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The Leaks I To Watch If you would be sue P your puree. P That is the secret of P The Farmers & Mei fg growing savings account! ji the secret. I It would like to inch Farmers & Merchaoi Lake City, * Items of Local Interest THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1922 Mr. Hugh Graham of Lanes, was in Kirgetree yesterday. Mr. T. C. Jacobs spent Sunday in Darlington with friends. Mr. R. Israel of Andrews, had business in Kingstree Monday of this week. Miss Belle McClary spent the past week-end here with her friend, Miss Florence Jacobs. ? Mrs. Rich Morris of Lanes, spent several days last week here with her father, Mr. C. M. Hinds. v I* Mr>. David Silverman had as her guests on Monday, Mesdames Katzoff and Richardson of Manning. * Miss Estclle Shuler of St Stephens, spent last week-end here as the guest of her fiiend, Miss Hattie Thomas. * The Williamsburg Chapter of the U. D. C. will meet tomorrow (Friday) of A ftVlnrlc with Mrs. J. r, AiV^lllWU MV * V H. Epps. Mrs. McDavid Horton and daughter, Sarah of Anderson, are visiting Mrs. Horton's sister, Mrs. L. W. Gilland this week. * Miss Edith Wienberg, who was the guest of Mrs. Charles Tucker last week, returned to her home in Darlington Sunday. ? We are glad to state that Dr. Sam L. Giililand, who for the past several weeks has been confined to his room by sickness, is able to be at work again. e e Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Boddie have as their guests this week, Mr. Boddie's f:\ mother, Mrs. Willis Boddie and his aunt, Miss Lucy Perry of Louisberg, N. C. Miss Helen Goldstein, who for the I past few weeks has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. David Silverman, returned to her home in Wilmington, i N. C, on Monday. Mrs. Koplow and little daughter, Helen, who have been spending sometime here with her brother, Mr. David Silverman, returned to her home in Atlanta, Ga., Monday evening. \ ? ? r xr;?n. Ml uu^vuv CUU5) n?v m?o *v* sometime past been employed by the I Cash & Carry store here, left Monday , morning for Bennettsville, * * charge of a like store in that place. * Messrs. T. C. Jacobs and J. H. Epps, Dr. T. C. Harper and Sheriff Gamble left Kingstree Monday afternoon for Georgetown, where the party spent several days duck hunting. Dr. S. P. Thomas, who has been practicing his profession at Hemingway since his graduation at the Medical college,\ has gone to Great Falls, where h^/will engage in the practice of medicine. Mr. J. A. Scott, who has been confined to his bed for the past two dweeks, continues quite ill. The family wishes to express their appre. ciation of the interest being manifested in him by his many friends. "Nappie" Nelson, who has been engaged at Lexington, N. C., for some time past, came home and was operated on for appendicitis Monday at the Kelley Sanartorium. He is getting along nicely, we are pleased to report. On account of protracted meetings -A of the Billy Sunday Club, the Mother's Club will hold its regular meeting or Friday evening, January 27th, in^ stead of January 20th, at which time the Mothers will entertain the Fathers. Hii meeting will be held at the home ' of An. LeRoy Loo. ike- . I ... ... M i i i cessful, watch the small leaks in the thrifty person. ( rchants National Bank many ii | s of customers who have learned j| ide you among them. g . ts National Bank | South Carolina | MKMHnMHi Miss Sallie Larrimore of the Hemirgway section, who was operated on for appendicitis at the Kelley Sanitarium Monday is getting along nicely. m There will be held a regular commiiniratirtn nf Kincstree Masonic lodge at 8 o'clock. All members and visiting brethen are invited to be present ? Mr. P. A. Tolley, who is in the Kelley Sanitarium with a case of typhoid fever is getting along nicely under the efficient care of the Sanitarium's personnel. Master J. D. Joyner's name was inadvertently omitted from the honor roll in the second grade of the Kings tree school when last submitted to this office for publication. Master Joyner's rating was 90 and we are ( glad to make this correction. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Montgomery of 1 Summerton gave a course dinner one ' day this week in honor of Dr. and Mrs.W. G. Gamble, and Mr. and Mrs. Grant VanKeuren. The feast is said to have reminded the guests of what *a!