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J Make This p j Your Bank W The Farmers & Merc with you in your businesi It wants to serre you 1 ? ? ?i?l *? Fu> sprred. tvu WiOH ?v W w?. M It will appreciate you I its service mean much r tion to jour affairs. May we count on jot Farmers & Merchant Like City, " ammmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Items of Local Interest THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1921 Miss Laura Boyd of S<ers Depot, spend Friday in Kingstree. Mr. L. H. Cromer spent Christmas day with his home folk in Clinton. Dr. H. B. Brenecke spent Christmas day with his mother in Walhalla. ess Mr. Ellis Wheeler of Augusta, Ga., spent Christmas day here with friends. Mr. William Cooper of Davidson College, is at home for the holiday season. M.\ Ja ne- Martin of Eastover, vis?ite I Dr. and .'irs. Cates here during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Gourdin spent Chi is.mas day here with the) Misses Jaco' ;. Miss My. Je Reveley of Lynchberg, Va., is the guest of Miss Marian Mc- j ,a raaaen uus wc?. ^ Mrs. H. L. Ellington and children of Georgetown, are the guests of Mrs. T. E. Arrowsmith. r Miss Sue Stoll of Sumter, is the guest of her sister-in-law, Mrs. P. H. Stoll this week^ Mr. Wilbur Eaddy spent Christmas day in Lake City with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Eaddy. ; Miss Virginia Burbage of Columbia, spent several days this week here with Mrs. L. Roy Cates. I ? Mr. E. E. King, Jr., spent the Christmas holidays at Blenheim, as the guest of Miss Doris Hearsey. f m m Cadet William Gordon of the Citadel, reached Kingstree Friday, to spend the holidays with his home folk. Mrs. Ethel Stanley and children of Florence, are visiting Mrs. Stanley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Anderson. Mr. H. Baker of Cades was in Kingstree today and called at the Record Office to renew his subscription. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Wienberg are spending several days in Manning this week with Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wienberg. i * * Miss Rheta Derrick of Columbia College, is spending the week here with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. C. C. Derrick. ? Mr. Julian Jacobs of Charleston, ( spent several days here this week with his sisters, Misses Etta and Florence Jacobs. Next Monday, January 2, 1922 will be public sales day. There are a number of land sales advertised in The County Record. I B. W. McElveen of Rhems, P. B. Lockwood of Henry, and N. R. Williamson and son, Otis of Cades, were ?? ?J. ? Messrs. Hampden Montgomery and Harold Smth, who arc students at the Presbyterian college n Clinton, are at home for the holidays Born, Tuesday afternoon December 27th, at the Kelley Sanitarium to Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Gee, a son. Mother and babe doing nicely. Mr. Horace W. Carter of the Southern Dental College, Atlanta, Ga., is spending the holidays here with Dr. faad Mrs. LeRoy Cates. Mr. Heyward Brodrington of the Haurersity of South Carolina, is finding the week here with his mother, Mrs. Martha Brockington. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Crosland of QetnaibU. are hare spending the holiday* wtth Mrs. Croeiand's parents, Mr. and lire. J. If. Hi inn HI Hants National Bank is interested = t 3 problems. jg H q i as nearly as possible in the way j| = ^ 1 t 1 J ir business and endeavor to make ^ . 1 aore than giving ordinary atten- ^ i :s National Bank j' Sooth Carolina j; ' ' " < Miss Elma Hinds, who is a member J o! Timmoasville High school faculty, | is spending the holidays hers with ^ her sister, Mrs. Belie Blakely. , 9 ' Mr. Nappie Nelson returned to Lex- 1 ington, N. C., yesterday morning, 1 after spending several days here with his mother, Mrs. T. J. Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Sullivan of ' Hock Hill and James Sullivan of Uni- 1 veraity of South Carolina, are here ' with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sullivan. \ < Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Arrowsmith, j who have been the house guests of ] Mr. and Mrs. P. 0. Arrowsmith, left < Tuesday morning to visit relatives < in Manning. < We learned this morning that fire ] at Grealyville destroyed the home of ] Mr. Bennie Frierson, with all of its ( contents. We understand that he car- j ried insurance. . Miss Marian McFadden and her ' guest, Miss Reveley of Lynchberg, j Va., are spending a few days in Georgetown as the guests of Mrs. I. ( McG. Carraway. ' Born, Monday December 26, to Mr. t and Mrs. Jack Lybrand a son. Mother and child getting along nicely. < Mrs. Lybrand before marriage was i Miss Geneva King. i j Miss Marie Thorn, who is a mem- ^ ber of the High school faculty of 1 Wendel, N. C., is spending the holi days here with her parents, Mr. and , Mrs. P. B. Thorn. ( m w m m ? Among those who attended the 1 funeral of Mr. S. B. W. Courtney at 1 Leo last week were the Rev. J no. W. Davis, L. W. Stackley and L. D. 1 Rodgers of this place. ] Mr. Lucian P. Kinder, Jr., and his \ ' bride of several months past are ; j spending the holiday season here with < Mr. Kinder's mother, Mrs. L. (P. ] Kinder on Live Oak avenue. , a Dr. B. McQueen Montgomery left 1 Friday afternoon for Orangeburg to spend Christmas with his wife and baby, who a>e visiting Mrs. Montgom- ^ ery's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claffey. ! ? * * Mr. P. A. Tolley, who is here on a 1 visit to his brother, Mr. W. K Toiiey, .< has been confined to his room the past ( week on account of an excessively 1 high blood pressure. He is being ^ looked after by Dr. E. T. Kelley. 1 j The local post American Legion, j will give a banquet to all ex-soldiers and Confederate veterans, as stated in a notice by C. D. Jacobs, post com ^ mander in another column of this paper, on next Thursday night, January . 5th. ? St. Johns day will be observed Sunday by the Masonic body of Kings- 1 tree, the sermon will be preached at the Preifbyterian church by the Rev. Jno. W. Davis. Members of the fraternity are requested to assemble in their lodge room at 10 o'clock Sun day morning. * ? There is a big deer drive on at Andrews this week at the invitation of Mr. S. P. Harper, who owns a large estate in that section. There are a number of Kingstreeans on the hunt. Up to time of going to press today no reports have come in as to the number of deer taken. On Monday last Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Arrowsmith entertained the members of the Arrowsmith family at a dinner. A delightful course dinner was served, Tne out 01 town guest present were: Mrs. Lou Arrowsmith, ? Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Arrowsmith and children of Florence; and Mrs. L. C. ' Ferrall of Charleston. I Christmas day passed off very quiet- a ly in Kingstree as did also Monday, t the day following, whea the only^ro/ >; ervices were held at the churches < hough attended by small congrega- , ions. Apparently the Christmas tocking was well filled and the chil!ren of the community have had a 1 ery joyous time. Santa Claus was musually kind to the editor and his amily and somewhat on this account ire are inclined to think that he was [uite generous to our neighbors and 1 he citizens in general. Veterans to Banquet. All ex-soldiers and Confederate reterans are c rdiallv invited to at end a banquet to be given by the Williamsburg Post American Legion, >n Thursday night January 5th, 1922, n Kingstree. Yearly dues are due ind payable at this meeting. Come ill. 7:30 o'clock. C. D. Jacobs, Commander. The Christmas Spirit in Kingstree. If the only contribution of Jesus Christ to the world had been the Christmas Spirit, His life in the flesh would still have been worthy of Divinity ^kid His cross become the sign >f the conqueror for all after ages. It may be that I felt the Christinas Spirit in Kingstree more than some >ther men, although I simply touched he hem of its garment I have five little folks in my house and ^11 the time I knew that my home cup of happiness would be full, but not evert my imagination had prepared me for the beauty I saw come out of the IAWA /V# ft A fvtka IU*C UX UIC Many days before Christmas, the Kingstree Kindergarten began to collect through its fortunate little folks things that would bring joy into places svhere not even Hope had been born, rhe Kindergarteners carried fruits and confections and toys to their playhouse and their instructors lovingly and intelligently