CLEY. t >>:?:?:?:?:?:?:@:@ II uckey {U Jj IN HORSEFLESH 1 7 years stands be- ] e horses and mules * \ a sale or a swap. y r Stables. i aL'P ntv 5 c "?V' ^ m Rnralist one Year 25