The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 17, 1918, Image 4
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THE COUNTY RECORD.
Thursday Jan. 17, 1918.
Good Roads Are a Personal
Responsibility.
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remaps no oiner leaiurc 01 ciYit
reform or improvement of recent
years has attracted so much attention
as has that of road building.
All over our broad land, from ocean
to ocean, from the lakes to the gulf,
the wave of enthusiasm is rolling.
The people are realizing that they
must have better roads, ana the
machinery of the government in its
taxing capacity is being ever more
and more strained to meet this demand.
But while there is a certain responsibility
resting upon the State
in the maintenance of our highways,
we are in danger of forgetting that
an even greater responsibility rests
upon us, individually, as citizens.
The reason why we sometimes lose
sight of this responsibility is that
we have gotten into the habit of
working out all such matters |
through the medium of taxation.
If we want a new road opened, we
levy a tax. If we want an old road
reopened, we tax some more. If
it's a bridge to be built, we impose
another tax. We tax and we keep
on taxing, and this rhgardless of
the fact that most of us feel that
the hardest money to give up Is that
which is paid in taxes. Many a
man will come to town and spend in
a day, needlessly, enough to pay his
%
yearly taxes and think nothing of it,
but he'll sulk and grunt when he
has to come across with his taxes.
HC uc^icuu luu iiiuv.il U|iuii va?n.
We should depend more upon individual
and personal effort. A
lively neighborhood interest in good
roads is worth all of the taxes you
can wring from unwilling pocketbooks.
A determination by a united
citizenship of a community that
their roads shall excell is worth
more than all of the road commissioners
in existence. Road commissioners
have to work through
devious wavs to reach their object.
The united sentiment of a people
works direct to the object. It determines
what is wanted and then
takes the most direct route to accomplish
its end3.
Do you favor better roads in your
community? Then j?o to work and
arouse a healthy community senti
ment that will demand them. When
that is accomplished good roads
will be the result.
Realize your own responsibility.
Say to yourself, "the roads of this
community belong partly to me,
and I owe a duty to them." Don't
depend upon a benevolent government,
State, county or township,
but shoulder your own responsibilJ
ity, a pick and shovel if needs be.!
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Then you will be in a fair way to
get your neighbor to do likewise.
With us here in Williamsburg
i there is too great a lack of community
pride. We don't seem to
realize in this day of rapid transit
over our highways that the best and
most profitable advertisement we
can put forth for the county is good
roads. It is a common thing to find
a hog wallow in the middle of the
road right in front of a farmer's
home or, perhaps, it may be a little
bridge across a ditch that drains his
best field or front yard. This same
farmer will drive around his hog
wallow and watch it grow deeper
and wider, almost impassable, or
over the broken bridge until it has
completely destroyed the usefulness
of the ditch. Will he take a few
hours labor from his farm and go
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OUt ana nil up lilt; piensuic ictouii.
his hogs have established in the road
bed, or cut a few poles and repair
the little ditch culvert or bridge?
Oh.no! he tries to ease his mind or
soothe his rath by "cussing" the
road engineer, the chaingang and
the County Commissioners for not
doing what a little more community
pride should make it a pleasure for
him to do.
There is evidently a lack of efficiency
in the service of the postoffice
department insofar as the
handling of mail, both of the first
and second class, relates to the soldiers
in Southern encampments.
The Newberry Herald and News,
complaining along the same line
that The Record finds it necessary
to grumble, says:
"The greatest trouble with the
department is it is too efficient, but
it is an efficiency that does not give
service, and it is the worst kind of
efficiency."
Maybe so. Anyway we are continually
receiving complaints from
Williamsburg boys at Camp Sevier
about not getting The Record although
it is mailed regularly every
week. The same inefficiency or
"overefficiency" as may be the cause
of the trouble, prevailed at Camp
Oglethorpe and for a short while at
Camp Jackson, but most complaints
come now from Camp Sevier. It
may be that conditions have been
remedied at Camp Jackson, while on
the other hand our boys mayjhave been
transferred to the Greenville camp.
The first number of the Carolina
Farmer and Stockman, a twentyfour
page semi-monthly journal devoted
to South Carolina agriculture,
has reached our desk. The new
publication is gotten out by the
Carolina Farmer and Stockman Co,
incorporated, and is printed and
mailed at Columbia. The paper is
full of interesting reading matter
from front to back, is attractively
made up and neatly printed on a
good grade of book paper. We are
pleased to welcome this new venture
in South Carolina journalism to our
desk and wish it wide success.
