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In remitting checks or money orders make payable to THE COUNTY RECORD Foreign Acfrertuinc Rupraouilitii n THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922 Recently several children have been bitten by v hat were later pronounced to be mad dogs after an examination of their heads by the State Medical department at Columbia fcr rabis. A good deal of complaint has come to The Record office concerning the matter of allowing so many worthless canines to roam around without being muzzled, which is in violation of a town ordinance. Mothers who have little children who play in their front yards and on the sidewalks are in constant fear of their tittle ones being bitten while thus engaged and justly fell that it is up to the town authorities to enforce the Ordinance against dogs running at large without being properly muz iled, and although we do not condone the indiscriminate killing of a dog just bevause he may act or look a little queer from lack of proper food or other causes which can be treated and cured, but so long as there is an Ordinance against dogs running at large on the streets without being muzzled, we heartily agree with the mothers who have complained. Margaret Gregg and The Greggs. j (By Wiliiam Willis Boddie) Marga.et Gregg is the best known William-ourg- woman of the Revolu-, tionary A'ar period. The local chapter of the Daughters of the Ameri-1 can Revolution is named Margaret! Gregg Gordon in honor of her and of | her soldier husband, Captain William Gordon. All-of the men in Williamsburg fought in "Marion's Brigade;" and, for the most part, Marion's men sup-1 plied his army with provisions and: munitions. Williamsburg women cultivated corn fields, transformed cow hides into boots and saddles, molded pewter spoons into bullets, and filed! hand saws into swords for their men who were fighting for hom?-land lib-1 erty. Margaret did all of these things without hope of monetary reward. However, several years after the Rev-1 olution, she was paid for some sup- ! plies which she furnished the armies of General Greene and of General Marion. Along with the more substantial elements in her character, tradition indicates there was much of the spectacular. The Rev. James A Wallace in his History of Williamsburg Church records two stories'of her as follows: "Pending the predatory warfare of Hamilton, in Williamsburg, a party ef marauding Tories went to the house of Captain William Gordon, and commenced plundering the house. But conscience makes men cowards. The alarm was given, whether false or not does not appear, that the Whigs were coming, when the whole party fled. One of them becoming fastened in some way on the fence, was unable to get over. Mrs. Gordon ran and caught the fellow, and pulling him down on her own side of the fence, detained liim until help came, i and he was secured. "At another time, the free-booters came and carried off all Mr. Gordon's horses, while he was absent fighting the battles of his country. Mrs. Gordon, unable to prevent the robbery, followed the party at a distance, and observed where the horses were enclosed. That night she went alone, caught the best horse in the lot?a better than any one of her own, and ^ mounting him rode away in safety with her reprisal." Usually in old Williamsburg, it was the man that married early :n life and kept married all his days. It is remarkable how many of these pioneers of Williamsburg married three or more fifteen year old girls, not at the same time, however; and, to use Nancy Astor's felicitous phrase, kept "busy populating the wo Id." James With e> spoon was married five times, j He seems to held the record, but there' I' * ' were many men in old Williamsburg.) who were married four times. Margaret Gregg married three times, somewhat exceptional for a women even in that marrying gener-! ation. At sixteen, she married Sam-; uel Scott. They had one daughter,: Klizabeth. who married frst John 1 Cunningham ar.d second Willir.m Mc- j: Elveen. Samuel Scott died in 1768;!, and. in 1770, Margaret Gregg Scott] married William Gordon. They had, four children, Samuel Scott, who mar- j lied Catherine McConnell, Eunice who j. married William Wilson of Marion,; Margaret who married Alexander ( Gregg, and Rebecca Ervin vho mar- , ried first Arthur Cunningham and second John Scott. William Gordon ; died in 1784. Margaret Gregg ScottGordon married William Flagler in j 1790 and to them were born William j Gordon and John. It will be noted that Margaret named her first son 1 by her second husband for her first husband and her first son by her > third husband for her second husband. 