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SUTTONS SITTINGS. News Items of Social Interest Briefly Paragraphed. Suttons, September 14:?We are glad to have again in our political atmosphere that quiet, restful peace which comes after many days of argument and excitement among our voters, whose absorbing thought seemed to be politics. Now the public burdens of South Carolina may be buried for awhile; so, "peace, be still." * Among those from here who went to Kingstree Thursday were Messrs W L Altman.R D and R E Blakeley. *?: I?I iVlISSfS UUUC3, ivuki! C441V* dye Hinnant, of this place, accompanied by their cousins, Misses Dora and Beulah Hinnant of Lake City, spent last Monday pleasantly with relatives and friends at Andrews. Mi and Mrs Jeff Shepherd and children of Georgetown were here for a few .days last week with Mrs Shepherd's sister, Mrs W D Byrdic. Mr Jess Catlett of Andrews was a caller here Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Mr and Mrs Grady Wiggins of Georgetown were guests of the latter's father. Mr Willie Altman, here a few days recently. A few of the folk around here went to Santee river Saturday fishing and squirrel hunting. They report a good time and I think had fairly good luck, as they brough(t home 136 fine s; srcimens of the finny tribe, also 12 of the frisky climbers. Mr J D Cooper was here, a few hours Saturday from Georgetown. Hon S A Graham and Mr S Gamble were pleasant visitors in this section last Monday. Mr R E Blakeley had business in f Georgetown Friday. Pou and \frs WO Henderson vis ' " ~ ited here Friday and Saturday. This winter-like weather for the * past few days has caused some of our folk to be sitting up to big fires. Good thing "Poor Boy" doesn't have to buy his wood. Mr and Mrs Wyatt Lewis of Lake City visited near here Saturday and Sunday. One of Mr and Mrs D Griffin's children has been very ill for some time. We hope to learn soon of its convalescence. Several of the young folk around about are making preparations to % retprn to school. Poor Boy. No Registration During October. Citizens of South Carolina who are not already provided with registration certificates will have.it appears, no further opportunity of qualifying themselves to participate in the gen erai election or tms year. The law provides that registration shall cease 30 days before a general election. The general election takes place on the "Tuesday after the first Monday" in November, which this year is the 3d. The several county boards of registration ordinarily sit at the court houses on the first Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in each month, but the first Monday in October of this year will be the 5th, which is less than the prescribed 30 days before the general election. ine qualifications iorsuirrage are set forth in Section 4,Article 2, Constitution of 1895, as follows: "The qualifications for suffrage shall be as follows: Residence in the State two years, in the county one year,in the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote, four months.and the payment six months before any election of any poll tax then due and payable: Provided, That ministers in charge of an authorized church and teachers of public schools shall be entitled to vote after six months' residence in the State, if otherwise qualified."? me State. m m t h lard of Thanks. To the Democratic Voters of Williamsburg County:? It is with pleasure that I thank you for the liberal support which you gave me in both primaries for the House of Representatives. My home precinct gave *me 109 votes out of 111. This I accept as an especial compliment and for which I shall feel a lasting gratitude. Yours respectfully, ltp John H Pratt, M D. ? BENSON BRIEFS. A Variety of News of Local In* terest. Benson, September 15:?Since the election is over Everybody seems satisfied on that point in this locality and folk are moving along the even tenor of their way regardless of the friendly rivalry in their choice of the numerous office aspirants. The European war situation is the absorbing thought that is torturing one's brain to solve?the problem of paying our obligations with cotton when the staple crop is depressed to the lowest figures. We heard of a man who a few uays ago rose from his slumber early in the morning and with a repeating gun fired shot after shot. A neighbor hurried to the scene and inquired what the trouble meant. The belligerent said: "I am giving it to those 'damn Germans!' " With one more formidable ally added we predict a speedy cessation of hostilities. A beautiful and impressive baptismal ceremony was observed Sunday afternoon at Black river. After the accustomed services on the bank I of the river, the candidates for immersion were escorted slowly into the flowing stream and then the j pastor, Kev W E Hurt, or ueaar Grove church, administered the rfte of baptism. , After the close of the meetings held by both the Presbyterians and Baptists of this neighborhood protracted services will begin at Cedar Swamp Methodist church Sunday afternoon, September 20. Mr J Hugh Tisdale returned yesterday from Rock Hill, where he spent several days having the "time of his life." He says he went to visit an alfalfa farm. Ask Joe Alsbrook for further information about this leguminous forage. Mr and Mrs D H McCroy from Jfardeeville are visitors at tl?e home of Mr and Mrs G 0 Epps. , / Mr and Mrs John Cunningham are spending some time visiting in O ran c^hnrc. Miss Beth McGill left Monday for Louisburg, North Carolina, to attend school the ensuing term. Miss Lula McCullough, a