#1 A nfo-Kallurvi UIC^ WCIC W1U VI uuiax^ ***** days. a On Friday afternoon last, the Wil- , liamsburg Chapter of Winthrop Daughters met with Miss Florence | Jacobs. At this meeting the Chapter welcomed its new member, Mrs. J. i A. Cole. After the business of the meeting was concluded the hostess served a delicious salad course with ccffee. * + ? ? On last Friday evening Miss Annie i Stackley entertained a few of her friends at eard3. After the game i Miss Stackley served her guests with : a salad course, a sweet course and coffee. Those present were: Mrs. T. E. Arrowsmith, Misses Martha and i Emma Gordon, Marie Nelson, Belle ToaaKo ITafi* an/1 IttVViai / f VOVVVil) UMWV ?? , Annie Stackley. Friends here of Mr. "Montie" Jacobs, and they are legion, will be mucn ( pleased to learn that he expects to , leave his ranch in Georgetown for a while and return to Kingstree, his home, where he will engage in the grocery business with his brother, T. C. Jacobs occupying the old stand ( of Jacobs & Scott on Academy street, ( recently vacated by Mrs. B. F. PatHck. On Monday evening last Misses Crockett, McHaffey and Kinard en- ' tertained the "Merry-makers," at the ' home of Mrs. E. C. Epps on Brooks ' street. Despite the inclement weath- ' er, most of the members were present, and after sewing for two hours needles were laid aside to partake of 1 i the delightful refreshments that were ' j served by Blisses Pearl Chandler and : Mary Katherine Epps. On Thursday afternoon of last week 'Mrs. W. W. Boddie entertained for her house guests, Mrs. Willis Boddie , and Miss Lucy Perry of Louisberg, N. C. During the afternoon the guests played rook. After the games the hostess, assisted by Misses Emma j Brockington and Caroline Scott, serv- | ed a delicious salad course with coffee. , Those present were: Mesdames Tom j M. Gilland, L. W. Gilland, P. G. Gour- j din, W. V. Brockington, C. C. Burgess, W. E. Brockington, C. W. Wolfe, D. l f! Srott. M. L. Allen. H. L. Prosser. Willis Boddie, Lula Brockington, Misses Maude Logan, Caroline Scott, j Marian McFadden, Lucy Perry and , Emma Brockijigton. J i o- ] Returns With Prisoner. ] ] Sheriff Gamble returned here sever- j a1 days a go from Baltimore with < Morris Yaffe as his prisoner. Yaffe < was arrested in Baltimore upon a warrant sworn out by Mr. David Silverman, in whose employ the young t man had recently been, and is charged 1 with theft. He is now confined in Die i county jail. 9 < D. A. R's. Elect Officers. < I On Friday afternoon the Margaret ! Gregg Gordon Chapter D. A. R., met at the home of Mrs. W. E. Brocking- i ton. As this was the time for the selection of officers for the ensuing year, the following were elected: Regent, Mrs. W. E. Brockington; viceregent, Mrs. W. G. Gamble; secretary, Miss Marian McFadden; corresponding secretary, Miss Lula Brockington; treasurer, Miss Caroline Scott; historian, Mrs. W. W. Boddie legistrar, Mrs. L. C. Montgomery. A letter from the State Regent, Mrs. Frank C. Cain, was then read appointing Miss Marian McFadden State chairman of legislative affairs. After the business of the meeting was concluded the hostess served delight ful refreshments. Mrs. W. W. Boddie's guests, Mrs. Willis Boddie and Miss Lucy Perry of Louisberg, N. C., were invited in for the social hours. o Rome News. Mr. Jesse Cribb of Hemingway, spent Christmas here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cribb. Mrs. ?W. Wilson is spending some time in Greenville with her dauhter, Mrs. Holmes B. SpriAgs. Little Miss Virginia Rhem celeK^afA/4 V,ar oovAnth KirtViHrjv lnnt Mon day by giving a Christmas tree party to her little friends. The little guests enjoyed games and best of all was the lovely Christmas tree. Jello and cake were served. Mrs. Troy Cribb entertained informally on Wednesday evening in honor of her sister, Miss Esther Hamilton of Florence, who is visiting her. Miss Louise Haddock, who is teaching at Central, is spending the holidays with her mother, Mrs. Willie Haddock. Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Smith of the Union school faculty, are spending the holidays at Cottageville. Mrs. W. T. Turbeville is spending this week with her daughter, Mrs. Harry Wilson, near Kingstree. t Miss Mamie Sports, a nurse at the Kelley Sanitarium in Kingstree, spent Christmas here with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Hill and children spent several days during Christmas at Cades and Timmonsville. " ?- ?