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CLARENDON EDITOR LAUDS KINGSTREE. RAPID STRIDES IN GROWTH AND PROGRESS-GENIAL, HOSPITABLE PEOPLE. pnnntv Masons were VlOlVllUV/ll wuuvj - ? represented at Kingstree's big day last Thursday by delegates from Manning, Summerton and Foreston?the occasion was the laying of the corner-stone for the Kingstree Baptist churcl^ a new brick edifice now in course of construction, which, when completed, will be one of the nicest places of worship in this part of the State. The attendance at the ceremonies was large, the addresses of the Most Worshipful Past Grand Master, Hon J L Michie.and the Hon Charles A Smith were excellent, the former spoke on Masonry, and the latter spoke on the mission of the church, paying a handsome tribute lL- --?J*? trhinVi hrnncrht to tntr uiji ui o^un *? nivi> v ?.0? about the accomplishment of the purpose to erect the magnificent building. Metz's famous band from Charleston furnished the music for the notable occasion. *and the local quartette did <he singing. The audience was large,made up of people from the community and the surrounding country; all through the ancient ceremonies the most rapt attention was given. It indeed was a great Masonic day, and the visitors were most delightfully entertained. The hospitality of the citizens of Kingstree was great, everybody seemed to feel it a duty to make the stay of the visitors pleasant ?they ' succeeded admirably. The dinner was served on the outskirts of the town, in a grove at the home of Mr D J Epps, and, by-the-way,the pinebark stew and the barbecue were prepared under Mr Epps' personal supervision; we would wager dollars to doughnuts there is not a chef in the ^United States who can excel the stew and barbecue prepared for this occasion. Everything was in abundance, yes, abundance is the word,and served as only a whole-hearted people can entertain. The writer keenly \ enjoyed every moment of his stay in the hustling town. He was deeply impressed with the spirit of unity so manifest on every hand; the im* pression created was that everybody, even father, was working for the in. - TJ~ . *1 AiA terest 01 fiklDgsirccj mctc uiu uw seem to be the dog-in-the-manger spirit so frequent in other communities; everyone seemed to be possessed with the idea that to make Kingstree grow selfishness and antagonisms must be' removed, all must pull together for the common good, the handicapping of one is the crippling of the other; therefore, it is good business to help each other and make all succeed. Kingstree has made rapid strides within the past lew years; u is an old town, one among the oldest in the State, in days gone, its citizenship was content to keep what it had "for me and my wife, and my son, John, and his wife, us four and no more," with the result, the community lay dormant for many, many years, but at last there came a quickening, the shell of selfishness was broken, the scales removed from the eyes of those who had the town chok1 " * * AAn/lUiAn Q now! ea mio a conmtuse luuuiuuii, a in.., spirit took hold of the people, they began to look about them for possibilities, they lifted the screws off from their holdings, so others could have a look in upon them; new life was infused into an almost lifeless being,with the result that all realized the efficacy of unity of purpose and action. This unity was not to be of the hot-air kind, but that it must be put into actual practice by the business men of the community. The result well demonstrated the wiscjpm I of those leaders who aroused a sleeping community into activity. Kingstree today is an object lesson for other towns to follow; it is a live wide-awake proposition, which is the admiration of all who visit the place and especially those who knew it in its Rip Van Winkle days. Kingstree has several institutions which attract trade and furnish material to induce people to go there to work?it has no room for drones, but the men and women with red blood in their veins find hearty wel HTllli' n - . - v come and encouragement to succeed. Nothing that we saw indicated any j spirit of antagonism; no little petty ! spirit to cripple, but everybody hold-; ing up each other with support, and j other means to succeed. The County Record, the only newspaper in Williamsburg county, is filled with aI 1! 1.'-J mrjfV me Iivest KIUU Ui auvci noni^, business house, small and large, has i an advertisement in the paper; the i Board of Trade from its treasury j carries a full page advertisement in | the town's interests; every professional man feels as much interested in the up-building of Kingstree as the merchants and so it is, the town is live with willing workers. Has it paid the people of Kingstree to spend their money for advertising? Ask any of the business men to what they attribute their increase of trade and their population. Ask them if their tobacco warehouses would have attracted the 3,000,000 founds they expect to handle this season. Ask them would they be content to go back to the old time tightwad and short-sighted methods. Ask all classes * whether or not their campaigns 01 advertising has increased the trade, and then, when these questions have been asked and answered, verify them by a personal investigation. If Kingstree has accomplished