Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IWHENYOUWRI You ought to have the i tionery you can get, wh ing for a job, or accept marriage, or simply sen py letter to a chum. OUR STA1 supply is composed of weights to please a vari makes writing a real p] jp prices?YOUR MONE I Kingstree Dru I Fall Mi Open Of Gage Brothei L Hat: Tuesday and 1 ? September 2 | Also a Full lini I Coat Si r S. Ma THE BIG STORE ON New Jei . We are eceiving daily nev I Brooches, Cameos, 14k Wove I Necklaces and Bracelet WatcT I in the latest patterns. Wedding Presents in S1 I Glass in the newest cuts. Bring me your Broken Je1 Repairs made same day receiv T. E BAGGE1 - Kingstree, (Real Estate?F Country Farms and T< If You Want to I If You Want to We can place you in any sect you want. Address all corre Gourdin & Harper, X# V%r? rVX#rV~^#rVX#rV^ r V r>T\ HELETTERS | OC? most suitable Sta- g* tether you're writ- cx5 ing a proposal of g? ding a long gossi- $f rmivFPY i gg ; , styles, tints and 3* ( ety of tastes. It leasure. And our 8$ ! rs worth. & ; g Company | llinery I ing rs Pattern s Wednesday 6 and 21 ! of Ladies' nits ircus THE CORNEA velry! 7 goods in La Vallieres, n Wire Bracelets, also ^ 11 ^ ^ a>aa/)c< les. /in ui uicsc gwuo ;erling Silver and Cut vvelry, Watches, Clocks, ed. [T, Jeweler S.C. arm Lands. >wn Lots For Sale! Buy, See "Us Sell, See Us ion of the County that spondence to Kingstree, S. C. I Legal Advertisements. f Notice of Sale for Foreclosure. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG, Court of Common Pleas. ? ? ? . i n u.'JJl.i Uhas f v.Miacueton.ar,' nas r aiiuuieiuii, Jr.and G A Middleton, co-partners as Middleton & Company, Plaintiffs, against Juney June, Defendant.Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of the decretal order in the above entitled action made and rendered in open court by his Honor, Judge J W Devore,dated May 1,1916, I, the undersigned, Sheriff of Williamsburg county, said State,will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, before the court house door in Kingstree,South Carolina, during the legal hours for sale Dn the second (2nd)day of October, 1916, the same being salesdav, the following described tract of land, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying, being and situate in the oounty of Williamsburg and State of South Carolina, containing eighty (80) acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: North by unknown lands; on the East by lands of J J Cooper; South by lands of B Brunson and West by unknown lands, same being the tract of land conveyed to the said Juney June by Susan June, Willie June, Ellen June and Azalie June by deed dated March 4, 1914, and also being the tract of land bought of 'Annie L Keels by llenry June by deed dated September 7, 19U"). Purchaser to pay for papers. G J Graham, 9-14-3t Sheriff of Williamsburg county. Kingstree, S C, September 14, 1916. Notice of Sale for Foreclosure. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG, Court of Common Pleas. Wee Nee Bank, a banking corporation duly created, chartered and organised by and under the laws of the State of South Carolina, Plaintiff, against T E Ragin and People's Mercantile Company, a corporation by and under the laws of the State of South Carolina, Defendants. Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of the decretal order in the above entitled action made and rendered in open court by his Honor, Judge John S Wilson.dated June 13,1916,1, the undersigned Sheriff of Williamsburg county .said State, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash before the court house door in Kingstree, South Carolina, during the legal hours for sale on the second day of October, 1916, the same being salesday, the following de scribed tract of land, to-wit: All and singular that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, measuring and containing one hundred and ninety-nine (199) acres, lying, being and situate in the county of Williamsburg and State of South Carolina, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Bounded on the North by lands of Greelyville Land Improvement company; on the East by lands of Robert Mimms and lands of A I Ragin; on the South by lands of Frierson; and on the West by lands ofJJohn P Ragin, which said tract of land aboye mentioned and described was conveyed to the said T E Ragin by A J Ragin and John P Ragin by their deed dated August 9, 1913, recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for said county November 2t<, 1913,in Book "A-10" of Conveyances at page 359. Purchaser to pay for papers. G J Graham, 9-14-3t Sheriff of Williamsburg county. Kingstree, S C, September 14, 1916. Notice of Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, county of williamsburg Court of Common Pleas F Rhem and D D Rhem, copartners trading under the firm name and style ot t Knem ec