v'~fer of Mr J S MeCullough, of this place, has beea quite sick, but has improved considerably. With this exception the health of this community has been remarkably good. WES. Miss Roberta McAulay Dead. Woodruff, September 12:?Miss Roberta McAulay died at Charlotte August 29. She had been confined to her bed since May, but was not thought dangerously ill till six weeks hefnre her Heath when it was thought best to carry her to a hospital. In a Charlotte sanitorium she gradually grew worse until the end. Miss McAulay was born at Statesville, N C, the daughter of Melvina Grier and Neill McAulay. Soon after her birth her parents moved to Coddle Creek, where jier childhood was spent. About 25 years ago she, with two sisters and a brother, Rev R H McAulay, came to Woodruff to make her home. She was closely related to the Livingstons and Alexander H Stephens of Georgia and was a woman of fine intelligence and noble character. For 16 years she was postmaster at Woodruff. During her. administration the salary increased from $300 to $1,400 per year and five rural routes and free city delivery were established. Being a child of the covenant, she joined the church at an early age and was an earnest worker. Of a modest, retiring disposition, she never sought prominence, but never shrank from duty. She and a sister raised three orphan children?Dr ?Rea of Bryan, Tex, Mrs Sam Kilgore, of this place, and Mrs John Rollins of Lake City. One sister, Miss Essie McAulay of Woodruff, and a brother, W W McAulay of Walhalla, survive her.? The State. How To Give Quinine To Children. FEBRILINE is the trade-mark name given to an improveid Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas-ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it and never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who cannot take ordinary Qumine. Does not nauseate nor cause nervousness nor ringing: in the head. Try it the next time you need Quinine (or any purpose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The name FEBRILINE is blown in bottle. 25 cents. Notice of Sale for Partition. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG, Court of Common Pleas. Caroline Brown, Plaintiff, vs Sabie Gilliard, Gus Johnson, Gourdin Mercantile Company, a corporation duly chartered and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of South Carolina and Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation, a corporation duly chartered and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of South Carolina Defendants. xvonce is nereDV given mat, unuer ! and by virtue of the decretal order in ; the above entitled action made and renI dered by his Honor, Judge John S Wil1 son, in the Court of Common Pleas for the said county, on the ? day of June, 1914, I, the undersigned Clerk of Court of Common Pleas of and for Williamsburg County, will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, before the Court House door in Kingstree, South Carolina, between the legal hours of sale, on the 5th day of October, A D.1914, the same being salesday, the following described tract of land, towit: "All that certain piece,parcel or tract of land lying, being and situate in buttons township, Williamsburg county, in the State of South Carolina, containing fifty (50) acres, more or less, butting and bounding as follows: On the North by lands of C M Hinds; on the East by laiiUS IJUW UI lUIIilCIlJ ui J.U1I1 VTIOUOIII, on the South by lands formerly of the estate of Deveaux; and on the West by lands of Humor Murrill. All of which will more fully appear by reference to a plat of said tract made on the second day of October, A D, 1872, by Sam P Mathews; thfe same being the tract of land conveyed by E W Ferris to Charles Brown by deed dated January 17, 1877, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Williamsburg Coynty in Book 'N' at page 775." Purchaser to pay for papers. H 0 Britton, Clerk of Court for Williamsburg County. 9-17-3t Notice of SaleSTATE OF >OUTH CAROLINA, county of williamsburg, Court of Common Pleas. L J Cook. Plaintiff, against M V Cox, Defendant. decree for sale in foreclosure. Notice is hereby given. That, under n w/I kt* tfintiiA rt f a /-!/-*/ ? ieoila/1 Ant A f anu u y viuuc ui o uccicc isoucu vuv ui the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Williamsburg in the above entitled action, bearing date the 17th day of June, 1914, to me directed. I will sell to the highest bidder, for cash, before the Court House door in the Town of Kingstree, County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, on the fifst Monday inOctober,1914, the same being the 5th day of said month, during the legal hours of sale, the following tract of land, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying, being and situate in Johnson township, county and State aforesaid, containing sixty acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: North bv land of E B Newell; East by land of f1 Poston; South by run of Muddy Creek; West by public highway known as the Stage Road, running from Florence to Georgetown, said tract of land being j a. ? i* it / *? l.. r d vr~ ii conveyeu 10 ai v l-ua uy ci d mcwcu, January 20, 1913. H 0 liRITTON, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for W illiamsburg County. September 15, 1914. 