all of this while other towns, better situated, stand still, it should arouse business men to get together with a determination to set the wheels of progress in motion. Greater things can only be accomnlished bv united effort. No town can prosper if the property in it is in hands that refuse to yield to progress?those who have the town corked up should do as was done in the progressive towns, loosen up so it can change into active hands; put away personal differences and every one strive to unify the community for thegeneral welfare. If this course is pursued a great improvement will be felt in a short time. Manning is well situated for business, it is sur rounded by the best lanas m mis part of the State, it has a climate second to none, health perfect, good social environment and splendid school facilities; with such facilities and conditions, an asset many larger towns do not possess, there is no reason why this town should not be one of the foremost in lower Carolina; it will be if the citizens will get together in the proper spirit.?Man ning Times, August 20. DIKE DISTRESS. It Is Near at Hand to Hundreds ot Kingstree Readers. Don't neglect an aching back. Backache is often the kidneys' cry for help. Neglect hurrying to the kidneys' aid Means that urinary troubles may follow. Or danger of worse kidney trouble. Read this Georgetown testimony. Mrs T C Matthews, 1502 Front St, Georgetown, S C, says: "For a long time I was afflicted kidney and bladder trouble. I rested poorly and grew weak and lame. I noticed that the kidney secretions were unnatural and doctored for kidney complaint but nothing helped me until I used | Doan's Kidney Pills. They stopped the trouble with the kidney secretions, relieved the pain and cured the backache. You may continue to use my former endorsement of Doan's Kidney Pills. This remedy is certainly a good one for kidney trouble." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's? and take no other. adv. When you want us to change the address of your paper it will save lots of trouble to name the old as well as the new postoffice. Please bear this in mind. tf Good Season tor Bis Enthusiasm. When a man has suffered several days with colic, diarrhoea or other form of bowel complaint and is then cured sound and well by one or two doses of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, as is of ten the case, it is but natural that he should be enthusiastic in his praise of the remedy, and especially is this the case of a severe attack when life is threatened. Try it when in need of such a remedy. It never fails. Sold by all dealers. adv. The County Record and The Youth's Companion, 1 year $2.75. ..A NOW HER FRIENDS HARDLY KNOW HER Rnt This Does Not Bother Mrs. Burton, Under the Circumstances. Hoi <n, Texas.?In an interesting letter from this city, Mrs. S. C. Burton writes as follows: "I think it is my duty to tell you what your medicine, Cardui, the woman's tonic, has done for me. I was down sick with womanly trouble, and my mother advised several different treatments, but they didn't seem to do me any good. I lingered along for three or four months, and for three weeks, J was in bed, so sick 1 couldn't bear for any one to walk across the floor. My husband advised me to try Cardui, the woman's tonic. I have taken two bottles of Cardui, am feeling fine, gained 15 pounds and do all of my housework. Friends hardly know me, 1 am so well." If you suffer from any of the ailments so common to women, don't allow the trouble to become chronic. Begin taking Cardui to-day. It is purely vegetable, its ingredients acting in a gentle, natural way on the weakened womanly constitution. You mn no risk in trying Cardui. It has been helping weak women back to health and strength for more than 50 years. It will help you. At all dealers. Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co., Ladles' Advisory Deo*.. Chattanooga. Tenn.. for Special Instructiona on your case and 64-page book. ' Home treatment for Women." sent in plain wrapper. EtA-B / Mad* 8ure It Waa Uaad. An old farmer and his wife, noted for their niggardliness, had a custom of allowing the servant only one match to light the fire with each morning. One morning the match failed to kindle, so the servant went to their bedroom door and asked for another one. A whispered consultation was held between the two, then audibly the wife said: "Will you risk her wi' amither ane, John?" "I doot we'll hae tae risk her, Janet/' replied John, "but be sure an' seek a sicht o' the ane she got last nicht."?Glasgow Times. Rudyard Laka. In the Staffordshire district of England is Rudyard lake, which gave its name to Rudyard Kipling, lot it was on a picnic there that I Lockwood Kipling, a designer in a pottery factory at Stoke, met toi marry Miss Macdonald, daughter of the Wesleyan Methodist minister at Burslem. From the place of their meeting came the novelist's Christian name. The two other daughters of the Methodist minister in the potteries married the artists who were to become Sir Edward Burne-Jones and Sir E. J. Poynter. Discouraged. 