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| Professional Cards. || Dr. R. C. : M { 1 Dental Surgeon, Office in Hirsch building, over Kingstree Drug Co's. 8-28-tf Dr. R. J. McCABE DENTIST, KINGSTREE, , S. C Office in McCabe Building, next to Court House. ^ M.D. NESMITH, DENTIST, Lake City, S. C W. L. TAYLOR DENTIST, Office over Dr W V Brock) tigton's Store, KINGSTRCC, - S.C. ' 5-21-tf. 1866 ? ! 191* A. M. SNIDER, SURGEON DENTIST. Over Gamble & Jacobs' Drug Store. f J. DeS. Gilland | Attorney-at-Law I Second Floor Masonic Temple Florence, S. C. Beflj. MclNNES, M. R.C. V. S. ? ' - "-ivwcc m n V m n B. K.aier ???. l>., t ..... ? VETERINARIANS. One of us will be at Kingstree the first Monday in each month, at Heller's Stables. 9-28-tf '' Vjv KINGSTREE s Lodge, No. 46 v /SpA A. F.M., meets Thursday before full moon each | month. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. R W Fulton, W M. M B Thomas. Sec. 2-27-ly min?w iially invited to come xTil^J nn *n<1 ?it on a stum or hang about on the R W Fulton, i 7 l i Hi. Con Con.. f , Look! Listen! I Something New ?Kingstree I T.J. Pendergrass I has just opened up a new ; 5c and lOc | v I Dh.FAKlMfc.INl 51UKL I' I Don't fail to call and see I I them when you come to & I town. We have the greatest J values at 5c and 10c that *1 ever struck Kingstree. W NET cash our only terms in this de- | partment. Pendergrass Bros. Co. Kingstree, - S. G 'Phone 14. Undressed Lumber. I always have on hand a lot of undressed lumber (board and framing) at my mil) near Kingstree. for sale at the lowest price for good material. See or < write me for further information, etc. F. H. HODGE. II \ _ mmmmm?mmmm Have Yon Visited the White Barber Shop? If Not, Why? Polite and prompt atten- R tion by competent artists I ! The Sanitary Barber Shop 8 i 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 short notice. ? COTTON!] i ! ===== j i Insure your Cotton with i us this fall Wecanpro- : tect you in the largest and best Companies in America. i W. H. WELCH, Manager Kingstree Ins., Real Estate & Loan 1 Co., - Kingstree, SX | i I (>j CYPRESS j . SASH j \ DOORS ; ^ ni t*tr\p i BL1PILO ( a ^ 4* j ^ & 1 % i MOULDINGS vfp* i } AND ] ; MILLWORK i j I Epps' Market! All meats bought and sold \ for cash. Don't ask for i creditEpps' MarKet Cr. Academy CCb Mill Sts. I; i i mil?mi LIGHfNINlTROOS. h. l. whitlock, I?nlt? Citjr, S. C., j^trS Special Sales Agent f .. Representing the largest manofacturers of all kinds Im--JTOX. proved Copper and Galvanized Section Rods. < Endorsed by SISi&. 1 the Highest Scientific Au thoritiea and Fire Insurance Companies). Puru Copper Wire =j Cables, all sizes. Our Full Cost Pljly ^ T= Guarantee given with each job. WiTrummaI I sell on close margin of profit, dividing commission witb mv customers. S-7-tf WATTS'JEWELRY STORE KINGSTREE, S. C. I keep on hand every- , thing to be found in an up-to-date jewelry house Repairing and engraving done with neatness and despatch. : As a home, dealer, guaranteeing quality and prices, I Solicit Your Patronage. j Near the Railroad Station. ^^K=-55=S HHS5aS5 1 THE BAHEV-LEBBY CQ i \$t^PJJ3BEP I r POOF/NO \ CHARLESTON. S.C. ! Registration Notice. The otfice of the Supervisor of Rt> - I istration will be 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 oi 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 due and payable, and who can both read and write any section of the constitution of 1895 submitted to him by the Supervisors of Registration, or who can show that he owns, and has paid all taxes collectible on during the present year, pioperty in this State assessed at three hundred dollars or more. H A Meyer, Clerk of Board | Legal Advertisements. | Clerk's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG. Court of Common PJeas. R Harrel Graham, Plaintiff, vs Prince McClam, Defendant Notice is hereby given, That, pursuant to an order issued out of the Court of Common Pleas for Williamsburg County, in the case stated above, bearing date November 30, 1914. and signed by his Honor, II F Rice.presiding Judge, and upon the request of Arrowsmith & Whitehead, Plaintiff's Attorneys, I will sell to the highest bidder,in front of the Court House door at Kingstree, S C, during the usual hours of sale, on Monday, the 4th day of January, 1915, the saiy being salesday, the following descrroed tract of land, to-wit: "All that certain piece, parcel and plan canon 01 lanu lying, uemg <&uu situate iu the county and State aforesaid, measuring