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pR ' ' '1 r . . ^ VOL. XXVIII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19157 N0748~ 1 ? EVER! f\ Just received, anothe best1 ne of Agricultural ' Har ws, Fertilizer Distri err otive Plow Co's and < V 'Vii> / ^ Coffins and Cask* ii ! ' f ? EDITOR STOKES GOES 1 w FOR Li'l OR DETECTIVE. f CHARGES LNDERHAND METH* ODS IN WORKING CP RECENT 1 DISPE JSARY CASE. 1 ; ' 1 In regard to the statement of the . attorneys for the dispensary board, . we are in the position of a jury j which has been drawn to hear a case j, and has been excluded during the taking of testimony, being brought kw. into the court to hear only the law yers' arguments. What we, and we , ofe believe the people want, is facts jK brought out on the stand inder IjSoatb. In our opinion it will be up to . Rthe grand jury to furnish tha1 op^Pportunity to hear the facts under V those conditions. , W Just one word in regard to Mr 7 Detective who investigated the mat- . ter here and who, by the way, must have been among those who were fired by Gov Manning this week. As j he is the regularly appointed vin) dicator, we suppose all of his statements will be believed. Regardless , of what he did find out or tried to learn, he evidently was desirous of ( ^ knowing how much we knew about h matter and, according to his own statement to us, hid behind a counter in J M Sturgeon's store on one occasion when we were talking with Mr Sturgeon and a Mr Funk, . of Kingstree. We do not know how 1 the conversation drifted to the dis- , *$v pensary matter and whether or not ' the gentlemen turned the con versa- ] tion to that subject, for his benefit, ] we are not prepared to say. AnyBf"~way, he came to our office to get a j v copy of The News containing our , article which, we believe, caused , ; whatever investigation that was made and after talking about the ] article and saying that our article was in error, in that it presumed that the dispenser and not his assist- , ant was at fault, stating that "one j y was deep in the mud as. the other in t the mire", he pulled a little mem- , t j orandum from his pocket, in a very ? A, Sherlock Holmes manner, and con- ( ^suiting it asked if we had not made , W ccertain statements. Upon our de- , J* nying same, he called up the con- . ^ versation at the store and said that , ^ fcwhile he was niaing Denina me , .Hcounter"thought he heard the editor IF gay that he saw empty jugs hauled j " to the dispenser's barn." We deI nied it and repeated to him our i exact words. He then, with a wise ? expression on his countenance, said j "so you see how we work." Yes, j we saw. 4 j We have gone into this small in- j cident to ask this question: Why, , % if he wanted to know what the , "Editor" knew, and was trying to , find out facts for the prosecution, ] did he not come to us direct and ask direct for whatever information we may have had. Our well known stand on all moral questions and the ffect that we had called attention to roe matter was ampic & uux aiiicc that he would have our hearty co- operation. He wanted to know ' what the editor knew, and his ac- < tions would lead one to think that ] the cause was "that unjust imputa- i > tion that you have inadvertently ( I placed upon them/' yet when our 1 [ ' NEEDE ce. You know this is that g< select from. Big line of Sti tere and, in fact, everything ything in Hardware at rockfstree Hi ENTUALLY-V 1 i>anAna Dy tne score 01 1 / tt) o. xne name was interesting and at times exciting. Dessie Graham and Fred Parrott, of the home team, did themselves proud. Prof?Crout, of the Green Spring school, refereed the ?ame. A goodly number of the townspeople and from Cowards were ' present. The two teams will meet : again shortly on the Cowards court. 1 Cowards defeated Scranton week 1 before last. The boys here said to ? those from Cowards: "Let's shake 1 hands and be friendly." ' A "knight of the road" came up 3 to Policeman Ward Sunday night 3 very excited and requested that he 1 be locked up for safe-keeping for 1 the night, as he was "being pursued ' by persons who wished to do him harm; that they had thrown a flash- 1 light in his face back there." Chief ' WarH pomnlifd with his reauest and let him out Monday morning. There was nothing peculiar about him; he 1 was just a hobo of the average type. ' It was probably a ruse to get a night's lodging. 