sons, piainuns, V3 Alfred Mitchum, defendant Pursuant to an order in the above stated case signed by his Honor, Judge John S Wilson,on the 13th day of June, 1916, I will offer for sale at public auction before the court house door in Kingstree, S C, on salesday in October, to wit: the 2nd day of October, 1916, between the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash the following described tract of land. "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying, being and situate in Williamsburg county, State of South Carolina, containing seven (7) acres, and bounded as follows, viz: North by lands of W V Strong; East by public road; South by lands of the heirs of Julia Scotland West by lands of Mitchell Scott". Purchaser to pay for papers. H 0 Britton, Clerk of Court of Williamsburg County 9-14-3tTrespass Notice. All Dersons are hereby warned not to in any wise trespass upon the lands pf the estate of C S Dukes, deceased, and all persons are especially forbidden to fish or in any wise trespass upon or about the lake upon said lands known as "Dukes' lake". Robert Dukes, Heir-at-law of C S Dukes and Manager of Said Property. K&H 9-21-4t Notice of Application for Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that on the 14th day of October, 1916, at 12 o'clock noon, 1 will apply to P M Brockington. Judge of Probate of Williamsburg county, for Letters Dismissory as Executor of the estate of Bertha Chandler,deceased. J Herbert Chandler, 9-14-5tp Executor. TTmd'rAfiaori T.nniliAr. ViiUl VO0VU MIUUWV*' I always have on hand a lot of undressed lumber (board and framing) at my mill near Kingstree, for sale at the lowest price for good material. See or write me for further information, etc. F. H. HODGE. Statement of the Condition of The Bank of Greelyville, , LOCATED AT j Greelyville, S. C. i At the Close of Business Sept 12, 1916. 1 Resources ; Loans and Discounts, $52,176 78 Overdrafts, 9.783 62 < Furniture and Fixtures 1.605 85 < Banking House, 1,228 69 , Other Real JEstate Owned ? 766 58 Due from Banks and Bankers, 4,454 38 ' Currency, 4,500 00 J Gold 343 50 , Silver and other Minor Coin,. 1,094 95 . Total $75,954 35 , Liabilities Capital Stock Paid In $15,000 00 Surplus Fund 4,350 00 Undivided Profits.less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid... 1,476 62 Individual Deposits: Subject to Cbk..$15,667 66 ; Savings Deposits 15,436 12 Cashier's Checks 23 95 31,127 73 Hills Payable,including Certificates for Money Borrowed 24,000 < 0 Total $757954^35 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, > county of williamsburg, ) Before me came C Register, Cashier of the above named bank.who,being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement i.-> a true condition of said bank, as shown bv the books of said bank. C K REGISTER. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 18th day of September. 1016. / B S Fleming, Notary Public for South Carolina. Correct?Attest: t w boyle, J F Montgomery, TJ II or.an, Directors. Statement of the Condition of The Bank of Cades, located at CADES, S. C., At the Close of Business Sept 12, 1916. Resources. Loans and Discounts $22,680 06 Furniture and Fixtures 2,500 00 Banking House 3,000 00 . Due from Banks and Bankers 2,108 70 Currency 760 00 Gold 10 00 Silver and other Minor Coin ... 389 13 Total $31,337 89 Liabilities. Capital Stock Paid In $10,000 00 Surplus Fund ? 100 00 1 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid 129 29 1 Individual Deposits: ( *17.994 49 1 OUUICVt Wv?.vvH..T..r?. Savings Deposits.. 3,<107 10 Cashier's Checks ... 107 01 21,108 06 Total $31,337 89 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, / county of williamsburg, f Before me came W D Epps, Cashier of the above named bank, wno, being duly sworn,says that the above and ( foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. W D EPPS. Sworn to and subscribed before me ( this 18th day of September, 1916. < Geo A McElveen, 1 Notary Public. Correct?Attest: 1 W I Hodges, 1 T J cottingham, ] W E Nesmith, Directors. Statement ot the Condition of the j Farmers' & Merchants' Bank located at j JOHNSONV1LLE, S. C.t At the Close of Business Sept 12, 1916W j resources c Loans and Discounts $41,954.77 f * *' * 1 fU\ r Furniture and fixtures i.ow.w ?. Banking House 2,000.00 s Other Real Estate Owned 2,324.33 Due from Banks and Bankers 10,290.60 t Currency 2,355.00 Silver and Other Minor Coin.. 1,097.41 Checks and Cash Items 15.00 Other Resources, viz: Expense ._. 97-17 Total $ 61,734.28 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid In $10,000.00 Surplus Fund 2,500.00 ' Dividends Unpaid 8.00 Individual Deposits: Subject to Check $26,632.08 Savings Deposits 10,476.84 Time Certificates of Deposit 1,619.74 Cashier's Checks.. 597.62 39,226.28 Bills Payable,Including Certifificates for Money Borrowed. 