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VOL. XXX. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1915. NO. 43
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ASK FOR CERTAIN CHANGES
IN COUNTY'S LAWS.
The mass meeting of Williamsburg
citizens held here at the court
house Tuesday in response to a call
issued by the county delegation, was
m fairly well attended by representaf
tive men from various sections of
the county. The object of the delegation
in calling this meeting was
to bring out an expression of the
taxpayers of the county with regard
to certain prevailing laws, especially
thos^relating to the county's public
schotfand road system, which are
said to be very inadequate.
The meeting was presided over by
the Hon J J M Graham, chairman,
?nd Mr W E Nesmith, secretary.
The object of the meeting was stated
by the chairman and an expression
of views relative to changing the
^ system of road construction was invited.
' The present system of road building
in the county has been in force
fnr.Mmp timp. well tried and found
wanting. There are about 1,700
miles of road in the county under
the care of a road engineer. It
seem9 impossible for him to handle
the road work properly, not that he
is lacking in efficiency, but due to
the great amount of territory he is
supposed to cover in carrying on the
2 road work of the county. This fact
\was brought out at the meeting
i Tuesday, and as indicated by ex;
pressions of opinion on the part of
? members of the delegation and
other citizens, it seems that the
county should be either divided into
four sections with a road commissioner
or overseer in each of the
i v four districts, or it should have
i , one or three commissioners in each
I of the fourteen townships, who will
f have the responsibility of keeping
t the roads in their respective townL^hips
in good and permanent repair.
JP^o definite plan was evolved at the
f meeting, however, but a committee
I of citizens was appointed to confer
I with the delegation and devise some
plan of improvement which the latter
may have enacted into law at
the next meeting of the General
Assembly. This {law when drafted
f will doubtless be along lines discussed
at the meeting.
It seems to be the desire of taxpayers
all over the county to so
change the law governing the coun*
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ty's scnooi system lllttl cm 0V.11V/V10
[ /*iay share alike. Under the pres.it
system some school districts
4 are able to carry on their school only
for three to five months, while other
districts carry theirs for seven,
eight and nine months. Tuesday's
discussion, however, did not reach
the school question, the entire time
of the meeting being devoted to the
subject of public roads. It is believed,
however, that the delegation will
; \K>rk out and endeavor to put
I through some measure of improve|
ment at the next session of the GenI
eral Assembly in behalf of the
schools.
A colored native of Charleston
II died in Jacktonville, F!a, Christmas
Wx day, aged 115 years.
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Death of John A. Brocklnton.
The remains of Mr John Arthur
Brockinton, who passed away early
Monday morning at Louisburg.N C,
reached Kingstree on train 89 Tuesday
night and were buried here at
11 H. in. jcaiciuaj.
Mr Brockinton was a son of the
late Dr John Fowler Brockinton,and
his wife,Elizabeth Scott Brockinton.
He was born and reared to young
manhood in this community and was
well known throughaut the county.
Some years ago he left this section
and for a long time made his home
in Florida. He will be remembered
as a man of splendid business acumen
and possessed of a pleasing personality.
For several years prior to his
death the deceased had been in failing
health and suffered a great deal
from a cancerous affliction on his j
arm, which he did everything possible
to alleviate or overcome, and finally
the affected member was amputated,
but the fangs of the dreaded
disease had entered the vitals of
his strong body and cropped out
again, causing his condition to grow
gradually worse until relieved by,
death Monday morning,December 27. j
Mr Brockinton was about fiftyeight
years of age and is survived bv |
four sisters: Mrs D C Scott, Kings- j
tree; Mrs Maggie Alford, Maxton,
N C; Mrs C K Davis, Marion; j
and Miss Italene Brockinton, Kings- i
tree, and a number of nieces and
nephews.
The remains reached Kingstree!
Tuesday night and were taken to the
home of his sister. Mrs D C Scott,
where funeral services were held
yesterday morning at 11 o'clock,
conducted by Rev P S McChesney,
after which interment was made in
the Williamsburg cemetery. The
pallbearers were Messrs W B Logan.
W E, J T, W B and J A Brockinton,
D C Scott, Jr, C C Burgess and W
w tsoacue.
The floral offerings were numerous
and beautiful.
Dispensary Closed.