filled big paper sacks with those good things for other childreii in the county that otherwise might not have been so blessed on the Day of the Nativity. I looked into one of these paper bags. I saw an orange, an apple, a bunch of grapes, ?ome nuts, a cluster of raisins, a package of candy, a pair of pants for a four year old, and & big tin horn. I did not look into any other bag. Perhaps I could see nc longer. But I followed that one bag to a hut twenty five miles away and saw in my mind the one who revived it And Christmas, while that little boy blew his horn, the morning star ceased singing for me. Seventy eight of the smaller children of the Methodist Sunday School in Kingstree each contributed a stocking in the toe of which its fellow stocking had been stuffed and the remaining space filled with good things to eat and overflowing with a toy. The first grade of the Kingstree school gave a great many joy bringers and individuals, who did not find about them room enough to give what they wished, made contributions. I did not see the thousand and 6ne things that went straight from hand to hand and from heart tb heart, but 1 did see what the stwral organizations in Kingstree turned over to the Red Cross for distribution. For everybody knows that the Red Cross knows where things are most needed and will-bring the greatest comfort and blessing. \ficQ Dnisv Vam assisted hv Miss Mary Catherine Epps, Dora Harrington, Elizabeth Fairey, Belva Jenkinson, Vivian Baker, Grace Kinder, Flora Smith, Joe Boswell, and others, illed the Red Cross car full of these stockings and things many times and iistributed them all over the county. [ wonder if these happy little girls, vho aided Miss Varn, know that the | ight radiating from the eyes of the lundreds of little children whom they lelped to bless will brighten anc soften and sweeten all their days? And I wonder if? I fe, who the Day would celebrate And honor the Babe all undefiled. ?now there is many a manger be<i Ye shall find if ye will by His star be led? rhat Christ is bom in every child. William Willis Boddie. O Notice to Tax Payers. 11 . X The following statement is issued J >y the Acting Collector of Internal Revenue, W. R. Bradley,, for the 1 district of South Carolina. Important changes in income lax i >rocedure, directed by Commissioner ! }avid H. Blair, are embodied in a' treasury decision effective December, 16, which provides for the prompt; idjustment of claims for refund and ibatement of Federal taxes. Here- ' I ofore when an over assessment or | iverpayment was disclosed by the j Ludit of an income tax return, the j j axpayer was invited to file a claim or abatement of the overassessment >r the refund of the overpayment Vhen received the claim was regisered and filed away until reached n due course for consideration, because of the large number of. ruch claims filed, delay in adjust-1 oent necessarily resulted. | After December 15, the taxpayers. rill not be advised ?f their pRftri-j %e ef Mr * Ate ftr A itfted of taxes which have been paid in excess of amounts logally due, but instead will receive a certificate of 7 ove reassessment and a check in correction of the error, or if an overassessment is outstanding against the taxpayer for income or excess profits tax, the overpayment will be applied as a credit against the assessment, and the balance immediately refunded. This will be of dis-, tinct financial advantage to both the taxpayer and the Government. It will do away with the necessity for fVift fovnonni* filincr o rlflim fnr rP fund, and will greatly reduce the amount of work to be done by the Bureau in the adjustment of claims. Taxpayers may continue to file claims for abatement and refund, but it is expected that the number of such claims filed each month will be greatly reduced. Ecorts are being made by the Bureau to adjust within six months, all claims now pending and thereafter to keep the work current The Revenue Act of 1921 provides that under certain conditions interest shall be paid upon claims from the date of the payment of the tax to the date of the allowance of the claim. The new proceduie should greatly reduce the 1 Insure \ II represent onl same service in sun Some compani on rainy days. Th I represent the boys" take what thi It will pay you has paid others! WM "The 1/" anAtanf OAA ? P ivmgdu cc, I mBjoSHO? 