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I ? (County firrnrii W. F. Tolley & L. H. Cromer. Jr. j Publishers. SUBSCRIPTION RATES STRICTLY IN ADVANCE 1 Single copy, one year $1.50 1 Single copy, six months 75 Single copy, three months 50 j TELEPHONE NO. 83 Obituaries, Tributes of Respect, 1 Resolutions of Thanks, Cards of i Thanks and all other reading notices, not News, will be charged for at the rate of two cents a word for each in- sertion. ! All communications must be sign-,] ed by the writter, not for publication , unless desired, but to' protect this! newspaper. All unsigned communica Hons are a waste of time, paper and ] postage on the part of the writer. !; THE COUNTY RECORD ] ; Foreign Adr?rtumf Repreeeotetire < v THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION , THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1922 v The Coastal Chronicle is the latest j newspaper of Pee Dee origin to reach . this office. The Chronicle is publish- j ed in Andrews by the Palmetto Printing Co., Ajchie P. Lewis, manager and editor. Voiumn 1, Number 1 .made its appearance last Thursday \ in six page form with a good run of j advertising matter, the whole present- ' ing a very creditable sheet, newsy an4 well printed. The County Record ( congratulates i^s neighbor and wishes , it much success. I' Next week, beginning Monday, De- ' cember 4, wiU be PAY-UP-WEEK. ' The County Record takes this oppor- , tunity to remind a number of its pa- ; ' trens, a few in particular, that a re- . mittance would be accepted with appreciation. There are some who owe us that never intended to pay us when they made the obligation, but perhaps that is our own fault to some , extent for having granted them credit, J so from this class of dead beats we are not expecting a remittance. However there are more honest men in ' the world than there are rascals or dishonest ones, and it is these that we hope to receive something on ac" count from. * j I There are still large numbers of: ^ fidds in Willilamsburg county in ( which old cotton stalks are standing, i , an open invitation to the boll weevil , to spen.l the winter in comfort. Va- j rious conferences of experts with; ] leading business men and agricul-1 ( turists of the country recently have | stressed the destruction of cotton j stalks as essential to success in fight- , hig the boll-weevil. It is such a sim-! pie matter to cut down the stalks that 1 it is hard to understand why any* | farmer should fail to heed this warn- , ing. We might as well make up ] minds that control of the boll weevil will take work, constant and intelli- , gent work, and the sooner we get , ? al. IL. on me joo me s>wner we win eujuj normal cotton crops. ^ ( o WANTED: BETTER JURIES. In its latest presentment the grand 1 jury *?f Greenville county made this l forceful plea for jury reform: '< "The importance of having the i beat citizens of the county serve upon the juries, both petit and grand, cannot be overestimated. We would ? recommend to our delegation that a commission consisting of five members be created by an act of the legislature, if such should be constitutional, for the purpose of selecting the best citizens of the county for jury sendee." This is one of the best, most constructive suggestions ever made by a grand jury in South Carolina. If adopted, it would strengthen and uphold the administration of justice because it would increase the confidence of the people in the verdicts of juries. Moreover, it would tend to prevent those frequent miscarriages of justice which occur when artful lawyers play upon the prejudices and passions of ignorant, narrow and prejudiced jurors. It would j mean that more and m^re. of the j guilty would be punisfy&I, because j there is less likely to' be a rotten | verdict or an unjustifiable mistrial j in cjiminal rases where the iurv box 1 is filled by twelve intelligent men of 11 high character. One narrow, illit- i 1 erate, bone-headed pumkin can now t nullify the judgment of eleven men 5 * of brains and unnecessarily cost the * county thousands of dollars. Jurors at present are selected by i county officers. This system is wrong. > No matter how free these officers in i some counties may be from being 1 influenced by political considerations, officers in other' counties may be < swayed by them. Politics and the 1 adirJ istration of justice have nothing in common and should be divorced absolutely. Even where the officers n do their full duty, there are always (t those who will impute political or in- (t fested motives to them.?The Togaloo , i Tribine. \ i To prevent a cold, take 666. - Subscribe for the Record now. | The School Situation in Williamsburg j County. | Editor County Record : The schools of Williamsburg coun-; ty are facing a situation the serious- j ness of which few people realize, j In order that all the people might know the facts I am giving them below. As shown by my books thirty- j three of the fifty-eight school dis- j tricts in the county are o\ er twenty- j five thousand dollars ($25,OUO.OO) in [lebt, as follows: Anderson Xo. 5 $ 259.98 Sumter Xo. 6 155.70 King Xo. 7 24.49 l'urkey Xo. 8 564.92 Indian Xo. 11 526.97 Hemingway No. 12 10,751.90 Muddy Creek No. 13 703.48 Hebron No. 19 151.12 Cedar Creek No. 20 35.28 Creelyville No. 22 4,719.30 Venters Nc. 23 123.40 Wilson No. 24 386.27 Cades No. 25 584.93 Heyward No. 27 936.15 Cedar Swamp No. 28 266.54 Pergamos No. 29 1,033.12 Barrineau No. 35 25.10 Earle No. 36 1,402.27 Cantley No. 38 297.42 Aimwell No. 39 391.96 rrio No. 41 232.94 Spring Bank No. 43 139.17 Wee Nee N.o. 46 228.00 Retreat No. 48 28.85 Carlisle No. 49 259.80 Mulberry No. 50 153.13 Johnson Swamp No. 52 402.03 Singletary No. 54 68.98 Sandy Bay N6. 55 15.32 Black River No. 56 107.13 Mt. Vernon No. 58 - 57.21 Wee Tee No. 59 133.51 Piney Forest No. 61 167.41 $25,333.78 Almost in every case these deficits resulted from one or more of the following causes: failure of the district to qualify for state aid, scaling of state aid, failure of the state to allow anything for incidentals, and salaries in excess of the state schedule. In a few cases they have resulted ??pm the failure of trustees to make careful estimate of expenditures at the beginning of the year. Several years ago when these deficits were small and in only a few districts, they were disregarded, and the schools \vere run as usual. But when I began my term of office in 1921, I found the indebtedness so large that the efficiency in a number of our schools was being destroyed. We shall never be able to do the best work in our schools until we run them on cash basis. Notwithstand ing the fact that it is illegal and unjust to allow a school district to overdraw its account, it is impossible for the county to carry this financial burden in this day of financial depression. Unless a sufficient amount of revenue can be raised to liquidate the idebtedness, it is inevitable that a number of the schools will have to close shortly after Christmas. Unless the rural schools run six and seven months, they lose the state aid, and the district funds, after the deficits have been deducted, will be suffcient to run them on an average of about four months. This, of course, is unthinkable. However, as I see it, in fUo AiiflnAlr nnlocc crtlYlofVi in or bluo jo vnv vuvivvn umvou ov?iiw*ii?^ ian be done. To my mind, there are three possible remedies as follows: the voting >f bonds by the districts, the voting af additional mills by the districts, and a blanket levy by the county lelegation to cover the indebtedness. 1 am afraid that the first t\yo would Fail, for it would be rather hard to ?et all the districts to take action. [ favor the last two reasons: first, it is richt that the strong should help the weak; second, education is not >nly a district problem, but a county problem as well, and better still, a ;tate problem. The rural schools especially, in my >pinion, should be the beneficiaries of :his blanket levy. We should work oward equality of opportunity. Uur lation will never be what it should intil we give the rural children the same opportunity we give the city thildren. Under the present financial condi;ions I would not for one moment lrge our people to vote additional :axes for general advancement, but [ feel justifiable in urging it in order o save our schools. Even if our irhnnls rnnnnt. rrn forward, wp must lot allow-them to go back. My purpose in writing this article s to give the people the fhcts so they vill be in position to express their vishes to the local members of the egislature. M. F. MONTGOMERY, bounty Superintendent of Education. November 25th, 1922. o The South Carolina Supreme Court vill be asked to pass upon the con;itutionality of the two-cent gasoline ax, and a temporary injunction to restrain the prosecution of the law until it is decided, will be asked bj ;he South Carolina Oil Jobbers Association of Greenville. 