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{Rft? (County Srrnrb. KtNGSTREE. S. O. ( C. W. WOLFE. g01 TOW AND PBQWBI1TOW. Entered at the postoffice at Kingstree, ' S?C.as second class mail matter. i TELEPHONE NO. 83- ( TERMS~ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One ^opy. one year *.$12* < One copy, six months 75 One copy, three months 50 ! ? r* t- -J . 1 AA Use copy, one year in advance> i w . Obituaries. Tributes of Respect, Resolutions of Thanks, Cards of Thanks ' and all other reading notices,not News, 1 will be charged for at the rate of one cent a word for each insertion. i i All changes of advertisements and , all communications must be In this office ! before TUESDAY NOON in order* to I appear in the ensuing issue. All communications must be signed by the writer, not for publication unless < desired, but to protect this newspaper. ADVERTISING RATES; ( Advertisements to be run in Special ( eolumnjone cent a word each issue.minimum price 25 cents, to be paid for is j advance. Legal advertisements, $1.00 per inch < first Insertion, 50 cents per inch each subsequent insertion. Rates on long term advertisements 1 very reasonable.. For rates apply at Ibis office. i In remitting checks or money orders asks payable to THE COUNTY RECORD* THURSDAY. DEC. 16. 1915. For Good of Our High School * In another column of The Record today will l>e found a call for a mass meeting of Kingstree's taxpayers to be held at the court house Monday evening at 8 o'clock. The call itself pretty clearly expresses the object of the meeting, and its importance should at once be apparent to every one who feels the least pride in the Kingstree High and Graded school; but in this connection there are a few facts we would like to impress upon the minds of taxpayers in this district: First. There should be a higher tax levy for the support and maintenance of the Kingstree school, an amount sufficient to enable the superintendent to enhance its scope as an institution of learning, and for training young men and young 5 women to be useful, capable and competent in the ordinary vocations of life if they do not pursue a higher course of training in the colleges and universities. For instance, an additional grade should be inaugurated, an eleventh grade, also a department of domestic science for the young ladies and one of manual training for the young men. An additional school tax levy of four or five mills will enable our trustees and superintendent to make these improvements. The faculty of the Kingstree school is composed of as earnest, efficient and capable lot of teachers as will be found anywhere and to them, more than to any other source, is due the credit for the splendid work that has and is now being accomplished. They are doing everything that is possible for them to do with the money that is being provided by the tax levy in this district. Second. Unless something is done and done quickly,this school will be .compelled to go backward instead of ^forward. In the district last year, we J believe, the assessed value of all tax , able property was8600,000. Six mills was the tax levied for the support and maintenance of this school, not, including the bond levy of 2 mills. ' This year the assessed value of tax- ' able property is approximately $570,000, or 800,000 less than that ' .of last year, which means a corre- 1 . dec/^s^ in the amount of ( iax that will i>e collected for school purposes in the district for thescho- ] lastic year 1015-16. Third. Until recently there was a debt of nearly 83,000 hanging over j the Kingstree school for furniture j and other necessary equipment for j the school auditorium. Interest on this debt, which has been somewhat reduced, has to be paid out of the regular school funds. Fourth. Last year the school received from the town of Kingstree upwards of $2,200. Al>out $1,500 of this sum was used for installing a water and sewerage system and putting the premises into a sanitary condition. The remainder of this , amount was applied on the above mentioned debt,reducing it to about : 52,000. The money given the school by the town of Kingstree was from j the town's portion of the profits ac- , cruing from the dispensary. There will be no further funds from this source for the town council to turn ; 3ver to the school and with this source 1 :)f revenue out of the question and a considerable decrease in the tax levy , ['or school as compared with previ- ' 3us years, it looks to us as if the Kingstree High and Graded school, the pride of our people and the com- ' munity, has an up-hill pull ahead unless something is done at once to provide sufficient money to meet the needs of the institution. Fifth. It is a fact that all of the colleges are raising their curricula, and in order that our high school graduates may be prepared to cope with these new standards when they go up to matriculate, let us be sure that they are well prepared. In order to assure ourselves on this point we must provide for a higher course of