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In remitting checks or money 01 ders make payable to THE COUNTY RECORD Foreign Advertising Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION THURSDAY OCTOBER 6, 1921 RETURN BOOKS PROMPTLY Complaint has come to The Recor from several ladies of the Civic an Library association, concerning tii carelessness practiced by patrons < the library in the matter of returnin ' " *-' AM/) cAmn ini uurruwcu uuuaj, <uiu iu oviuw tances, not returning them at a] Now this practice of obtaining bool from the library and keeping thei out indefinitely should be stoppe There is a time limit on every boc that goes out and if the borrow* cannot return it within this lim the matter should be reported and s extenson requested. If the book h: been lost or accidentally destroyed should be promptly paid for. T1 library has a number of patrons ar necessarily, so far, a limited supply * books, and by one borrower freezir on to any book over the limited tin some other patron is being depriv* of the use of that book. There cz be little or no excuse for keeping book out over two weeks. During the summer when a grei many strangers we?e in town, bool were borrowed by some of them, ai when they got ready to leave, tl books were thoughtlessly packed i with other effects and carried o! This practice has given those in charj of the library no little trouble. THE STREET QUESTION. Many of our citizens are askinj "When are they going to start pavir the streets?" The County Recoi would also like to have this questic answered, but there seems to be r one who can give us any definite ii formation on the subject, hi tl meantime we will continue to swallo more than a liberal share of the town dust and trudge the sand beds unt the good Lord sends rain. Mi would be a relief just now. But what about the cash aepos made by the contracting firm whos representatives hung around Kinj stree like Grant around Richmond ui til they had "cinched" the job? was understood that the monetary d< posit was made as a guarantee < good faith. We are now told thi there were strings to the "guaranty deposit" and that it has been witl drawn, in which case, if true, tl sireei pavjng pzupuaiuuu is ju? about where it was six months ag and every one will agree that it didn have a very "concrete" appearanc at that time. It has been suggested, and we thin it a good one, that the town authoi ities, or those in charge of the ma' ter, keep the public informed froi to time as to whether progress is b< ing made in the right or wrong d rection on this particular piece c work. Give Credit and You'll Earn It. Dont hesitate to express your aj preciation of the other fellow's meri It will please him, and will raise yo in the estimation of others. Try it. If you have men workin under you, speak up ar.d give thei credit. Don't wait till they make mii takes and jump on them. It make bad blood and causes little good. Try it for just one week. Sto finding fault. Be on the lookout ft merit in your men. The chances m you will find something to prais And just keep on giving credit for whole week to the men you have bee finding fault with hitherto. You will have all the men on yov aide. They will do better work ar more of it. Incidentally, you will b< come popular, and eventually yoi men will give you credit for handin it to them, says Sugarmcn's Iidicato o Send us your order for Job Prin ing. We only do the best work. w STATE NEWS ITEMS. _. Many Things of Interest Gleaned from from Many Points. Y Of the three candidates voted on in Pickens county last week E. P. Mc'J? Cravy defeated Christian and Hooper IQ in the contest for state senator. 