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^ THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1922
A SAD PLIGHT.
"There will be a meeting of all the
trustees of Williamsburg county at
the court house, Kingstree, S. C., on
Saturday, April 15 at 12:00 o'clock.
This, meeting is called for the purpose <
of discussing pi ems for the next school
year. It will be the duty of every
trustee to be present."
The above is a call issued by SunoriTifpnHent.
of Education. M. F.
Montgomery. Last Saturday there
was n meeting, in reponse to a similar '
call, for trustees and teachers. The
object of the meeting last week, as |
we understand it, was chiefly to in- ,
form the teachers, many of them at
least, that Williamsburg county was ^
unable to pay them for their services;
to tell them that they would !
be obliged to wait (we dont knowhow
long, but perhaps indefinitely)
for their pay.
The meeting called for next Saturday
does not include the teachers. J
The deplorable condition of affairs
has Uready been made plain to them.
The trustees are called to this meeting,
however, to discuss, and perhaps;
endeavor to prevent a recurrence
of a similar situation next
year. We hope they will succeed.
It see'ns that a number of the school
districts in Williamsburcr are "broke" 1
when it comes to a matter of dollars
and cents, with which to pay the
teachers their salaries. This condition
is nothing more than was to be
expected when a law was passed
granting an extension of time for the
payment of taxes. Usually there is
only a sufficient amount levied to defray,
meagerly in many instances, the
runring of the district school for a
few months. Unless this tax levy
is paid promptly there are no funds
with which to pay the teachers and
keep the school going. j
It is a fact that there are those
in some of the districts who don't
care a whit whether the school runs
or stops, or whether the teacher gets
h$r pay or not This is rather a
sad plight when we call to mind the
hundreds of children in this county 1
who are being deprived of the funda- i
mental training that a country school <
affords. It is a condition to which <
may be attributed the large number ?
of grown-ups who, when called upon 1
to write their names have to do so 1
by "touching the pen" or making "his 1
mark." The registration books of 1
Williamsburg proves this condition 1
of ignorance. * !
Ate we never going to get away
from this humiliating scourge? A 1
condition that belongs to the dark 1
ages. The only safe and sure way j
to do it is to provide your district 1
with the best to be had in the way of J
schools and to do this it requires co- (
operation on the part of every man, 1
woman and child in the district, s
Furt her it requires that unselfish and 1
liberal spirit which would place i
school and the careful tutilage of its (
progeny above dollars and cents, or t
^? the levying of a sufficient amount J
of taxes for the exclusive purpose e
of conducting a well equipped school 1
for a term of seven to nine months 1
in the year, ea^h succeeding year, e
without ever having to fy.ee the hu- t
miliating necessity of calling your 1
teachers together merely to inform I
them that they will have to wait for J
their pay or close the schools. In 3
such an extremity we believe it would \
be as well to close the school, for
there is poor incentive to service as t
a teacher or any other class of la- tl
bor when the matter of compensation p
is an indefinite quantity. tl
It should be borne in mind that t!
it takes money to successfully conduct
any business; that the schools 1
of Williamsburg county is her big- p
gest business, her greatest asset, b
Educate your children, at least see n
to it that they have the advantages
of a good public school. The price p
of an ordinary pig or calx each year w^l
provide the means under the
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iresent system of levying school
axes. Don't place the pig or the
yearling above your child's education.
If your district is backward in the
natter of schools attend the meeting
:alled by County Superintendent of
Education Montgomery to meet here
Saturday and be sure that you have
irovided for the fundamental needs
>f your child before you leave, by
igreeing to a larger school levy if
leed be, or the prompt payment of
;he present levy so that your children
uid their faithful teacher will not
lave to suffer the consequences of an
nexcusable folly.
At last the new lines of water pipes
xre being laid. In several instances
;he delay in getting these lines in
ilace have caused the street paving
force considerable inconvenience by
laving to shift crews and machinery
from one point to r.nothgr before
completing their work in certain localities.
