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To The Friends of Public Education.1 Some more facts concerning the financial situation at Winthrop college, and some more reasons why our state legislature should support her. "The County Record" stated last week that, since the founding of VVinthiop college 34 years ago the state legislature had appropriated $7,U00,000 (seven million) for permanent improvements. This was a typographical error. The correct amount is about $700,000 (seven hundred thousand). Compare this amount with what other states give theii women's institutions and you will see that the amount given by South Carolina for the education of her women i.- pitifully small! For instance, North Carolina in 1921 appropriated fcr its state college for women at Greensboro $875,000 for permanent improvements and $600,000 for maintenance. Yet this institution is not so large as Winthrop. It is estimated that Winthrop college is furnishing at least 90 per cent of the trained teachers serving in the schools of South Carolina. For the past four years the shortage of teachers in the United States has run into the hundreds of thousands. Of this shortage South Carolina has had her full share, and many of our schools have had to be closed because there were not enough trained teachers to supply the demand. Just that many more children are being denied the chance of an education. South Carolina is already at the bottom among the states of the union in the scale of illiteracy. Added to this already alarming situation, is the danger that, by the refusal of our state legislature to give Winthrop adequate support, this magnificent institution may have to shut down, and may have to send home its more than one thousand students, practically all of whom would go forth to swell the teaching forces of our state, if given the chance to complete their education. Tax-payers of Williamsburg county, when vou elected certain gentlemen to represent us in the general assembly, when you sent them to Columbia with instructions to economize and to reduce taxes as much as possible, you certainly did not mean that they were tc economize at the expense of such a worth-while institution as Winthrop college! Do you know that, although she enrolls as many students as all three cf the men's institutions, yet she is not asking for an equal appropriation, nor yet the same per capita appropriation? According to the report of the committee on economy and consolidation. Winthrop college compared with other state institutions is rendering the largest dividends on the smallest investment made by South Carolina, and therefore she should in justice be granted her requests. Why should Winthrop be compellec to turn into the state's treasury her tuition fees while Clemson, the Citadel and the University may keep their tuition fees and make use of the . money ? Why should Winthrop be forced to j pay the lowest salaries to her teach- ] ers?not only lower than those paid to the teachers at Clemson, the Citadel, and the University, but the low- : est in forty-two similar institutions < in twenty different states, scattered < from the Pacific to the Atlantic? < Why this injustice to the one state ] college for women? Yet in spite of inadequate support, 1 4-Uoiulionnc Winthvnn I>I Ul VI ii(umivu|/c ?****? ? is an institution, which in thirty-four | yrirs has achieved such wonderful re- 1 s ilts that it is known far and wide; ] is visited by distinguished educators , from every section of our country, 1 who come to see the plant, to study < the methods that prevail there, and i to draw inspiration from that marvelous man, Dr. D. B. Johnson. 1 Upon presentation of their A. B. < degrees, Winthrop's graduates are i certified to teach in New York or Cal- i ifornia, in Florida or North Dekota. 1 Winthrop's A. B. degree is recogniz- 1 ed by every big university in the 1 United States?Chicago, Cornell, 1 Johns I opkins, etc. Do y u not think that this is an 1 institute n worth supporting? Then < see to i that she is properly support- 1 ed. See to it that the 1922 session of the South Carolina legislature does I rot adjourn until it has made suffi- I cient provisions for Winthrop college. 1 Economize 0 legislators! But for ' the sake of public education and the 1 welfare of our land, do not, we pray you, economize on Winthrop college! Williamsburg Winthrop Daughters, Mrs. P. G. Gourdin, President. February 27, 1922. o ? Henri Landru, the Bluebeard of Gambais, in France was guillotined at 6:05 last Friday morning. Landru died gamely. He walked the few paces from the jail door to the guillotine unaided. His head fell into the basket as the first rays of dawn gleamed in the sky. The bugles of the barracks and the Angelus bells in the churches sounded Landru's passing. As far as is known he made no revelations concerning the crimes for which he was put to death. h SCIENCE OF MAGNANIMITY. ' ?