-? ? ?i Mr. Jim 1VU111IU5 ami suns, mnoif Dave and Jeff of Indiantown, visited relatives here last week. ? n ' Our Advertisers. N Mr. Chas. Tucker has a page ad in this paper announcing the sale of a lot of excellent merchandise purchased from the Jno. M. Brown estate and the B. Block stock of Darlington. This sale is being conducted at the Jno. M. Brown store. ' B. M. Picquet plumber, has an advertisement in this paper calling attention to the imjx>rt^nce of citizens having water and sewer connections made before the streets are paved. T. E. Baggett, jeweler and optometrist, advertises that he is prepared to examine your eyes and adjust ?? if glasses 11 necucu. S. H. Tift states in his advertisement in this paper that he will exchange fertilizer for cotton at a great saving to farmers. , The Mcintosh Motor Co., local Ford agency, advertises an entirely new proposition this week whereby any one may become the owner of a Ford car on easy payment plans, j The Colonial Creamery, which opened for business at Florence on Monday, advertises in this paper that it is now ready to receive shipments of cream, eggs and poultry. Read the financial statements in j this paper by the ten banks of Williamsburg county. Subscribe now for The Record. o STATE NEWS ITEMS. j Many Things of Interest Gleaned frosa i frmn Muit Points. Blackstone Female Institute at Blackstone, Va., was totally destroyed j i>y fire Tuesday, entailing a loss of. $175,000. Members of the faculty, x>ard of trustees and student body ost virtually all their clothing and >ther personal property. There was lot loss of life. ?I A petition by creditors was filed 1 n Charleston Tuesday in the United! States District court against the En-' J erprise Mercantile Company, of Gree- j yville. C. Wulbern & Co., Inc., E. j P. 'A. Wieters & Sons Co., Inc., and J! Pringle Brothers, all of Charleston, I ire the petitioners in the case. The iefendant concern is to make answer I ? the petition on January 17th. Judge H. A. M. Smith, in the Feder- i i! court of Charleston on Tuesday, iled a decree in favor of the de- i 'cndants in the case of Minnie M. i "Jalluchat, as administratrix of the ] l, ? estate of Miraer C. Galluchat, deceased, complainant, against Robert H. Pitman, Thomas Hume, and the Michigan Trust Company, executors and trustees of the estate of Charles H. Hackley, decease<i. This case has been in court for over three years and involved a claim for damages in excess of $2,000,000. The land involved in the suit lies in Williamsburg, Charleston and Berkeley counties. Olin Snipes, deaf mute of Lancas ter, was shot in the neck Monday night at Rock Hill when he entered the home of B. N. Branham, on Wilson street Snipes, x young man oi twenty-one was visiting his uncle, Mr Rowel 1, who lived in the same block He evidently thought he was entering his uncle's home and when mcJ at the door jnd accosted by Mr. Branham did not stop but continued tc enter. He was told to get out being an utter stranger and not responding when addressed, as he persistently advanced, Branham shot him, the ball entering the fleshy part of the necl and inflicting a painful, but not serious w'ound. The steamship Hudson of the United States Lines, which arrived ir New York a few days ago from Bremen brought the largest and mosl valuable cargo that has come out ol a German port since the war. It consists of 4,311 tons and is said to tx valued, after the payment 01 auij that will average, it was said, about 10 per cent., at close to $10,000,000 The customs searching squad seizec a lot of dutiable goods belonging U men in the crew, which had been listed on the ship's manifest They wen told that they could gpt back the goods by calling at the Custom House and paying the duty. Col. William R. Darlington, "Granc Old Man" of Allendale county, diec at his home in that place Sunday morning. His .death was not unex pected, as he had been a sufferei from a stroke of paralysis received last june. At the beginning of the Confederate war, he volunteered anc was mustered into the First Soutl Carolina infantry in Charleston, ant was in Charleston at the time of the attack on Fort Sumter. o Subscribe now for The Record. o Some Taxes Repealed. The/ following statement is issued by the Acting C Elector of Internal t IT MM If WITH if It iff B W l> a | Own PA Because the m ffl Money without rei Ifl Because when ffl most desirable of a 3? Because nothi *4 Because it is tl y Because it is n ? than it is to rent h 1 BU1LDE] ? ' X Kingstree, 1 ^P0B^D0B^30fcOn0ftinflnP30ulA30rLAJULiAi?3riAi*y? (Some Men You know w Dives? I For Those H I write that, a !| surance, he realizes p standard companie If I am the onlj p for standard com pa 1 WW 1 "Th* i Kingstree, Kfl(BOBBnBJcOtWM0COlt Sufit 'xflftw&Jlit OBl J, i\ Revenue, W. R. Bradley, District of t South Carolina: In response to numerous inquiries, < taxpayers are advised that certain j taxes, among them the so-called "nui- i sance' and "luxury" taxes, are re- i pealed effective January 1, 1922, by i the Revenue Act of 1921. Patrons of soda-water, fountains, I ice cream parlors and "similar places 1 ; of business" no longer are required ;to pay the tax of 1 cent for each 1 110 cents or fraction thereof on the , amount expended for sodas, sundaes* "or similar articles of food or drink." 