10,000 00 ( Total.. $61,734.28 ] STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) __ , COUNTY OF WILLAMSBURG. { HS j Before me came R H McElveen, Cash- ( ier of the above named Bank, who. being j duly sworn, says that the above ana ( foregoing statement is a true condition / of said Bank, as shown by the books < of said Bank. R H McElveen. i Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of September, 1916. C J Rollins, Notary Public for South Carolina. Correct?Attest: ( T J COTTingham, S S B Poston, 1 A G Eaddy, Directors. 1 Registration Notice. The office of the Supervisor of Re*- i istration will be open on the 1st Monday in each month for the purpose of registering any person who is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident of i the State for two years, and of the county one year, and of the polling precinct in which the elector offers to < vote four months before the day of ( election, and shall have paid, six 1 months before, any poll tax then due ( and payable, and who can both read f and write any section of the constitution of 1896 submitted to him by the 1 Supervisors or .Kegis&rai>iuu, ur nuu can show that he owns, and has paid all taxes collectible on during the present year, property in this State assessed at three hundred dollars or more. B E Clarkson, ' lerk of Board. Ring* That Touch. A clerk in a downtown jewelry store was being instructed by his new employer. "When a man comes :n to buy a wedding ring always ask him if an engagement ring wi'l be worn with it and what carat it is. The two should be the same. If the engagement ring is eighteen carats, say, and the wedding ring is fourteen, as they rub together the softer ring will show the wear and usur?IIv inst under the stone which be comes loosened. We have had to reset hundreds of diamonds for this very reason."?New York Sun. Mittakac of Early Geography. An American geography printed in 1S12 contains this interesting information: "California is a wild and almost unknown land, covered throughout the year by dense fogs. On the northern shores live anthropophagi, and in the interior are active volcanoes and vast plains of shifting snow, which sometimes shoot up columns to inconceivable heights." The book adds that some of these statements would seem incredible were they not so well authenticated by trustworthy travelers. Brother Jonathan. Brother Jonathan as a national name for the United States of America is generally understood to have originated as follows:-Governor Jonathan Trumbull of Connecticut was often looked to by Washington for advice and support, and so great was the assistance rendered by him that Washington was fond of referring to him aa the "first of patriots, my brother Jonathan." Very naturally the name was transferred to this country itself, and before long it was widely popular. Statement of tbe Condition of The Bank of Hemingway, LOCATED AT Hemingway, S C, \.t the close of Business Sept 12, 1916. Resources. boans and Discounts $40,964.54 )verdrafts 962.59 Bonds and Stocks Owned by the Bank 150 00 i^urniture and Fixtures 890 15 Banking House 3,182 11 Dther Real Estate Owned 534 75 Due from Banks and Bankers 7,055 60 Currency 535 00 Sold 20 00 silver and Other Minor Coin.... 1,212 18 checks and Cash Items 1,016 22 Total $56,523 14 Liabilities. Capital Stock Paid In $1">,000 00 surplus Fund 2,300 00 Jnai vided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid.... 727 27 Due to Banks and Bankers ... 2.349 81 Dividends Unpaid 30 CO individual Deposits: Subject to Check..$22 319 10 Savings Deposits 5,831 31 Time Cert of Dep 200 00 Cashier's Checks 265 65 28,616 06 Jills Payable, Including Certificates for Money Borrowed, 7,500 00 Total $56,523 14 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ( coilnty of williamsburg, \ Before me came D G Huggins, Casherof the above named bank, who. being luly sworn, says that the above and 'oregoing statement is a true condition >f said bank, as shown by the books of laid bank. D G HUGGINS. Sworn to and subscribed before me his 12th day of September, 1916 G B Ingraham, Notary Public. Correct?Attest : H Edwako Eaddy, J M G Eaddy, n; i. uirecuira Statement of tbe Condition of The Bank of Williamsburg, located at Kinffstree. S. C. At the Close of Business Sept 12, 1916. Resources Loans and Discounts, $252,873 09 Dverdrafts. 