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Value of a Bank Account. C.A bank account with this strong.conservative institution is worth a great deal to you in convenience and security. * It leads to manv Drivileges and broader business r -lations, to ask and receive , advice anu to use our facilities, <Ut is not necessary that you should j come to the bank in person if you desire ; to open an account. Your deposits can I be sent by mail with your name and ad- I rfress. or by some other person, and the i deposits promptly acknoweldged, send? ing you either a pass book or a state- 1 6% ment of the account at the close of each month, as desired. cw e make it a point that every busi-, ness transaction with our patrons shall;' be satisfactory. We want each one to ! feel that they are free to come to us in : r all matters where our experience and advice will be of value and assistance. Kj ?ou can also be sure that every business ! transaction passing through our hands i HnAfts held in strict confidence. W have had no business with this HHE^K^we feel-confident that you will H^^^ppreciate the service we can render. " BANK OF WILLIAMSBURG KIN6STREE, S. C. C W Stoll. Pres. F Rhem. V P. ! E C Epps. C W Bosweli., ? a n ! Uastiier. assi ^asmer. j lOCALg wm jy ? Cotton is quoted today at 10$ ^'1 * <| on middling basis; seed $20 per t ton on local market. ^ LeRoy Lee. Esq, spent Monday at . Florence. Mr S Marcus went to Manning Tuesday. i Mrs E B Rhodus of Greelyville ' was a Kingstree visitor Saturday. i tfov W H Hodges of Bamberg vis- , ^^^Jtearelatives here this week. i Born Sunday morning to Mr and Mrs W J Cockfield, a daughter. We had a pleasant call from Mr E D Rhodus of Greelyville Monday, j' Mr W S Camlin was in town the ; * early part of the week from Andrews. , v * Edwin Hirsch, Esq, and Mr H A J Meyer are in Columbia today on } f^pi^msiness. The many friends of Mrs LeRoy | Lee will be pleased to learn that she j. is improving. , The rite of baptism was adminis- ] tered to a class, of four at the Bap- s tist church Sunday night. ] Mr C H Lesesene of Greelyville ' was a pleasant caller at our office while in town Saturday. < Capt J R Lifsey of Richmond, V a, < spent the week-end here as the i guest of Rev W E Hurt. 1 Miss Lillian Alsbrook, who has j been spending some time in Atlanta, f returned home this week. onrl Mr? .Tnhn M DUJ IJ, UlllU lUt UUU AlAkW WV.?. ... Brown, Kingstree, S C, Wednesday, 5 October 9, 1912, a daughter. Mr S R Walters of Suttons was in \ Kingstree on business Monday, and paid The Record office a visit. 1 Mr Muldrow Burgess, h Pullman ( conductor or the Southern railway, j visited his parents, Mr and Mrs R E i \ Burgess of Mouzon, this week. < Miss Flossie Kellahan, who has;' been the guest of her uncle, Hon R > j H Kellahan, here for several weeks past, returned home Saturday. ^ A portion of the iron fence in j: front of the public school building is in a dilapidated condition and j, should be repaired without unneces- 1 sary delav. .. .... i Mr James Adams gave us an irisn ( patato several days ago about two ! inches in diameter and through whfrh a 8prig of nut grass was grow-1 < ing luxuriantly. ! j i'; After being closed since July 7,1 ( L services will \j>e resumed at the Epis- J, I copal church next Sunday morning, | I to the great pfeasur^ of both rector i and congregation. ^ ... Mr Willie E Brown and Miss May- j bell MeCutchen, both of the Cedar i ( Swamp section, were married here , Sunday afternoon at the Baptist j, \ parsonage by Rev W E Hurt. j j \ The old cannon now going to de-! ( cay on the town lot should be looked after, and steps taken to preserve !, the old relic as a souvenir of the days | of 61-05 for future generations. As we go to press, we learn that \ i A Mr D C Bryan.a son of Mr Walter R11 Bryan, was very seriously injured : this morning by being caught in j; the machinery of the sawmill near j Salters. His condition is critical, j . Mr B A Wharton, deputy Insur- i ance Commissioner of the State, was i in Kingstree in an official capacity i today. He spoke in highly compli- i mentary terms of the improved con'NJition of Kingstree over four years ago. i Farmers are scarce on our streets! these fine days and the merchants say business is dull. Remember they are busy jratherinp cotton, hay and corn?takinp advantage of the excellent weather. Better days will ?ome when the harvest is over. The attention of our readers is invited to the big advertisement in this paper of the People's Mercantile Co. This is one of the most reliable firms in Kingstree and we can assure our readers that they will receive polite and courteous attention and a square deal for their money when patronizing this well-known firm. Mondav was salesday in Kingstree, but only two small sales were made. Two mules were sold by the Williamsburg Live Stock Co to satisfy a mortgage and brought $402.