and containing fifteen (15) acres, and bounded as follows, to wit: North bv [anas of Prince McClara; South by lands ?f Jeffrey McClam; East by lands of ; Prince McClam and West by lands of Wesley McClam. Same being a part of the tract of land upon which I now ive." Upon purchaser's failure to comply 1 promptly with his bid I will re-sell the [ tame on the same or the next convenent salesday at the risk and expense of mch defaulting bidder, without further idvertisement Terms of sale: Cash,purchaser to pay ?or papers. H 0 Britton, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for bounty of Williamsburg. December 1, 1914. , 12-10-3t Clerk's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG, Court of Common Pleas. S W Young, Plaintiff, vs Mary McKenzie, Defendant. ( Notice is hereby giver., That, pursuant to an order issuing out of the Court >f Common Pleas for Williamsburg bounty, in the case stated above, bearng date November 30. 1914, and signed oy his Honor, H F Rice.presiding Judge, and upon request of Arrowsmith & Whitehead, plaintiff's Attorneys, I will sell at public auction to the highest oidder.in front of the Court House door at Kingstree, S C. during the usual hours of sale, on Monday, the 4th day of January, 1915, the same being salesday, the following described tract of land, to wit: "All that certain tract of land situate in the county and State aforesaid, containing eighty-six ,(86! acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands of Joseph Parker and the Clarendon and Williamsburg county line; on the East by lands of J C Young; on the South by lands of Marion Floyd, and on the West by lands of Parker and estate of Solomon Floyd." Upon purchaser's failure to comply u:_ u:j T ??11 ?-v,0 promptly witu ins uiu, x win lc-ac. w.v. same on tqe same or the next convenient sales day, at the risk and txpense of such defaulting bidder, without further advertisement. Terms of sale, Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. H 0 Hritton, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Williamsburg County. 12-10-3t December 1, 1914. Tax Notice. The tax books will be open for collection of taxes for year 1914 on the 15th day of October, inst. Tax levy as follows: For State 6 mills Ordinary County 44 Roads ...1 " Chaingang and Bridges 1 44 Const School 3 44 Court House and Jail % *' A tax of 50c on dogs. For High School at Kingstree 2 '4 44 retiring bonds " " 2 44 14 44 44 at Greelyville 4 44 44 44 schl bds at Cades 3 ,4 44 4 4 bds annexed territory County & Court House 1)... '4 All parties between the ages of 21 and 60 years,inclusive, are liable, unless exempted by law, to a poll tax of $1.00, also to a commutation tax of $2.00. Levy for special school districts are as follows: Nos 2, 6. 8, 32, 34, 40,45, 47 and 25-2 mills. No 31?3 mills. Nos 19, 26. 28, 29.36.37.39.41.42.43,46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53,55,56,59.11.13,14.16 and 22?4 mills. No 23?12 mills. No 24?6 mills. No 27-7 44 Nos 12 and 15?8 mills. Upon all unpaid taxes after December 31 a penalty of 1% will be added for January. 1% for February and 5% to 15th day of March next, after which the books will be closed and executions issued upon all unpaid taxes. Those who desire to pay their taxes through the mail may expedite matters by dropping the Treasurer a card asking tor me amount ui men uuu, u to avoid sending the wrong amount,also stating the township or townships (if property is owned in more than one) and if possible give school district where property is located. After paying taxes examine your receipts and see if all your property is covered; if not, see about it at once. By following the above suggestions complications and additional cost may be avoided. J Wesley Cook, 10-8-tl2-31 County Treasurer. Notice of Final Discharge Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of January. A D, 1915, I will apply to P M Brockinton,-fudge of Probate of Williamsburg County, for Letters Dismissory as Administrator of W E Wheeler, deceased. H A Wheeler, l2-10-4tp Administrator. December 5,1914. The self-made man often has a high opinion of the value of his pt oduct. Notice of SaleSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG. Court of Common Pleas. LeRoy Lee. Plaintiff, against H J McKenzie and J N McKenzie, Defendants. I'ECREE 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 Wghest bidder, for cash, before the Court House door in the Town of Kingstree, County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, on the first Monday in January, 1915, the same being the 4th day of said month, during the legal hours of sale, the following tract of land, to-wu: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lvincr. beincr and situate in the County of Williamsburg,State of South Carolina, measuring and containing by actual survey one hundred and fifty-four (154) acres, more or less, and bounded on tne 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 McKenzie by Marshall Floyd by deed dated the 28th day of November, 1908, and recorded 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. December 17. 