13 m Chairman George White, of the Democratic national committee, has jf issued a formal call for a meeting of s, ; that body in St. Louis Tuesday, w | November 1. v i Fire at Johnston last week destroyed the lumber plant of Wright Bros., is valued at $40,000. A barn adjoining, >; belonging to Mrs. Willie Tompkins ? was also destroyed. The Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton, of ? Spartanburg, has been called to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Charleston, to succeed Dr. Logan who recently! >s resigned. Dr. Walter Mitchell has ! been the supply at St. Pauls the past r" | month. The month of September 1921 was "1 the warmest of its name on record in I this section, according to the weather bureau at Columbia. The monthly mean heat intensity being 80 degrees - or 5.8 degrees above normal while precipitation was not up to standard and uneven. Fenton Diggs, colored, aged 115, died at York yesterday of infirmaties ^ of old age. He was born in 1806, according to Dr. Andral Bratton,, his 5 physician. "Uncle" Diggs was born I a slave of late Lieutenant-Governor Robert McCaw and was a white man's ?s negro, always voting the Democratic ^ ticket and riding in Red Shirt parades k in 1876. He enjoyed good health until a short while before his death, and j every tooth in his head was sound. His widow,, who is said to be about in ninetv vears old, survives him. tc 1 For the purpose of opening up a 1(? large community for commercial traf1( fic,. Senator Smith of South Carolina j 5 introduced a bill last Saturday providing for the construction of a toll ^ bridge across Great Pee Dee river for ' the connection of Florence and Marion. in Senator Smith acted in the matter a after conference with Senator Dial1 and Representative Stoll and a com- i mittee of citizens from Marion and! ^ Florence, id ? O le i ip Public Welfare Notes. BF. je Recently a representative of the State Board of Public Welfare found eighteen men sleeping or attempting U sleep in a County chaingang "cage" intended for the use of only eight prisoners, and measuring not more ?' than seven by fourteen feet. Over'g crowding has occurred at many other ^ camps in the State as a result of the, marked increase in the number of commitments, a- A member of the Legislature re- j cenuy reponea to me vmiia riacing w Department of the State Board of 's Public Welfare the most pitiful case of a white woman and her six chilld dren, who had been deserted by the husband and were actually starving, if to death. The only food they had! ;e received for months was blackberries and green corn and what had been given them by some kind hearted if negroes. The neighbors removed the j mother and her family to a nearby! farm house and gave them every pos- j tf sible attention. All of them were suf-: * fering from the lack of nourishment to such an extent that two days latter, ie the mother died, and two of the chil>f dren are yet so ill that they are being j cared for at the Columbia Hospital, j 'f As soon as these have recovered their :e strength they will be placed in good; homes by the Child Placing Depart-: h ment. r" About nine years ago there was t- committal to the State Reformatory 11 for Negro Boys a low grade idiot, twelve years of age, who was charged i~ with theft from a dwelling house in open daylight. George had no family; or that is, any sufficiently interested in him to let themselves be heard of. George came to Columbia through the usual channels and landed I in the hospital ward of the Reform atory. There he has been, under continual supervision and care, for the past nine years. He can not talk; he grunts. There is no work that he can ^ do to even partly earn his living. On November 15th George will be twen-1 *g ty-one years old and must leave the Reformatory. The State has an in- j stitution where white persons so unp fortunately afflicted may be cared for, but it has no similar olace for the *6 * care of negroes. Is it the business of the State to care for them? a n 0 Card of Thanks. ir 'd The .undersigned take this method of extending sincere thanks to the U" good people of Kingstree for the kinder ness shown on account of the illness r. and death of Mrs. Kizzie E. Homady. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Martin, t- Dr. and Mrs. Cliff Moore, Mr. Carl Hornady. News From Around Rome. Rome, October 11.?The Rom< Book Club held its regular meeting last Wednesday afternoon with Miss Annie Wilson as hostess. The meet ing was called to order by the pres ident, Mrs. L. B. Johnson, and th< regular business attended to. Mis: Emmie Snow, Mrs. G. K. Way an< Mrs. W. T. Turbeville read very inter esting and instructive papers on thi subject selected for that meeting The meeting was well attended an< besides the club members there wen several visitors. The social hour was enjoyed by all The hostess served delightful ic< cream and cake. The piano selec tions rended by Mrs. W. Carey Rol lins and Mrs. Spencer Legettc wen especially enjoyed. The visitors were Mrs. Wilson Burie, Merchantville, N J.; Mrs. Spencer Legette, Camj Meade, Md.; Miss Ruth Carraway Georgetown; Miss Elizabeth Hurt Petersburg, Va.; Mrs. N. R. Smitl and Miss Effie Zimmerman, of th< Union High school faculty and Mis: Louise Snow of this place. Mrs. N. R. Smith and Miss Effi< Zimmerman were voted members a this meeting. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Turbeville en tertained some of the young folks oj the community with a peanut boiling last Tuesday night, at their home This was given in honor of the teach ers of Union high school. As this wa; the first cold night of the season, th( guests enjoyed the large oak fire ii the spacious living room. Music an< conversations and games were cnjoye< until warm boiled peanuts were servet in abundance, then every one was to< busy to talk, or even listen to th< music. Those enjoying Mr. and Mrs Tuybeville's hospitality were: Capt and Mrs. Spencer Legette, Cam] Meade, Md.; Mrs. Wilson Buric, Mer chantville, N. J.; Miss Elizabeth Hurt Petersburg, Va.; Misses Emmie Snow Florence Hemingway, Annie Wilsoi and Effie Zimmerman; Mr. Henri Thomas, Georgetown; Dr. P. S. Thorn rn, Hemingway; David Johnson, Wil 1 .1 and James Turbeville. . lr. ?a. Koinns 01 r lorcnce spen Monday of this week with his uncle W. C. Rollins. J. B. Hemingway made a busines: trip to Andrews and Georgetown, on< day last week. Mrs. Wilson Burie and son, Wilson Jr., of Merchantvillc, N. J., are spend ing sometime with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. W. Carey Rollins vis ited relatives in Lake City Sunday. Mrs. W. T. Turbeville and her guest Mrs. Maggie Turbeville of George town, spent several days last weel with the former's daughter, Mrs. Har ry Wilson, near Kings tree. Miss Ruth Carraway cf Georgetown was the guest of Miss Louise Snov last week. Mr. W. C. Rollins spent last Wed nesday in Lake City. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Hemingway an< daughters Mildred and Belle, Mis Carrie Baker and Dr. H. L. Baker o: Hemingway visited Mr. and Mrs. D I. Wilson Sunday. Mr. Charles Fleming of Laurens was a guest at the home of Mr. J. J Snow last week-end. We are sorry to hear that Mrs. B B. Chandler is quite sick at this writ ing. We hope she will soon bo oui again. Mrs G. K. Way, Misses Effic Zim merman and Elizabeth Hurt and Mrs iroy uriDD spent saturaay in An drews working on the booth, that th< Rome Book Club will have at the fair Quite a number of people from this community expect to attend the fail at Andrews this week. Mrs. B. M. Dinkins returnee from an extended visit to her brother Judge John S. Wilson in Manning. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cribb and ba by of Georgetown, spent the week-enc with the former's parents, Mr. ant Mrs. Edward Cribb. Miss Blanche Windham spent Saturday in Kingstree. Mrs. Dena Lee and Mrs. Mary Rogers spent last week in Lake City with relatives. Mrs. Lee was a delegatt to the Baptist Missionary Union. J. M. Clyde of Kingstree spent tht week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs A. B. Hemingway. Miss Florence Hemingway spenl last Friday with Mrs. W. C. Hemingway, at Hemingway. Capt. Spence A. Legette of Camp Meade, Md., has joined Mrs. Leget!* here for a visit at Dr. L. B. Johnson's Mrs. Legette has been here about sis nroolrQ Mr. D. I. Wilson, Miss:s Annie and Nell Wilson and D. I. Wilson, Jr., motored to Manning last Wednesday to attend the marriae of Miss Beaulah Wilson, daughter of Judge John S. Wilson, to Mr. Kingsley Humbert of Brookland, N. Y. ? o Cotton Ginned in Williamsburg. Cotton ginned in Williamsburg county up to September 25th 1921 amounted to 2,268 bales as against 4,106 bales up to the same time in 1920, according to the report made public October 3 by the federal government MILLIONS BEHIND | THE COMING BOOM;; ! be . BIG GOLD RESERVE'S BEGINNING th > TO REACH BUSINESS THROUGH | S< 5 INCREASING BANK CREDITS, j CI i . (Sugarman's Indicator Service, New ti< ; York City) j su With money easier all