-' 50. Sheriff Graham sold the 96 acre tract of land, previously advertised in The Record, situate in Sutton township, and belonging to the estate of W J Walters. The land was bought by Mr S R Walters for S19. After you have read the communication in this issue by "Trustee" bearing on the school rally to be held here on October 19, would it not be well for you to get busy and assist in making some arrangements for the comfort and accommodation of the visiting teachers and out of town guests who will manifest their interest in this educational work by their presence in Kingstree on that date. Revival services are being held twice daily at the Methodist church this week and much interest is being manifested by good audiences. Rev R S Truesdale, pastor of Trinity Methodist church, Charleston, is assisting the pastor, Rev W A Fairy, and his sermons are excellent expositions of Scriptural truths, pathetically illustrated with personal incidents in his service as a servant of the Master. Services will continue throughout this week, and all are welcome. Maj G P Howells, of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, United States Dorps Engineers, has written to the Board of Trade here for information concerning Black river, with a view to improving the same and making it navigable from Georgetown to rr a _ _ nni i_ _ r ?i? tungsiree. ine wutk ui uuiupuin^ the required information is in the hands of Messrs W H Carr and W W Barr, Jr, who will shortly submit their report and arrange to have Major Howell make a personal inspection of the river. Congressman Eilerbe also is interested in the imppovement of this waterway and is ready to solicit the financial aid of the Federal government as soon as definite action has been taken by Dur Board of Trade and other local nterests along the river. Let the 1 ?ood work go on and ere long we nay hear the music of the steam3oat whistle blowing for the wharf it Kingstree. Louis Campbell, a colored blacksmith at St Matthews, while shoeing i mule, was kicked over the heart :>y the animal and died a few minates later. Edward Gregory was shot and dlled, and Oliver Watson dangerjusly wounded Friday of last week n a pistol duel between the two men lear Kershaw, in Lancaster county. Sregory and Watson, who were not m good terms, met on the highway aroing in opposite directions and their t>uggy wheels locked, whereupon each man drew his pistol and began shooting, with the result as above stated. Frank Wigfall, a negro who criminally assaulted a white woman at Rawlins, Wyoming, last week, when placed in the county jail, was lynched by the other prisoners in the jail. Mr Tom C Hamer has at last secured the nomination for Clerk of Court of Marlboro county over Julian McLaurin. The fourth primary came off Tuesday and Hamer secured 1255 votes against McLaurin's 1152. Hon T P Brown has been appointed by Gov Blease to succeed Hon J W Ragsdale, resigned, as a membA* af the South Carolina Industrial school at Florence. Mr Brown is a member of the State Legislature, but his term will expire with the coming session of that body. When you have a bad cold you want the best medicine obtainable so as to cure it with as little delay as possible. Here is a druggist's opinion: "I have sold Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for fifteen years," says Enos Lollar of Saratoga, Ind, and consider it the best on the market." For sale by all dealers. At Sumter yesterday Judge Spain sent a posse of deputies to Shiloh to make all possible efforts to apprehend and arrest the men, C M Young and M J Morris, who are alleged to have outraged two colored women while they had them in their custody as officers of the law. / SCHOOL INFORMATION.! | _ SOME SCHOOL WORK Now in Progress or Recently Finished. The Aimwell patrons, near Trio,1 ; have just finished modern two ; room building at a cost of $1,000. ; This school consolidates two small one-teacher schools. The Vox people are putting the fiinishing touch on their new build- j ing at a cost of $450. This building has two rooms. The Hebron folk have at last gone to work in earnest, and will soon complete an excellent modern school house of three class rooms and auditorium at a cost of approximately | $1,500. Nesmith trustees, district number! 