The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 23, 1916, Page FOUR, Image 4
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men whom men condemn as ill,
I find so much vf goodness still;
la men whom MEN pronounce divine,
I find so much of sin and blot?
I hesitate to draw the line
Between the two? where God has not.
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THURSDAY, MAR. 23.1016.
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WOSK OF FIRE FIEND.
Awful Destruction In Anonsta;
Ga., and Nashville, Tens.
At Augusta, Ga, a conflagration
which started about 6 p. no. yesterday
had at midnight resulted in an
estimated lots of $8,000,000 to $10,000,600,
and at 1 o'clock this morning
was still burning fiercely. Fanned
by a wind blowing in a southeasterly
direction, the flames cut a
swath through between twenty and
twenty-five city blocks, destroying
dozens of business buildings and
rendering thousands homeless.
Buildings already destroyed by
the flames were the Dyer building,
Union Savings Bank, Postal Telegraph
Company, John J Evans,
wholes^ and retail hardware, Em-1
pire Life building, Western Union,!
Cljtrohicle, Augusta Trunk Factory, j
Augusta Herald, Commercial Club,.
Irish American Bank, Masonic Tern- i
| pie, Citizens' and Southern Bank,!
UwAnnU a# CnTTonnok I
ui auwu uij hjc uovauuaii uai6cijo
and Southern Bank; Planters' Loan
and Trust Company.
Across 7th street, on Broad street,
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at this point is the Elks' Club, which
is also doomed.
In Augusta at this time more than
$15,000,000 in cotton is stored, but
only $5,000,000 is in the fire zone.
At 11 p. m. the fire jumped four
blocks into the residential district
and is spreading rapidly.
Fire fighting apparatus was sent
from Columbia and Charleston to
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Augusta late yesterday.
At Nashville, Tenn, yesterday fire
? in the eastern part of the city swept
an area of thirty-six blocks, causing
of $2,500,000. Many persons
received various injuries and
hundreds were made homeless. Six
hundred houses were destroyed.
The section burned was largely
occupied by residences and hundreds
of families were made homeless. _
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PEE DEE LEAGUE
WILL BE FORMED.
CIRCUIT OF SIX TOWNS IS ASSURED-FANS
LOOKING FORWARD
TO GREAT SPORT.
At a meeting held in Florence on
Tuesday, at which representatives
from Dillon, Lamar. Kingstree.Bennettsville
and Florence were present,
a temporary organization of the Pee
Dee Baseball League was effected.
Mr W R Barringer was elected
chairman of the temporary organization
and Mr C A Easterling of
Bennettsville temporary secretary.
The rules furnished by Mr Walsh
of Charleston, pursuant to the request
of the meeting held some time
ago, were presented and a thorough
discussion had. It was decided
that the league to be organized
should operate independently of the
National Baseball Commission, but
that as many of the restrictions and
regulations of that commission as
were applicable to local conditions
should be adopted. The meeting
drew up a set of rules which/it is
rtr/innoarl f/i houa rrnnorn tho T PRcrnP
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incorporating features of those suggested
by Mr Walsh, and the secreI
tary was instructed to immediately
send a copy of same to each of the
towns represented, with a notice
that if they were accepted they
should send a certified check for
$250 as a guarantee of good faith
to the secretary, and elect a permanent
representative to attend the
permanent organization to be effected
at Florence within ten days from
the time of such notice.
In brief, the proposed rules provide
for a six club circuit; a playing
schedule during June and ending
the latter part of August; for a
player limit of eleven men and a salary
limit of $800 and the usual regulations
under which the regular
leagues operate.
The meeting was very enthusiastic
and the greatest good feeling
and harmony existed. The Pee Dee
League is now practically an accom-i
plished fact and,from till indications,
it is going to be successful from the
start, mere is no aouot tnat tne
five towns represented will enter the
permanent organization and the sixth
town will be selected between now
and the time of the next meeting.
Darlington, Bishopville and one or
two others are anxious for a berth,
and it will simply be a question of
which qualifies first.
Baseball of the class which this
assures will prove of benefit to all
the towns, and will strengthen the
friendly relations between them, as
well as provide a wholesome and
thoroughly enjoyable means of recreation
during the summer. It is
hoped that every citizen of Kingstree
will take a personal interest in the
home team and work for its success.
It will belong to no one man or set
of men, but to the town, and every
one, big and little, should support it
in every way possible.
A* TiiaeHou'e mooHnfr t'innrotrop
nb JL UV. OU M? O IIIVl. VUlg vv
was represented by Mayor VV R Scott
and J H Miller. A mass meeting
of Kingstree citizens is called to assemble
at the courthouse Monday
evening at 8 o'clock for the purpose
of taking definite action as to whether
Kingstree will form a part of
the Pee Dee league.
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People's Mercantile Co.
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Dr Pryor's hospital at Chester
wa3 destroyed by fire Monday, All
patients were rescued, although
there were many narrow escapes.
AGED TAX COLLECTOR
Bestored To Health By Yinol
Corinth, Miss. ? " I am a city tax collector
and seventy-four years of age.
I was in a weak, run-down condition.
My druggist told me about Vinol. I
tried it and in a week noticed considerable
improvement; I continued its use
and now I have gained twenty {minds in
weight, and feel much stronger. I consider
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We guarantee Vinol, our delicious cod
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THE SCHOOLS OF i
WILLIAMSBURG.
