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Rates on long term advertisements very reasonable.. For rates apply at office. In remitting checks or money orders sake payable to THE COUNTY RECORD. THURSDAY. JAN. 13.1916. along the mail route. News Items of Interest Gathered by a Faithful Son of the Soil. Rheras, January 11:?A marriage of interest occurred at Rev Mr Carter's residence, in the Pleasant Hill section, Friday evening,the contracting parties being Miss Adra Bruorton.of the Ro.-:e Hill section, and Mr W F Prevatte of Georgetown, in which city they will make their future home. Mr W H Baxley spent Sunday in Andrews. Messrs G E Grier and R C Sarvis spent the week-end in Conway. Messrs D D and L F Rhem have returned from an extended business trip to Baltimore and other Northern cities. Mr and Mrs Isaac Johnson and Mr Willie Yost of Pennsylvania are spending the winter months in this locality,making their home here with Capt and Mrs J H Richardson. They are enjoying the sport of hunting and fishing. Joe Weston,a seemingly quiet and industrious colored man, started a rough house in his camp last Wednesday, and after beating his wife severely, kicking and cuffing his children around and threatening to clean up the deck, he turned again on his better half, who resisted his further assaults by slipping the blade of a large knife into his stomach, thereby inflicting a wound which proved fatal early Thursday morning. The woman was taken to Georgetown that afternoon and lodged in jail to await trial. The automobile owners in this sec- 1 tion are proud to know that an automobile repair shop will be opened here soon. Messrs W L McElveen of Olanta and R C Sarvis, of this place, expect to open a garage here ( and do a general repair and livery business. 1 We are glad to report that Mrs i Geo M Thomas, who has been seriously ill for several weeks, is im- 1 proving. i Mr J M Rodgers of Cades spent 1 the week-end here with relatives. The teachers and pupils who spent 1 the holidays with their home folk 1 have returned to resume work. 1 Mr P C McClary, after suffering 1 for some time with a severe attack 1 of la grippe, is recuperating, much ( to the delight of his many friends. 1 B W M. Thm men billed, nineteen per- j sons, a woman, were , wounded* v??u inwrcui buildings were , burned with a loss j! estimated at and State j' troops were calit'd .ou^ to restored order as the result of t.'?ting in East ] Youngstown, Ohio, Frfd*/ n*?ht fol- j y lowing a battle between 4 vcrowd of 3trike sympathizers and armedj guards at the plant of the YoUh.^s- t ^town Sheet and Tube company. Tht?' ( tJVUfcle Was the culmination of als strike of laborers, which began at. g the plant of the Republic Iron and \ Steel company a week ago and;1 spread to the plants of the tube:c company. , i Our idea of a young man handing * himself a lemon is to try to support1 a wife on a salary of $9 a week, and 1 the girl can't cook. _ ; l ; ;%vc - -a-."-. NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOLS As Seen by the County Superin-, tentSent of Education. I Editor County Record:? In an indefinite way several hints have been recently made in your columns about needed changes in the school law. I believe it my duty to set before the people the situation as I see it, and to offer such suggestions as occur to me. The main problem, the one to which I shall confine myself, is financial. The money for the schools is derived from the 3 mill constitutional tax, the poll tax, the dog tax, and any special tax that a school district may levy. Although we sometimes hear of h State system of schools, it is a fact that the State does not in a general way support the schools. The 3 mill tax is a county tax, and goes into the school fund of the county in which it is levied. In some counties, rich in corporate wealth, such as railroads and factories, this tax alone supplies almost enough money for the schools. In other counties it amounts to little over one dollar per pupil. We easily see, therefore, that the disparity in finances in the several counties debars any possibility of a uniform system of schools, and to speak of a State system is bosh. While I see no immediate prospect of getting at the root of the evil, I hope to see the day when either the constitution will be so changed as to make this general tax a State tax, or a supplementary school tax on the whole State be made and the funds apportioned in such a manner as to equalize the discrepancies we've noted. Let's now come home to our county, and see how matters work here. The 3 mill tax raises approximately $15,000. Apportioned by the total enrollment of blacks and whites, a district gets about $1.70 per pupil from this fund. This arrangement would be equitable if negro schools and white schools were equally exnpnsivp: but. of course, thev are not. Some districts have a very large negro enrollment, and very few whites. Others have very few negroes and a large white enrollment. To show ttie result under the law of apportionment, I cite a few concrete cases. One district has an enrollment of over 300 negro children and only 6 or 8 whites. The enrollment fund for this district is over $500. The negroes have four schools costing about $300, so a sufficient balance is left, including the poll and dog tax, to run the white school nine months. Another district has 35 white children and a two-teacher school, and a r.egro enrollment of 600. By the law of apportionment, this district gets enough to run the negro schools 3 months and a balance sufficient to give their white school a good term. It is needless to say these districts have no special school tax. On the other hand we have one district with an enrollment of 145 in their one white school. They have no negro enrollment. The monthly payroll of their school is $170.00, and they receive from the 3 mill tax little more than enough to run them one month. Still another district has one white school of 100 i pupils and a payroll of $120.00 per month. Their negro enrollment is . only 20. The 3 mill tax will run , their school six weeks. Such disparities in the receipts from the only county school fund should be corrected. Again.