over the | sb j country, and bankers once more be- of , ginning co-operate with business; st | men and extending credit, many in- J p< vestors are curious to know exactly j p( , how rich the country is in "frozen" j w . cash? ! ri There has been much complaint that: , a large share of the hard times we \ cs . have suffered was due to the bankers' y< unwillingness to go behind business sh , with loans and credit. That is true, fc but it is also true that much of the E: business activity entailing from the cl j post-war boom was of such an unsub- d( > stantial and undesirable character that; to . banking support was out of the ques- tr tion. dt We have had quite a spell of busi- ? ^ hness failures as a result. In other a words, the unstaple and badly man-| . aged business enterprises hhve been b( f shaken out, and there is left a residue cc r of sound business, sterilized in the school of hard knocks, which is now p< . beginning to receive the atteneion of ni 3 the bankers. B ; The funds at the disposal of busi- di j ness enterprises, through the already R j now risible era of expansion, are enor- m j mous. What the banks can do in the b< j way of going behind a sound revival S1 j of business is largely indicated by bi ? the funds in the hands of the Federal vi Reserve Banks. ti Taking the consolidated statement j of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks . as a basis we arrive at the following approximate figures as representing the money wealth of the United States ^ 1 down to date: j f Gold stocks on hand_$3,250,000,00G,000 w Notes and bills 1,450,000,000,000' w . U. S. bonds, notes [ lt and certificates of jc t indebtedness 1,650,000,000,000' CJ , Uncollected and out- ; tc standing 625,000,000,000 [ ^ I Total $6,975,000,000,000 V< The round sum of seven thousand million dollars in gold?or more than . twice our war loan to f ranee?may be relied upon to supply backbone and a . stamina to the epoch of prosperity, ^ which is already now beginning to gj dawn. > P< -U c He Tried It. ~ ???- J Many people believes that a news- P paper falls together without work or f concerted activity or plan, The Rev. McLeod, a presbyterian minister of ? . California, was of this opinion and g asked to be allowed to edit an edition i j of the Passadena Star. The editor s gladly accepted the opportunity to go f fishing and the minister took up his duties in the newspaper office. This is how he felt when he found himself at the end of a task, which, it must be said, had been done quite creditably. "My time is almost up as I pen this last line, my hand is almost para- j . j lvzed, my brain befuddled, and I am' t i free to confess that I am right glad I to vacate the holy spot, such rush 1 and riot and disarray, such a jumble, jg of potpourri, it strikes me as an effort! | to bring order out of chaos, and do j1 it lightening quick. "I am reminded of the memorable J j? words, 'The earth was without form j ?nd void, and darkness was upon the, face of the waters'. Never shall I jg j criticize newspaper men any more, j I shall pray for them. They will i have my hearts forbearance hence- B . forth and forever. They are the I hardest worked, shortest lived, poor- j? I est paid, brain workers on this weary gj eld world of ours." i ffl i House Open ; My potato bo crates are here. To have youi i a crate and it is b< ; are dug. These c My charges f ; on storage longer a month. The house wi T. E I ! I Big Poultry Show at State Fair. Columbia Oct. 11.?The poultry ow to be held in connection with' e South Carolina State Fair, Octo-' t 24 to 28, is expected to be one of e largest poultry exhibits in the mtheast, according to B. E. Adams, larleston, president of the South irolina Poultry Breeders' Associaan. The special premium lists is-' led in the interest of the poultry iow are being mailed out to all parts the country, says Mr. Adams, who ates that the inquiries received from , )ultry breeders indicate that the j mltry building at the fair ground; ill be overflowing when the curtain! ses on the 1921 show. Arrangements are being made to ire for the fowls shown here this ;ar and according to officials of the iow everything will be in readiness r the opening Monday October 24. ntries in the