1 Mr A W Ward has been re-ap- 1 pointed town Marshal, to the entire satisfaction of the community, and is always "on the job". The literary society of the Scran- 1 ton school met last Friday, January 29, and was called to order by President Willoughby. The minutes of 1 the last meeting were read and ap- 1 proved, after which the following 1 programme was rendered: The que- ' ry for debate was: "Resolved, That 1 Giving Gives More Pleasure Than 1 Receiving". Affirmative: Bryan Kir- 1 by, Irene Creecy. Negative: LeRoy Hinson, Rosa Wall. The judges, 1 Mary Willoughby and Janie Mae Matthews, decided in favor of the 1 negative. Recitation ? Mary Wil- < loughby; essay?Lamar Hinson; pi ano solo?Nell Lee; recitation?Willie Lynch; essay ? Allie Weather- 1 ford; reading?Fred Kennedy; vocal 30I0?Lula Joe Wall; current events ! ?Rukie McKnight. Adjournment I until ne*t Fririav. * We are glad the editor is better and hope he will soon be himself ' again * IMG.' Editor L A Beatty Dead. Georgetown, February 3:?Louis \ A Beaty, editor of the Georgetown j Times, anu for nineteen years an ( editorial writer on the Savannah ? Morning News, died here this morn- 3 ing of pneumonia; He was born in Son^ay, S C, 52 yeors ago. The ] funeral will take place in Savannah. ] " \ i Vn v / I fTHING ;r carload American Field Fen Implements they ever had to * ibutors, Corn and Cotton Plan Chattanooga Plows. CEvei z-1 Kinj F.V mmrnmm w article was written others than the ' board were in our mind. We are making no charge, but detectives are as good at covering ' as unearthing. If when the grand jury meets : they should desire to take action on the matter and other records are < not on hand or not to be had, we : have two original affidavits, proper- < ly signed and witnessed, which we ; believe are sufficient to cause a true bill, of which copies can be had,? Lake City News. |! SCR ANTON SKETCHES. I Victory for the Local Basketball Team?Literary Society Notes. ! Scran ton, February 2:?The basketball team of the Coward school j came over and played the Scranton I team last Friday, the latter winning 1 " 1 f-f A n TL? Iimrutf It is the general op curing makes good tobacc good terms make them ee We have all three, have seen us. We can sa WILLIAM, Hes COTTON GINNINGS SHOW HUGE CROP.1 NEARLY 15.000 000 BALES PRIOR TO JANUARY 16?MAY SET | WORLD'S RECORD. Washington, January 23:?A record crop for the 1914-15 season was indicated in the Census Bureau's report today showing 14,907,942 running bales had been ginned prior to January 16. Ginnings from Jannary 1 to 15 amounted to 460,149 Pales, exceeding those of that period in any previous year. They also carried the total ginnings beyond any previous year, exceeding the record production year of 1911 by almost 400,000 bales. Until the Census Bureau's final ginning report is issued on March 20, the exact size of the 1014 crop will not be known, but it is believed will be larger than the 1911 record production ? 15,553,073 running bales. It depends on the quantity ginned from January 16 to the end of the season which in 1911 amounted to 1,037,274 bales and for the past five years has averaged 485,596 bales. Should as much be ginned as in 1911, this year's crop would be close to 16,000,000 bales. The ninth ginning report of the season issued at 10 a. m. today announced that 14,907,942 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, of the growth of 1914 had been ginned prior to January 16. This compared with 13,582,036 bales, or 97.1 per cent of the entire crop, ginned * ? 1 i. -to poor to January 10 last year, 10,088,930 bales, or 97.0 per cent in 1912 and 14,515,799 bales, or 93.3 per cent in 1911. The aveiage quantity of cotton ginned prior to January 16 in the past three years was 13,728,921 bales or 95.8 per cent of the crop. Included in the ginnings were 50,942 round bales compared with 96,307 last year, 78,690 in 1912 and 97,654 in 1911. Sea island cotton included numbered 79,848 bales, compared with 76,277 bales last year, 70,758 in 1912 and 109,867 bales in 1911. Ginnings prior to January 16 in this State, with comparison for the previous year and the percentage )f the entire crop ginned in the State prior to that date in the same fear, follow: SOUTH CAROLINA. L914 1,426,768 1913..? 