Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IT ?,|l We Fear Not to Quote Our Prices, for We Know They Are Right. A line of full cut Overalls best imported dyes, only $1.00 the pair. Men's all-wool Pants, very nrettv natterns. S3..">0 and $4.00 the pair. Ladies, it will pay you to see the new line of Middy Blouses at 50c and $1.00. Some wonderful bargains to'close out in Children's Dresses. Also a full line of Children's and Misses' Fall and Winter Dresses at 50c and $1.00 the garment. A nice line of Sun and | Hats, 15c and 20c values, at 10c eacn. Men's 50c Negligee Shirts will close at 40c. Colgate's Talcum Powder, Dental and Shaving Creams and Toilet Soaps. W. E. Jenkinson ^ ito 11 Rev J B Wilson went to Sumter yesterday. Mrs W E Tutle of Salters was in town Tuesday. Mrs M F Heller has returned from ; a visit to Manning. j i Miss Nonie Webb of Charleston is ! visiting in Kingstree. 1 The little daughter of Mr and Mrs R D Carter is quite ill. i Mr H H King has accepted a po- ( ^ sition with Mr M F Heller. j Mr Kirby Green of Brunswick, j i moo in ginoatrAA Sunday. 11 Mrs B A Cook and children were in Lake City, their recent home, '1 Tuesday. The stork visited the home of Mr and Mrs W J Cockfield lastThursday and left a son. t Miss Hessie Frierson was in Kingstree Monday morning en route to v. j, visit to her sister. j | Mr and Mrs J P Frierson were | summoned to Georgetown Saturday by the illness of a relative. Dr W L McCutchen of Sumter Avisited relatives here and at Indiantown the first of this week. (1 Miss Bessie Van Keuren has ac- j cepted a position with the Warren'] Manufacturing Co at Warrenville. ! Mr and Mrs P H Arrowsmith and two children of Lake City were the; guests of relatives here this week. ' P H Stoll.Esq, attended the meeting of the Democratic State Execu- I tive committee in Columbia Tuesday Miss Mary Lee Swann returned to New York Saturday evening, after arvan^inor a fpw WPpks with relatives opvuuiu^ ? "*? " here. Misses Bruce Hamilton, trained nurse, of Florence and Alma Muldrow visited Mrs M L Allen here i this week. Miss Martha Jenkinson went to Hemingway yesterday to resume her duties as teacher in the high school there. Miss Georgia Stackley, for several years a member of the faculty of Union High school, is now teaching at Westminster. Rosh Hashanah, the Hebrew New Year, falls on Thursday, September 28. and will be celebrated as usual here by the orthodox Jews. Mrs R D Mills and little son, Roland D. Jr, are spending the week with the former's parents, Mr and Mrs R E Burgess, at Mouzon. Mrs K Brockington and little daughter, Mary Lee, of Florence visited the family of the former's father, Mr A M Gordon, this week. At a meeting of the Democratic county executive committee here Thursday, a donation of $50 was a made to the Woodrow Wilson camp paign fund. - ? ? _i _ A force of worKmen is engaged in i replacing the concrete bridge across the canal on East Main street. This bridge was badly damaged by the July freshet. A decided fall in the temperature has been the order of the weather throughout the week. Blankets and heavy comforts have been pressed into service at nights. To Cure a Cold In One Day _ Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops the W Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. Druggists refund money it it fails to cure. 8. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c. Messrs Roland D Mills,bookkeeper I in the Bank of Kingstree, and Mr j Charles C Burgess, of the Kingstree Hardware Co, are enjo\ing their vacation at Glenn Springs. Mr W T Wilkins, Jr, went to Charleston Friday to spend a few days with relatives. Thence he left for Providence, R I. to resume his studies at Brown university. Mr Sidney M Carter.who has been connected with the ftinpstree L>rup Co for the past year, has pone to Florence, where he accepted a position with the F U Lake Drup Co. There will be a concert by the little folks of Kinpstree tomorrow , (Friday) eveninp at 8 o'clock at the Thomas opera house. The entertainment is for the benefit of the U I) Cs. ( Mrs Louis *V Gilland and children i( and Miss Selma D Thorn returned home Saturday eveninp from a visit to the family of Mrs Gilland's sis- ' ter, Mrs Kenneth James, near Dfcr- ' linpton. 