The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 10, 1918, Image 7
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MONEY TAKES WIN*
LOOK! HERE'S THE 1
TO STOP IT!
A MAN win start downtown witl
will pass a bank. If he depo
sparing in his expenditures,
little currency and a FAT CHECK
am elephantine WAD OF GREENE
BOOK!
BANK OF I
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How Do Our Pr
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We give below the prices <
articles of food and drink w
you will see that jrou can su
here as anywhere, quality c
Flour, per barrel $12 00
Meal, per barrel 4 75
Hams, lb..?_ 35c
Smoked Shoulders, lb 28c |
Cheese, lb 35c '
-i? a 1 c i
oaraine?, * coxes iur wt ,
Canned Peaches 25c '
Canned Peas 15c
Heckers' Buckwheat 20c i
Corn, per bushel, $2.00; 1
Oats, $1.00
THE CAS
ODOM (El DENIS
p* -Fhone 120. Ac
L. S. DENNI
^ i*ni\n rvnmnr
m vmst
A carload just received
solid oak, clean-cut and si
kind that lasts and looks
before the last advance ii
on the freight, and they
at our prices. Call and se
good values in Iron
lattresses, Kitchen
and Window Shades.
/
Remember, too, that w
Proflt-Sharinj
with all Cash purchases.
Steele Furnitu
K1NGSTREE,
I -v / P II
12k lb. Paid I
Choice Beef, 1
Mutton a
Highest Prices Pai
THE PEOPLE
H. A. MILLEI
b
i $50 in his pocket. On his way he
sits $40 of his $50 he will be more
Money will not TAKE WINGS!
BOOK is a better combination than
IACKS and an ANAEMIC CHECK
?IN GSTREE.
I
ices Strike You?
on a few of the many choice
e carry in stock, from which
ipply your table as cheaply
onsidered:
Cream of Wheat 25c
Cabbage, lb 5c
Condensed Milk 15c and 25c
Apples, doz 25c
i Coca-Cola 5c
Pablo 10c
Syrups 10c to 80c
Potted Meats ? 5c, 10c, 15c
Jellies, all kinds 15c
Hav, $1.50 per 100; Seed
per bushel.
H STORE
riS, Proprietors
ademy and Mill Sts.
S, Manager
^t1
RS, WASHSTANDS
. These pieces are all
ubstantially made?the
well. We bought them
i prices; saved money
are exceptional values
e our stock. flWe have
Beds, Springs and
Safes, Small Rugs
e give
I Certificates
ire Company
- - S. C.
ITcYmirf attic I
UU M. VU1 VUlllv
lest Market Price Paid
r n ii* l
tor low Hides.
Pork, Sausage
rnd Veal.
d for Hides g Furs
i'S MARKET
I, Proprietor.
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Report of Treasurer ol
Town of Kingstree
Showing Receipts and Disbursements
for Quarter Ending De
| cember 31, 1917.
R?c?ipts.
Balance October 1 $1,609 74
Taxes 198 11
Licenses 79 0?
Fines and forfeits 168 0(
Loan, Bank of Kmgstree 1,000 0(
Overdraft 360 91
Total $3,405 81
Diibursemanl*.
Germania Savings Bank $1,050 0(
Kingstree Light & Ice Co 656 81
Street labor. 264 54
J H Epps 255 0(
J A Scott 195 0(
T W Epps 1SU IX
Walter Steele 165 (X
Williamsburg Live Stock Co 154 16
L W Gilland 75 0(
W M Vause & Sons 50 0(
People's Mercantile Co 64 5(
Police dept, sundry bills 51 1J
W H Welch 8 OC
Miss Etta Jacobs 25 0(
P S Courtney 10 06
Bank of Kingstree 20 OC
C C Burgess 10 OC
J J B Montgomery 20 0C
County Record 43 7?