1 Samuel Scott, Margaret's first hus- : band, was the son of John Scott, original settler in Williamsburg, j William Gordon, her second husband, came from Pennsylvania to Williams burg- in 1768 and settled in the Cedar Swamp section. He was a captain ( in the Revolutionary War. Robert Baxter, Justice of the Quorum of 1 Camden District, endorsed or: Mar- 1 garet's claim for pay for the services of her husband in the Revolution these words: "Captain Gordon was as constantly and as regularly in the J service of his country as any officer in the Pee Dee Regiment." William Flagler, Margaret's third husband, came from Long Island, New York, ; to Williamsburg just after the Revolutionary War. It is believed that : he was a captain in General Greene's army; certainly he was a captain in the Williamsburg militia just after ( the Revolution and one of the Com missioners to re;allot land in the town of Williamsburg under the Act of the Legislature of 1788. . The Gregg family is one of the most ancient and most honorable of the Irish-Scots. A Celtic proverb says "The mountains, the rivers, and the MacGregors are coeval." A ' Highland saying runs "Where MacGregor sits, that is the head of the table." Gregg or Gregory the Great, i as he is known in history, was the fourth king of the Alpin Royal Line and reigned from 875 to 893. He was of mixed Scottish and Pictish descent. The next Gregg king of 1" ^ "">S ninfV, in linA nftpr OtVliaiiU n a." muvii ?ii hmv ? - - ? Gregory the Great. His granddaughter, Lady Gruoch, became the Lady MacBeth of history and of Shakesperian drama. The clans of Scotland first appeared in the reign of David I and the "Mac" as now used was not a part of fixed names until the eleventh century. The Greggs and MacGreg- | ors were very prominent in medieval times and a great deal of romantic interest attaches to the clan. 1^ lived under acts of attainder or outlawry for about three hundred years, much of which time it was unlawful to name a child Gregg or MacGregor. Sir Walter Scott secured from this clan material for Rob Roy and the Legend of Montrose and the character of Roderick Dhu in his poem, Lady i of the Lake. David Gregg of the Clan MacGregor, bom in Argyle, Scotland, ( was a captain in Cromwell's army in 1655 and after the war settled in Londonderry, Ireland. In 1689, he was massacred by Irish-Catholics but his wife and four sons escaped. In 1717, these four sons, John, Samuel, David, and Andrew emigrated to Boston. 'As an old man, John finally settled on Cedar Swamp in Williamsburg. He had four sons, James, John, Robert, and William and three daughters, Margaret, Janet, and Mary. This Margaret was the Margaret Gregg-"5cott-Gordon-Flagler of Williamsburg. Gregg blood, whether transmitted Vit-miorVi tVie malp nr thp female line. has proved in South Carolina and in many other Southern States that the ancient motto of the Cian "S' rioghail Mo Dreahra" (My race is royal) was not a vain thing. 666 cures Dengue Fever. CITATION NOTICE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Williamsburg. By W. E. Snowden, Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, George S. Hemingway made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the estate of and effects of W. C. Hemingway. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said W. D. Hemingway, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at my office in Kingstree, S. C., on the 10th day of July, next after publication hereof; at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, v.hy the said administration should not be granted., Given under my hand, this 27th day of June, Anno Domini, 1922. Publish on the 29th day of June and 6th day of July, 1922, in The County | Record. \V. E. P NOW DEW 6-29-2tc. Probate Judge. Rub-My-Tism for Rheumatism. CLEMSON COLLEGE Scholarship Examinations for Williamsburg County. Examinations to fill 3 vacant fouryear scholarships and one vacant oneyear scholarship will bo held at the ! county seat on Friday, July Nth, beginning at 9 a. m. under the supervision of the County Superintendent I of Education. I 1?Four-year scholarships. Open to students desiring to pursue agri-l rultuie or textile engineering. I Subjects for examination: Englisl ?including grammar, literature, com- I position and rhetoric; Algebra, in- ( eluding quadratic equations; America;! and European history; and prac- i tical agriculture. | Age requirement, 16 years or over at the time of entrance. Winners of scholarships must be prepared to meet also the requirements for admission of the Association of Colleges of South Carolina. The examinations may be taken for entrance credits by those not apply- ' ing for a scholarship. The value of each scholarship is $100 per session and free tuition of 540. Membership in the Reserve Of- j ficers' Training Corps?R. 0. T. C.? is also equivalent in money to a ! scholarship during the last two years in college. 