1 Mr and Mrs J C Kellev and little dauphter, Catherine, went to Tim-i1 monsville Sunday to visit MrKel-j' ley's parents, Mr and Mrs J A Kel- ' ley. Mr Kelley returned home yes- 1 terday. i < Mrs Julia McCutchen was taken to ; { Florence Tuesday morninp, where j ] she will underpo an operation at the j i - ? % ? r* ? i AlcLeoci innrmary. one was aaum- j panivd by her daughter, Miss Annie = McCutchen. ( Information was received here * Sunday morning by Mrs S A Nettles * announcing the death of her stepfa- 1 ther, Mr James Brown, which oc- 1 curred atSummerton Saturday night. Mr Brown was 87 years of age. 1 Next Sunday at 10 a. m. the Bap- ] tists will observe the "Statewide . Go-to-Sunday-school Day". All the ( members, their families and friends j are cordially invited to be present j at this hour. An interesting pro- j gramme has been prepared for the y occasion. The Parent-Teacher association will entertain in the school auditorium at 4:30 p. m. tomorrow(Friday) J complimentary to the new teachers. The reception will be strictly informal, and all parents and friends of { the school are invited to be present, , mamKaro r\f tVip nqqnpifttifin . VVUCbUCl Ulb. iliWi u V* Vt.v -WW g or not. , Mr P N Becton, for several years s the popular and efficient stenographer in Messrs Kelley & Hinds' law office,has givenuphis positionand left Monday for Columbia, where he matriculated as a student in the law department of the University of South Carolina. We join his friends in wishing him much success. Among those returning to college this week to resume their studies were: Misses liubie Thorn to St Mary's,Raleigh, N C; Daisy and Minnie Strong and Louise Barr, Winthrop; Emma Brockington, Chicora College for Women; Jennie Lee Epps, Columbia college; Nell Blakely,Lander; Messrs Hey ward Brockinton, University of South Carolina; McBride McFaddin, Mauldin Lesesne and Earl Cook, The Citadel. Rt Rev W A Guerry, Bishop of South Carolina, made his second visitation for this year to the Episcopal church here yesterday. In the afternoon he baptized Philip Heller, the J youngest child of Mr and Mrs P H j i Arrowsmith of Lake City. At night j ( he preached a strong sermon on the j church as God's family,administered j confirmation and made a helpful ad- j dress. The large congregation man- | ifested deep interest. ] The old stork has been unusually < generous to Kingstree this week, j having made three visits, each time ' leaving an addition to the town's population by presenting it with a boy baby. This old bird's last call, 1 so far as we have learned, was made just before dusk yesterday (Wednesday, September 20. 1916), when he 1 presented a nine-pound grandson to 1 Mrs M F Swann. The happy parents of this bouncing Kingstreean are Mr and Mrs J Percy Hutson. An editor approached St Peter at the Golden Gate and handing him a Ions: list of delinquent subscribers said: "Look this list over carefully and see if any of these fellows have sneaked through the pearly gates." "No," said St Peter, "there are none of them inside, but a fellow slipped through here the other day who took the paper a year without paying for it and had the postm aster mark it 'refused,' but we are after him, and when caught he will be consigned to the place where he properly belongs He is meaner even than the delinauent subscriber, and Heaven is not his home." There is nothing that will give any more pleasure for so long a time for so little money as the four monthly magazines we offer our subscribers. Are you getting these magazines? If not, send us your subscription. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleedingor Protruding Piles in 6to 14 days The first application gives Ease and Rest. 50c FALL SESSION BEGAN lfONDA\ % Interesting Exercises Held Ii School Auditorium. The fall session of Kintrstree Hi? and Graded school opened Monda morning: under higrhly favorable cor litions. A teachers' meeting:, a which a fuil corps was present, wa held at the school building Saturday when a programme for the open:nj dav was arranged. The exercises incident to the open ing of the 1916-17 session took plac< in the auditorium at 9 o'clock an< were attended by a large represent ation of parents and others inter ested in the welfare of the institu tion. The enrollment of pupils in al grades numbered 211, an increase over previous years on the opening day. The exercises, presided over b) by Superintendent