The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 13, 1916, Page FOUR, Image 4
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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
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NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOLS
As Seen by the County Superin-,
tentSent of Education.
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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 <
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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
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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
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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.!
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Shot Through the Head by R H
King, a White Man.
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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
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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.
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eeds
lendid Remedy.
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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.
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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
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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
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is Hoosier Beauty
loors?the only ones of their
Christmas?
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ze cupboards?note the wide
partitions.
lour bins with their scientific
revolving spice caster is.
notice how it shakes flour
keeping out grit
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rooa guide, cook dook noioer,
;en other conveniences that
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Hoosiers. No wonder every ^
is?how easy the Hoosier is
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Your Patronage
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ous 1916 to you all! mA
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