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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''
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[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;;
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