666 cures Malarial Fever. t Good Pictures this Week. Manager Roswell in keeping up the high standaid of pictures shown at the Academy Theatre has secured for' this week's bill some of the strongest! film features on the circuit. Wednes-1 day and Thursday nights "Perjury" a super-special production by William Fox will be plesented. This i picture will also be shown at matinee J each day. Tomorrow, Friday, a Para- j mount picture featuring Will Rogers , and Lillia Lee in "One Gloiious Day'') willl he nresented matinee and night. I Saturday another very popular Paramount picture with an all-star cast, entitled "Ladies Must Live" will be shown matinee and nipht. "The Queen of Sheba" shown here last week was a decided success. Why let your accounts run unpaid when you can settle them to the amount of your first advance with your Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Association Participating Receipts at the Williamsburg Furniture Co. See advertisement elsewhere in this paper. ?ltc. ? TRESPASS NOTICE. Pursuant to provisions of Section 241 Criminal Code of South Carolina all persons are hereby warned against trespassing on lands of the undersigned in Turkey township, either by cutting or hauling wood, hunting or trapping, or in any manner whatsoever. Violators will be dealt with according to law. MRS. S. B. TISDALE, W. I. TISDALE. 11-30-41. TDPODiec vATirr 1 IVDOI VIOO ilVl IVU* Pursuant to provisions of Section 241 Criminal Code of South Carolina, all persons are hereby warned against hunting, cutting or hauling wood or cross ties in or otherwise trespassing upon the lands of the undersigned in Ridge township. Violators of this notice will be dealt with according to )&w J/E. McFADDEN, J. L. McFADDEN,' H. J. McFADDEN, MRS. H. J. McFADDENll-30-3t. ^ THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION , OF THE NEW YORK WORLD In 1922 and 1923. Practically a Daily at the Price of a Weekly. No other Newspaper in the world gives so much at so low a price. The whole world is being made over and the United States is taking the lead in the work. This year, particularly, history will be made, and every American citizen will be deeply interested. No other newspaper is bet ter equipped to give the news of the world at the time it is news than The New York World.' 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Pursuant to provisions of .Section 241 Criminal Code of South Carolina, all pe.sons aie hereby warned against [ trespassing on lands of the undersigned in King township in anv manner, either by cutting or hauling wood, hunting or trapping, or allowing stock to run at large on same. Violators will be deait with according to law. JAMES EPFS. j ll-30-4tp. CITATION NOTICE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Williamsburg. By W. E. Snowden Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, Walter D. Eiown made suit to me, to grant J. D. Britton letters of administration of the estate of and efforts of Corine E. Matthews. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Corine E. Matthews, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Couit of Probate, to be held at Kingstree, S. C., on Decembw- 18th, next after publication thereor, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 25 day of November, Anno Domini, 1922. Published on the 30 day of November and 7th day of December, 1922 in the I County Record. E SNHWnEN Probate Judge. ll-30-2t. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Wililamsburg. Court of Common Pleas. Palmetto Bond and Mortgage Company, a corporation, Plaintiff, against J. C. Flowers and W. M. Moses, Defendants. / x To the defendants above named: You are 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 said complaint on the subscriber at his office in Lake City, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer thf complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action wil^apply to the court for the ! reuei oemanaea in me compiainu G. F. STALVEY, PlaintilFs Attorney. I Dated September 26th, A. D. 1922. 'To W. M. Moses, absent defendant above named: | You^ will take notice, that the summons and complaint was filed in the ! office of plerk of Court of Williamsj burg county, South Carolina, on the 122nd day of November, 1922. J. D. BRITTON, Clerk of Court, Wililamsburg County, South Carolina. To the defendants above named: You wil take notice, that the un1 dersigned will move before the J udge I of the Circuit Court in Kingstree, S. C., on December 4th, 1922, for tlje appointment of a receiver to take charge of the property effected by ! this action penning the termination of the suit. ' Dated November 22nd, 1922. G. F. STALVEY, Plaintiff's Attorney. ll-23-3t. J. D. B. > 666,cure* Bilious Ferer. 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