37, have let contract for construction , of a two story building with two class rooms below and auditorium above. This building will cost about, $1,500. Three modern one-room buildings are now in course of construction j at a cost of about $400 each in Mul- j berry and Retreat schoal districts. The patrons of the McCullough < and Bennett schools have decided to j' unite their schools, and are erecting j1 a modern one-room building on cen-! tral grounds. Contract has been lei: to construct a building for the patrons of the ^ Johnson Swamp school. The funds for all this work have , been raised by the patrons. In some < cases they have used a part of their school funds, and in nearly all cases they have received county aid of one j half as much as the patrons themselves raised. Wee Nee Literary Society Notes, i The Wee Nee Literary society held ' its regular meeting in the society! ( hall, Friday, October 4, 1912, with j 1 Mr Cuyler Harper in the chair. 1 We were glad to have Misses j Marie Nelson and Alice Stackley, j ( two of our old members, and Mes-, | srs Paul Harper and Charlie Holroyd | i O ; i with us at this meeting. We hope they will come again as we are al- ' ways glad to welcome any of our , old members or friends. The following officers having been i elected at the last meeting were in- 1 augurated: Louise Barr, critic, and j Alex Blakely and Zeno Montgomery, J j marshals. c The programme fyr the afternoon j1 was carried out very nicely. The1* query was, Resolved:"That the Abo- {( lition of Slavery in the United States; ] Was Wise." The question was dis- e cussed by the society and after a' very interesting talk on this subject 1 by Mr Charlie Holroyd the judges retired to make their c.ecision. On ^ returning the chairman stated that ^ they had decided in favor cf the negative. Some measures concerning the' programme introduced by Prof Hoi. j < royd were adopted by the society, j 1 The meeting then adjourned to ! s j meet again on f naay, ucioDer is. ,; Teachers' and Patrons' Meeting.1' f The announcement has been made i, by Miss Stubbs, county organizer,! for a meeting of the trustees, teachers and patrons of the county at the Kingstree school Saturday, 19 inst, for the purpose of organizing the! 1 county and local school improvement j' associations. Let me urge all our ' trustees and teachers, and as many patrons as possible to attend this i meeting. The patrons are especially j < invited, and more especially the l' women, for more depends on them ' 1 j in this work than any ethers. i J G McCullough, County Supt Ed. ^ Notice to Teachers. 1 The Superintendent of Education will have a sufficient number of, monthly report blanks to supply all J white schools for the common school j I grades. Teachers will apply to the , \ ^ ? d -->?> /\?? of 1 ouptri IllteiiUCUl Ul Liuut-atiun \ji ai , Mr John Brown's store, stating the ! number of pupils below the eighth ' grade. , Teachers and trustees will please take notice that no teachers' war- i rant will be approved until the payee 1 has registered her certificate with the County Superintendent. 9-26-4t Just received a nice line of the celebrated Dolly Madison Shoes for Ladies at People's Mercantile Co. 10-3-tf. 1 1 i Destroys Dandruff Aver's Hair Visor keeps the scalp clean and healthy, destroys all dandruff, and greatly promotes the growth of the hair. You will certainly be pleased with it as a dressing for your hair. It Keeps the hair soft and smooth and promptly checks any falling of the hair. It does not color the hair, and cannot injure the hair or scalp. Consult your doctor about these hair problems. Ask him what he thinks of Ayer's Hair Vigor. M?dc by tha J. C. ATZB CO.. L?wrH. Mm. Public Notice. On and after the 15th day of Oc:ober, 1912, the banks in Kingstree will observe the following business hours: Open 9 o'clock a. rn. Close 3 o'clock p. rn. The busy season and the work ne*. . i ^ it cessitate a since ODservance 01 mese rules, and the public is earnestly re-1 quested to keep them in mind. Tm: Bank of Kingstree, Bank of Williamsburg, Wee Nee Bank. It > Thos McCutchen, manager of W L S Co, left Monday night to buy a car of horses and mules and he incites you to come in and look them aver the last of the week. WHArS THE REASON? Many Kinqstree People In Poor Health Without Knowing the Cause There are scores of people who, drag out a miserable existence without realizing the cause of their suffering. Day after day they are racked with backache and headache; suf-! fer from nervousness,dizziness,weakless, languor and depression. Likely; die kidneys have fallen behind in | :heir work of filtering the blood and I :hat is the root of the trouble. Look j :o your kidneys, assist them In their vork?