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THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1922 The mass meeting advertised tc take place here Tuesday night for the purpose of reaching a definite conclusion on the part of the citizens with reference to lighting the town of Kingstree and furnishing electric current proved to be just what was expected?a farce. A number of citizens gathered at the court nouse in the face of inclement weather and muddy streets, ostensibly for the purpose of deciding upon what steps ait to be taken by the town when the Electric Light and Ice company puts into effect its ultimatum to discontinue its service, an ultimatum which was promulgated prior to the first of January to become effective on that date. For some reason or anothei the current was not discontinued or January 1, and it is understood that * a second notice was served on the town council to the effect that the tights would be discontinued at S % 4 , 4- ?> ? utter aaie uniess some Muaiaiwi; arrangement was made with th( Electrict Light & Ice Co., in the mean time for lighting the town. It is further understood that the town authorities absolutely refused to grant an increase in pay, in which event the talrinstover of the plant by the town has been freely discussed bj citizens, and the object of the mass meeting Tuesday night was to reacl some conclusion in this direction At the suggestion of the companj the town has one to the trouble anc perhaps some expense in employing an expert electrician to come here and look over the plant of the Kingstree Electric Lighting and Ice company with a view to fixing an actual or reasonaoie yaiuc u{iuu mc j that might they be governed thereby in formulating a proposition of purchase to the directors of the company, bat at the meeting Tuesday night the matter was not discussed, in fact it was not presented to the meeting, and after a few minutes of talk some one made a motion to adjourn and thus another farce was enacted as regards the furnishing of the town of Kingstree with electrical service We hear it offered as an excuse for the ulter inaction at the meeting, that "the Electric light company did not have a representative present." As a matter of fact as well as business, the company didn't need a representative there. It had sent out its intentions and it was solely up to our citizens or representatives to act. Death of S. P. Oliver, Jr. Mr. S. P. Oliver, Jr., died at his home in Greelyville Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from an attack of acute Blight's disease. Mr. Oliver was about thirty years of age, and is survived by a young wife and two children. The deceased was an excellent young man and was greatly beloved by. all who knew him. For a number of years he was employed as bookkeeper for the Mallard Lumber Co. and was regarded by his emplorerj as an exemplary character. It is understood that Mr. Oliver went out duck hunting a few days ago and laid on the wet ground which later brought about the attack thai civused his untimely death. He was in Kingsree less than ten days age looking the picture of health anc manly vigor. His death yesterdaj caused a pall of gloom to fall upor the little town where he lived anc enjoyed the respect and esteem ol his fellow citizens. o Says a Cleveland dispatch: The ok joke about a woman's bank being hei stocking passed out with the openinj in Cleveland January 1st of a banl with $1,000,00) capital known as th< Woman's Savings Bank and Loai Company. It is Ohio's first woman'! bank, with women alone to guide it! policy and officers arvd all employees from teller to janitress, women. m 666 cures Biliousness. k* # k RESCUE SEAMEN , LASHED TO HATCH EIGHT GO TWO NIGHTS AND , DAYS WITHOUT FOOD i AND WATER. I I New York, Jan. 15.?Without food ? and water for two days and during that time lashed to the cabin hatch of ! their waterlogged craft to prevent them from being washed overboard by mountainous seas, Capt. V. M. Cole ' and seven members of the crew of J the American schooner, James M. Hall, . arrived here today on the steamship i West Canon, which rescued them 250 miles southeast of Cape May, N. J. Virtually abandoning hope of ever : being picked up alive, the shipwrecked 1 crew used its remaining dry match Friday night to set fire to a dish pan , of gasoline in a last desperate attempt to make known its plight. The result' ant fiare was seen from the West Canon bound here from Java, which immediately headed for it and took off the men, who wcye suffering from cold and hunger. The