The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 30, 1922, Image 4
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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. *
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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. ^ (
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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
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The School Situation in Williamsburg j
County.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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J/E. McFADDEN,
J. L. McFADDEN,'
H. J. McFADDEN,
MRS. H. J. McFADDENll-30-3t.
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TRESPASS NOTICE.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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