_ 1 (By Brownlee Frix) ! A farmer sold his place and bought a farm in another county, because his neighbors were so mean. With his family and his furniture and his cattle on the road, he stopped at a spring near where lived an old fellow who should have been teaching philosophy but who, on account of a lack of education, had missed his calling. This farmer told the old philosopher how mean his neighbors were and that he hoped he would never see them again. The old philosopher said. "They are just as bad or worse where you are going." And they were. Soon after that another farmer, who was moving, stopped and told the old philosopher that the only reason he was moving was to get near a better school and that it nearly broke his heart to leave his neighbors as they were such good neighbors. The old philosopher said, "You will find them just as good and as kind where you are going." And he did. You have perhaps heard of the fellow who died in the prime of his life ot spite which had backed up and soured in his system. A neighbor of his, an old fellow who could gener ally say something good of every man, after trying his level besr to think or something kind about him, said: "He was not as mean all the time as he was sometimes.? There is no doubt about the fact that many a man actually suffers ard dies from rheumatism, from heart trouble, from liver complaint, brought on by the poison of ha'e in his system. He just can't forget and does not want to forget those who have opposed him. Any doctor will tell ycu that this is true. An adding machine Is a wonderful piece of mechanism. It will add acolumn of figures nine yards long. Press the button marked "total" and it will give you the correct answer. Press another button and you will hear a rattling tinkling ?ound as it literally throws all those figures out of its system. Now press the "total" again and it will print "00"?two goose eggs! All those figures are gone forever! An adding machine which would not throw off all the figures of yesterday and last week and last year would not be worth thirty cents. A salesman could not law such a machine on you, could he? "Forgive us our tresspass as we forgive tnose wno ire^paaa us." "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." There is sound philosophy in the Christian religion. How the world loves the man without a grouch! He is like a bucket of lemonade when we are thirsty! He is like a thousand dollars when we are broke! A glad welcome awaits him everywhere! The fellow who is built like a good ad^jng machine is all right! Julius Caesar was built like a good adding machine. You remember when he overcame his greatest rival, pompey, and all the correspondence between Pompey and his followers came into Caesar's possession?plots to overthrow Caesar?you remember Caesar had these letters burned without even reading them. He forgave his enemies without even finding out 1 who they were! Caesar's fame will live so long as men love magnanimity. , Robert E. Lee was built like a food adding machine. He fought with all his might and when at last j he surrendered, he at once became < a loyal citizen of the Union and ad- . rised his soldiers to be true citizens of the U. S. A. Please let me say right here that the old soldiers who i wore the gray are, deep down in ' their hearts, as loyal to the flag of J our country as loyalty itself! I do , not believe there is a man or woman < in the South whose heart does not thrill at the sight of the flag, and j few, if any, who would not. if need be, willingly and gladly die for it. ' It is much harder to forgive when we have been whipped than when we have whipped. Lee was big enough, grand enough, noble enough to do that! Abraham Lincoln was built like a good adding machine. He fought a good fight into whi/h he put every ounce of his magnificent strength, and when at 'ast victory was won and the slaves were free and when the Union was saved, there was no malice in his noble heart, but rather, "charity for all!" I do not think I have ever seen this picture, but is is nevertheless vividly impressed on my mind. I can see Lincoln lying in his coffin in the capitol with the flag of his country diaped about him for the last time. On his sad face there is the faint shadow of a smile, a smile like the smile that must have been on the rst Tome nftpr he had said. XOVW VI VV^WM; , "Father, forgive them; for they knownot what they do." j What has all this got to do with education? Just this; if we know all about Greek and Latin and History and many subjects, but have | / C * not learned how to relieve ourselves . of the hate in our hearts?"have not charity"?our education is sadly deficient. Let us learn the science of magnanimity. It is the noblest | science of them all. How much better and healthier and happier this world would be if we would all, or even ten p-r cent of us, practice the science of magnanimity, if we would just presia (town the button and release the hate and the hurt that is in our hearts! When I think of this, it seems that I can almost catch the strains of a heavenly band, can almost hear the angels singing in the sky! o Send us your order for Job Printing. We only do the best work. TAX NOTICE. The tax books will be open for collection of taxes for the year 1921 on the 15th day of October. Tax levy as follows: For State 12 mills For Constitutional School_3 mills For Roads 8 mills For County 4 mills For San tee Bonds 1 mill For Federal Aid Proj. No. 80_2 mills Total 30 mills School Districts having 2 mills special school tax are No. 33. School Districts having 4 mills special school tax are Nos. 2, 7, 9, 10, 18, 21, 30, 31, 35, 38, 45, 51, 57, 59, 60. School Districts having 6 mills special tax are 32 and 47. School Districts having 8 mills special school tax are 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13. 