schooner, which left Charleston, S. C., for Boston, January 5, with a I cargo of lumber, was abandoned. She , registered 491 tons and was owned in , Boston. Captain Cole said he encountered . heavy gales and rough seas soon after , leaving Charleston. They increased . in force and became so violent that the , vessel sprung a leak and began to fill . with water. All hands were put to , work at the pumps, but they could I make little headway because of the . terrific pounding to which the craft , was subject. Finally conditions be, came so bad that the captain ordered . all men to lash themselves to the . hatch of the, cabin, which was the , only part of the deck structure to rel main above the surface. Except for . brief interv als when a man would risk . the fury of the seas to send up dis( tress signals, they remained that way ? for two days and nights witn notning , to eat oi- drink. ! 0 1 Buck Mitchum Dead. r f When Cornelius Mitchum, head of one of the pioneer families of Wil! liamsburg county, made his will, many ' years ago, he provided for three ne" groes who had been his slaves. He " directed that if these throe negroes 5 continued to give the same faithful service to their Mistress that they ' had given to him each of them should 1 receive fifty acres^ of land from the ' large family estate. The heirs of Cornelius Mitchum carried out the will. The land was deeded to the ' three former slaves. Last week Isaac ! Mitchum, descendant of one of the three negroes, was buried at Bethel ' church on the Kingstree-Georgetown road. The funeral was attended by hundreds of colored people. At the head of the grave stood a group of white men from some of the best ' known and most respected families ! of Williamsburg. They stood with ' uncovered heads while the burial serv' ice was read. | Corpelius Mitch urn's will and the presence of these white men at a 1 negro's grave were several genera1 tions apart in point of time. They ' afford a view of the race question . widely different from that which most ' frequently finds its way into print. The first of the Mitchums in this country, of the sturdy Scotch-Irish blood, was called to his door one dark night by a party of intruders who de, manded to know if he was for king or country. It was in the days of the war cloud between England and America. The pioneer Mitchum could not tell whether his questioners were , patriots or tories. His wife pressed his foot to warn him to be careful . how he answered. But Mitchum re| plied: I "Sweet Jesus! I will not die with a lie on my lips. I am for my country." Like spirit prompted Cornelius I Mitchum, as his end approached, to do the unusual act of giving a farm to each of the three who had served faithfully as slaves. The negro who ' was buried last Wednesday was descended from one of the three Mitchum slaves. He died on one of the farms given by Cornelius Mitchum's will. Born in freedom this negro, , Isaac Mitchum, lived his sixty years an example of the best relations between the white and black races. . He held to the belief that antagonism between the races was bad for the negro. And he not only talked but I lived this belief. He was steadfast P when some of the misguided of his own people threatened him. So long as he voted he cast his ballot as the I best white men did. "Buck" Mitchum P was the name he went by commonly. : In the talk at the grave the negro z preacher paid this tribute to him: ? "He worked six days in the week. , He was always loyal to the white 3 people. He was loyal to his own 5 people. He was respected by the white people. I say to all of you, Brother Mitchum led ?. life which should be an example for us." i In hi6 early life "Buck" was a ' house boy in the Cantley family He worked many years on the Kellahan plantation. The white men came to have such confidence in "Buck's" integrity that when they were called I away from home for the night they had him come to the house and re- J main as the protection for the family. 