L S Dennis 20 0C
W W Dennnis 36 62
Scott-Logan Co 11 0C
Fire dept, sundry bills 10 9C
Kingstree Telephone Co 5 01
James Epps 8 0?
L H DuBose. 2 9C
Sundry expenses 13 31
Total $3,405 82
Walter Steele,
Clerk and Treasurer.
Auditors Notice
The Auditor's office will be open from
January 1 to February 20,1918
inclusive, ior uie purpose 01 tuning uu
returns for the fiscal year 1918. Returns
must be made for all real and personal
property.
All male persons between the ages of
21 and 0 years, Inclusive, are liable to
a poll tax of $1.00, also a road tax of
$2.00, and must be returned.
Don't fail or forget or ip any manner
try to dodge returning your dog or dogs.
All property must be returned in
township and school district in which
located.
Income tax should be returned at the
same time other returns are made.
Pursuant to law, there will be no appointments
for the purpose of taking
tax returns elsewhere than in the Auditor's
office.
A penalty of fifty per cent (50%) will
be added after February 20.
J J B Montgomery,
12-27-t2-14 County Auditor.
Commissioners' Notice.
Notice is hereby given that on the
first Tuesday in February the Board of
County Commissioners will receive
sealed bids for the jail, pauper and
chaingang medical practice. Bias are to
include all medicines and service, and
chaingang in eight miles of courthouse.
- J N Hammet,
l-10-4t Co Supervisor.
Notice of Application
for Einal Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that on the
7th day of February, 1918, I will apply
to P M Brockinton, Probate Judge of
Williamsburg county, for Letters Dismissory
as Executor of the estate ?of
Mrs M E Brown, deceased.
R J Brown,
l-10-5t Executor.
Trespass Notice.
All parties are hereby warned against
hunting, cutting or hauling wood or
otherwise trespassing on the lands of
the estate of J J McCullough in Anderson
township. Violators of this notice
will be prosecuted^at law.
12-27-4 tp A E MCCULLOUGH, Agt.
Registration Notice.
The office of the Supervisor of Registration
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
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
months before, any poll tax then due
and payable, and who can both read
and write any section of the constitution
of 1896 submitted to him by the
Supervisors of Registration, or who
can show that he owns, and has paid
all taxes collectible on during the
present year, pioperty in this State
assessed at three hundred dollars 01
more. B E Clarkson,
rlerk of Board.
Christmas mail this year was 25
per cent heavier than ever before,
according to the post office department.
The congestion was less,
however, because the packages were
mailed earlier than in former years.
' Telling It
To Mar}1
The Story of a Lost Neck
lace.
By CLARISSA MACKIE
I Jim Haswell and I stared at cact
other across the polished top of tb<
) library table. Between us lay ai
* open cash box showing a neatly tiet
j packet labeled "Mary's Bonds." Ii
) my extended hand was a leathei
> jewel case?yawning?empty.
! "The necklace is gone," I gaspec
| at last.
) "Mary must not be told?yet,'
> panted Jim, resting back on hi.1
! heels, dusty and disheveled. "N<
I telling what might happen to hei
> weak heart if she became excited."
1 There was a light tap on the dooi
' and my wife's voice. "I mereh
i want to remind you both that to
> morrow is my birthday?you haven'1
' forgotten that I shall be twentv-fiv<
( years of age and that at last I an
to have Aunt Bethiah's necklace ?"
? "Of course we haven't forgotten,'
! I said with dignity.
; "I believe I shall claim it tonight
' boys! At midnight I shall be of age
and you may deliver it to me then.'
"Very well, dear," I said drearily
"What is the matter?" entreatec
Mary tearfully. "You both look s<
i worried. You?you haven't beer
speculating?"
"Lord, no! Didn't I promise yoi
I never would again ?"
She drew herself away, smiling
"I'm glad of that, Peter?it's a greal
temptation?to obtain money quickly?but
it's risky and worrisome
Goodby, dears. Cheer up and bt
sweeter tempered when I come
home." And she left.