1914. 12-17-3t Foreclosure Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, county of william burg. Nell F Gilland, Plaintiff, against Benjamin J Singletary, Defendant. Under and bv virtue of the decretal order issued herein by his Honor, Judge H F Rice, dated November 30, 1914, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash before the Court House door in Kingstree, S C, on January 4, 1915, the same being salesday, during the legal hours of sale, the following described lot of land, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land lying, being and situate in the Town of Kingstree, County and State aforesaid, measuring and containing Fifty Three Hundred and Forty (5,340) square feet, bounded North by land now or formerly of Edwin Harper; East and West by lands of Sarah Bvrd and South by lands of D C Scott, which said lot was conveyed to the said B J Singletary by Sarah Byrd by deed dated March 23, 1909. recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court in Hook "A-5" of Conveyances at page 108, this said lot being in shape and form a parallelogram measuring in width sixty feet and in length eighty-nine feet. Purchaser to pay for papers. 12-17-3t G J Graham, SheriiF of Williamsburg County. Kingstree. S C, December 16, 1914. Clerk's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG. Court of Common Pleas. Ella F Jones, Plaintiff, vs Andrew Eaddy and W E Severance, as Trustee of the Estate of J S Lynch, in Bankruptcy, Defendants. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to an order issuing out of the Court of Common Pleas for Williamsburg, county, in the case above stated, bearing date the 11th day of December, 1914, and signed by His Honor John S Wilson, and unon request of Arrowsmith & Whitehead, plaintiff's attorneys, I will sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder, in front of the court house door, at Kingstree, S C, during the usual hours of sale, on Monday, the 1st day of February, 1915, the same being sales day, the following described tract of land, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying, being and situate in the county of Williamsburg, and State of South Carolina, containing seventy-five S5) acres, and bounded as follows, on e North by lands of the W C MacMurphy Co; on the East by lands of J B Dukant and J W Johnston; on the South by lands of the W C M icMurphy Co, and on the West by lands of L B and Mrs B Roper, being the tract of land conveyed by Ella F Jones to said Andrew Eaddy, by deed dated the 20th day of December, A D 1909. Upon purchaser's failure to comply promptly with his bid, I will re-sell the same on the same or the next convenient sales day, at the risk and expense of such defaulting bidder, without further advertisement. Terms of sale: Cash. Purchaser to pay ior papers. HO Britton, Clerk of Court of C P for Williamsburg County. Kingstree, S C, December 15, 1914. 12-17-3t NoticeAll persons having claims against the estate of C B Matthews.deceased, will present the same to the undersigned, duly verified, and all persons indebted to the said estate will make payment to j me. R T Flagler, 12-17-3t Administrator. J Notice of Final Discharge Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of January, A D. 1915, at 12 o'clock,noon, I will apply to P M Brockinton, Judge of Probate of Williamsburg County, for Letters Dismissory as general guardian of the persons and estates David K and Maggie A Johnson. Daniel I Johnson, 12-10-4t Guardian. Special Noticeannual meeting of auditing hoard. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the Auditing Board will be held on the first Thursday after the first Monday in January, 1915. All persons having claims against the county are required to present the same before said date. J N Hammet, 12-24-2t Chairman Auditing Beard. Auditor's Notice. 