poultry department will ose Tuesday October 18, and all who ;sire to exhibit poultry are required i send their entry blanks to the pouly association not later than that j ite. The blanks and a copy of the italogue can be secured from B. E. dams, of Charleston. Judges of national reputation have jen secured to place the awards, acirding to the poultry association of:ials who are to have charge of the >ultry end of the fair. The annual eeting of the South Carolina Poultry; reeders' Association will be held! iring the week of the show. J. W. ucker, of Columbia, and N. H.j ehrhof, of Cleijison College, have, ?en named assistant managers of the iow. J. Wirron Wilson, Spartan- ^ irg, and G. G. McLaurin, Dillon, are ce-presidents of the poultry associaon. o Send Your Antiques. The committee on antiques of the rilliamsburg fair would appreciate very much if any one in the county ho has anything interesting in the ay of antiques would bring or send to them on cr before November 1st, >21. We will take the best possible tre of them and they may be sent i the residence of the superintendent ;fore the fair, if that is more con;nient. Mrs. Belle G. Blakely, Supt [ o Loan to Finance Cotton. Washington, Oct. 11.?Approval of loan of $400,000 to South Carolina inks for financing cotton loans was ven today by the War Finance Cor) ration. ~~Ws THE UNIVE Notice to I take this method and users of Ford cars i the business formerly c D. Smith, in the Silve door to the express offi glad to serve them in a When your Ford car I to your authorized dealer, possible will be given, usi Ford Parts. McINTOSH 1 G. T. McINI Phone No. 28 i from Oct. 17 I use is ready for sweet p 1 potatoes cured, you mr est to crate potatoes in t] jrates cost lS1/^ each. or curing are 20# and if; 4-V? n VI QA /I otto mv /iViorcro tilQii U\J \JLOtJ O 111J vnux 11 be closed after Octob( . ARROWSMI To Speak on Church Work. We are informed that the Rev. R. Maynard Marshall of Beaufort is to speak at St. Albans Episcopal church here on Tuesday, October 18, morning and night, on the general work of the church. A cordial invitation to the public to attend these addresses is extended by the members of St. Albans. RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS ^ For Town of Kingstree, Quarter Ending September 30th, 1921. RECEIPTS > j Balance from last quarter_$2,853.25 A cash irom a. j. ueery ior one n Wagon 60.00 Cash from Nelson's Ware- Qg house for labor by Town hands 15.00 Licenses Collected 746.76 Taxes Collected 2,718.01 SB Fines and Forfeits 288.60 TOTAL ?$6,666.51 j DISBURSEMENTS 1 Street Labor $ 659.90 1 Expense Account 1,985.36 Police Account 1,012.50 Fire Department 326.63 Salary Account 376.00 Interest on ponds 1,050.00 Balance on ^l.ind : 1,257.12 TOTAL $6,666.61 J. F. SCOTT, Clerlo--*. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Williamsburg. Court of Common Pleas. Mattie O. McCall, Plaintiff, against S. D. Madison, Dell Petteys, and J. B. Barker, Trustee for Citizens Bank of Fairfax, S. C., Peoples Bank of Beaufort, S. C., and First National Bank cf Allendale, S. C., Defendants. To the defefndants above named: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their offices in the city of Sumter, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such ser- 1 vice, and if you fail to answer the ^ jd Complaint within the time aforesaid, B the plaintiff in this action will apply W to the court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. nfl Dated October 11th, A. D., 1921. HH CLIFTON & WOOD, M Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the Defendant, Dell Petteys: JB You are hereby notified that the Summons and Complaint in thi3 action have been filed in the office of the IB Clerk of Court for this county. Btf CLIFTON & WOOD, 10-13-3tc-c&w. Plaintiffs Attorneys. IB ncl RSAL CAR a the Public j of advising the public g that I have purchased | :onducted by Mr. W. I jrman Building, next g ce, where I shall be | -? nAOCI ku ? liy IllCtllllVl pUJOl UIV,? ^eeds Attention, bring it y where the be? service k ng nothing but Genuine h I MOTOR CO. I TOSH, Prom KINGSTREE, S. C. | to Oct 22 otatoes and the m ist put them in ^ tie field as they you leave them is 10 per crate jr 22nd. TH I I j