"What do you say to my calling
headquarters and have a detective
sent up here?" said Jim.
"Let *cr ?0," I said gruffly, and
while Jim talked at some length ovei
the telephone I rearranged the safe,
We sat in melancholy silence foi
an hour; then the doorbell rang and
Stiffins ushered in a small, stupid
looking little man. He tendered a
printed card.
"Ah, Mr. Bump?be seated," 1
said, after introducing the detective
to Jim.
Briefly I related the circumstances:
That Jim Haswell and
myself were eiecutors of the estate
of the late Miss Bethiah Haswell
(own aunt to Mary and Jim),
who had died eight years ago and
left among other bequests one to mj
wife; this bequest consisted of several
listed securities valued at perhaps
$4,000 and a handsome diamond
necklace, estimated to be
worth at least $30,000. 'J'hese were
not to be given to Mary until she
reached the age of twenty-five,
which would happen on the morrow.
This afternoon we opened the safe
to check off the bonds and arrange
for their transfer to my wife, and we
had discovered the jewel case to be
empty.
Mr. Bump's eyes darted from
Jim's distressed face to my own and
he spoke for the first time.
"I'll look around," he said in a
dry, husky voice.
He examined the safe, the cash
box, the locks and keys, the combination
to the safe, the rugs on the
floor and looked up the chimney.
"Inside job," he said tersely.
"You mean the servants?" demanded
Jim.
"I didn't say so."
We leaned against the mantelpiece
while the detective stared ai
the safe. "You didn't ought to kep'
'em in the house," he 6aid severely.
"We are aware of that factnow,"
remarked Jim impatiently.
"Give us fresh information if von
can!"
"I can," snapped Mr. Bump ominously.
Then his voice went on rapidly,
without pause: "There wat
two men on the job; they knew th
combination, had keys to the cupboard
and cash box; it was a cincl
for 'era, gents! One man was tail
and fair, with a scar on his tempi*
like Mr. Haswell here, and the othei
feller was the very spit of yourself
Mr. Drsyton." He smiled impudent
ly into our astonished faces.
"What do you mSiP?" sputterec
Jimmy threateningly.
"I mean when a firm of architects
is pressed for $10,000 and they hole
its worth in trust for a relative it'*
an easy matter to raise the mone]
and call in the central office to cool
up a robbery yarn," he said brutally
"Now, gents, I'll give you till tomor
rnw nffpmnrm tn nrnrinr-p thflt neck
lace."
The door closed behind hii
shrinking form, and Jim and I tottered
into opposite chairs and starec
aghast at each other.
"Fool idea, that, your calling uj
headquarters," I muttered .merrily
''"You've ?'<* i>> no end of a !'
"Hot did lie !?';irn se m*<*ue<
$10,000?" groaned Jimmy. "Must
have snooped around a lot on his
way here."
"It's his business to snoop. That's
r what you hired hini for," I remarked.
At dinner that night Jim and I
were sunk into an abyss of melan
choly. Mary was the very spirit of
joyous anticipation. She talked and
laughed and merrily rallied us on
our silence# Afterward she played
and sang until the clock struck 11.
Then she rose to her graceful height,
i "Boys," she said tremulously, "I'm
? going upstairs for awhile. I'll meet
j you in the library at 12 o'clock."
1 In the library we smoked drearily
i until the hall clock rang 12.
r The door opened slowlv, and
Uo tv rncnlnnrlonf- in whitr> qat in
1 entered
Jim knelt before the safe and
' opened it. Silently he handed n;o
3 the tin box, nrd as silently I opened
) it.
r "Mary, dear, these securities will
be transferred to you tomorrow?
r today, I mean," I said lamely.
j 'Their value now is about $4,000,
- and you may do as you please
t about"?
; "Bother the old securities, Peter,"
i interrupted Mary. "I want the necklace."
