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g Ibe founts liccori). g? * VOL. 36. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, rHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1920. NO 51 ^ GREAT IMPORTANCE OF SANTEE BRIDGE MR. BVRGESON POINTS OUT THE NEEDS FOR BRIDGE AND ^ GOOD ROADS Speaking of the success of plans for ' the bridging of the San tee and Pee Dee rivers, the Hon. William F. Burguson, Representative from Charleston and well known as an active worker for good roads, said that all interested ^are to be congratulated on the passage of the je laws. For many years the want of bridges over these streams has separated sections that * ought to be in neighborly touch. Without such bridges a highway near the Atlantic coast has been out of the question. The. San tee bridge will be built at Murray's Landing and the counties of L Charleston, Berkeley and WilliamsBkhurar are directly interested, as they rfcdll provide the money for the structure. Seven commissioners will have charge of the matter and they will' elect their secretary. Another group of counties has interested itself in the Pee Dee bridge, v. hich will connect territory that has long been separated because of totally inadequate facilities for crossing the stream. Mr. Burgeson sa d that much credit was due all conce rned in the agreeI meat on the Santee river measure. L The delegations from Charleston, Berkeley and Williamsburg all real|H|zed the pressing reed for the bridge 9^Lnd they were not really long in getHBng together on ways and means for j^Hroviding for the structure. CharlesBBBon will contribute to the necessary ^H\md. Berkeley County will build a ^H^ood road from the Charleston CounHPty line to the bridg; and Williamsburg 1^^County will take tare of its portion. The three counties have been formed into a bridge district for the carrying tVo nkfll This bridge district is empowered by the bill to isrue coupon bonds in the total sum of $ 500,000, payable in twenty years and to bear interest of S per cent, to be paid semi-annually in denominations of $1,000 and $500, Irrespectively. The supervisors of the counties will sign the bonds, commissioners will consist of J^Kree freeholders of Charleston Coun^^ty, two freeholders of Berkeley Coun-4 W ty and three freeholders of Williamsburg County. These commissioners are to be appointed by the Governor on ' the recommendation of the delegates from these counties. TV* KriHoro urill fu> rvmstructed uil der the direction of the State High .way Commission and when completed it will be turned over to that commission as a part of the State highway system. The highway commission will be interested in the providing of the rifecegsary funds for the bridge. Auditors of the three counties, under the provisions of the bill, are authorised to levy a tax on property sufficient to pay the interest on the , bond8 to create a sinking fund for redemption of the bonds at maturity, ^Recording to an amortization table ^furnished by the State Comptroller General. Mr. Burgeson pointed out that with the Completion of these bridges and the roads connecting them, a way to Charleston from Hamlet. Richmond and beyond will be opened for motoists, and that with the completon of the Edisto and Savannah bridges, . v the way from Charleston by way of Savannah -to Florida will be opened. With the building of these bridges it wfll be incumbent on all concerned to see that good rosds arc maintained to the Georgia line. The Edisto river bridge will not be long in construction and .theCharleston authorities have al' ready announced their intention of buildi]^ In St. Andrew's Parish in the direction of the Edisto river. Mf. Burguson feels that much has been accomplished in the definite ar rangements for bridging the Santee. This matter has been discussed and agitated for many years and the opinion has been unanimous that the & bridge is imperatively needed. Foi one reason and another the mattei been permitted to lag. The Sanbridge 'ami the good roads or side will make great difference B whole coastal section, the benefl Ibe felt fr^m the outset. o of Ladies Sport Sweater: and sizes, just the thing B Vug wear, at $3.98. Sample HHSH^ke City. S. C fl r News Notes From Saltere ' Salters Depot, February, 23.?We are having a considerable quantity of rain now after the extreme dry weather of the past fall. Fertilizers have begun to arrive ( here for another crop, but the quantity used will not be as great as last year. The largest acreage will be planted in beans here this year that has ever been planted. Tobacco acreage will be about the same as last year. The boll weevil has made a good many farmers somewhat skeptical of cotton. There is considerable sickness around here now, but no serious cases. Mr. and Mrs. Evans