14, 17, 20, 25, 28, 29, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 43, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 61. School Districts having 10 mills special school tax are Nos. 8-A and 19. School Districts having 12 mills special school tax are 12, 22, 23, 27, 41, 42, 58 and Andrews A-12. School Districts having 14 mills special school tax are 16 and 24. The following school districts have bonds as stated: No. 22 4 mills No. 42 4 mills No. 48 6 mills No. 61 6 mill" No. 52 4 mills No. 25 4 mills No. 11 4 mills No. 15 1% mills No. 42 4 mills No. 12 11 mills No. 8-A 14 mills Clarendon Bends on Clarendon township, Nos. 14 and 53,1% mills. A tax of $1.25 on dogs, (which includes tag) due and collectible at time other taxes are paid. "Any person owning, harboring or maintaining a dog failing or refusing to return and pay the tax aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five ($5.00) dollars, nor more than twenty ($20.00) dollars, one-half of which shall go to the person reporting such failure to. pay said tax and one-half to the public school fund of the district in which said derelict occurs."?Section 4 of An Act to Provide an annual Dog Tax for the State of South Carolina and a Penalty for not Paying said Tax. Drainage tax is due and payable at the same time with other taxes. All parties between the ages of 21 and 60 years, inclusive, are liable, unless exempted by law, to a poll tax of $1.00, also to a commutation tax of $2.00. Upon all unpaid taxes after Decern ber 31 a penalty of 1% will be added for January, 1% for February and 5% to the 15th day of March next, aftei which the books will be closed and executions issued upon all unpaid taxes. Those who desire to pay their taxes through the mail may expidite matters by dropping the Treasurer a card asking for tne amount of their taxes, so as to avoid sending the wrong amount, also seating the township or townships (if property is owned in more than one) and if possible give school dictrict where property is located. After paying taxes, examine your receipts and see if all your property is covered, if not, see about it at once. By following the above suggestions | complications and additional cost may , be avoided. R. B. SMITH, i 9-22-21-D3-15-22 County Treasurer. NOTICE All claims against the county to receive attention of the County Board jf Commissioners must be filed in the rffice, properly verified and itemized, I not later than Saturdav before the regalar meeting on the first Tuesday ir each month. S. J. SINGLETARY. I Countv Supervisor Williamsburg Co J-18-21-tf. 566 cures Malarial Fever. i 1 cypress v ^ sash t doors blinds yk * %< MOULDINGS ^ Ii! AND MILLWORK 1 : NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will make applications to W. E. Snowden, Judge of Probate for the County cf Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, at his office in Kingstree, S. C., at eleven o'clock a. m., March 18th, A. D. 1922, for final discharge and letters dismissory as guardian for Mary E. Graham, deceased. W. B. COX, Guardian for Mary E. Graham. NOTICE. The County Board of Commissioners of Williamsburg County will receive bid?ut their office in Kingstree. S. C., on Tuesday, September 6th. an.l on the first Tuesday in each month thereafter, for groceres in bulk lots for the chaingang for one month at ? time. S. J. SINGLETARY. County Supervisor Williamsburg Co. 8-18-21-tf. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Williamsburg. Court of Common Pleas. Lenora McElveen, Ida Wilson, Lizzie McElveen LaFourcade, Ella McElveen Cobia, Rebecca McElveen Bayer, Dozier McElveen and Wilbur McElveen, Plaintiffs, against Robert McElveen, Walter McEIveen, Linnie McElveen Dempsey, Leola Coward Parnell, Stella Coward Cook, Jessie Coward G?rdon, Min nie Coward, Walter Coward and J. W. Coward, Defendants. By order of J. D. Britton, Clerk of Court for Williamsburg county, of said state. To the defendants Linnie McElveen Dempsey, absent from the state and whose residence is unknown: You ai'e 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 subscriber at his oflce in Lake City, South Carolina, within twenty days after, the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint Dated December 28th, A. D., 1922. %V. H. WHITEHEAD,JR., Plaintic's Attorney. 