Tl.e pipes have been placed
>n School street and that thoroughfare
is now receiving the concrete.
Pipes are also being placed on upper
\cademy street and it is to be greatly
hoped that within the next week
this street will receive its finishing
couches. This business of having to
shift from place to place before completing
the work in hand has caused
the paving contractors no little expense.
and much comment of an unfavorable
note on the part of citizens.
Of course the unsightliness and the
extreme inconvenience thus caused
will be soon forgotten, once the pavirg
has been completed.
Why so many cases of typhoid
fever in Kingstree? There is always
a cause for an epidemic of this
disease and that cause can usually
be easily located if the proper efforts
are made with that end in view.
This duty devolves upon the KingsThis
duty dcvelopes upon a Board of
Health whigh should have charge cf
the town's sanitory and health co'nditions.
Has Kingstree a Board of
Health?
Since the first of the present year
there have been some eight or ten
cases of sickness pronounced by local
physicians to be typhoid fever.
The cases fortunately have all been
of a very mild form.
Some think its prevalence is due
lo the water supply. Hardly so because
regular tests of the town's
water supply are made monthly for
bacteria and a negative report made
by the bacteriologist of the state
health department. Others think its
{revalence due to various causes: ex
cavating, keeping nogs wunin me
corporate limits, open closets. The
strongest argument is perhaps against
the latter, for it is well known that
flies are carriers of typhoid germs
and there is no greater breeding
place for flies than the open closet.
However it is to be hoped that a determined
effort will be made without
further delay with a view to ascertaining
the real or direct cause ol
the unusual number of typhoid cases
ir Kingstree since the first of January,
1922. _
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Rich Men in Williamsburg in 1811.
(By William Willis Boddie)
Theodore Gourdin was the largest
taxpayer in Williamsburg District in
1811. He contributed $158.10 to'the
district treasury. The next five in
>rder were: Francis Cordes, $56.39;
lames Burgess, $35.52; Stephen Miller,
$27.22; Moses Glolver, $24.99; and
William McDonald, $24.49. Only two
vomen oaid that year more than
*n dollars in taxes. They were Janet
Montgomery, $14.13, and Elizabeth
3 win ton, $12.60. ? - ?
Those paying amounts from $20.00
? $10.00 were: James Bradley, Wiliam
Burrows, George Burrows, Beniamin
Britton, James Campbell, Wiliam
Dobbein, Robert Friersor., Jr.,
rohn Fulton, Dr. John Graham, James
irraham, John James, Isaac Keels,
iVilliam Lester, Robert Lowry, Alexinder
McKnight, Thomas McCrea, Sr.,
[Tiomas McCrea, Jr., James McBride,
3r., John Mathews, Alexander McCrea,
James McFaaden, Isaac Mahews,
William Nelson, Isaac Nelson,
fohn Scott, Sr., John Scott, Jr., Robrt
Sutton, James Tisdale, Samuel
Vilson, Robert Witherspoon, Gavin
Vitherspoon, and Hugh Wilson. The
states of the following men were
axed between $20.00 and $10.00:
"homas Blackwell, William Cooper,
lobert Ervin, David Gordon, William
ones,1 Robert McCottry, Paul
rlichaux, John Wilson and James
Vitherspoon.
A large majority of Williamsburg's
axjayers in 1811 paid amounts less
han one dollar. But then the exenses
of the district were less than
he salary of one rural policeman of
he present day.
Nobody now wants to return to
811. While., some do not want to
ay the taxes levied today, everyody
wants the things for which the
'oney is spent.
All the world knows the savage
ays no taxes.
666 cures Biliousness.
Hemingway Personals. \ *
Hemingway, April 12.?Miss Clio I
Claiborne left Sunday for Charleston
to visit her parents. !
Misses Blondell Cockfield, Dess.
Gowdy and Myrtle Martin spent the
week-end in Charleston and while
there they visited the Magnolia Garden.