-Theonly and proper recourse , of a community to better its schools < is a local tax for school support. All . the school districts but eight levy ] such a tax. In this local taxation, ' lowever. some districts have a great j idvantage over others. The North ( Eastern railroad, for instance, is /alued for taxation at approximatey $30,000 a mile. A district of J ;he usual size, embracing four miles] )f this railroad, by virtue of its po- j ition, is five times as wealthy for I chool purposes as a similar district j lot embracing the railroad. In >ther words, a tax of two mills will; t aise as much money in one case as } ;en mills will raise in the other. For the present, I believe we can t ?et quicker results by patching up ^ :he laws we have rather than wait < I ' ' 1 ' - - A- ' 4 \ ' . . . 'Jt Every Family N this Sp Lomnnund of Simple Laxative Herbs Recommended for Constipation. When a remedy has stood the test of critical analysis and strong comrv/-> f J f i a n f a 0 airof o nno??to?? o ^titiuii &ui vvci a ^uanti \ji u century and establishes itself as the indispensable household remedy in thousands of homes, it is pretty good evidence of its efficacy. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin has been on the market since 1889, its use being gradually extended until now it is generally regarded by druggists as the staple family laxative. It is a combination of simple laxative herbs, free from opiates or narcotic drugs, gentle in its action and positive in effect. It costs only fifty cents a bottle and car. be purchased in drug stores everywhere. Mr Frank Klima, of 2309 Ashland Ave, Baltimore, Md, wrote Dr Caldwell recently that he had tried about everything without being helped until he got a bottle of Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, which he considers the greatest known remedy for in-1 I on a change in the constitution or State-wide action. Something should be done by the county to equalize the disparities arising from the law of apportionment, and the situation of the several districts with respect to the railroads. The simplest way - - -1 iL.'_ 1J L. 1. 1 _ to ao mis wouiu oe to levy u oouuty tax of 2 mills, the funds of which should be apportioned in such a manner as to make a seven months minimum school term, after which any further apportionment from this fund should depend on whether the enrollment kept up to a certain standard. Such a county tax would fill the bill, and provisions for its disbursement could easily be made.! J G McCullough. i January 11. 1916 j NEGRO KILLED AT FLORENCE.! I Shot Through the Head by R H King, a White Man. I Florence, January 10:?Buck Simp-, son, a well esteemed negro, was shot, seemingly without provocation, j in a negro house on North Dargan j street last night by R H King, form-1 erly a pool room proprietor of this j city, a middle aged white man. The story of negroes in the house! is that King came there in an auto- j ?- ~ 1 ~ .nUU fmA uTflll Irnnu'n vnnnGM [JlUUlie W 1 LI 1 irru ?tn nuvwu j I men of Florence, and entering the i house, asked for Lula Williams, who was in the house, but on seeing King come up had run away and hidden. King demanded of Simpson where she was and cursed him, and as he attempted to rise from his chair threatened "if he showed his teeth" he would kill him, and shot, the negro falling dead, shot through the head. Simpson was there with his wife and other negroes enjoying an evening social gathering. King is from Winston-Salem and came to this section in the tobacco business, living first at Lake City. He came to Florence and opened a pool room which, although seemingly conducted properly in every way, was refused a license for this year by City Council. After the shooting King fled in j his car to Darlington, where tele-, phone calls by the police stopped! him and he was brought back to Florence to answer the charge. Witnesses say that King was drinking at the time. j Many People Don't Know A sluggish liver can cause a person an awful lot of misery. Spells of dizziness, headaches, constipation and biliousness are sure signs that your liver needs help. Take Or King's New Life Pills and see how they help tone up the whole system. Fine for the stomach, too. Aids digestion. Purifies the blood and clears the complexion. Only 25c at your druggist. The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway can be purchased for $18,500,-; )00. Too late. We've spent all ouri noney on holiday gifts. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Most; Effectual. "I have taken a great many bot-j :les of Chamberlain'sCough Remedy; ind every time it has cured me. 11 lave found it most effectual for a | lacking cough and for colds. After: :aking ita cough always disappears," vrites J R Moore, Lost Valley. Ga. i Obtainable everywhere. \ .... t "invii^y r eeds lendid Remedy. " ,r ; ^ ''' I MR FRANK KLllfA. digestion, constipation and stomach troubles. Get a bottle of Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin from your druggist and keep it in the house. A trial bottle, free of charge, can be obtained by writing to Dr W B Caldwell, 454 Washington St, Monticello, 111. LEADER IN BROOKLAND I BUSINESS 6IVES POINTS. A D SHULL TELLS OF GOOD RESULTS HE OBTAINED. A WEALTHY CITIZEN BECAME STRONG BELIEVER IN TANLAC AFTER SECURING RELIEF. The enormous popularity of Tanlac is the great,outstanding proof of its merit, and the great and only proof of its popularity is the praise given the premier preparation by those in the best position to know? those who have taken it. And peri haps never in the history of propriej tary medicine have so many men, ! leaders in their respective commun| ities, in business and social life, given i their endorsements so frequently I and freely to a proprietary medicine as have men of this standing given ! to Tanlac. j As the proof of the pudding is in i the eating, so is proof of the medicinal and constructive value of Tanlac bestgained by taking it. Big men are | big men because they have big reputations, and they are jealous of these reputations. Therefore, they do not jeopardize these reputations by carelessly recommending a medi- ? cine unless thev know fully whereof they speak. For the big men, as well as for the average person, the plain comforts of life count the most. That "we want little here below" is true but when we have to do without even that little, then the real hardship comes. A good meal is not poetic, but the honest declaration: "I can eat a hearty meal without discomfort," has a better sound to the average man than the best line of poetry ever penned. This is the condition in \yhich A D Shull, one of the wealthiest and best known business men of Lexington county, who lives at New Brookland, just across the Congaree river from Columbia, found himself. Mr Shull is also prominent in the business affairs of Columbia and of Richland county. For several years he was a captain in the State militia, assigned to the field staff of a major. Mr Shull took Tanlac, and received remarkable benefit. As a result, nf ?/.r\ llf nf flA rl A n n onr] IU3 appitoiauuu was su uccj; auu | sincere that he voluntarily gave a statement of endorsement for publication. His statement follows: "I know again now the pleasures of eating, and after suffering for a long time with indigestion and other stomach troubles, I can eat'a substantial meal without discomfort. "Before I took Tanlac, I was forced to be very careful of my diet, and almost everything I ate caused gas to form on my stom?ch. That feeling of fullness continued for an hour or more after it became noticeable. Especially did I have to guard against eating anything containing grease or fats. Generally, I was sluggish, lacked energy and felt really worn out. "My unpleasant symptoms have now disappeared, as a result of my taking Tanlac, and I feel as a normally healthy man. I am a strong friend of Tanlac, and am glad to | recommend it to any others, for I know that it will do good." Tanlac, the master medicine, is sold at Kingstree Drug Co, Kingstree. Price; $1 per bottle, straight. Hymeneal. Married by P M Brockinton, Probate Judge, at his office in Kingstree,Saturday, January 8, 1916, Miss Annie Wheeler to Mr Jas Mitchum, both of Williamsbure county. By the same at his residence Sunday, January 9, Miss Sue Floyd to Mr McC Culuck, both of Williamsburg. **D? HmmU Your Hoosic Is In Our It is the world famou Note the sanitary, removable roll c kind. Shall we deliver it now or C Come and look at it tomorrow. Se the deep metal drawers, the oversi: space uncluttered by cubbyholes or Examine the big metal sugar and f] construction. See how handy the ] Then test the shaker flour sifterthrough making it fluffy and light, See the twenty year calendar, the J change tray, food timer and a doz make work easy. No wonder a million women own woman wants one. Come in and see how low the price to own. Kin<rctrft> Fm - Two Doors From Kingstree, - - trxxxxx* * Greet 8 of 41 aSea* ^ And Thanks For & _ a r< ? vjrieetiijga ui uit; stfci; LJ for a happy and prosper And may you have man; to come. ?A We thank you sincei patronage we have recei twelve months. You h; indeed, which is the besi home store is nearest of heart. We have endeavors serve you conscientious!}! ^ the future will see us greater efforts to this en you all through the Nev trust is to be one of ma ^4 people. Again, hearty greet ^ agement and clerks of th 3 = * Kingstree Dry ^ Kingstree, v?X*X*X*X,X*X* ii'fi-t "1 Ml !!! I *-HH? TT~n? ? jr Cabinet Window! x? is Hoosier Beauty loors?the only ones of their Christmas? e the pure aluminum table? ze cupboards?note the wide partitions. lour bins with their scientific revolving spice caster is. notice how it shakes flour keeping out grit ? -.j ? i i i i_ iJ I rooa guide, cook dook noioer, ;en other conveniences that m Hoosiers. No wonder every ^ is?how easy the Hoosier is rnitureCo. i Postoffice - South Carolina 1 &1 :ings | le M st)ni Your Patronage son and best wishes ous 1916 to you all! mA y such in the years M *ely for the liberal ved during the past ive been generous t evidence that the all stores to your WM >d at all times to ZzZ r in the past, and putting, forth even d. We hope to see M 7 Year, which we ,ny blessings to^our ings from the man- W" lis store. ^ M & Goods Co., B South Carolina ^ f i i . f . .-.'ire: . > . *x jtffc