study. This can only be done by taxation. Your presence at this mass meeting Monday night may mean a great deal to the future of our school; your absence may mean its serious retrogression. What is your attitude in the matter, progression or retrogression? Come out and show your colors Monday night. A Matter of Importance to All It is extremely gratifying to The hecord to feel that the recent communications signed by "Taxpayer" and "Taxpayer No 2" and its own editorials appealing to the taxpayers of Williamsburg county to do something for the betterment of existing conditions, with special reference to our public roads and public schools, have not fallen upon barren ground. In another column of this paper will be noted a call to the taxpayers of the county to assemble in Kings The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless 1 chill Tonic is equally valuable as a i General Tonic because it contains tbe ( well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives ont Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. tree Tuesday, December 28, for the purpose of participating in a general mass meeting. This meeting is being called by order of the county delegation, within whose hands lies the power of proper procedure once the people have gotten together and decided upon what plans are best and what they want enacted into laws. It is incumbent upon every citizen of Williamsburg .county to be present at this mass meeting Tuesday, December 28, and if he has thought over the matters that most vitally concern the welfare of himself and his neighbor; decided upon any plan whereby he believes conditions in his community may be bettered let him speak out, for it is , his privilege and his duty as acitizen. Every member of our delegation realizes the importance of making : certain changes in the county's gov- 1 eminent. They are willing and i anxious to hear from their consti- , tuents and we feel sure that each ( member will do his level best to se- : cure what ever legislation is desired by the taxpayers as a measure of im- 1 provement over present conditions. Whenever Yon Need a General Tonic Take Grove's DERUNA A A STANDARD FAMILY REMEDY For over forty years it has been used as A TONIC AND STOMACH REMEDY. Peruna aids the appetite and gives new life to digestion. vjva/ v/ v/vM/sa/ viz* v/\a/\m/M/^ A STATE and GENERAL ? II THPIPQ L 7\ *V1 ,w r; Horace L Darr, Auditor of Florence county, died Monday night at his late residence in the city Florence, aged 57 years. XXX Chicago has been selected as the place for holding the Republican National convention. June 7 is the date of meeting. XXX The South Carolina Baptist association will meet next year at Newberry. The convention has been in session at Greenville. XXX The Newport News Shipbuilding Co, located at Newport News, Va, has contracts for building $30,000,000 worth of ships of the merchant marine class for private owners. XXX Dr W N McPherson, one of the oldest and most widely known men in Florence county, died at his home near Claussen Sunday. He was a surgeon in the Confederate army. XXX President Wilson and Mrs Norman /~l l. ?ill 1? - J C.t 1 vjrBlL Will ue niarrieu o^uiuav ai luc bride's home in Washifgton according to the recent announcement made at the White House. Only relatives of the families will be present. XXX The fourth marriage of W D Davis, aged ninety-four years, was reported last week from Plymouth, N C. Mr Davis has been the father of forty-one children, of whom thirty-three are living. His bride is thirty-nine years old. XXX The Methodist church at Timmonsville, a brick building valued at $10,000, was destroyed by fire Monday night. Insurance on the structure amounted to $7,500. All of the furniture, including a piano, was totally destroyed. The cause is unknown. I XXX Hon Robert A Cooper of Laurens was Tuesday elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina. Mr Cooper succeeds Geo T Bryan of Greenville. Mr Cooper is Solicitor of the eighth circuit and has been prominent in Masonic circles for many years. His election as grand master will be hailed with pleasure by his many friends throughout the State. XXX The historic old Episcopal church at Waverley Mills, on .the Waccamaw, was destroyed by fire Sunday night. The fire was discovered at 10:30 o'clock, but there being no means by which it might be effectively fought, the old building was destroyed. The origin of the fire is not known. Services were held during the day, but the fire appears to have caught in the opposite end of the church from the stove. This church was one of the old landmarks of the Waccamaw Neck and for generations was the worshiping place of the rice planters. It was a beautiful piece of architecture, built in the days when expense was lightly considered. It was of brick and stuccoed. Within vvere many mural tablets of marble. In the yard are buried many of the old rice planters and their families. Improve Road and School Laws. Editor County Record:? I have read with much interest