1 The small boy may rejoice in the fact that an ice-cream cone doesn't cost f an extra penny. The tax imposed by . the Revenue Act of 1921 is on "bev. j erages and the constituent parts ' thereof' and is paid by the rpanu: facturer. ' \ The tax on the transportation of > | freight and passengers is repealed, > j effective January 1, 1922, also the tax I paid by the purchaser on amounts paid for men's and women's wearing I apparel (shoes, hats, caps, neckwear, c shirts, hose, etc.) in excess of a spec ificd price. Taxes imposed under Pection 904 (which under the Revenue Act of 1918 included the taxes on wearing ap1 parel) are now confined to a 5 per " cent tax on the following articles: t carpets, on the amount in excess of f $4.60 a square yard; rugs, on ^he ' amount in excess of $6 a square yard; - trunks, on the amount in excess of r $36 each; valises, traveling bags, suit t cases, hat boxes used by travelers and fitted toilet cases, on the amount 1 in excess of $25 each; purses, pocket? books, shopping and hand bags, on - the amount in excess of $5 each; : portable lighting fixtures, including i 1 -ii u-j. ;?* ' lamps ui an uuuO) uit uic ouiuuiiw m * excess of $10 each; fans, on the amount in excess of $1 each. These taxes are included in manufacturer's I excise taxes, and are payable by the I manufacturer, producer or importer, r and not by the purchaser, as required ' by the Revenue Act of 1918. The r manufacturer may reimburse himself, I by agreement with the purchaser, by i quoting the selling price and tax in I separate and exact amdunts, or by i stating to the purchaser in advance I of the sale, what portion of the quot; ed price represents the price charged for the article, and what portion represents the tax. The taxes on sporting goods, (ten- . nis rackets, fishing rods, baseball and football uniforms, etc.) are repealed, also the taxes on chewing gun, .portI able electric fans, thermostatic con1 tainers, articles made of fur, and > w d&a four Own . J toney you invest in a hom< straint sometimes does. vou own your own ho 11 possessions. ng is safer than the home ] he best saving plan ever ofi o more sensible to rent an< is clothes. RS SUPPLY CC BEST PLACE TO BUY* * . C \ , ySKgaaaaSSS^^ Will Not Hear! hat Lazarus, upon a cert; Who Will Heai ifter a Fire, when a man ; the difference between s s. r agent in the county writi nies only. V r "7 nnrvrvi 1. W. Di_'i7J_yj ; Best Insurance Serv Sou t ; ' :oilet articles and musical instruments. The tax on sales of jewelry, real >r imitation, is 5 per cent and is pay* able by the vendor. The tax on the sale of works or art (paintings, statuary, art porcelains, and bronzes) is reduced from 10 to 5 per cent. This tax, payable by the vendor, ap- . A * plies except in the original sale by the artist, or to an .educational institution or public art museum, or a sale by a recognized dealer in suck articles to another such dealer for resale. When payable by the manufacturer or vendor, taxes must be in the hands of the collector of internal revenue on or before the last day of the month following the month in which the sale was made. Following are forms for making returns and regulations relating to taxes, which my be had on application to offices of collectors of internal ' revenue: manufacturers excise tax form 728 revised, regulations 47, revised; tax on works of art jewelry, form 728 A, revised, regulations 48,revised; tax on beverages, form 726, xv revised, regulations 52, revised. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS WANTED:?Man with car to sell low priced Graham Tires. . $130.00 ' Gr week and commissions. Grain Tire Co., 8164 Boulevartf, Ben- t .< ton Harbor, Mich. 1-tp. \ \ FOR SALE:?Black Valentine beans and shipping peas. W. E. Nesmith, Kingstree, S. C. l-12-2tp? FOR SALE:?Improved Waree tobacco seed, grown by party who fur nished seed to Williamsburg and *?9 Florence county markets. * lb* @ $1.00, y% lb @ $1.75, 1 lb ^ $3.00, 10 lbs. or more @ $2.50 per . lb. C. K. Eaddy, Et 2, Lake City, ; S. C. 12-15-4tp. SALESMEN WANTED:?To solicit odrers for lubricating oils, grease , "in and paints Salary or Commission. , Address The Harvey Oil Co., Cleve- ;ii land, Ohio. ltp. \ , $ - x ur? VTTPn. T nunai* 1 WU l/l UUCC gVVAi /VUU^ turkeys. Apply at Becord office. ' : 1-12-tf. M WANTED TO BUY?Seed field peas '< for cash. Geo. A. McEhveen. 1 * . A STOLEN?One Ranger bycicle. model .. |?| No. R. M. 051122, motorcycle handle bars, color brown and white. Ten dollars reward for information v. to locate property. E. C. Epps, Kingstree, S. C. 1-o-tf. WANTED?Tract of timber, one million feet or more. Furniah fall information in first letter. Box 288, Sumter, S. C. 12-29-4C Rub-My-Tism. a pain, killer. - ' ' V Hnmp ! A AVAAAV 5 t cannot run away. | . me you have the j fou live in. ? fcred. t "I i 3ther mans house 2 ? ' 7! )MPANY J t I iin occasion, told a' 5 V i , f .y ' . . ;p