The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-06-29
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Williamsburg! How
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Williamsburg! How
KA my inmost soul and
Its or the fuse of memory.
Twas on It's soil that | first saw the
Tight of Gods great universe and
i breathed the breath of life. IT'S
the home of my boyhood, the centre
about which the fondest recollections
cling with all the tenaclty of youths
first love. Although | have been
away for more than eight long
. years, yet nothing but death can
-. .15re"spell. Tender associations,
. images and fondest mem
6re all awakened. My mind
hs to delight in dwelling upon the
collections of joyous days spent
6n her dear soil, when my young
and happy heart was as light and
free as the birds that make the
woods resound with the melody OF
their cheerful voices. Intervening
years have not dimmed the vivid
coloring with which memory has
adorned those joyful days of child
hood and for the home of my first
love, for the place where the wild
flowers grow as beautiful as the lily,
l would sing a song of praise.
Often have l heard the honored
name of williamsburg spoken of in
.that abominable title -tattle--the
cud issued by human cattle;" but
these base cloven-footed calumniat-
ors, like the loathesome worm, leave
their paths marked with the filth of
malice and the scum of falsehood.
Living, be is travelling pest. 'Tis
sad propensity in our fallen nature
to listen to the retailers Of petty
scandal, and "where ignorance Is
bliss tits folly to be wise But
when | see the man or woman ig-
norantly worshipping can unknown
God" l feel it my Christian duty to
get the wanderer or the right track,
and should fail the fault is not in
me, but in the other party.
Show me town the size of the
county seat of Williamsburg
having larger deposit in its bank.
At the elise of the year Jan lst,
1905 there was about S154, 100000
on deposit. This is the only safe
way to arrive at the county at large.
Where did this money come from
but out of the territory tributary
thereto? Considering that there are
several other banking institutions
scattered about over the county, the
above figures are even more startling.
But is this all? No; for the county
has widespread fame of being the
banner trucking portion of the State.
Ask the trucker what his years pro-
fits amounts to and be will name you
figures that will make your eyes
open wide. Is Williamsburg then
Sodom or Gomorroh? Nay, verify,
she leads nos only in these Instances,
.but in many others. She is indeed
city set upon hill, whose light
YOU cannot hide. Should / not feel
proud of her? Should / not, al
though some miles away, as son of
her honored soil cry aloud in her
name? Yea, would be worse than
traitor, especially when l hear her
name reproached. There is Il natu-
raj inclination in almost all persons
to pelt others with stones. Our
right hands ache to throw them.
There is a good deal of the Indian
the uncieilized man in us all. Others
who are more guilty are first to cast
the stone. Cease To do evil, learn
to do well. Don't live like a snail
within your own shell, but get out
into The sunshine, and follow the
p-Jces sion.
A FORMER WILLIAMSBURG Boy.