EXCELLENT ADVICE OF STATE
SUPERINTENDENT JOHN E.
SWEARINGEN.
The following letter to the County
Superintendent of Education from
State Superintendent J E Swearinpren
will be of interest to all who are
concerned over the county's schools:
Columbia, March 13, 1916. |
Supt J G McCullough,
Kingstree, S C.
Dear Sir:?
It was a great deal of pleasure to
spend Thursday and Friday in the
schools of Williamsburg county.
Your patrons and trustees are to be
congratulated upon the high standard
of their public schools. Buildings
and equipments are above the
ordinary. The teaching corps is
strong and apparently interested.
Pupils are bright, orderly and studious.
The educational progress of the
county is most gratifying. Every indication
points to a rapid and farreaching
development of your social,
economic and educational interests.
At Kingstree the finances of the
district are in bad shape. The trustees
and taxpayers ought to raise the
local levy for current expenses by
adding 4 mills. The area of the district
ought also to be extended so as
to embrace the outlying territory on
all sides for three or four miles
around the court house. Kingstree
will always be the center of political,official,
administrative and public
school work in the county. The
court house school will have the largest
amount of wealth and the largest
number of pupils. It ought to be
made thoroughly and permanently
efficient.
The situation in the rural graded
schools is encouraging. This law has
provided better educational standards
in a fair number of your rural
districts. Under no circumstances
should the folk in any community
be satisfied with less than a six
months' term. They can have this
term if they are willing to vote the
necessary local tax.
I hope the trustees and patrons at
Rome, Hemingway. Johnsonville,
Venters and Indiantown will co-operate
in your plan to establish an agricultural
center by employing an
agricultural expert under the act of
1916. This group can practically
meet the requirements today with
some slight improvements. Each
school must have an eight-mill tax
for current expenses, and a six-acre
school lot. The money is needed for
adequate support, and the land is
necessary for the teaching of agriculture.
If anything can be done in
this connection, please write me at
the earliest opportunity.
In conclusion, I wish to thank you
for the many courtesies shown me,
both in your home and in your schools.
Yours respectfully,
J E SWEARINGEN,
State Supt of Education.
DOES BACKACHE 'WRY YOU?
Some Klngstree People Have Learned
How to Get Relief.
How many people suffer from an
aching back?
How few know the cause?
If it hurts to stoop or lift ?
If y ou suffer sudden,darting pains,
If you are weak, lame and tired,
Suspect your kidneys.
Watch for nature's signal.
The first sign may be headache or
dizziness,
Scanty, painful or too frequent
urination,
Nervousness or a constant deadtired
feeling.
Avert the serious kidney diseases,
Treat the weakened kidneys with
Doan's Kidney Pills,
A remedy especially for sick kidneys.
Gratefully endorsed by residents
| ci un? luutiaj.
Mrs 0 D Middleton, 17SJarrott
St, Florence, S C, says:"My kidneys
were out of order and I had dull
pains in the small of my back. I
was sore and lame in the morning
and tired easily. My head ached and
I had spells of dizziness. The kidney
secretions also were unnatural, and
I had other symptoms of kidney
trouble. I used two boxes of Doan's
Kidney Pills and they relieved all
symptoms of the trouble."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply a3k for a kidney remedy?get
Doan'9 Kidney Pills?the same that
Mrs Middleton had. Foster-Milburn
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RECIPIENTS OF STATE AID.
Schools ol Williamsburg County
So Benefited.
Schools of Williamsburg county
have received State aid under the
several acts as found below. Applications
of Districts Nos 31, 8, 14
and 51 are still in the hands of the
State Superintendent of Education,
but will doubtless be approved.
UNDER HIGH SCHOOL ACT.
Kingstree ... $500 00
Hemingway 300 00
UNDER RURAL GRADED SCHOOL ACT.
Name School. Name and No. Dis. Amt.
11 t 90ft Oft
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Muddy Creek.. .Muddy Creek, 13 200 00
Johnsonville Johnsonville, 15 300 00
Hebron Hebron, 19 200 00
Old Johnsonv ...Venters, 23 300 00
Cades Cades, 25 200 00
Indiantown Heyttard, 27 300 00
Cedar Swamp .Cedar Swamp,28 300 00
Pergamos Pergamos, 29.... 200 00
Earle Earle, 36 300 00
Nesmith Nesmith, 37 200 00
Aim well ?Aimwell, 39 200 00
Trio .....Trio, 41 200 00
Vox Vox, 42 200 00
Mulberry... Mulberry, 50 200 00
Wittee Wittee, 59 200 00
$371K) 00
UNDER TERM EXTENSION ACT.
No 2 $100 00
" 4 100 00
' 8 100 00
" 22 ..? 100 00
" 38 100 00
H 40 10O 00
" 43 100 00
" 45 60 00
" 46 89 00
" 48 _ 100 00
4 49 100 00
" 52..... 36 00
" 55 47 00
- 58 .. 89 00
" 53 100 00
" 56.... __ 100 00
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Insist on getting Dr Bell's
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He ako went to Sumter and received
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examination, standing second
in a class of 2o. Mr Rhett Driggers,
formerly of Kingstree but now with
the Kerrison Drug company,Charleston.
was also a member of this class.
How to Prevent Croup.
When the child is subject to attacks
of croup, see to it that he eats
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