have both been on the sick list, but we are glad to say they are better. Mr. Evans came here from Alcolu as section foreman in place of W. C. Mulican who has moved to Alabama. Mrs. A. M. Nettles is in Greenville spending sometime with here daught| er, Mrs. E. E. Haigler. Pmmi# Hnolt. who has been1 sick for the past week, is we are glad | to say, improving. We are sorry to note the sickness of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Turtle's little daughter, Harriett, and hope she will soon be well again. The young folks enjoyed a dance at the Town Hall here Friday night The Junior Christian Endeavor society enjoyed a social at Mrs. Mary N. Sparks' on Friday afternoon. Miss Demaris Stubbs, of Bennettsville, is visiting Miss Emmie Ferrell here. We were pleased to have with us on Friday night and Saturday Mrs. H. T. McClary, of Kingstree. Mrs. Steinrayer, of Charleston, is visiting Mrs. Netta D. Cooper of this place. Mrs. A. J. Bynum, of Sumter was I here Thursday on business. o 1 Stephens-Cooper I Communicated to The County Record, j Norfolk, Va., Feb. 24.?The home of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. James in West Tenth St, Norfolk, Va., was the scene of a very pretty wedding, when their sister, Miss Marion Lee Cooper, became the bride of Mr. Nicholas Stephen's of this city. The ceremony was performed Sunday at noon by Dr. Spark's W. Melton, of the Freemason ! Street Baptist church. The bride who \ was given in marriage by her brother, Mr. James, was gowned in a lovely dress of midnight blue satin with a large picture hat. Her bouquet was a corsage of brides roses with long streamers of white ribbon. The groom had as his best man, Mr. Chas. Vanture. The matron of honor was the kv!/lAa "lotAf ll* Tomoo onH M ra 1/ilUCO OlJWCi , into. UWIUVW, ?M.V> M.w. , Chas. Vanture, Mrs. James wore a! dress of navy blue taffeta with a bouquet of Killamey roses. Mrs. Van-! ture wore black satin with an overdress of Georgette trimmed with jet beads, and wore a bouquet of violets' tied with purple tulle, after the ceremony a reception was held for pie1 immediate family. o Disease Free Potato Seed . I Every farmer should be looking out [ for his sweet potato seed for bedding. These potatoes should be free from, disease. If diseased potatoes are plant-! ed the disease is transmitted from the : bed to the field on the slips. Black rot is an underground disease and doesn't show up on the vines. It shows up on the potatoes, and at this time 1 of year appears as black sunken places on the potatoes. Never bed potatoes that are diseased in any way, for there's no known means of curing diseased potatoes. Disease free potatoes are easy to keep, so purchase ^iooo CO nfttat/*PS to SP , cure slips for one fifth of the area you are going to plant, and from this one fifth secure vine cuttings to plant the other four fifths. There are sever- j al reasons for using vine cuttings as much as possible. First, you get from I vine cuttings potatoes that are free from black rot. Second vine cuttings produce potatoes of more even size. There is only one farmer in Wil-; liamsburg County that has disease1 free potatoes for sale. This fanner is t Mr. J. L. Thomas, Cades. His potatoes ( were inspected last week by a specialist from Clemson College and were found to be in good shape. ? J* i One lot of Ladies $5.00 and $&00, ; Slippers in Black and Bre^^ High i end Low Heels at IS.OS^S^ple Store, Lake City, S. C. | "The Navy As An E j (By Miss Nora Kinder, 1 ? i *-* ? o r> 10 IOOO l/OlUmDia, O. V^., rcuiuai) iu, aV?v. Miss Nora Kinder, Kingstree High School, Kingstree, S. C. My dear Miss Kinder:I desire to congratulate you on the excellent essay that you submitted in the recent contest in which many students from high schools throughout the State participated. Your essay on "The Navy as an Educational Institution" was voted by all the members of the examining board as being the best, consequently you are declared the winner of this contest The prize, a Navy 10 inch shell, will be presented to the Kingstree High school, of which you are a student, and which you have honored through your efforts and acheivement I was hoping that the contest would end in sufficient time so as to allow the presentation of the trophy in connection with Washington's birthday exercises in case they were held by the school winning the prize. The prize is being shipped today by express to the Kingstree High school. I am returning your essay, together with an additional copy, which you may desire to file away or present tc some one. Many newspapers of the State will publish your essay in their issue this coming Sunday. Trusting that in the near future 1 may see you and congratulate you personally on your splendid work, 1 beg to remain, Very