Swittenberg, con sisted of vocal and instrumental mu ?ic,and short addresses by the clerg\ if the town. Rev I' S MeChesney read a selec tion from the seventh chapter of Si Matthew, followed bv a fervenl orayer by Rev A E Riemer, who, af Ler the singing of a hymn, spoke interestingly to the pupils anil teach ?rs. Kev J B Wilson s remarks were iddressed chiefly to parents. Mr J it Walker of the Episcopal church jave a talk to the Boy Scouts. Mr Swittenberg was pleased to iee so many parents and pupils present and gave a cordial invitation to ;he former to visit the school at any ;ime. while he urged the latter to ittend school regularly and stressed ;he importance of punctuality. At the close of the exercises in the luditorium the pupils and teachers marched to their respective class ooms, where the real work of what promises to be the best session it :he school's history was taken up. Mr J as Anderson, tne new principal, ias not reported yet,and his place is ising filled temporarily by Mr W H Welch. FALL OPENINGS. Splendid Showing of Seasonable Apparel for Ladles and Gents. We call special atttention to the idvertisements in this paper anjouncing the fall showing of millilery, ladies' and misses' ready-to ,vear garments, dress goods and ihoes. We don't hesitate in saying hat men's clothing, hats and furnishings will also form a great part )f the fall and winter apparel thai ivill be shown at the leading dr.v ot Arno hpro nPVf WPpk- Jtl ?, 'JK'KJ J J CUI VU (?V4 v y :hough only those things which are )f special interest to the ladies art mentioned in these ads. We have been through their big stores, however, and we know they lave the goods ?not only for our vives, daughters and sweethearts, 3Ut the "mere men," as well, and :hese goods are up-to-date, too, with trices, the most important factor in )ur buying, astonishingly low comjared with the prices quoted in the ldvertisements carried by the big rity new spapers. It may be renembered that our merchants do lot have to pay the heavy expenses ;hat the big city fellows do, which ;hey add to the selling cost of their foods. Note the advertisements of S Vlarcus, the Silverman Department store and the Kingstree Dry Uouds Company. Band Reorganized. The Kingstree cornet band has been revived. A reorganization was recently effected and the members old and new.have started in to maks a success of the organization if sue! is possible in Kingstree. Practice meetings are being held in the olt Masonic lodge room over the expres; company's office every Wednesday night. We trust the people of th< town will give the band every en couragement possible,for there is n< denying the fact that a band is i valuable asset to any town. With Onr Advertisers. If you are interested in finance! read the bank statements in thii paper. Don't fail to read the new ad o: R W Lewis. His Saturday special! are worth going after. If you intend holding your cottoi off the market remember the Scot State warehouse No 121. Note the change of ad in this pa per by the Kingstree Hardware Co If you are ranging around for i range?this firm can assist you. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Di arrhoea Remedy. This is a medicine that every fam ilv should be provided with. Coli< and diarrhoea often come on slid denly and it is of the greatest im portance that they be treated prompt ly. Consider the suffering that mus ho onrlnrofl until ar>hvsieian arrive: or medicine can be obtained. Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy has a reputation sec ond to none for the quick relief tha it affords. Obtainable everywhere r. SUPT. McCULLOUGH'S REPORT. n Interesting Facts Concerning the Schools of Williamsburg. h County Superintendent of Educay tion J G McCullouprh has just comi pleted his annual report, which has t been forwarded to the State Supers intendent of Education at Columbia. , Tne report of Mr McCulloucrh is in; teresfing. It shows that there are fifty-seven school districts in the - county, fifty of which are levying! special taxes, twenty having levied special taxes for this year. The average term of the country sthools during the session of 1915-16 was 124.6 days. The average term of town schools was 135.7 days. There were 3348 white pupils with 123 teachers and 63 schools. There were 5398 colored pupils with 84 teachers. Of the 63 white schools there were 15 two-teacher schools; 4' three-teacher schools, and eight with i more than three teachers, tl The total expenditure for white t j schools amounted to $52.846.35., jThe total expenditure for negro 1 ! schools amounted to $6,753.12. The average per capita expendi1 ture on white pupils was $15.75. while the report shows that the av i erqge per capita expenditure on colored pupils was $1.2"). i i Notice To the Public. 