'That last thing you sent in was ?ood," said the editor; "we all enjoyed reading it very much." "Well, in that case," said the youthful poet, '1 take back what I said in the letter I wrote to you yesterday about my determination never to send you any of my work again." The editor slowly shook his head. "Don't do that," he murmured. "That letter is what I referred to J" FOR SALEBrick in any quantity to suit purchaa er. The Beat Dry Press Machine-made a: BX3XCIZ. v Special shapes made to order. Corre? pondence solicited beiore placing your orders. W. R. FUNK | Undressed Lumber I 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. I Wood's High-Grade Seeds. Crimson Clover Tha Kins of Soil Improvars, also makes splandld fall, winter and dpring grazing, the oarllast groan food, or a good hay crop. CRIMSON CLOVER will increase the productiveness of the land more than twenty times as much as the same amount spent in commercial fertilizers. Can be sown by itself or at the last working of com, cotton or other cultivated crops. We are headquarters for Crimson Clover, Alfalfa, Winter Vetch, and all farm Seeds, Write for price* and Descriptive Pall Catalog, giving information about all seeds for fall sowing. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, - Richmond, Vi. ? r~? ' TlV'lj WAYS: Begin right. I Know yourself. [J Limit your expenses. Q Watch the leaks. Stop the leaks. Have a home t Avoid gold-t Own a hof Don't be , Be a r 0 Tak ]We will start you right on which we will pay 4% The Banl D. C. Scott, President. F W. Fairey, Cashier. Wm. W. 11 1 THE PEOPI FURS A H. A. MILL I Wedding Presen i From a $1.50 Sterling Silver f i, Don't forget the ever so po | EICH C" !Our stock of Glass has neve present Also a large line of C-A.I3T7 in Sterling, Pearl, CLOCKS / A visit to oar store will ps S. TTXOl: * QUALIT L; 257 King St^ - ^ | watcF For Southern Railway. Ge J | Charleston Con 1 W. C. HEMINGWAY, President Bank of Cap Hemirt FARMERS! W< you with your crops your needs now. Cc over with our Presid I do for you. X Tobacco Planters c x Dear sirs:-Brir X and get the high do) Q make our stable yoin O number of hitch stall 0 they last, and while 0 you outline of O Buggies, Su X Mowe 0 Harness, Rc X We will swap doll Q our line for cash or app V YOURS 0 Williamsburg 1 X Thot. McCutchen, Mgr. ; - lto save o tank. | >rick schemes. 1 n?. s a "good fellow." i j nan. || e care of your health Q . $1.00 will open an account upcompounded every three months. , k of Kingstree * J. A. kelley.Vice Pres. N. D. LeseSse, Asst. Cashier. Barr, Jr., Teller. 31 II IC LE'S MARKET] MICE FRESH MEATS, AND FRESH *ISH ON HAND DAILY JSID HIDES ?R, PROPRIETOR i ts to Suit Everybody, I Sugar Spoon to a $600 Chest of Silver. 1 pular CTT G-LASS. I r before been so large and varied as at ^ TTTGr SETS Buckhorn and Ivory Handles. % kND BRONZES. | iy you before purchasing elsewhere. Z 6cCO., Y JEWELERS, I - - Charleston, S. C. | I INSPECTORS | orgetown and Western Railroad and son da ted Street Railroad. 2 i. *. DOYLE, Ctslitr . Hemingway ital $15,000 t gway, S. C. i are in a position to assist this year. Let us know >me in and talk the matter ent, and see what we can 8 CXXOOOOOOOOOOOOj if Williamstiurg County: X 1 g your tobacco to Kingstree X Jar for same, and while here Q r headquarters. We have a ? 3, which are yours as long as 8 here we will be glad to show 0 irreys, Wagons, 0 rs, Rakes, X jibes, Whips,&c. 5 I are with vnu on anything in ci roved paper. Come to see us. fi \ TO PLCASt, X jive Stock Company, 0 K1NGSTREE, S. C. X 1 - \t ' ...... and nearly a total loss, but the worst of 1 all is, they carried no insurance. This could not happen to you if you were Insure d against Fire in one of our reliable companies. When , you learn how small a sum is required | to Dav the Dremium on a policy for one year, you surely ought never to take the chance of the troubles of this poor family. i Kingstree Insurance, Real Estate & LoanCo | R. N. Speigner. Manager. FIRE!' 1866 1913. i I am pleased to ;] announce to my old ] patrons and the ] puuiic at large tnac i After the lOth in at. m I will be fully pre- fl pared to carry on t| the practice of * DENTISTRY J in all its departments. ,.| Call on me if you -i; want * First Class WorK i at ij # Prices to Stilt. rii vjiiiMcyii Otflct ow 6anble & Jacobs' Drag Store, Oppositt Hi Rictri Offln. 9.7-tf WATTS & WATTS < THE KIN6STREE JEWELERS t We keep on hand every- j thing to be found in an j up-to-date jewelry house J Repairing and engraving i done with neatness and 1 despatch. : As home ? m dealers, guaranteeing fi quality and prices, ' fl| We Solicit Your Patronage. H Near til* Railroad Station. H I^WANTCDr'lJ i r? rminiv I nnrln II | Miming LdisUo !|| Owners desir-1 1 || ing to^sell farm | 1 :| or timber lands-LJ i; apply to || J I J. D. GILLAND, | fl i o 91 Attorne7<at*Law, X M ; | HING5TREE, 8. C. o fl I Iclo nf Oolitic ic Pollinir Vihi* tfl Iioioui i anno id uaiuiig iuu |;|j ^1.95 to Isle of Palms or^B Sullivan's Island, tickets on | H sale Sundays, limited torfcjH reach Kingstree returning Tuesday midnight following %Wm date of sale. Via the Atlantic Coast Line, "ThtStiodirl.RiilroiJ of tki Sovf^ i M t. c. white, t !j CPA, Wilmington. N C. f t. e. baggett, I fl 6~S-t9-ll Ticket Agent, Kingitree, SC. | RHICHESTER S PILLS * g-v T1IK DIAMOND DltAND. A ' WwML jj*1114 '? K*4 tad 41*14 mrtJl]|c\V/ a sTM t '!*- *-**.**+J*~ Rlbboa. w ft" g tes^sassfais&y A* W.7wnkaovaMB?t.S^M,AlMy*K3(Ma r SOU ET BRKKHSTS EVTmWBS