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THURSDAY, APRIL 8. 1920 In its report of the town council- j citizen's meeting held Tuesday night, of last week for the purpose, as we' understood it, of passing upon and settling1 a contention oetween Mr. i LeRey Lee and Mr. David Silverman, which arose over the proposed construction by the latter of a sheet metal structure to be used as a garage on the site adjoining Mr. Lee's law office, we inadvertently failed to j mention the fact that before the meet- | ing v.*as over and prior to the taking j' of a vote, by ballot, of the citizens present, as an expression of public J sentiment regarding the question at issue, Mr. Lee h3d to leave the hall:; to catch train No. 89 for Charleston, |1 tfius leaving nis interests in ine matter ; ' without representation. By this omission Mr. Lee feels that , The Record did him an injustice, therefore it wishes here and now to assure Mr. Lee and the public that the le; st injustice to anyone in the report e ade of the meeting was entirely beyond its intention and purpose. j The position taken at the meeting by 1 the proprietors of this newspaper was j . only in accordance with their con-1 . victions on a question involving fair; play and a square deal alike to each I; and every citizen. We 1 ave never and do not now favor ' the construction of metal buildings in certain areas of the town, nor do we j j dispute Mr. Lee's right under the i terms of the town's building ordi-! nance and the permit issued in ac- j cordance therewith to object to the|^ construction of a wood frame and iron I i clad building on the site adjoining his , " office. I On the other hand, and in view of ; ( I ( the fact that within the past four or i j five years, and only within the last l two months, a number of sheet metal J -structures have been erected within; < the fire limits of the town as pre- j * scribed by the same ordinance under ! ^ identically similar permits, notwithr. standing the letter of the ordinance, j which piainly prohibits the same. I 1 To say the least about the whole ' matter, it is regretted by The Record j and, we are confident, by every citizep of the town that the contention arose, i Fortunately, however, and without A any definite action on the part of the town council in the matter, the question was agreeably settled when M r. < Silverman agreed to erect his build . 1 ing in iccoraance witn ;ne govern- ' ing ordinance and his permit, regardless of the sentiment expressed in the open meeting. < Strange how people will howle over , a few dollars raise in taxes, when they j never open their mouths over the 1 cost of automobile upkeep and the j hard pulls upon their purse strings from every other angle these days. But ever since old Noah anchored on Mount Ararat and sent his passengers 1 ashore men have wrangled over taxation, and they are going to keep it up until the millennium. The Dillon county delegation in the general assembly did a good day's work for their constituents when they gave their support to the measure which practically assures the building of a bridge across Big Pee Dee. Dillon county will receive big dividends on the money it invests in the enterprise.?Dillon Herald. Likewise did the Williamsburg county delegation commit a magnanimous act for their constituents when they gave their support to the measure which practically assures the bridging of the Santee river at Murray's Ferry, .but still it is hard to make some of our people see it in that light. We have an idea, too. that there are a few near sighted tight wads in Dillon, as well as in Williams- j burg, who look upon the Pee Dee bridge proposition just as they do here upon the -bridging of the Santee. What has happened to the Williamsburg Marketing association? Has t there been any canvass made tor sto-k subscriptions, or has the proposition collapsed an<l died an ignominious death ? Florence is planning for a new hotel. Charleston is going to build a fine hostelry, and everybody knows that Kingstree needs a new hotel. News Around Rome. Miss Mary Rhem, a student at Columbia college, is spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Rhem. Messrs. F. R. Hemingway and Alex Blake!ey of Kingstree were visitors in the community last week-end. Prof. D. H. Dantzler spent Easter week-end with relatives in Florence. Miss Louise Snow is home from Coker College for a few days. Mrs. Holmes B. Springs has returned to her home in Greenville, after spending several weeks with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. u. 1. wuson. Miss Martha McFaddin of the Union High school faculty, visited her sister, Miss Amelia McFaddin, in Lake City last week-end. The Epworth Leagues of Union Methodist church and Hemingway Methodist church . held a joint meeting Sunday night at Hemingway. A very interesting program was corried out. A feature of the meeting was an address by a Persian minister. Misses Mabel Chandler, Florence Hemingway, teachers in Vox school, spent the week-end at their respective homes. Mrs. G. K. Way and little daughter, Harriet, are visiting the former's parents at Floydale. Misses Annie Wilson, Jean Hollis, Halene Clark, and Messrs. Baker Wilson and Fernie Rhem motored to 1 tingstree Friday night to hear the woiiora uiee <uud. Miss Marie Smith of Bloomingvale has been visiting her sister, Eydie, >vho is a student at Union High school. Messrs. W. T. Hemingway and 'Bill" Smith of Hemingway spent Sunday with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hemingway. As a result of the meeting held recently at Union Methodist /church, cwenty-eight new members were received into the church on Easter Sunlay. Rev. Driggers of Clemson Colege was the able preacher during this neeting. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Rhem are in Charleston, where the former is uniergoing ^treatment at an infirmary. iVe hope Mr. Rhem will soon return .ery much improved in health. o The reception and dance to be given >y the Kingstree Shrine club at the iCellahan hotel is postponed from Tuesday night, 13th, to Wednesday light, 14th, on account of not being ible to engage Metz band for the iormer date. The committee on invitations is mailing out invitations. CITATION NOTICE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Willamsburg. By P. M. Brockinton, Esq., Probate Judge. Whereas, Lawrence Gamble made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Sylvester Gamble. These are therefore to cite and admonish al! and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Sylvester Gamble, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Kingstree, S. C., on the 21st day of April next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 7th day of April, Anno Domini, 1920. Published on the 8th day of April, 1920, in The County Record. P. M. BROCKINTON, 4-8-21 Probate Judge. Sauce and the Gander. i An Ohio landlord and tenant recently disagreed over a 25 per cent, rent increase for a flat dwelling. The tenant refused to pay the increase or to move, so the landlord shut off the heat Now the tenant has gone to court seeking damages because he alleges two of his children became ill from the chilled rooms. There are very few people who will attempt to defend the conduct of this landlord. To begin with, he probably can be classed as a "rent hog,"one of those heartless wretches determined to use present conditions to get everything possible out of his propperty he can. Then he showed his inhumanity, his callous indifference to the welfare of others by robbing his tenant of heat, especially when there were children in the house. We do not wish to be considered as defending such an example of greed. I yet? The tenant himself, on the first day of last November, was one of the 425. 000 bituminous coal miners who quit work and told millions to "freeze and be damned" unless he received a 60 per cent wage increase, a six-hour day and a five day week. Sauce for the goose is not always sauce for the gander, yet at times it comes very close to filling the bill.? Selected. o Vagaries of Fish The erratic movement of fish are a constant source of worry to scientists, who, try as they will, can never account for the vagaries of these seadwellers. Here is a case in point: In May, 1879, the fishing schooner Hutch mgs, sailing irom uioucnester, muss., was under the command of Capt. Kirby, trawling for cod off Nantucket. A strange fish came up in the nets, a large creature covered with yellowspots. The men caught over two tons and brought them to land, where they were found to be an entirely new family. Scientists named them "tile fish." For three years, till 1882, the fish were caught in huge numbers. Then the "bankers" reported that they were no longer to be seen. The news came that the sea was covered with dead tile fish. Six thousand square miles were almost hidden by the dead bodies. Authorities said that there must have been a volcanic disturbance or else some deadly disease had killed off the fish. In 1915 a schooner working in the same waters., caught the tile fish in abundance, and to this day the fish are there in millions. u Engineer J. Edward Leake and his negro fireman, Jesse Little, both of j Savannah, were instantly killed when | train No. 86, on the Atlantic Coast j Line, crashed into a freigt train at Jesup. Ga., last night o A CARD. To the People of Williamsburg County: I have no fight to make against any man who may oppose me, but I want to serve you as sheriff, so take this method of asking your support in the next primary. I believe that every well-thinking voter can see the justice of my claim. I, like many other boys of the county, did my full duty to our country. Now we will see in the coming election what you think of our sacrifice. There are many boys of this county who should have a place in the management of our counties affairs. They, with myself, and others of the 30th division, did not stop until the world was made safe for justice and democracy, and I don't believe that you arc going to forget us. THOS. M. CHANDLER, Ex-Sgt., 118th Inf. (Political Advertisement) M1CK1E SAYS ^HO^AOMUHE EO\tORT\Nt \N1 ] ........nopeAA/E OIONK vtuovi I NV)TH\N' AbOuT \*C. \S Yf A SON ER. A GURU? \NE\JL, >mhn oion>< va phone us AfcOvX \< 1 M>iE SO 1WE BEST \Ne um , BUT >NE A\NX NO mmo aeaoeas NEQ. 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Complete line Of Bed' Room and Dining Room Suites in Chip- c pen dale,Queen Anne; Sherdinane, William! and Mary and all lat- * est styles finished in] Fumed Oak, Weath-^ ered Oak, Early Eng- fl , lish, Walnut and" A/lowi'fl "DtlATTTM Ifa fl je, 110 scratching,grating oi ords perfectly. See the new of Columbia and Pathe Re iiff~ "" )ods offered in this advert nthstofour years ago, and F?n1ar?ft them wo would hav* e offering them for sale at 1 i Furniture to^wtofflce, EI ? -* l =m h Pianos | jHTS. > / : lr-^T mu r roaring sounds. J rest period designs. cords. yward Brothers' BaCarriages, Go-Carts li Gigs. e have a full and mplete line of HeyUwAflinwi' nftlit UU iiiUIOlClD VCU1* ;s and are offering em at prices that iu can't duplicate, ill in and get the by a new rig to le in. (j:' 0 nH " isement was purwere we to go on s to pay at wholetoday. Co, " NGSTREE, S. C 8 ']