sincerely, A. B. Anderson, Lieut. Commander, U. S. Navy "The Navy As An Educational Institution." Miss Kinder's essay follows: Education is a vital word these days. It is the most meaning word oi today, pointing to the most necessary results for the future. All men fee.1 that they stand on the brink of a vast new beginning. The former things are passed away, and another era is knocking imperiously at the doors. The only hope that shines down the avenues of the future, is the hope that all men of all nations will be educated, educated not only in the narrow sense of the word, but also in the broad and beautiful meaning. The world needs men today of training and of established ability and character?men of high class who have stood the test of the world, men who would not fail to measure up to the ideals and demands of our nation. And, so the men we need to carry on the work of the world are truly the educated men. ? And, if it is so important that mez be educated, educational institution: are smiled upon by the well-meaning people of the world. As such an insti tution the Navy of the United State: is very important. In the Navy, i young man, through the training h< receives, is improved in every way his mind is trained, his imaginatioz is quickened, his understanding is per fected, his attitude towards the work and the people he deals with everydaj is changed. We know that employers will jump at the chance of employing anybody with an honorable discharge from the United States Navy; hun dreds of young men, after serving az enlistment or two in the Navy, hav< gone out and secured coveted posi tions for which their naval service ha< fitted them. These actual fact-: shov that the Navy is really a great edu cational institution. A man who joins the Navj^is train ed both in the Regular Navy School: which include regular schools, medica schools, scientific schools, and specia schools, and in the school of experi ence. Let us consider first the educa tion which a sailor receives in th( Naval schools. When a young man enlists in th< Navy, if he does not specify the schoo that he wishes to enter, he is place: by the proper Naval Authorities ii the school where he belongs. Tb trade schoois^oT the Navy develo] skill, intjpstry and business ability The ?p#pital corps givies the sailor i ch^?ce to gain a knowledge of th ^raman body; he learni to properl; care for his own body land the bodie of his companions. A young man ii this department stu lies first-aid nursing, surgery, anatoi ny, sanitatior pharmacy and X-ray. I [ospital corps L ducafionai Institution" iingstree High School.) men act as nurses, administer firstaid to accident cases, assist at surgical operations, care for medical stores and even compound medicine, bucn education, obtained largely by actual I experience, fits men for useful occui pation in civil life. Consider next the Navy wireless school. Nothing has emphasized the importance of radio as the disclosures made since the armistice of the devel, opment attained in this science during the war. In this school a man stu; dies electrical wiring, automobile ! lighting, telegraphy, telephony, engineering and allied subjects. If a man takes interest in his school work, a great field is open to him which will give him unlimited opportunity for knowledge and promotion, either in , the service or in civil life. Some of the greatest scientists of the age were , engaged in radio work during the war , and recognized the great possibilities for advancement in this science. And they are bending every effort towards its development A large number of competent en. listed men in mechinical ratings are , required on board modern ships. Thus, in the mechanical schools, men are I trained to be blacksmiths, molders, i carpenters mates, Shipwrights and ! naintera. [ The sailors are also trained to bti come cooks and commissary stewards. [ And besides these trades schools of the Navy regufar schools, where the common school subjecs are taught, are maintained. But more important yet than the trade schools of the Navy, is the experience of people and places which , sailors obtain. Our ships traverse the , seven seas of the world; this gives opportunity for travel and sight-seeing that cannot be equaled under any 1 other circumstances. Besides many stations along both coasts of the , United States, the Navy owns and operates modern stations in many stranee and distant lands. As a re suit there is no question that sen-ice in the Navy has a broadening effect through contact with many places and many people. And no. matter how proud we may be of our town, our country or our state, we must admit that knowledge of new places and | making of new friends is a good thing. \ Another great value of service in ' the Navy is that men are thoroughly I tested. The law of the Navy says that I the men who come to her must be j strong and noble. No weaklings are wanted in the Navy, unless they are j capable of being made strong there. | The hard work (for there is hard work to be done) the trials and other tests develop a strong character, and 1 an elert mind. It teaches the mind to 1 think of service to others, not as a ' duty, but as a privilege of our citizenship. 