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1^ ) ?|je Cinmtn lleftirt. If YOI XXVII KISGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1914, NO. 50 p ? Everything in Good Hi carry nothing but the best: . , munition, Guns, Sporting C Farm Implements that are * ?-?Coffins and Casket < i i ? TO OUR we wish to announce ti take orders for Flues. We have just recer you need. We have the most < ever carried in Kingstn I WILLIAM! k II t (30,000 FOR TICK I ERADICATION ALLOWED BY HOUSE OF REPRESEI'TATIVES IN APPROPRIATION BILL. Columbia, February 10:?me House worked to-night until after 11 o'clock and passed the general appropriation bill. It did a most ; remarkable thing in passing the bill in toto without the reduction of an ^atem as reported by the Ways and 'Jfeans committee, except to disallow r suggested payment of $5,000 ** ^br the Todd and Benson plans for 1 k State House improvements. The V# astounding testimonial to the work > W of Chairman Dick and his associates was that there was but one roll call, and that on the Todd-Benson claim, on the hundreds of items contained ilKhe bill as reported. The only change in the bill as reported and ' as passed was an increase of $50 for ? harrl-worked Journal clerk and the disallowance of the claim for '* the State House plans. Cattle tick eradication got its $30,000 without even a division vote, so did the Industrial Home, at Florence, get its new building,and there was not a suggested attack on an item in the Medical College appro? priatioii. The House, at the instance cf Mr James, voted $45,000 as a supplementary contingent fund for support of the rural schools of the State. The fund is to be expended under direction of the State board of health. The first fight came on the allowance of $25,000 for the establishment of a tuberculosis hospital. The hospital won without a roll call. The House also allowed a $10,000 encampment fund for its militia, the University, Winthrop, the Citadel, tbe cobred college, and all got exwhat the Ways and Means k committee recommended, v There was not a flutter on the P items for interest on public debt, r elections, legislative expenses or engrossing department. There was |B not even a suggestion of amending or trimming the item for the Medial' ical College of South Carolina. The M allowance was $34,800. The miscellaneous items hummed merrily along until the fourteenth item was reached. This read "for eradication of cattle tick, $30,000. Mr Fcrtner moved to cut this out.! t* Dp Sturkie wished the fund used to ' eradicate hog cholera as well as cattle tick. Mr Hardin opposed! &-dilating money for tick eradication. I The farmers, he declared, do not ^ V want this appropriation and all that he saw is to make a few salaried jobc^ Mr White, of Clarendon, said j ^ be was in quarantined territory, but1 had never seen a cattle tick. He! .saw no use in spending this fund.! | /Mr Rittenberg, of Charleston, favori ed voting $30,000 for the tick fund 1 and felt that it would be a good inf vestment for the State. Mr Gasque, jt r HARDW/ irdware. It is most importan in Hardware. If you are in n loods, Stoves, Heaters, Glass i real friends to the farmer, renr ?| King 1 > vx#Tr\#vxrir\#nrA ?'v\*rvx#Tr? "nr^ t'VAJnrvJ v FRIENDJ iat we have bought our Call and leave yours now a /ed a car of LIME and C complete line of HARDV ee. 5BURG HA1 KA-i/v-WvWv^v4iv-Ov-WvH*V^>V~3w/v^5vi ?? of Florence, and Mr Bethea, of Dil-; Ion, both heartily favored the appropriation for the tick eradication. Mr Lee, of Bishopville, wanted the cattle tick fund allowed because it would lead to better things and bring ideal farm conditions. As a money proposition it would pay the State to allow this fund. Mr Fortner said there were people starving and the only good he could see would be to establish good, fat < jobs. He argued it would be better ' to give this money to the schools. i Mr Ashley, of Anderson, said i taxes were too high. He offered . advice for a home remedy against cattle tick. This fund would do no good to any one. He advised cot- < ton seed oil and sassafras as a sure cure against cattle tick and hog lice, i He thought it foolish to show that farmers