2?One-year short course scholarships. Open to students 18 years of | age or over desiring to pursue the One-year Course in Agriculture. Common school education sufficient. 3?No previous application to the college necessary to stand scholarship examinations. For catalogue, application blanks, and other information write to THE REGISTRAR, Clemson College, S. C. I 6-29-2t. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned against trespassing on the lands of the undersigned in Ridge township, by cutting and removing wood, hunting and fishing or allowing stock to run at large. Any violation of this notice will be dealt with according 6-22^4t. W. B. McGIRT. j DR. JAS. A. COLE DENTIST Office in Nexsen Building, Over Bank of Kings tree. KINGSTREE, S. C. ' 9-1-21 I DR. FRANK 0. LENTZ DENTIST Office Over Baggett's Jewelry Store, I Main Street OFFICE HOURS: j 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. and 2 to 5 p. m. 4\ KiNGSTREE Lodgt: No. 46 ^ A*F.M. Meets the second Thursday night in each nonth. Visiting bretheren cordially invited. H. U. Kinder, W. M_, Donald Montgomery, Secretary. REGISTRATION NOTICE The office of the Supervisor oJ Registration will be open on the 1.* Monday in each month for the pu> pose of registering any person win is qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident of the State for two years, and of the county one year, and of th? poll: j precinct in which the elector offers to vote four months before the day of elction, and shall have 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 paid all taxes collectible on during the present year, property in this State assessed at three hundred dollars or -ore. B. E. CLVRKSON, Clerk of Board. Guess Work on Batteries Don't Go! The man who guesses what's the matter with batteries doesn't last long in the battery business. Sooner or later he guesses wrong?and there's a battery owner who'll never come back! We take the trouble to find exactly what's the matter ? and our experience tells us the best remedy. Willard Standards of Service are impartial?exactly the same for every make of battery. Come in and let us *how you! Kingstree Battery Co R. E. Donnerly, Mgr. at W. M. Vause & Sons Shop. Day Phone 238 | Representing the W11SJ Willard 1 , Don't Let E ${mnmm<Bird ( HOSIERY . _ ; ?& Tricky ^'e ^iaV agents or sli I \J\j certain hosi< [ K J J of ordinary s I // are inducing ^ jftfe smooth sale | Up sensational I U WESEL j|6 __^r a^S m ? IXG, For L p Beware These 1 Itg (1) "Nail File Test"?Canvass< gfcSj down inside the stockking, and dra> M will not catch or tear the silk. This |33? ming Bird hose will stand the test. (2) "Pull Test"?The solicitoi | end of the stocking and pull again | to show the strength. Humming ] | pulling you can put on them?even I ming Birds will not tear. /ON UT7^~?U Oi? A ^1 xresii otuciv ? * fresh from the mill, therefore will w "bunk." Humming Bird Silk Hos< weaken nor deteriorate with age. } the statement that Humming Birds other silk stocking made. (4) "Guarantee"?The "Bell I stocking to give satisfaction; but he is he tomorrow? What is his guara tee Humming Birds to give complete right here every day in the year be] the Humming Bird Hosiery Mill is . Kingstree Dry 1 xik T rim; I UN an We still have in stool celebrated Crystal in 25 lb., 80 lb. anc This Refrigerator is t ly constructed one today, and if you of a Refrigerator, you to secure c Crystals befo we have ar I from sto Williamsburg F "The TOg Yellow Froi S. Ma Kingstree, - \ ff'' ! 'I"1"I' l"H"I"I"l"I"I"i' '1' 1' 'I 'S* 'I' 'I' '1' 'I' 'I'W H"l"i"I"l"l"i' [ouse-To-House Canvassers F9 Fool You With- ?9 Demonstrations ? * ! just learned that clever Sjs ck canvassers representing gfg ?ry mills or brokers are go- IB lse to house offering 3 pairs |{i silk hosiery for $5.00. They E3 ? women to buy by slick, Wgm ismanship and apparently jpjjg demonstrations on a single L HUMMING BIRD SILK hI BETTER SILK STOCK- |g| ess Money! i si [YicR Tests: lg * er takes a nail file, sticks it j|S| vs it up the hose to show it 5JJ is simply a trick?Hum- 01 has vou take hold of one 5t*i ct liim TL'ifli oil rnnr TniorVrf .wl oi liiiii M 1111 uii ^ v ui nu^u t pil Bird Hose will stand all the ?t? a "tug of war." Hum- ~4 lS aim their hose are shipped jlf rear longer. This is more ff 3 are pure dyed, and will not | Ye are prepared to back up 1A will wear longer than any ijt Jinger" guarantees his silk |hP gets your money and where- j-f ntee worth? We guaran- |? 3 satisfaction, and we are ?A hind the guarantee. Also, |? ; back of our guarantee. |^; Goods Co., | ^ W i B 1* .MT DTK i k a few of the ;Sj Refrigerators if;; 12001b. sizes ijij he most perfect- ii|i on tne market :g; are in need ilii , we advise ili! >ne of the ili! re what iilii e Sold >ck. % urniture Co. iti it Building" 'li'' nager yW\ South Carolina, til;; ! ! 'I- 'I' !' -M-l ' VfriTifiWi n ff i uTiti 1" i iYi i M i 111';