1 I For the purpose of taking tax returns j for the year 1915, the Auditor's office will be open from January 1 to February 20. The law requiring a penalty of fifty per cent upon ail returns made after the above dates will be strictly enforced. All purchases and sales of real estate, personal property, polls, commutation tax and dog tax must be returned. All males between the age of 21 and 60 years, inclusive, are liable to Poll and Commutation tax. I or my agent will be at the following place*! on days mentioned for the purpose of taking returns: J API UAA X J L Gowdy's store, 15 Cades, 16 Salters, 19 Gourdin's, 20 Suttons, 21 Trio, 22 Greelyville, 28 and 29 February. Rome, 1 Johnsonville (between trains), 2 and 3 Hemingway (between trains), 3 and 4 Nesmith (between trains), 4 and 5 Andrews (between trains), 5 and 6 Cedar Swamp, 8 Bloomingvale. 9 Morrisvflle, 10 Bartell's store, 16 J J B Montgomery, 12-17-2-18 County Auditor. Notice of Sale for Foreclosure. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG. Court of Common Pleas. The Bank of Klngstree, a Corporation duly chartered and existing by and under the laws of the State of South Carolina, Plaintiff, against Weary McGill, Samuel McGill, Ida McClary, William Seward, John Seward, Anna Seward, Mary Seward, Edward Brown, Alfred McGill, Alfred Scott, Joe Haywood Scott, the unknown heirs of Louis McGill, Jr, deceased, F Rhem and D D Rhem, copartners trading under the firm name of F Rhem & Sons, J W Lockirer and W T Rowell, heretofore ccrpartners trading under the firm name of Locklier & Rowell and P O Arrowsmith, Defendants. Notice is hereby given that unde .* and by virtue of the decretal order in the above entitled action made and gendered by his Honor, Judge H F Rice, in the Court of Common Pleas for the said county on the 30th day of November, 1914, 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 4th day of January, A D, 1915, the same being sales day, the following described tract of land, towit: ! "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lyining, being and situate in the county and State aforesaid, containing three hundred (300) acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: On the North by lands formerly of Turner but now of J K -mith; East by lands formerly of R H Kellahan but now of the Atlantic < oast Lumber Corporation; on the South by the run of Black River, and on the Southwest and West by lands formerly of .Jim Scott and now of F Rhem & Sons." H 0 Britton, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for illiamsburg County. 12-'7-3t Notice of Sale for Foreclosure. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, county of williamsburg. Court of Common Pleas. The Kingstree Building and Loan Association, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of South Carolina, Plaintiff, vs C C Brinklev.The Bank of Kingstree, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of otafra nf pornlinn w w Rogerson and Swift Fertilizer Works, Defendants. Notice is hereby given that, under and by virtue of the decretal order in the aoove entitled action made and rendered by his Honor, Judge H F Rice, in the Court of Common Pleas for the said county on the 7th Jay of October, j 1914, the undersigned, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas in 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 4th day ofJanuary, A D, 1915, the same being salesday, the following described tract of land, to-wit: All that piece,parcel or tract of land lying, being and situate in the town of Kingstree, County of Williamsburg and State of South Carolina containing onehalf of one acre, more or less, and bounded as follows, to-wit: North by Ashton Street; East by New Side Street; South by John T Nelson; West by John T Nelson's Lot No 2 and known as Lot No 13 on a plat of same made by P G Gourdin, Surveyor, measuring onehundred and five (105) feet front md two hundred and eight and three-fourths (208?4) feet in depth, the said lot herein mortgaged being the same lot conveyed to me, the said C C Brinkley.by John'T Nelson, bv deed recorded in the office of the < lerk of Court of Williamsburg County in Book 'A-5'.at page 272,of date July 10, 1909." H 0 Britton, Clerk of Court for Williamsburg County. 12-17-3t Notice to Trespassers, All persons are hereby warned not to hunt on, cut or remove any timber or build any roads on the lands of Mrs S J and H Baker in Mouzons and Sumter townships. H Baker. 