-give them the help they need, i fou can use no better remedy than Doan's Kidney Pills. Below is grateful testimony from i sufferer in this locality. Mrs R K Brown, 204 W Liberty 5t, Sumter, S Car, says: "For over, i year I was greatly annoyed by kidley and bladder trouble and nothing )roughtme relief until I used Doan's Sidney Pills. They were so benefi-1 :ial in every way that I have no hesiation whatever in recommending ;hem." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 j :ents. Foster-Mil burn Co, Buffalo, *4ew York, Sole agents for the Unitid States. Remember the name?Doan's? ind take no other. A stingless bee has.been produced. What a boon to the young bare-footed >oy who likes to stamp upon them. Fortunes In Faces. i There's often much truth in the I >aying "her face is her fortune," \ noiwi- ooirl tuKoro nimnloa . J lit It 9 llCVtl OU.U TVI4%.*V f/iiiti/tvw, | skin eroptions, blotches or other blemishes disfigure it. Impure blood , is back of them all, and shows the need of Dr King's New Life Pills, rhev promote health and beauty, l rry thern. 25 cents at M L Alien's, i Notice. , Commencing on Tuesday. October | I, 1912, our delivery wagon will . make only two trips each day; ten n'clock in the morning and five o'in the afternoon. No orders I will be filled between these hours. ' We appreciate your business and i trust that you will give us your or iers in accordance with above hours, which we assure you will be filled promptly. 1 Yours very respectfully, t! L0-3-tf. People's Mercantile Co. j SPECIAL NOTICES i Ph ?ni* us when you want' > ri?r to get a notice under thisi heading. Price one cent aj wonl for each insertion. Nolr ;nl for less thun 2~>c. Plume Si>. For Sale?Tract of land situated six miles from Kingstree and three miles j from <^ades, containing 65 acres, with good five-room residence and one tenant! house. School close by. For particulars see or address W P McGill, 9-12-tf. Kings tree, S C. Merchants?Why not protect your stock from dust while sweeping by useing Dust-Catch. Write is for prices. 10-10-tf. Dust-Catch Mfg Co. . Greelyviile, S C. | Williamsburg Re i Tf ivingstrei LIST YOUR PROPERTY I We are making an < a great deal of pro vertise it for sale ii ties and beyond th us have it for a giv* for particulars, or < fice and see us. LET US WRITE YOU AN I on anything you wis Crops, Buildings, F R. H. Pittman, Pres. and Bus. Mgr. FALL, We are showing a 11 Pattern and T and the n Novelties in Our Trimming Department i ! milliner, Miss Stumpner, from E in that city a number of season: leading style centers in the Norl to us well equipped with the lab Again this season we are m? dren's Hats and Infants' Bonnet The public is cordially invite % Kennedy Wil f A Fine 9# ii jj Fall Dry Goods, fl and Ladies' Wear. u h jj All goods sold ty ? to give satisfactio Jj funeed. ! StacR ? t */ _ _ J Dry Goo ^ lXY vs^0S j| 01 ^ I ACC00N I laltv Company w m ' w t e, S. C. I wh us for sale . iffort to list Up perty and ad- j n other Counle State. Let in time. Write * \ i :all at our of J luonn itirr nni irv i IndUIUMbE rULlbl ?h: Life, Stock urniture, Etc. M. A. Shuler, Sec'y and Treas. 1 * 1912. ===== ! [ia2nifice.it line ailored Hats ? ewest Trimmings. is in charge of an efficient : laltimore. She trimmed s, and having visited the ;h this season, she comes est ideas in millinery. . iking a specialty of Chil- j s. d to call. I * * llinery Co. | iLinef * i '* Notions, Shoes ' * if* jjji f us guaranteed * n or money re- ? if* if* f* ?ds Co. J mm knocks once but many times at each man's ir. Suppose she should call on you ay? Would you be prepared to reve her? Have you srved any money ich you could use to advantage iuld the opportunity present itself? ne people who read this will say themselves: "There may be someng in that; I believe I will start to re now." Why don't you say that 1 do it? Vee Nee BanK x .. .