6,437 93 Bonds and Stocks owned by the Bank, 500 00 Furniture and Fixtures, 4,358 23 Banking House, 9,313 13 Dther Real Estate Owned, 2,000 00 Due from Banks and Bankers, 15,051 06 Currency, 5,576 00 Sold, 882 50 Silver and Other Minor Coin, 1,785 35 Checks and Cash Items 6,879 33 Total, $305,656 62 Liabilities Capital Stock Paid In, 8100,000 00 Surplus Fund, 3,000 00 Jndivided Profits, less Current Expanses and Taxes Paid, 2,088 42 r?? i j ?i t-,?;,o LUUlYIClUftl UcjLr^iu, Subject to Chk, $62,079 16 Savings Deps, 81,292 77 Cashier's Cliks, 1,196 27 -144,568 20 Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed, 56,000 00 Total, $305,656 62 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, [ __ county of williamsburg, \ bs Before me came E C Epps, Cashier >f the above named bank, who, being July sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition )f said bank, as shown by the books of laid bank. E C EPI'S. Sworn to and subscribed before me diis 19th day of September, 1916. J D O'Bryan, Notary Public for South Carolina. Correct?Attest : w V Strong, J F McFadden, Chas W Stoll, Directors. HAWAII'S FAMED VOLCANO. Kilauea Could Pose ac a Model of the Internal Regions. Of the volcano of Kl'lauea who 6hall speak? Approach it as cynically as you like, you will be startled from your indifference, it will be strange if you do not feci, looking down into that pit, many comfortable veils stripped off your swathed mind. A naked human emotion is a great and terrible thing to encounter, sometimes a thing to turn one's face from. But this is even more appalling. You may clutch first off at the easy metaphor of hell. Kilauea is not like hell; it is worse?worse because there is no moral significance in it to knit our souls to such a spectacle. Dante's eighth circle, with its barattieri sunk in boiling pitch, was part of a mighty plan, a physical result of moral facts, comprehensible, its very hideousness dependent on the historic three score years and ten of mortal life. You can avoid hell by being good, and even if you descend into it you will have human company. But this has nothing to do with vice or virtue. It makes naught of moral values. You squat on that rim and stare 700 feet down into Ilalemaumau?the inner pit of Kilauea? and history is superseded. The sulphur stench blows up now and then like a great wave and drives you gasping from the brink. Y'ou wander about the lava bed for a little (you could wander on that same lava bed for miles if you chose) and then return. The simple fact of Halemaumau is a pit some twenty acres in extent that seethes and boils incessantly. Every few moments an acre of solid lava rises up out of the caldron, is sucked back into the scarlet waves and molten again be fore your eyes. In another corner of the pit a fiery fountain bursts like a great geyser. The worst of it is that you can hear it The pot seethes and boils and groans in your very ears, for all the 700 feet between you and it. And if you cared to make a misstep you could bound from little ledge to little ledge, straight into the mutter and flame of it I leave you to imagine the spectacle of Kilauea when the sudden tropic night has fallen on the vast crater of which Halemaumau is only the deepest pocket.?Katharine Fullerton Gerould in Scribner's. Franch Scots. There is an ancient settlement of highland Scots, near Murray bay, on the St. Lawrence, which has adopted the French language instead of English. It was formed of disbanded soldiers soon after the British conquest of Canada, and officers and men intermarried with the French , Canadians, adopting their language and habits so completely that, though they bear such names as Blackburn, Warren, McLean and McNicholl, their dependents are in all other respects as French a3 the inhabitants around om Rtd Flannel Currency. A Scotch missionary to a group of small islands in the south Pacific a great many years ago found bits of red flannel circulating as money. This currency came to them in a curious manner. The body of a shipwrecked sailor had drifted ashore, and to the untutored savages, who had never before seen clothing of any kind, his red flannel 6hirt was an object of wonder and admiration. By common consent they cut the garment into small pieces, which thenceforth became the currency of the island. THom Little DiaHea. Tommy ate his first meal at a country hotel when he was nine years old, and the experience was an event. He was especially interested in the collection of small, thick dishes containing side orders scattered about his plate. When he went home he gave a graphic description of the meal. "And what do you think, mamma," he concluded, "we ate most of the things out of birds' bathtubs." ?Woman's Home Companion. Clearing Housea. The function of a clearing hou3e is to enable bankers to exchange drafts, bills and securities, thereby saving much labor and trouble and at the same time curtailing the amount of floating cash that would otherwise be required. By means of the transfer system made possible by the clearing house .transactions to the amount of millions are settled easily and expeditiously. Works Liko Charm. Hanson?Wonder how it is that the Jugginsons get along so harmoniously. They never have any quarrels, apparently. Burt ? The reason i3 simple enough.' Jugginson always lets Mrs. J. have the last word, and she never tries to prevent him from having his own way. ?Boston Transcript.