The Williamsburg county dispensary
is a thing of the past, and has
been since Dispenser DuBose passed
out the last half pint of bust-head
gin at one o'clock last Friday, afternoon
and locked the door. There
were many w?ould-be booze purchasers
who came up late for a Christmas
supply and their disappointment,
upon finding the place closed and
every bottle of fire-water gone, was
almost pitiable. Some of these hung
around the door until late in the afternoon
in the vain hope that it
would open up again. In fact some
one, through mischief, put a sign
on the door reading, "Closed until
5:30."
Monday the board sold at public
auction all of the office and dispensary
equipment, consisting of three
steel safes, typewriter, adding machine,
ice box, water cooler,desk and
ses-eral chairs.
Our Sincere Thanks
are extended to friends and the
public in general for the liberal patronage
extended us during the past
3 ?11 tho I
year, arm trsyccianj uunu6
1 Christmas purchasing season. Again
thanking one and all and wishing
you a happy and prosperous New
Year, I am, Very sincerely,
It F J Watts,
Propr Watts' Jewelry Store.
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| LATEST WAR SUMMARY, j
Conscription in modified form is
onsidered probable in Great Britain,
^ate London dispatches say that the
British Cabinet has virtually decided
lpon a bill to this end, which will
>e introduced in the House of Comnons
next wepk.
The Cabinet councils in London
lave aroused intense interest because
of the rumors of dissension
imong the members or their inabilty
to agree on the question of how
;he British army is to be brought
lp to the standard deemed essential
.0 the winning of the war. But the
atest reports would seem to indicate
that the ministers have found a =
ivay out of their difficulties. __
The situation in the Balkans is J
quiescent. The French and British I
oehind their defensive lines at I
Saloniki are reported in a dispatch I
from British headquarters to be well I
prepared for any attack by the Teutonic
allies.
Doubt is expressed in Vienna that
the Austro-Germans will attack Saloniki
on the ground that so long as
the Entente allies are merely held in
that position they can do no harm. 1
Unofficial advices from Roumania Ifij
say that Gemany is preparing for a ?
powerful Egyptian engagement, in j]
which Turks, Bulgarians and Aus- |
trians will take part.
A Vienna dispatch arriving in 1
Switzerland says the German irr-1 ^
perial chancellor shortly will arrive *
in Vienna with the full conditions 1
under which the Central Powers will |
accept peace ana umi anci ? *,un- ?
ference with the Austro-Hungarian a
foreign minister the conditions will! t
be made known officially to the En- I
tente allies.
Again the Russians have vigorous- I
ly assumed the offensive on the Bes- t
sarabian front of Eastern Galicia J
and along the Pruth River, but, ac- I
wording to Vienna, their attacks col- fl
lapsed under the Austrian fire.
Except at Hartsmar.s-Weilerkopf, 5
in the Vosges mountains, there has I
oeen no noteworthy engagement in |
he west. At Hartsmans-Weilerkopf j
some German trenches were captur- I
?d by the French. 3
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Columbia, December 28:,?Ada 1
Geddings, a white woman about 30
years of age, was found lying on
Sumter street early this morning by \
Policeman Lee with her throat cut c
from ear to ear. Her body was cold f
when found. In 8 rear bed room of 1
this woman's house was found the
dead body of Ed White, the night \
watchman at the State House, a 1
gash in the throat showing that the (
severing of a jugular vein put an 1
end to his life. The theory of the
police is that White killed the wo- ]
man in a fit of jealous rage and then 1
committed suicide. 1
White was paroled from the State j
penitentiary March 5, 1913, by Governor
Blease, after serving part of a 1
life sentence for murder. He was I
convicted in the Richland county 1
court March 30, 1899,of the murder 1
of a white woman, and on a recom- ,
mendation to mercy by the jury was
sentenced to life imprisonment.. He
was about 49 years of age and in the
past few months had served as night (
fireman at the Capitol.
The Geddings woman had White j
arrested by the police on a charge i
of disorderly conduct, and he was 1
fined for this offense in the Recorder's
court yesterday morning, which
fine he paid. The woman said he had 1
threatened her life with a pistol. It i
is stated that a pistol was found in I
the dead woman's trunk by the po- J1
lice today. ! j
Thp woman's body was found in i
the street in front of her home &bout j
3:45 o'clock this morning. The dead '
man was an inoffensive looking white 1
person, and the double tragedy ex- i 1
cited considerable interest here this j5
morning. It took place in the 600 (i
block of Sumter street.
White is survived by an aged mother,
who is prostrated by the tragedy.
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