3 t Just one other point concerning j , Naval training must be stressed. Ourj great country, because 01 its great t size and diversified interests, is in danger of ?two things: Class feeling j and sectionalism. Government service, . and Naval serivce in particular, does . more to smooth out the lines of sec, tionalism than any other, and more I than any other teaches the true kind of equality we need?the quality that j gives every individual a chance and ? recognizes individual endeavor. Tied . up with this is the question of discij pline, not mere blind submission to an ' autocratic system, but the carrying out of orders that make for the good j of every man on the ship. ., An enlistment in the Navy gives one 3 s chance at the education of travel. The I mind is quickened by contact with j new people, new places, and new ways . of doing things. Trade schools develop . you in many ways. There is work to B be done and one is taught to do it well. On board a ship a man is always e learning. If you would like "to go ] down to the seas in ships" if you j would "live and learn," if you would. j taice me units out ox your muigiuae tion; if you would love to know the p taste of the salty breeze and to learn new lands?then join the Navy. You a will come out a broader, stronger, e abler man, for our Navy is truly one y of the great educational institutions 3 of the world. a Those of the Kingstree High school I, submitting essays in the big shell conl, test and are entitled to honorable h mention are Hubert Speigner, Annie ----- i s ? Mrs. W. F. McCants Dead Mrs. Lula M. McCants, wife of Mr. W. F. McCants of this place died at the Kelley Sanatorium Thursday night, February 12th about 11 o'clock. She had been in feeble health for some months, but her family did not think her condition serious until a few days before she died, when it be4* 4?1#a UAM 4A 4VA uuut' ucwcsooxjr w muvc aci w mac Sanatorium for an operation of a serious nature, but the only possible means of saving her life. She was 42 years of age and had always enjoyed good health until recently. Mrs. McCants was a daughter of Mr. Geo. B. Nexsen, and was twice married. Her first husband was Mr. James A. Gamble, of this union two children survive, Mrs. Tom Kellahan and Miss Leola Gamble. Twenty-two years ago she married Mr. W. F. McCants, and of this union four children survive: Mrs. W. R. Miles, of Charleston, Mrs. J. Earle Cook, Miss Madeline McCants and a two and a half year old baby girl, of this place. For Mr. McCants and his family, deepest sympathy is felt in the community. Funeral services took place Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Kellahan conducted by the Rev. Dr. McDaniel of the Methodist church. Interment was made in the Williamsburg cemetery. o IUisit StUl Raided ' Considerable damage was done to the dealers in illicit liquors in Darlington, Florence and Georgetown counties last week by prohibition agents King, Oppenheim and Eichelberger. During the week these men captured five stills, a small amount of blocade whiskeys, some mash and many gallons of beer. Warrants were issued for four men.?Florence times. o ? More than a billion pounds of sugar were exported this year, while there is a scarcity at home. The people of this country are proverbially generous, but they ought to be allowed to have a say themselves how far they shall be self-sacrificing. o Mr. F. S. Royster, who founded, built up and still controls the well known F. S. Royster Guano Company is quoted as saying that the success of his business is due primarily to his belief that the farmer is the fairest of men, and that he will stand faithfully by those who study his needs and give him always the best. The great growth of the Royster business is due to the recognition on the part of the farmer of the efforts of a life time devoted to giving him the utmost in plant food for his crops, and his appreciation of the fact that through good times and bad, in war and in peace, measured by whatever standards Royster Fertilizer "have stood the tesi * * * o Disabled Soldiers' Pay (Washington Post.) The House Committee on Education has agreed to report a bill granting $100 p month to disabled former soldiers now engaged in vocational training instead of $80 a month. It is a just and beneficial proposal, which Congress should not delay in approving. The pluck of the disabled