1,368,174 96.5 v ... - v c- \ v. i D UPOI Dod kind. CWe are now offei ilk Cutters, Middle Breakers, needed on the farm. We are 1 bottom prices. ^ aruware PHY NOT NOW rANT TO Tl ?inion with large buyers that j o. Good flues help to make g isv to buy. the Flues, the Price and the ' ,ve you money. SBURG HA] idquarters for C Legislative Notes. Hon J J M Graham, has introduced a bill in the House authorizing Johnsonville school district, No 15, to issue and sell bonds for a sinking fund commission and to define its duties. Also the same member has presented a bill prohibiting the selling of round trip or excursion tickon any railway train. Hon R K Wallace has introduced in the House a bill to regulate the catching of game fish in the rivers, creeks and other streams of Williamsburg county. A bill has been introduced in the Legislature prohibiting railroad companies from operating freight trains containing more than 50 box cars. The railroads are said to be protesting bitterly against the proposed law and it is feared by conservative men that it would have a tendency to keep new roads out of the State. Doubtless there are two sides to the question, however. Monday being the first Monday in February, the Legislature adjourned from Saturday until Tuesday. DBWS LYNCH PRESIDENT. People's Bank, of Scranton, Holds Annual Meeting. Scranton, January 28:?The annual meeting of the People's Bank was held here Tuesday. Cashier John M Myers's report showed the inafifnfinn tn Kn in n nrnsnprnns THE Fj *ing to the farmers of Williamsbur One-Horse and Two-Horse Plows, the agents for Cole Planters and D Co. I We Lead?C n ! ^vWvi5v~SA<$w/v^v^vOv-C?v^/Wv> v4/v-i*v^5v4 ibacco mm ^ood tobacco will sell high the cor ood curing. Good prices reduce t _ _ _ _ rerms, to suit all. Don't give yo RDWARE COr Guaranteed Goods TSjv-C/v-CJvWv-sJv^A-Wv-OvOv'WvOv^A-C/v^Jv-iJ^ FOR It Hardware of Gototl King Hardw I | THE POPULAR HABDWi . ' ? /A' VRM. g the greatest and Sulky Disc Plows, j istributors, South)thers FoUowTj I . r fERS. I ning season. Good pg ;he cost of flues and pg ur order until you aj rYj KPANY, I Quality] i. ' ' r '' are Co., , ; inr omnr I inc oiunc. | ? mW* M Q ' t % 1 --M ' ' ' '->y% ./ *? . . I'JJi fcV ' ^ .Ala 50ME MONEY I iVERY TURN <\ND PUT IT IN THE I ? ? BANK I | BE SAFE IN * BANK i <e an up-hill climb. It y EASIER. The nearer j experience in knowing limb will be over. Towi the bank begins to asceeds like success, and ou are going?down or R bank. savings accounts. National Bank, LAKE CITY, S. C. nrardi and Pamplico. * f w " ' " ^~- .' j" ' 1^^ - -: ' The road to prosperity looks lil may be at first but it keeps getting you get to the top the more joy yoi that soon you will be up and the c ard the top the money you have ir sist and boost you. Nothing suo everyone will push you the way y UP. Make OUR bank YOU1 We pay 4 per cent, interest on Farmers & Merchants "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" Branches at JoHnsonville, Ccr |2J IUOVIWUVIVU WW WV fM M condition. A dividend of 8 per cent was paid to the stockholders, and a creditable amount was passed to surplus. W P Matthews was elected a director to succeed J M Parker, who resigned several months ago. Mr Matthews is one one of the most energetic and progressive farmers in the Pee Dee section. Other directors are: R B Cannon, W W H Ccckfield, R H Graham, J C Lynch, Dr W S Lynch, J W McCown, R E McKnight and Julien C Rogers. The officers are: Dr W S Lynch, president; J C Rogers, 1st vice president; R B Cannon, 2nd vice president; J M Myers, cashier, and Charles E Graham, assistant cashier. Honor Roll Gordon School. Gordon, February 2:?Honor roll of Gordon School for month beginning January 4 and ending January 29, 1915, those averaging 90 being as follows: : First Grade ? Clarence Gordon, Eunice Gordon,Lena Carter, Spencer Carter, Gor.lon Stancill. Second Grade ? Cressie Stancill, Avis Gordon. Fifth Grade?Willow Gordon, Hermon Gordon, Ashton Gordon. 4*