your editorial in the last issue of The Record, "What are you going to do?" That we need some changes in our present road and school laws, I think we are all agreed. They have been tried and found wanting in efficiency. Just what changes are needed to remedy their defects is not for me to say. This is a matter for our people themselves to decide. I am heartily in favor of your plan to call a mass meeting at Kingstree before the next session of the Legislature convenes in January. Let us discuss these matters together and see if we cannot formulate some plan which will meet with the approval of our people, and give us the relief which we need. I do not expect to see much improvement in our schools or roads under the present system (or lack of system), and j am confident it can be improved. Taxpayer No 3. | Heinemann, S C, December 11,1915. I EVER SALIVATED BY 1 CALOMEL? HORRIBLE! Calomel Is Quicksilver and Acts Like Dynamite on Your Liver. Calomel loses you a day! You know what calomel is. It's mercury; quicksilver. Calomel is dangerous. It crashes into sour bile like dynamite, cramping and sickening you. Calomel attacks the bones and should never be put into your system. When you feel bilious, sluggish, constipated and all knocked out and believe you need a dose of dangerous calomel just remember that your druggist sells for 50 cents a large bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone,which is entirely vegetable and pleasant to take and is a perfect substitute for calomel. It is guaranteed tb start your liver without stirrine ^ou up inside, and cannot salivate. Don't take calomel! It make3 you sick the next day; it loses you a day's work. Dodson's Liver Tone straightens you right up and you feel great. Give it to the children because it is perfectly harmless and doesn't gripe. Remember the day and date, December 22, 3 p. m. Kingstree Furniture Co. Whole Town Burned. Petersburg, Va, December 9: ? Hopewell, a year-old city of upward of 25,000 people, located near the gun cotton plant of the E I Dupont DeNemours company, near here,was practically destroyed by fire this afternoon. The extensive gun cotton plant was not endangered. The loss will approximate $1,000,000,according to estimate here, and there was practically no insurance on buildings or stocks. There were no lives lost in the fire, but a negro was hanged for looting. The town will be rebuilt on a more extensive scale. f. ^watar mzxpr J m # i The Rayo Lights t Like a Gas Jet TO light the Rayo lamp you don't a have to remove the \ shade or the chimney. Just lift the gal- a lery and touch a I match. It is just as * easy to light as a gas burner and it requires little effort to keep it clean. Rsf/t> 1 Lamps < are the modern / lamps for the farm. * Simple in design? p yet an ornament to * any room in the house. * Use Aladdin Security. Oil or Diamond White Oil to obtain I J bestr, results in Oil Stoves, Lamps and Heaters. i The Rayo is only one of our many products that are known in the household I and on the farm for their quality and economy. Ask for them by name and you are sure of satisfaction. Standard Household Lubricant Matchless Liquid Gloss Standard Hand Separator Oil Parowax ! XT' TT A.1 r,urexa narncss wu Mica Axle Grease j If your dealer does not have them, write to our nearest station. STANDARD Oil. COMPANY (New Jersey) BALTIMORE I Washington, O. C. Charlotte, N. C. 1 Norfolk, W.Va Charleston, W.Va, Richmond. Vs. Charleston, S> C. 1 K A Ldol AIIIIUI ill r;-?3s&^ li %?v iipsii is Mp&ia demonstration at which they sewing machines than they c They are going to be t know about TU~ CP i nc; i iv (Invented and Paten Be sure to be p with your coupon c at the appointed h< pon will not count, a coupon already, i Kingstree Fi Two Doors Fr< Kingstree, - - ipples, Oranges and 8a on Market Price, Wholi Buy 1 CHRIS Candies, Frui from City Fru Joe Zahran, Dpposite the L 1 iiill line of choice Ca specially selected for tl >r Phone No. 139 for ] THE CAS1 Staple and Fat i r !i. 1 irruus ana 1 Famous Mothers' Kingan's Meal And lots of other 1 are to be found he all. Next door to Give us a call. THE CAS1 L. S. DENNIS / i } / . . > jncement! i This is Positively the last announcement of the big FREE demonstration which will be held December 22 3:00 p. m. This is the event that the women of Kingstree ' have been looking forward to ever since the first ani j' nouncement. This is the expect to learn more about f wer knew before. here because they want to CC SEWING LC MACHINE ted by W. C. Free) i iresent in person >n the above date j )ur,else your couIf you haven't j ipply to * ' \ imitureCo. i ; )m Postomce - South Carolina U nanas Sold at Charlesssale or Retail. four TMAS its and Nuts * the ,W CWa LJLl WlV/1 V ^ w pi_i ^ ^ f.ify , Proprietor J. S. Postoffice indies, Fruits and Nuts I be Holiday trade. Come jrompt Service. 1 STORE | icy Groceries i Self-Rising Flour ( 0 ts and Butter J m nice things to eat f re. One price to | ' Heller's Stables. C A . I STORE m , Proprietor 1 ^ .