1 A report has been going around for the last few years that Dr R J 1 McCabe's prices are too high for his 1 dental work. The only way I have to settle the above report is to give ? the public my fees for dental ser? vices: 5 Gold Fillings $2.00 Porcelain Fillings 2.00 1 Cement Fillings ., 1.00 Amalgam Fillings 1.00 ? High Grade Alloy Fillings 1.50 1 Extracting, Per Tooth 50 t Cocaine Application 50 Porcelain Crowns $4.00 to $5.00 Gold Crowns $7.50 to $8.50 Bridge Work, Per Tooth 7.50 Plate Work. Plates $7.00 to 15.00 : 8-31"4t robt J McCabe. SPECIAL NOTICES For Sale?Two Floor Showcases.one 8 feet and the other 4 feet; one Iron Safe and Reds. Apply to T J Rendergrass, Kingstree, S C. 9-21-2tp For Sale?Will sell at a bargain some household furniture including bed room suits, wardrobes, chiffirobe, rugs, rockers, kitchen cabinet, etc. Inquire of H C Crawford. 9-14-tf For Sale-Having decided to enter other business I offer for sale the Uwana Theatre. Business now well established and making money; a good investment for any one who wants a good reliable business. Will sell at a bargain to quick purchaser For particulars see H <' Crawford. 9-14-tf Lost?One red and white hound, named Monroe, one ear slightly torn. 1 Reward for return to Joe vause.Kingstree, s c. 9-7-tf For Rent?Three front rooms on Main street, next to court house. Apply to R J McCabe. Wanted.?Two school girls can tinu pleasant accommodations during the coming session at M rs Bertha Wolfe's For Rent ? Two furnished rooms; , modern conveniences; conveniently lo' cated. Apply at this office. Statement ot the Condition of The Bank of Kingstree, LOCATED AT " ;5 Kingstree, S. C. At t fie Close of Business Sept. 12, 1916. ? Resources i Loans and Discounts 9*258.691 57 ? Overdrafts 6,594 12 i Furniture and Fixtures 2,283 78 . Banking House 2,155 71 3 Other Real Estate Owned,... 3,2.13 75 7 Due from Banks and Bankers,29,230 29 ? Currency, 3,400 00 ; Gold 1<'7 50 Silver and other Minor Coin.. 1,963 34 J Checks and Cash Items, 1,872 54 1 Total $309,532 60 Liabilities Capital Stock Paid In, $ 60,000 00 Surplus Fund 4,000 00 3 Und. Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid. 2,653 74 s Due to Banks and Bankers, 497 85 Individual Deposits: f Sub to Check,.$49,785 52 a Savings Deps.. 102,417 35 Cashier's Checks. 178 14 152,381 01 Bills Payable,Including Cer, tificates for Money Bor1 rowed, 90.000 00 Total $309,532 60 STATE OF SOCTH CAROLINA, I as county of williamsburg, \ ~~ Before me came F W I'airey, Cashier ' of the above named bark, who, being: Inly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a t-ue condition of said Bank, as shown by the books of - said bank. F W FA IRE V. Sworn to and subscribed before me, - this 20th day of September, 1916. 3 H 0 Brittox, Clerk of Court. Correct?Attest : l > C Scott, Jno A Kelley, LeRoy Lee, t Directors. j " 'M Rnnirc Riank Notes. Mortgages and; IIGUbipi uuunw| , w all Legal Blanks in demand, for sale at | The Record office. If we have not the t form you wish we can print it cn short . notice. I jggjjCg FOUR MOHTHLY a And Our Paper! rp^zr1: y. c0!avs.~-\ A : m.J mm i Get TSie Most Foi Send your subscription tc our paper i subscription to these splendid magazines fo ! quarter brings you $1.35 worth of standar! , This offer is open to old and new su scriber to any of these magazines, your si from date of expiration. This offer clso includes a FREE dress j copy of Today's, select any dress pattern y< Magazine, &ivin? them the size and numbi ; to you free of charge. Never before has any newspaper been ] character at this price. We are proud c advantage of it at once. Si .50 Send Your Order Befi -** = The Magazines Will Stop Pre OUJKJ* WWJOW > ??I I Mil ? j] You Can Redut Expense If Yi In every town and in is always one house that cheaper than any other, this community. M. H. J/ TWOS! 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