' I held the jewel case in my hand.
"Dear," I said, "can you bear a
, shock?"
, "What is it, Peter?" she half
' whispered.
"Dear, the necklace has disap1
peared I" I blurted out suddenly.
> "Since when?" demanded Mary,
t "We discovered its loss this afternoon?I
mean yesterday at 4 o'clock,
i If it does not show up, Jim and I
will make up its loss to you."
"Fiddlesticks! Open the case!"
h AAmmonrlorl \forv
\* tv/iumauuvu mui j
I snapped open the cover, and
. there on its white satin bed lay the
i diamond necklace!
s "Jove!" yelled Jimmy, prancing
excitedly about.
; "A foolish joke," commented my
! wife as I clasped the necklace
around her graceful neck. She kissI
ed me softly and then reached and
drew Jimmy into the triangular era.
brace.
"Dears," my wife exclaimed, forl
getting all about the necklace,
1 "you've been in trouble over your
i stupid business. You needn't deny
it. I heard you talking one night!
You needed just $10,000 to set you
' on your feet?not ten thousand borrowed
dollars that would have to
be paid back, but that amount for
1 your very own?and I've got it for
you!"
"What!" we roared increduouslv.
M.i i fil
> "lea, sirs," sne smueu nappnv.
"I've committed all sorts of crimes
to gain my ends, and I'm not a bit
repentant, although I've been dread'
fully afraid you would find me out
' ?especially yesterday afternoon?
' you acted so queer. Now, listen. I
1 stole the combination to the safe
1 from Peter's desk, and I took his
1 key when he was sick two weeks ago
and had a duplicate made of it, so
1 that early this week I took my neckf
lace and raised $10,000 on it." She
1 paused dramatically.
! "I took the money to father's old
friend, Colonel >fculdoon, and asked
1 him if he wouldn't please invest it
so it would be doubled at once. I
have heard that everything he
1 touched turned to gold.
"He said he liked my nerve in
1 asking him to do such a thing, but
he said he was going to stir up Prai!
rie Limited, so he put it in that"?
"Heavens! Prairie Limited?
solid gold!" I burst out.
"Don't interrupt, Peter. Yesterday
he telephoned me to come down
to his office and receive the pro'
eeeds, and-, dears, there was enough
; to redeem the necklace and ten
thousand over?here's the bank
draft. Am I a financier?"
"You're a darling!" cried her
brother when I had released her.
1 "But, Mary, dear, you, er?speculated:
it's against your principles.
' You should not have done it even
' for us."
I ' WT nnror nf if in flint.
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1 way," she faltered, and then her
' face broke into a lovely smile. "I
| did it for love of you two, and what
^ i6 principle compared to love ?"
5 There was only one answer to
: that, and we gave it.
> ?
Keeping Dogs as Pets.
The fashion of keeping little dogs
' as objects of luxury is not at all
modern. Both Greek and Roman
> women used to have small pet dogs,
1 over which they made as much fuss
? as does a fashionable lady of today
r over her poodle. Even men, usual;
lv foreigners, were not ashamed to
. stroll about the Koman streets car
rving dogs in their arms.
Find the Bright Spot.
? There are advantages all around
- us if we will but look for them. It's
1 I ha an nnKmist if
I caov UllV/U^li V\J WV UU ?
we'll but try. Now, take the dog
) with the little stubby, bobbed off
. tail. He has the consolation of
4 knowing you can't tie a can to it.?
1 I'?- ri*ln Ti:ne>-TTnion.
WAR TALKS i
By UNCLE DAN H
I %
Number One Q
America Must Fight Hard or Germany
May Win? Necessity for Mill,
tirv Training.
"Now, Blllle," said his mother, "your
Uncle Dan is coming tomorrow to ?
spend a week with us on the farm, and
If you want to know about the war, ^
here's your opportunity. Uncle Dan is
probably one of the best-Informed men
in the country." Blllle clapped his
hands and gave such a whoop that he
wakened the baby, but what could you
expect of a fifteen-year-old boy who is
a living Interrogation point and wants
to know about war?