31 HIHIM""'1"11"""11 fit VI Uiail iftliTfTn-grirra I Own 1 * ? ft Because it cost (Because there Because when ask a grouchy land Because it is d own your home. & ? | BUILDEI | ? $ Kingstree, | LIXf I f 1 > 111 y 1 T1 > T III T1111111 t kTkTkT kTjkTirkTiiiTxl | Florida 1 tf Friends of Wil ? state of Florida, bel ? associated with the v| Here we have good fcf ideal, fish in abund ? We sell you an; K city or country pro] 3- South. Leave the c If where opportunities $ home near the babb hear the soft zephj SJ * bnmp where vou < frt ? . ? you a liome and live jp of the world. I W. H. McG --i-.i:.--....... (< **< amount of interest, which the Gov- ] ^rnment must of necessity pay upon claims for refund. Moise Elected to State Senate. D. D. Moise, former member of the House, was last week elected to the Senate by the voters of Sumter county. Mr. Moise is to succeed the late Senator John H. Clifton, who died a few weeks ago. J. B. Britton was elected to the House to succeed Mr. Moise. ? i CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS LOST OR STRAYED^-One male pointer dog, wnite witn uver spots, i and answers to name of "Nick." Reward for return to David Nixsen, Kingstree. 12-22-2tc. . FOR RENT?Five room flat in concrete building over R. J. Burgess' store w'th bath and electric lights. Centrally located in business section of town. Apply to W. T. Wil- ' kins. 12-29-2tp. WANTED?To buy a dozen choice early pullets, now laying or ready to lay. Rhode Island Red, White or Barred Rocks. } address Box 103, Kingstree 12-29-21 WANTED TO BUY?Seed field peas for cash. Geo. A. McElveen. rour Property V y standard companies, the ishine and in rain. es "make hay while the si at's not my kind. companies that make the ey find. i do your insurance busi [. W. BODDJ : Best Insurance Serv Sou WHHHHHMffffH .4-3*1 four Own ? 1am*. awtvi rt ViArviA 4-Vion S ICSS IU UYVll & liuaiu buuii is no one to tell you to mc # you own your own home lord to do this or that. auch easier to get along ir *S SUPPLY CC BEST PLACE TO BUY' l t Real Estate ] liamsburg County, I am i tter known as the land of s firm of Cribbs and House schools and churches, goc ance. y thing you want, large or :>erty. Boys, can you hea ;old winds of winter. Con 3 are awaiting for you. 1 le of the southern stream Trs whistle through the pi see the shamrocks gro ! with us in beautiful Florii iEE, v v Oi TOR SALE?Well equipped cafe i* town of Kingstree, business is now ? being run successfully by party is another part of town from hotel and can give good reason for selling. Party buying can lease good room in hotel building (which is without dining room), for operating cafe in. This room fronts on Main street with side entrance to hotel and is directly across street from courthouse, the logical place for a cafe and the only one in town. Will not sell except to an experienced cafe man. For further particulars apply to Kingstree Hotel Company, Kingstree, S. C. 12-?9-2t. IV ANTED?Position, by teacher holding first g~ade State license. Have had severe years succussful experience. Recommendations upon application. One-tea?er school,, grade work or principal considered. , Address P. 0. cox 281, Kingstree, S. C. 12-29-ltp. \ ; J WOODROW WILSON?Issue of Day- % idsonian 25 cents?all about the I ex-president. Address Business Mgr., Davidson, N. C- ^ WANTED?Tract of timber, one million feet or more. Furnish full information in first letter. Box 288, Sumter, S. C. 12-29-41. rOK KiliIN i?l"WO mcciy xunusucu *g rooms with all modern conveniences, gentlemen preferred- Apply to Mrs. Tom Kellah&n, on Academy street, Kingstree. 12-22-tr. nth Me! I kind that give the % in shines" and quit | rates. The "little || ness with me. It | ith Carolina | Home 1 J J it costs to pay rent. j j you don't have to lj. J ? I 1 old age when you ? i. i MPANY | 0 i 1 South Carolina J 3 s if if innTOTlTiimTrn n IT | For Sale | Vjj low located in the x un shine and roses, X t Real Estate Co. 7 )d people, climate j small truck farms, fcj ir the call of the J le, buy you a home 3 Come buy you a 4 J s where you can f nes; come buy you S w green; come buy ? da,the play ground 3 putiiIa. FIa_ 1