9-17-3t Notice of Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG, Court of Common Pleas. LeRov Lee. Plaintiff, against H J McKenzie ana J N McKenzie, Defendants. DECREE.FOR SALE IN FORECLOSURE. Notice is hereby given. That, under and by virtue of a decree issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Williamsburg in the above entitled action, bearing date the 17th day of June, 1914, to me directed, I will sell to the highest bidder, for cash, before the Court House dnor in the Town of Kingstree, County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, on the first Monday in October, 1914, the same being the 5th day of said month, during the legal hours of sale, the following tract of land, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying, being and situate in the County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, measuring and containing by actual survey one hundred fifty-four (154) acres, more or less, and bounded on 1 the North by lands of T D McKenzie; on the East by lands of the estate of W J Godwin; on the South by lands of Marshall Floyd; and on the West by lands of W H Kinder; the same being the tract of land conveyed to H J McK< nzie by Marshall Floyd by deed dated the 28th day of November, 1908, and re- , corded in the office of the Clerk of | Court of Williamsburg County, in Book , "A-4", at page 460. , H 0 Britton, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Williamsburg County. September 15, 1914. 9-17-3 . Notice to Creditors All persons having claims against the estate of James R Tanner, deceased, are requested to present the same, duly attested, to the undersigned, and those indebted to said estate are requested to settle same at once. F E Huggins, C B Crihb, 9 17-3tp Executors. Trespass NoticeAll persons* are hereby warned aguir.s? trespassing in any manner whatsoever upon the estate of the late Mary E Gibbons. Violators of this notice will be prosecuted at law. 9-l7-3t J P Gibbons. Despondency Is often caused by indigestion and constipation, and quickly disappears ] when Chamberlain's Tablets are! taken. For sale by all dealers. marks q ^ nit$ ttu ^ samelx Voixi ?????? I Hollow; BIG BRIC Lake Ci sold on their openi and fifty-one thou (151,702 lbs.) of to 35c per pound. .This is not on! made in the State, by a warehouse si known to South C than all the other | Four hundred to four hundred a farmers that we h our floors will com your tobacco is at I house, where L. 0 on the sales biddir the farmers' inter I come to see us anc HOLLOW BIG B Lake City, Estate Notice. The creditors of the estate of . Annie H Kennedy, deceased, are hereby notified to render to the undersigned at Kingstree, S C, or to LeRoy Lee, her attorney, at Kingstree, S C, an account of their demands,duly attested, and all persons indebted to said estate are notified to make payment to the undersigned. Lyde N Kennedy, Kingstree, S C. Administratrix. September 10, 1914. 9-10-3t Executor's Notice. All persons having claims against the estate ^f Eli Patrick, deceased, will present the same, duly attested, to the undersigned for payment, and all persons indebted to said estate will make payment to him. Thomas B Patrick. b-17-3tp Executor, j Registration Notice. 1 The ollice of the Supervisor of Re^-; istration will be open on the 1st Monday in each month for the purpose of! registering any person who is quali-. fied a? follows: Who shall have been a resident of , the State for two years, and of the county one year, and of the polling pre- j cinct in which the elector offers to i vote four months before the day of election, and shall have paid, sij months before, any poll tax then due and payable, and who can both read i and write any section of the constitu- ! tion of 1895 submitted to him by the : Supervisors of Registration, or who j can show that he owns, and has paid ! all taxes collectible on during the 1 present year, ptoperty in this State assessed at three hundred dollars 01 more. H A M EVER, C.lerk of Board For Weakness and Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria and builds up the system. A true tonic and sure Appetizer. For adults and children. 30c. i com of zuxomplishtnent' bez f^rtt and honest labor. Ik :nou$hbr<zd ted to pass tht 'ainitiA as eoery omerycat k. OtReritfise he vOoulb h *. ? ?% to run a^ood racer r&ank&ccoimt u)ill Arc .t, ^pcrset)criti^-p<?rst5tent EE NEE BA KINCSTREE, S. C. ay & I ?v ii7 A nru .IV VYAIVEilJ t ity, ing sale last Wedr sand, seven hundr ibacco, at prices : y the largest openii , but it is the larg nee the tobacco arolina. On this warehouses in Lak and seventy-two nd seventy-two ( iave ever seen. A vince you that th Holloway & Bowe . Holloway and G. lg on your tobaccc ests at all times. 1 meet your friend AY & RICK WAREI I f en^rTi !OV/iTll^ 1 J We Always Offer It was BLUE Bi: NC Butterflies, Butterfl ' | THE LATE: f Call and See The; S. THOlv! . QUALITY , | 257 King St., i Headquarters for Standard Jewel ?? REPAIR WORK DON] ^ Mail Orders Receive Cf Also Highest Cash THE PEOPL H. A. MILLE Bowen's [OUSE AT I S. C. j lesday one hundred 1 ed and two pounds I ranging from 4c to ng tobacco sale ever est sale ever made industry has been J day. we sold more " e City combined. J 'l checks were given )f the best pleased l trial load sold on e best place to sell in's Big Brick Ware1 R. Bowen are both j > and looking after 4 It will pay you to .s here at | BOWEN'S HOUSE South Carolina ' BBaagaaiMM in IWM ?a? flING NEW! | the Latest^ Novelties. | RD, then KEWPIES, IW IT IS J g lies, Butterfly Brooches, jflj ST NOVELTIES. m or Write an Order. < j IAS&CO., I! J JEWELERS, o I CHARLESTON, S. C. \ \ 1 ry, Clocks, Watches, Wedding Presents <j E BY EXPERT WORKMEN. I ireful and Intelligent Attention. J I AM PAYING c Gross Weight Ij >r Good Cattle, 11 Prices for Cow Hides. II E'S MARKET I :r, proprietor fa