2-16-3tp. Typewriter Supplies. Users of Typewriters will find a full stock of ribbons, corbon paper, second sheets and typewriters paper at The County Record Office. tf. 666 cures Bilious Fever. DR. FRANK 0. LENTZ DENTIST HuOr 13 rrrroff^ Towolrr Qfnro ViUVC VfV* o wvwvia/ ^kvav* Main Street OFFICE HOURS: 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. and 2 to 5 p. m. ^!^!4!4-!4!4!4W4-!4!^ m ara Our buyer ] K Markets and his X Wear for Ladie I ? those who take ] i 35 ments they wet as they come in ? tism in price?q ?p cal buyers may ^ our showings. i i Don't Miss I | The Kingstree p "The Qua s jf East Mai * g Kingstree, . 4? Kj ' FFKTflR NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ] FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned will make application to 1 W. E. Snowden, Judge of Probate for the County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, at his office in Kingstree, S. C., at eleven o'clock a. m., March 1st, A. D. 1922, for final discharge and letters dismissory as administratrix of the estate of Samuel Heyward Burgess, deceased. MRS. CLELIA BURGESS, Administratrix of the estate of Samuel Heyward Burgess, deceased. 2-2-dtp. 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Send the Cash. When sending in for publication in The County Record'notices of hot suppers, box parties or other entertainments given for the purpose of raising money, also obituaries ancl cards of thanks don't fail to let the cash accompany same. We positively will not "charge" such notices. The price is 10 cents the line. You count six words to the printed line and enclose money or stamps with notice. If such notice is not accompanied by the money it will go direct to the waste basket, and we have an extra large one for the purpose. This same rule applies to advertisements to be inserted in our "special" or "want" column and to obituaries. If you can't send the money for this class of ad\ ertising save your stamps, time and stationery. Minumum price twenty-five cents. tJ. The County Record is mailed to subscribers at $1.50 the year, invariably payable in advance. i J Fashion's Deer I For this! I Ar c ' las recently returned froi purchases of the latest de s and Men are arriving, particular interest in the ? ir to keep in touch with . Our Spring Goods poi uality and syle considered supply their needs to a Seeing Our New Dry Goods Co. i lity Store" m n Street K . . . . C. C. I 'V rTTfTrTnrtnrfTTi?xfr!I'Pl mTiTmT1T1T1TitITmTrri 1 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR . FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned will make applications to W. E. Snowden, Judge of Probate for the County cf Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, at his office in Kingstree, S. C., at eleven o'clock a. a m., March 13th, A. D. 1922, for final I discharge and letters dismissory as J administrator cf the estate of Theresa S S. Logan, deceased. fl W. B. LOGAN, m Administrator of the estate of Theresa 1 S. Logan, deceased. 2-9-5tc. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 'HB County of Williamsburg. ^ Court of Common Pleas. W.B. Mouzon, Plaintiff, j against j Joseph Shaw, Defendant. j Notice is hereby given, that pur- ^ suant to a. Decree for sale in foreclosure, made in the above stated case, by his Honor Judge James E. i Peurifoy, on the 3rd day of May, f 1921, to me directed, I will sell to the highest bidder for cash, before the courthouse door in the town of Kingstree, County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, on the first Monday in March, 1922, the same being the 6th day of the said month, during the legal hours of sale, the following described tract of land: All that certain tract of land situate in the County of Williamsburg, and State of South Carolina, containing nine and three-tenths (9 3-10) acres on a plat of the subdivision of the lalnd of D. D. Shaw, and being known as tract number one there- t- on, this being the tract of land conveyed to Joseph Shaw by D. D. Shaw, on February the 28th, 1920. Purchaser to pay for papers. J. D. BMTTON, Clerk of Court for Williamsburg county, S. C. February 15th, 1922. ' 2-16-3t. j. d. b. REGISTRATION NOTKK The office of the Supervisor of? Registration will be open on ihe J "t Monday in each month for the purpose of registering any person who is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident of the State for two years, and of the county one year, and of the poll: j precinct in which' the elector offers to vote four months l?efore * the day of elction, and shall hat* paid, six months before, any poll tax then due and payable, and who can both read and write any section to him by the Supervisors of Registration, or who can show that he owns, and has naid all taxes collect)- fj ble on during the present year, prop- vj erty in this State assessed at three ? hundred dollars or -ore. 1 R E. CT * RKSON, C<?rV of Ttoard \J Send us your order for Job Print- Jl ing. We only do the best work. - J 666 cures Chills and Fever. ^ Rub-My-Tism for Rheumatism. <4^^ ees | Soring I i riving Daily! | ? 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