themselves couia not tnemselves handle the tick situation. Mr Liles said the cattle tick cost this State a millon dollars a year. He explained that this was the only really important thing in the bill for the farmers. The money would be matched by the Federal Government. The House retained the item of $30,000 for tick eradication without even a division vote. The House also refused to strike out various other agriculture items. Mr Fortner wanted a roll call on the item of one thousand dollars. Ten members would not second his call and the House voted the one thousand dollars for the Colored State Fair. The House killed Mr Warren's amendment to cut the cattle tick 1 fund from $30,000 to $5,000. 1 Mr James wanted to provide a 5 new item by allowing $45,000 as a < contingent fund to be used for the i better support a rural schools, which ] was adopted. Mr Stanley favored the amendment. Mr Kibler said the bill carried all the common schools could absorb under present conditions. Mr Friday called the ayes and nays, and for the first time the roll was called on a proposition to add an entirely new item to the bill, and one that had not been considered by the committee. Mr McDonald moved to cut out the $5,(>00 reported in favor of the Todd and Benson plans for the State House improvements. Mr Blackwell and Mr Lumpkin insisted that the State certainly owed something for the plans, and the $5,000 allowed was a compromise. Mr McDonald's amendment to strike out $5,000 for the Todd-Benson plans was adopted?59 to 29?and the House disallowed the claim. Shortly before 12 o'clock the bill passed to third reading. Hymeneal. Married?By P M Brockinton, , Probate Judge, at his residence on ( Sunday, February 15, at 4 o'clock j p. m., Miss Mae Viola Hanna to Mr j James Duncan Barrineau, both of ] Kingstree. < HRE TALI t to select the best Hardware eed of anything in Shelf Har md Crockeryware, Enamelw lember the "Peepull" with th C \/ C M T L_ V La I ^ I fstree H; Wholesale and 5 AND PA TOBACCO FLUE II nd prevent any delay whei EMENT and can serve /ARE and FARM IM1 RDWARE O BREEZY BUDGETTROM LIVE LAKE CITY. FUN, FACT, FADS AND FANCIES FURBISHED UP FOR OUR FOLK. I Lake City, February 17:?A series of forgeries and the forger brought to justice was the sad climax of a 3ordid drama in real life yesterday afternoon, when Nick Eaddy, alias J M Williams, alias J M Daniels, waa identified by Mr J C Bazen of Bostick, and also by a prominent merchant of this place, as the party who had mulcted them through a 3ystem of fraudulent checks issued by Eaddy, drawn on The Farmers & Merchants Bank of Johnsonville, a branch of The Farmers & Merchants Bank, of this place. The first intimation of this shady work was gained when, on the first instant, checks and statements were returned by the bank; the fraudulent signature was exposed and action immediately taken, and a Pinkerton Aan placed on the look-out. It seems that the first check, amounting to $35.00, was issued about a month ago; the second several days later for $55.00, and the last, the one through which "Daniel came J /vmam f '' moo nuAOAnfa/l f A fkn IAJ JUUgUlCUt, woo picocucvu I*' wilt; Farmers & Merchants Bank this afternoon to be cashed. The amount of this last check was $180.00. Mr Bond, assistant cashier, having recognized the negro, cashed the check merely as a ruse, and scarcely had the negro left the building before he was being shadowed by one of the clerks until a policeman arrived on the scene, immediately placing him under arrest and confining him in the '"public tavern" until today, when he will be transferred to more comfortable quarters. Further developments bring to light the fact that this fellow had "pulled one over" on a local live stock dealer, having made a mortgage over realty, in which he had no claim or right, thereby securing the purchase price of certain stock. Nick Eaddy. alias Daniels and Williams, is a arraduate of Allen University, Columbia, and a "professor" in the ' upper part of the county. He is i apparently a well educated negro, j and certainly has made use of his j ^duration. esDeciallv in the wav of, penmanship; but this time,as it happened,his clerkly skill