1i Among the white men who attend- j ed the funeral were members of the i s Mitchum, Cantley, Kellahan, Brown, ^ Strong and Tisdale families. We trust that it is well with his f sc ul?Thou good and faithful servant, t W. G. C. ( ?????a C A Mother. ' A friend of mine brought her mother to see me the other day. We sat t in the warm kitchen and had a cup \ of tea. I couldn't take my eyes off of j Ruby's pretty mother. "There's a f woman of a passing generation," I ' thought. "She's alwavs been shelter- , ed, protected by father and husband j and son from the hardships of the t world." r Later, Ruby told me that wasn't the ; case at all. It seems this pretty, sty- \ lish, caln> woman has had a life of un- t usual storm and sorrow. Left a wid- c ow at thirty, with two small girls, and < a brand-new baby boy, she took up the cudgels for her little family. Her , husband had left her no insurance, but only debts amounting to about $400. And she had kept those children together and reared and educated them, by any desperate means that 0 came to hand. She had run a lodging I house for students. She had taken in boarders. She had been caretaker 8 of a church, washing the floors and windows, and polishing the benches, in order that she might house her little family in the three small rooms over the church, piecing out her meager income by sewing nights for a gentleman's tailor. Both her daughters married well, and the son, when he was twenty, broke her heart again, and put a shin- < ing star in her crown by giving his life in France. ' Now, with her government pension, ? she is more comfortable than she has 5 been for years. She visits back and forth between her daughters and insists on paying a small amount of board so that her sons-in-law cannot reproach her. A wonderful woman?a woman who i should be a judge. God grant her | type never is included in a "passing generation."?Margaret Jackson in Farm Life. Send us your order for Job Printing. We only do the best work. I SHE IS "FULL OF PEP," THEY SAY SHE IS GOOD-LOOKING AND GAY AND IS ALWAYS READY FOR A GOOD TIME. Why is a girl popular? Look around and see what a good time the good-looking ones have all the time. Men seek them out and ask them to parties, dances and entertainments. And notice that it is not the doll-face type real men like most, but the redblooded girl with "pep" and happy good nature. Any girl who is tired and languid and has a poor complexion and dull eyes can improve her condition and be far happier if she will simply take Gude's Pepto-Mangan until she has put her blood into good condition. Red blood means "full of life" and "full of life" usually means happiness. Try Gude's Pepto-Mangan and see how much better you.feel. Doctors have used it nearly thirty years for , weak, run-down people. It helps them get well. Sold in both liquid 1 and tablet form.?Advertisement .! I III MtlMH HIUIIIIIIIII IlLfpmr i; Before arranging i and erect I MONU1 i to the memory 01 ii ones call and see c i: represent one of :: panies in the Sou i: Monumental Co., i ? L. S. D ; Kingstree, II I'M M II ft NOTICE OF SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Williamsburg. Court of Common Fleas. j. A. Hyman and W. W. Purvis, copartners in trade as Hyman & Purvis, Plaintiffs, agai?ist I. B. Ginn and J. W. Cox, Defendants. Pursuant to a Decree in the above itated case, signed by his Honor fudge T. J. Mauldin, on the 5th day if December, 1921, I will sell at pubic auction, before the courthouse loor, in the town of Kingstree, Couny of Williart^urg, State of South Carolina, on the first Monday in Feb uary, 1922, the same being the 6th lay of the said month, between the egal hours of sale, to the highest lidder for cash, the following describd tract of land: All that certain piece, parcel or ract of land, lying, being and situate !? Williamsburg county, and State of ?outh Carolina, containing fifty (50) teres, more or less, and bounded as ollcws, to wit: On the North by ands of S. J. Gaster, formerly F. 5oston land: on the East by lands of 5. B. Newell and Mrs. T. A. Davis; South by lands of J. W. Cox; and on he West by Mrs. Lila P. Cox, the un of Muddy creek being the line. Purchaser to pay for papers, and n the event he fails to comply with lis bid, the land will be re-sold on he same or some subsequent saleslay at his risk. m J. D. BRITTON, 31erk of Court, Williamsburg county, S. C. l-19-3t. j. d. b. ro prevent a cold take 666. The County Record maintains one if the most complete and up-to-date rinting .offices in this section of the >tate. and solicits your patronage for mything in printing. Rub-My-Ttem for Rheumatism. JS& KINGSTREE Lodgr Nu 46 A. F.M. Meets .the second Thursday night n each month. Visiting bretheren cordially invited. H. U. Kinder, W. rt., Donald Montgomery, Secretary. Rub-My-Tisra kills pain. Send us your orders for job printing CARDUI HELPED REGAIN STRENGTH kttuu L*4r Vu Sick F* 1kc? ?d Depressed?Her Owi Story W Recovery. \ 4 Mat Reek, Ala.?Mrs. a M. Kim, k# h?M mmbU* Ik* Cd. Mai jBUMttac icwut of hor ro* unary t Twu!ma wwlwil om* Bpoa. 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