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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1919.
A CREDITABLE EDITION
rrnm Presses of Kintrstree
County Record
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The Kings tree County Record has |
just issued a good roads and agricul- j
tural development issue of thirty-two j
pages which is a credit to the paper, i
The covering with Christmas design
in colors is especially attractive. The
edition contains numbers of excellent
articles showing progress in all lines
made in every part of Williamsburg
County. A large volume of advertising
mutter is carried. The ads are
attractively gotten up and the story
of -progress in facts and figures that
reflects credit on the enterprising!
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Letters to Santa Claus
Cades, S. C.. Dec. 8. 1919.
Dear Santa Claus
I am a little boy 11 years old. I
am going to the Hebron school and in
the fifth grade. I would be very glad
if you would bring me an air rifle and
a box of shot, fruit, candy, also some
fire works. Thanking you for these,
I am, your little friend,
Emmett Chandler.
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Cades, S. C., Dec. 5, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus
I am writing to you to let you
know what to bring me Christmas. I
want a doll, raisins, apples, nuts and
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some fire works. I am going to school
and in the fifth grade, and I am ten
years old.
Your friend,
Bertha McElveen.
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Kingstrre, S. C., Rt. 1, Dec. 18, 1919.
My dear Old Santa Claus:I
am a little boy three years old.
I try to do like daddy and mummie
tell me; and I want you, please, to
bring me a little 'bile (auto), some
nuts?heaps of nuts, 'cause I like
them? some bananas and apples, and
a little piano. And please, sir, don't
forget my little brother Theodore. I
think he would like to have a rattle
and a rubber doll. Then there is a little
colored girl in our house who has
never seen you, you must please,
bring her some nice things, too. 'cause
she keeps Theodore good and helps
mummie good, too. Thank you sir!
J. Y. MrGill. Jr.
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Hemingway, S. C., Dec. 14, 1919.
Dear Old Santa:It
is almost Christmas now. I suppose
you are busy packing up your
toys to come. I am a little girl ten
years old and go to Indiantown school,
want you to bring me a doll, doll bed,
tea set, fruit and candy. 1 hope I am
not asking too much of you as you
have so many little girls to visit.
Santa, I will leave the front door unlocked
so you won't have to come
down the chimney.
Yours Sincerely,
Evelyn Burrows.
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Hebron, S. C.. Dec. 6, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:1
am a little boy nine years old. I
want you to bring me an air rifle, 6
boxes of shot a little train, sparklers
and fire works, fruit, candy, a water
pistol and a horn. I have a little
brother, don't forget him, I am,
Carlisle DuBose.
Hebron, S. C., Dec. 8, 1919.
Dear Santa
What are you doing this Christmas?
I am writing you a letter to
tell you what I want for Christmas.
I am 11 years old and in the 6 grade.
I want an air rifle, some soldiers and
a gun, fire works, Roman candles,!
sky rockets, and some of all kinds of i
fruit. i
Your little boy,
Charles S. Smith.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given, that pursuant
to, an order of the County
1 Board of Education of the County of
; Williamsburg, State of South Carolina,
the undersigned, as Trustees of
Ox Swamp School District Number 10,
of said County and State will hold
and conduct an election at J. L. Foxworth's
store in the said district
County, and State, on Saturday, the
10th, day of January, 1920, for the
purpose of submitting to the qualified
voters and electors of said School
District residing therein the question
of levying and collecting an annual
tax of (?) mills on the property
in said School District, which tax
shall be used to supplement the taxes
now collected in said School District
| for school purposes; that for the
purpose of said election the polls will
be opened at eight o'clock in the forenoon
and closed at four o'clock in the
afternoon; that at said election only
qualified electors who return real or
personal property for taxation and
who exhibit their tax receipts and
registration certificates as required
in general elections shall be allowed
to vote, and each elector favoring the
proposed levy shall cast a ballot containing
the word "YES" printed or
written thereon, and each elector opposed
to said levy shall cast a ballot
containing the word "NO" written or
printed thereon, and the undersigned
shall act as managers of said election,
and the same will be held and
conducted in the manner prescribed
by Section 1742 of the Code of Laws
nf Smith Carolina. Volume 1. 1912.
J. L. FOXWORTH,
J. B. MORRIS,
A. L. THOMPSON',
Trustees Ox Swamp School District
No. 10. 12-25-2t.
TAX NOTICE
The tax books will be open for collection
of taxes for the year 1919 on
the 15th day of October. Tax levy
as follows:
For State 9 mills
Ordinary County 4 Vi mills
Roads and Bridges 5 mills
Constitutional School 3 mills
Special levies for School Districts,
No's. 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 18, 29, 34, 35,
37, 38, 45, 48, 51, 57, 58, 59, 60, and
61?4 mills.
School District No's. 4, 5, 11, 13,
17, 19, 22, 25, 27, 28, 36, 39, 41, 42,
43, 46, 50, 52, 54, 55, and 56?8 mills.