was not quite 30 brilliant as his ideas. Your correspondent would respectfully cite this as an apt illustration with reference to the Fortner bill. (How about compulsory education??Editor The Record). Last Wednesday the board of1 commissioners consummated the j final s^eps in the matter of the elec-1 trie light plant, when the bids were considered from several reputable firms who had representatives here for that purpose. Lake City may oe a mighty small place on the map )f the Union, but it was surprising C NO. 1 F when in the market for such i dware, Sash, Doors, Lime, C are, Tinware, Nickel and Silv< e goods. UALLY ardware Retail Dealers. ?^^Ov-$Jv52vi5vSv5ArS*v-Gv"5>vOvOSAQ4 lTRONS I ION and are ready to ?g n the rush comes. ?5 ?mn with anu nnuntitv vQ JVM " ??v *1 5#> 3LEMENTS that was sj OMPANY. I to see how many of the largest electrical houses were on hand to put in a bid on this enterprise. Nothing i insignificant about the town, it seems, when it comes to monetary ) matters. The job will be completed and the plant ready for operation in May. Wiring has been commenced, poles hauled and other pre[liminary work preparatory to the I installation of the plant is visible. Tho fr?nm hoc nlnneH crnrhficp CUTIS in the business section and on main streets. The cans are neat in appearance and quite convenient. The description given by your correspondent of the city of Heinemann,together with his suggestions, has made me put aside frivolity, for the time being, and talk seriously, (but the young lady in question prefers anything, any kind of job, even the prospect of being a severe spinster, to that of taking an old widower. Why, a bachelor?because he is a man?is bad enough, but a a widower)! Whatever he intends to convey by the term "boodle," was lost before it reached your scribe. However, in trie event it mnant good, legal tender, lawful money, the mere fact that the owner thereof is an old widower has nothing at all to do with the proposition. But, isn't Heinemann a perfectly wonderful place? Just fancy, eating three meals a day! Whoever did such a perfectly unheard-of act? Sheer extravagance! This remark leads me to believe that the folk there really have luxuries unheard of here in Lake City. LBN. ISRAEL CAMPBELL CAUGHT. Arrested at Strawberry Saturday by Sheriff Graham. Israel Campbell, the negro who Saturday night,February 7,shot and mortally wounded Fannie Footman, a negro woman living on the premises of Mr Lex McClary of Gourdins, was captured Saturday at 1 I CI ;(T on,l I rurawuerry uv onciui. uiauam ouu lodged in jail here that evening. Campbell persistently denies shooting the woman, and upon his statement a warrant has been issued for the arrest of another negro man in 1 the neighborhood of Gourdins. The dying declaration of the woman implicated only Campbell, but it is evident that there are others who know something about the case. With the ! indictment of Campbell by the grand ] jury, there will be six murder cases1 for trial at the next term of the f court of general sessions, which con-! venes Monday. Five of these cases are against negroes. Farmers' Union Meeting. The Williamsburg County Farmers' Union will meet at Spring Bank j school house Friday, February 27, at 11 a.m. All local unions,whether or-1 gp.nized or not, are urged to send j delegations. W D Daniel, J T Frierson, Pres. j Sect'y. It The County Record, 71.00 a year. | OR 1914 terns. That brings you here,: ement, Plaster, Nails, Paints, erware, Cutlery, Bicycles, Etc. CO. I We Le fpROSP L No man ever saw prosperi ? through a bank account 1 is the man who looks ahe: } ture. He realizes that m( P tial if he intends to ris< f sum will open a bank ao f establishes credit. Good all things prosperous. 0 !oank to-day, and lay the The Bank Cades W. B. WILSON, V. 6. ARNE President Vice-Pi rra?j l THE PLAYI The Fano that anyone in the prices and easy terms. Let ou Samuel D. Carr.caAl on ? ou and sibilities of these instruments. SIE6LIN6 MUSIC HOUSE Samuel D. Carr, Kingitree, S. C., (Spe HE BANKED MIS BECAME A BUSINR YOU CAN DO THE You hear them say that "S His Name" his first start by U No! 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