Uncle Dan arrived in due time and
Blllle watched for an opportunity. It
came that evening after dinner when
Uncle Dan had lighted a cigar and
taken a seat on the porch. . $
Tm mighty glad you came, Uncle
Dan. I want to talk to you about the
war. We have just put military training
In our township high school, but
we bad a hard time to do It The
Joneses and the Greggs objected. They
said the war wouldn't come over here.
Grandma Jones said: They ain't no
use to worrit, It will soon blow over.'
Well, we put the training in Just the
same. You orter heard Judge Brownell,
the president of the school board,
do the slackers up. He said unless we
take off our coats and go to it Germany
may yet win, and If she does, she
will take over the great British fleet as
a war trophy and compel us to do what
ever she wants to; that she could make
us pay all the cost of the war; the
kaiser could tax us as he pleased and
that we couldn't help ourselves. He
could make every one pay over a part %
of what he earns; that he could make
the farmers pay rent for their own
farms, etc. Now, Uncle, what do yoa
think of that?"
"Well, my boy," said Uncle Dan,
M~11 D.AnrnAll flntro
I till UlUl U UUgc uiuwuui oajo ??5in>
easily come true and may unless we go
| quickly to the aid of the allies with
i large numbers of men and help them
I break the German line. Unless we can
beat the submarines, they may prevent
us from getting enough food to
the allies to keep them going. In that
case Germany would win. As matters
stand today, our greatest need Is
trained men. If we had had several
millions of men with military training
in our industries and on our farms
when the war came, who could
have been called at once for service, I
do not believe the kaiser would have
forced the war upon us. As it was, he
had no respect for us, and now we are
in It and must go through with It But
never again must we be caught so
wholly unprepared.
"There is only one safe way," said
Uncle Dan, "and that Is to adopt permanently
universal military training,
apply It to every young man who Is
physically fit say In his nineteenth or
twentieth year. The training can be
carried forward in the United States
training camps that are now being established
for training men called by
the selective draft. As soon as these
men vacate these stations, they should
be filled oy younger men, and this
should be made the permanent policy
of the country."
Billie's mother, Mrs. Graham, had
overheard the conversation. She came
out and said: "Really, Brother Dan.
are you serious as to the dangers of
our count) /? If it is as bad as that, it
is high tiu.. for us to wake up and do
something about it"
"Exactly," replied Uncle Dan. "It
Is better to wake up now than to be
miiolr nvalrenM) Inter We mav aa
well understand, sister, that this Is oar
war and we must win it or God help
America. Everything that we hare
or hope to have?our liberti#, our
blessings, our opportunities are all involved
in the great issue before us.
Nothing must stand between us and
winning this war. It is a question
whether the peoples' right or the kaiser's
might shall dominate the world.
If there ever was a holy war, this in
u Wp htp flehtine for world lihertv.
We are fighting for the freedom of
humanity. We are fighting for the
right of men to govern themselves Instead
of being governed against their
will by a war-mad overlord. Perilous ?
times are ahead of us. We must be
prepared to make any sacrifice, to perform
any service that may be required
of us."
"Oh, Uncle Dan," exclaimed Blllle,
"may I bring my chum, Jimmle Collins,
when we have our next talk? He
Is a bug on this war business and just
crazy to see you.n
"Certainly," said Uncle Dan, with a
hearty laugh. "If we are to have more
talks, I shall be glad to have Jimmle
join us."
Kiiiia riaDDed his hands and ran to
the 'phone and told JImmie to be ove*
at seven o'clock the next evening.
Coker College will not reopen until
next '.Wednesday, because of fuel
shortage.
Whenever Yon Need a General Tonic
Take Grove's.
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 60 cents.
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