men is worthy of this recognition, and the country will be the gainer by the encouragement which is given to these boys to pursue their studies to the point of self-support. The reports from hospitals and vocational schools is universal on one point?namely, that the disabled soldiers are always cheerful and hopeful, in spite of the handicap imposed upon them by the injuries re ceived in service. threry one 01 inese wounds is a badge of honor, a draft upon the gratitude of the Union which must be honored. Frierson, Ola DuBose, Isabel Montgomery, and Madeline McCants. Note In its reference to Miss Kinder last week as winning the above prize The County Record stated that she is a daughter of Mr. Willie Kinder instead of Mr. Jno. Kinder. As a matter of fact Mr. Willie Kinder is an bachelor, "hasn't a chick nor a child of his own. The big eight inch common steel shell, such as was used by the old U. S. S. Texas in the Spanish American war, has been received here and is on exhibition at the post office. I J ORGANIZATION CHANGES NAME LAND OWNER'S ASSOCIATION NOW KNOWN AS S. G, DEVELOPMENT BOARD Columbia, February 23.?That it might more fully explain the idea for which it was organized and is functioning, the board of control of the South Carolina Landowners' Association has changed the name of the organization to the "South Carolina Development Board", and the attorney of the board, Charles H. Barion of Columbia, will apply to Secretary, of Staie William Banks Dove in the next few days for an amendment to the association carrying out the purpose of toe resolution. The board of control has added three new names to its membership; Charles H. Barron, an attorney of Columbia; Courtney Campbell, of Forres ton, general manager of the Carolina Stock Farms; H. F. Barkerding, chairman of the committee on marketing of the Charleston city council, and J. G. Padgett, of Walterboro, State Senator from Colleton county. There were three purposes for the changing of the name of the organization: 1. It was in respapse to requests from governmental agencies and civic, commercial and trades organization vvuu ucoiic w ticai ^?iniai u?v?v|rmental purposes through the medium of the association. 2. That the name might give a clearer idea of the purpose for which, the organization was formed and is functioning. 3. To clear away a misconception in certain quarters that the organization was for the purpose of protecting real estate propositions and disposing of "cut over" lands. The board of directors of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, in resolutions passed by the body, has given endorsement to the South Carolina Development Board and its activities. These resolutions read: "Where, the board of directors of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, after hearing a full explanation of the brpad general plan of the Southern Settlement and Development Organization, of Baltimore, Md., for the development of the entire South; and, "Whereas, a further and full ex- % planation of the South Carolina Development Board, successors to the South Carolina Landowner's Association, was made by George R. Wheeler, manager, and especially explaining the formation and the great need of home cash markets to take care of the diversified farm products the educational forces of the State are teaching the people to raise; therefore, "Be it resolved, that the board of directors of Columbia Chamber of Commerce, in regular meeting, February 13, 1920 fully endorse the work in hand and go on record as advising all trades, commercial, civic and educational bodies-of its action; and, "Be it further resolved, that we recommend the South Carolina De-. velopment Board to progressive thinking men and women of the State for their support and we ask all papers in the State of South Carolina to give publicity to these resolutions." o New Buildings Going Up Work is progressing on the newhomes being erected for Messrs. W. 0. Welch, Warren Montgomery, and T. E. Baggett in North Kingstree; E. v M. Hirsch on Church street; W. E. Nesmith, on School street. The large two story dwelling and several cottages under construction by Mr. David Silverman on School street are nearing completion. Material is already on the ground in several in- ~ *** stances, and were it not for the scarce- m ty of labor just now there would be ^ a number of other residences under . construction. The town is experiencing a great building boom, almost equal to that of 1912 and 1913. o Belgium is already on the way to ' reconstruction with industry everywhere, few strikes and every effort to improve production. The plucky little ' nation is setting an admirable example to our big one. -o The Emerson Shoe for Men, in all the latest styles, Sample Store Lake City, S. C. , ? I 1 fmJ