12-21-3tp "Never look a gift horse in the mouth" is a good enough adage, but with the coming of the glad yuletide will arrive a time when we are prone to think things about the gleeful friend who yields tip the gift of a comb and brush set when he well knows we part our hair with a towel. ivmesmsmmmsamm I A Christmas Carol I 1 j HENRY W ADSWORTH LONGItLLOW \ \ J HEAR along ear street ;S i Pan the minstrel ikrortgt; :jj Har^l They play so sweet. 2 On dub hautboys, Christmas songs/ Let as by the fat : \ Ever higher Sing them till the night expire/ : |: TN December ting < I i * Every day the chimes; Load the rleemen sing In the streets their merry wpit \\ Let as by the Ore Ever higher >, * - '1 Utl ikm mJmLt I rJj_ I 5 ICHEPHERDS at *he grant*. ^ 1 l-J Where the Bab* was bom, >. Sang With many a change Christmas carols anttl morn. Let ashy the fat Eoer higher > Sing them Oil dm right expire I , < HTHESE good people sang & a Songs deaoat and sweet; WhQt dm rafters rang, There they stood Kith freezing feat. B Let as by the fat f Ever higher > Sing them till the right expire! ^ ATUNS hi frigid cells if f V At this holy tide, For want of something dee, - Christmas songs at times hate Med. J Let us by the fire Eoer higher Sing them till the night expire/ TT/7/0 by the fireside elands, r y Stamps his feet and sings; Rsri Km tnh*> hle\M9 jnln hstrulm % I Not so gay a carol brings. | Let us by the fire " Eoer higher Sing them till the night expire! j: HANGING MISTLETOE Origin of Custom Associated With Christmas Festivities. Plant Is Surrounded With Many Superstitions in European Countrfes ?Sign of III Omen In Some Parts of Ireland. mHE good old custom of hanging mistletoe from the ceil*ng at the Christmas festivl|p*ljP3f ties is said to have its origin in the idea that since the plant did not have its roots in the ground no part of it fhould ever be permitted to touch the earth. Among the Saxons the fact that miatletoe was suspended from the roof of a dwelling intimated to the wayfarer that the hospitality of the house was at his disposal, and beneath its ' branches friend and stranger, vassal and lord, gathered in comradeship and good cheer. The religious aspect of the mistletoe tradition, which had its origin in. the Druidical rites and the gathering of it by the archdruid with his golden sickle, merged later into a purely social symbol, and the idea of simple hospitality developed into one of merrymaking and a somewhat riotous entertainment. The kiss of the Scandinavian goddess expanded into the custom of a kiss given for every berry that grew on the bough. Small wonder that, in spite of the mistletoe having originally existed in the odor of the sanctuary, the church came to regard it as an entirely pagan symbol and refused to allow it to participate with the lily and the evergreen in the Yuletide There is an ancient belief that the mistletoe was the tree from which the holy cross was hewn and that after this was made the plant withered and ever afterward became a mere parasitic growth, clinging for support to other and sturdier trees. Other stories, however, credit it with divine gifts in the healing of diseases and the expulsion of evil spirits. Ram, the high priest of the Celts, received in a dream the intimation that by means of the plant he would be enabled to save his people from the plague which was decimating them. To celebrate their delivery he instituted the feast of Noel (new health), a midwinter holiday, which has come to be considered coincident with the new year. In many parts of the United Kingdom the silver berries and the graygreen leaves of the mistletoe are looked upon as anything but an emblem of good cheer; on the contrary,, the plant is regarded with dread as be-. ing the bringer of ill luck and the sign of ill omen. This superstition exists > both in Devonshire and in Ireland. ^ and, strange to say, in neither of these, places does the plant flourish, owing, report has it, to the fact that both incurred the displeasure of the Druids and were in consequence cursed in such a way that their soil became incapable of nourishing the sacred growth. In the sixth book of Aeneid a, lengthy description of the mistletoe; is given by Virgil, who makes the' Sybil describe to his hero the exact: spot in hades where be will And It growing. There is li.tle doubt that the strange ethereal appearance of! the little opaque berry is largely responsible for the mystic character it; has enjoyed among the people of di-, 7ers nations from the earliest historical Imes. !