Wood's Seeds
For 1918
The patriotic duty of farmers and
gardeners everywhere is to increase
crop and food production. Intensive
farming and gardening, and
the liberal use of fertilizers, together
with proper rotation of crops, so
as to increase and improve the fertility
and productiveness of the
land, are all vital and necessary
ronsiduratlons at the Dresent time.
Wood's Descriptive Catalog
For 1918 gives the fullest and most
up-to-date-Information in regard
to all
Farm and Garden Seeds
And tells about the best crops to
grow, both for protit and home use.
Write for Catalog and prices of
Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed
Potatoes, Seed Oats, or any
Farm Seeds Required.
Catalog Mailed Free On Keenest.
T. W. WOOD~& SONS,
Richmond, Va.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
TRACTOR OWNERS!
International Harvester Company
Will Hold Tractor Schools.
Of all the machines a farmer owns,
none is more important than his
tractor. Especially is this true this!
x i _ l- I
year. Tractors must oe in conui- j
tion to work day and night if neces- j
sary to make possible the increased
production of food we need. There
must be no delays due to unsatisfactory
operation, no loss from misunderstanding.
To this end the International Harvester
Company of America proposes
to hold tractor schools in various
parts of the country in order
that their users may get the best
possible service out of their tractors.
One of these schools will be held j
in Florence County Courthouse, January
24 and 25. The sessions will
open promptly at 9:30 a. m.
This school will be absolutely free
to all who care to attend, whether
they are tractor owners or not. I
Nothing will be offered for sale and !
there will be no selling talks. A'
course of instruction in how a trac- j
tor works and how to keep it working
will be strictly adhered to
The instructors are practical tractor
and engine men and the course
is laid out on large charts illustrated
with clear diagrams and described
in simple terms. It takes up the
reason why an engine operates,
what takes place within the cylinder
of an engine, symptoms that indicate
approaching trouble, how to
look for trouble and not overlook it,
how to get the best possible service
from a tractor or engine, new uses
for tractors and many other subjects
of special interest to men in
this locality.
Those who attend the school will
be encouraged to ask questions on
any subject in connection with tractors
and engines. These questions
will be answered at the end of each
school session. There will be demonstrations
with engines and tractors
themselves.
To be sure that every one who attends
the school carries home with,
him every point brought out there,!
a book containing all the subjects:
discussed at the school will be given,
to every man. Every farmer who
owns a tractor or engine should attene
this school, but, more important
still, he should bring with him
the man who operates bis tractor.
Plan now to be present at every
session of the school, for the men
who do this will get the greatest
benefit out of it.
Don't forget the date and be sure
to be there.
Obituary.
On Tuesday evening, January 8.
1918, at 9:30 o'clock, at her home at
Suttons.S C.Mrs W D Byrdic breathed
her last. Her death, coming so
suddenly, was a great shock to the
entire community. She had been ill
only a few hours, a congestive chill
being the immediate cause of her
death. Her remains were laid away
on Wednesday afternoon in the old
cemetery at Suttons church. Rev W
0 Henderson and Rev W I Sinnott
conducting the services. A large
concourse of sorrowful relatives and
friends met around the grave to pay
to her their last earthly tributes.
Mrs By rdic was a consistent mem
. t W iL . J!.i - I 1_ 1
Der oi tne jaemoaistcnurcn.anu woo
a firm believer in the faith of that
church. Her life was just in its fullgrown
maturity, as her years only
numbered thirty-three. Before her
marriage she was Miss Louisa Wiggins.
Besides her husband and six
young children,Mrs Byrdic is mourn- J
ed by one sister, Mrs Shepperd, of |
Charleston, and two brothers, Grady ;
and John Wiggins.
Mrs Byrdic is dead, but after her!
lives a sacred memory. Those who
knew her felt the warmth of her rich
personality and her gentle manner.;
Her short life has been lived, and it:
has been a success. "If truth is j
where truth should be and the pure j
in heart die not. then is this dear
one where the flowers fade not away,
and the chill shadows come not any
more." May the memory of her life
be a benediction to those who knew
and loved her best. A Friend.
Card ot Thanks.
We extend our sincere thanks to
all friends for their kindness and
sympathy during the illness and after
the death of our beloved father,
M E Swails. A C Swails,
L F Swails,
Furman Swails.
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notice 01 Dissolution.
Notice is here by given thatthe firm
of E T Gaskins & Co, doing a general
merchandise business at Hemingway,
has by mutual consent been dissolved
and hereafter the business of said firm
will be in the hands of, and conducted
by, E T Gaskins, who assumes all lia-!
Eilities of the firm and will settle all
accounts due by it, and to whom all
debts due the nrm are payable.
E T Gaskins,
J D Carter.
January 8, 1918. l-17-3tp.
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