Mr. A. E. Flowers returned Monday
from Charleston where he had
been on business.
Mrs. D. G. Huggins, Misses Winn
and Galaway spent Saturday in Florence
shopping.
,Messrs J. M. Eaddy, Duncan Campbell
and Dr. H. L. Baker spent Saturday
in Florence on business.
Miss Ellen Hemingway had as her
week-end guest, Miss Burck from
Florence, who is one of the faculty
of Prospect school.
Miss Edna Eaddy of McColl, spent
the week-end here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Eaddy.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Eaddy and children
and Mrs. Carr of Pamplico, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Cary Rollins at
Rome.
Miss Wilma Harmon of Florence
spent the week-end with her mother,
Mrs. R. W. Harmon.
Miss Verna Ard, who is a student
of Motts Business school in Florence,
is spending this week with her father,
Mr. L. L. Ard.
Miss Lizzie Fulton of Kingstree,
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. McConnell.
Mrs. T. W. Edgeworth spent Sunday
at Darlington with her sister, Mrs.
J. R. Newman.
Mr. Cole Cannon and sister, Mrs.
P. A. Ingraham was in Florence Saturday
shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Chandler and
sister, Mrs. Brown, spent Friday in
Georgetown:
Mrs. George Chandler returned
from Georgetown Tuesday where she
had been visiting relatives.
The ball team of the Hemingway
nigh scnooi piayea iwo games wicn
Georgetown last week, being victorious
in both games. The game played
cn the home diamond Tuesday, score
being^0 to 8; Friday in Georgetown,
score 8 to 5.
" Miss Hocman, the state home economic
supervisor, visited the school
here Monday.
Miss Annie Burney spent several
days this week in Georgetown on
business.
Miss Effie Zimmerman of Rome,
was a pleasant caller in town Monday.
Mr. Joe Cane of Pamplico, called
on friends in town Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Ard spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Lourie Taylor
at Vox.
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Truckers Organize Permanently.
The Pee Dee Truckers association
held a meeting here Tuesday &nd
effected a permanent organization
from the temporary one formed here
the previous week. Mr. H. N. Shepard
of Salters, was elected president
and Mr. Bradham of Sumter, vicepresident.
Mr. A. B. Boyle of Greelyville
was selected as secretary and
treasurer.
Mr. Clias. J. Brand, vice-president
of the American Fruit Growers, Inc.,
was present and addressed the gathering
on the subject of cooperative associations,
also thoroughly explaining
the contract of his organization.
There were twenty members of the
association present, representing a
trucking area of approximately
3,000 acres in the counties of Sumter,
Lee, Clarendon, Florence and Williamsburg.
Each of the above counties signed
a contract to sell through the American
Fruit Growers for the year 1922.
A committee composed of T. M.
Cathcart, W. R. Gray of Manning,
and Dr. Nesmith of Lake City was
appelated to draft uniform by-laws
and constitution for the new truck
association.
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Len W. Dennis. j
Monday afternoon about five o'clock <j
Mr. Len W. Dennis passed away at Jj
his home five miles out on the Lanes h
road, after a lingering illness. He t
was buried in the old family burying <
ground near Cades Tuesday afternoon. 3
About three years ago Mr. Dennis 2
was stricken with paralysis. Since 1
that he has been confined to his home, 2
but not to the bed entirely until a j
few months ago when he suffered an- J
ether stroke. 4
The third stroke on Monday ended 2
his life. jj
All during his long, trying illness 3
he was remarkably patient and re- J
signed, never murmuring against hi& j
lot. 4
Mr. Dennis would have been sixty 1
years old next month. Early in life j
he was married to Miss Susie Rogers. 5
She with one son and three daughters j
survive him. These are French W., J
Miss Florric Dennis and Mrc. Thames, 4
of near Kingstree; and Mrs. Harold T
Thompson, of Trio. it
The deceased was a member of the 5
Kingstree Baptist church. 5
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