School District No's. 32, 47, and
49?6 mills.
School District No 31?3 mills.
School District No. 11,?8 mills.
School District No. a-12, 15, 23,?
12 mills.
School District No. 16 and 24?10
mills.
For bonds for School District Nos.
11, 22, 25, 42, and 52-4 mills.
School District Nos. 12, 48, and
58,?6 mills.
School District No. 16?2 mills.
For Clarendon Township?Bond
Tax for Clarendon Court House, 1%
mills.
A tax of 501 on dogs.
All parties between the ages of 21
and 60 years, inclusive,are liable, unless
exempted by law, to a poll tax
of $1.00, also to a commutation tax
of $2.00.
Upon all unpaid taxes after December
31 a penalty of 1% will be
added for January, 19? for February
and 5% to 15th day of March next,
after which the books will be closed
and executions issued upon all unpaid
taxes.
Those who desire to pay their taxes
through the mail may expedite matters
by dropping the Treasurer a
card asking for the amount of their
taxes, so as to avoid sending the
wrong amount, also staging the township
or townships (if property is
owned in more than one) and if possible
give school district where property
is located. After paying taxes
examine your receipts and see if all
your property is covered; if not, see
about it at once.
By following the above suggestions
complications and additional* cost
rttfrmTT
may be avoided. it. ts. srann, i
9-25-D. 3-15 County Treasurer.
NOTICE OF INCREASE/ IN CAPI|
TAL STOCK OF FARMERS
LIVE STOCK COMPANY
In accordance with a resolution
adopted by the stockholders of the
Farmers Live Stock Co., Incorporated
under the laws of the State of South
Carolina and doing business at Hemingway,
S. C.. at a meeting held on
i December 5, 1919, authorizing the
! said corporation to increase its capital
stock from Five Thousand _$5,000.00)
dollars to Thirty Thousand
' ($30,000.00) dollars, and permission
being granted by the Honorable Secretary
of State, notice is hereby given
that books of subscription to the
increased capital stock, pf the Farmers
Live Stock Co., will be opened at
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the office of W. C. Hemingway &
Co., at Hemingway, S. C., at 11:00
o'clock A. M., on January 9th 1920.
Said increased capital stock of $30.000.00
will be divided into six hundred
(600) shares of the par value
of fifty ($50.00) dollars each.
GEORGE S. HEMINGWAY,
President.
G. R. IN'GRAHAM.
Secretary and Treasurer.
12-1 l-4t.
The railways of the (Jaited Sti
aearly one half, of all tie p
carry a yearly traffic k
any other country that there ii
oa. Iatited. tlir traffic of aaj
Ward, and still it does act
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The part railroads hav
ment of the United State
American railroads ha1
ards of public service by
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striving of managers and i
well done.
We have the test raib
must continue to have tl
But they must grow.
To the $20,000,000,00
railroads, there will have
few years, to keep pate w
billions more for additio
terminals, cars and engin
and trains, automatic sig
elimination of grade crc
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vestment funds of many t
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men ? in competition w
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industry diust hold out fj
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NOTICE OF SALE FOR PARTITION
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State of South Carolina
County of Williamsburg I
J. C. Perkins, et al., Plaintiffs. j
against |
Daniel Arch Patrick, et al., Defen- 1
dents. 1
Notice is hereby given that under |
and by virtue of the Decretal order |
in the above entitled action made and |
issued by his Honor, Judge Edward |
Mclver, in open Court and dated De- N
cember 5th, 1919, I the undersigned, |
H. 0. Britton, Clerk of Court, for the |
purposes in said Liecree menuonea, w
will sell at public auction to the high- j |
est bidder for cash, before the Court |
House door in Kingstree, S. C., dur- |
ing the legal hours for sale, on Mon- |
day, the fifth (5th) day of January g
1920, the same being sales-day, the I
following described premises, to-wit: i
All of that certain piece, parcel or |
tract of land containing one hundred |
and seventy-two (172) acres, more or |
less,lying, being and situate in Wil- |
liamsburg County, State of South |
Carolina, and bounded and described ?
as follows: Bounded on the North I
by lands formerly of E. S. Sauls, but j
now or late of John Daniels and the fi
Estate of W. J. Singletarv, deceased; |
on the East by lands formerly of E. M
S. Sauls, but now or late of the Es- j
tate of W. J. Singletarv; on the South |
by lands formerly oT H. B. Hanna or i
H. B. Johnson, but now or late of W. 1
E Hanna and lands of VV. J. Hanna. J
end on the West by lands formerly of f
H. Z. Hanna, anu being the same |
stract of land conveyed to Theresa M. g
Perkins by E. S. Sauls by his deed of I
January 15th. 1887, recorded in the I
Clerk's office for said County in Book |
"R" at page 533. I
Purchaser to pay for papers. |
H. 0. BRITTOX, |
Clerk of Court for Williamsbun? |
County, S. C. V J
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