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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-08-22

engineer shall enter into bond for the
use of said county with three or more
sufficient sureties, in the sum of FIVE
thousand dollars for the faithful per-
formance of all his duties, said bond to
be approved in same manner as now
provided for bonds of County Auditor.
and shall receive salary of twelve
hundred dollars per annum. to be paid
by said county in monthly installments
at the end of each month.
Section :. That said Road Engineer
shall be q man experienced IN bridge
engineering and in road engineering,
building and repairing, and drainage.
and shall have general and exclusive
jurisdiction over all public highways,
roads, bridges and ferries, and the
chaingang of said county; and that with
respect to said public highways, roads,
bridges and ferries and changing. all
the duties. powers, authority and liabil-
tiles now given and imposed upon the
County Supervisor and County Commits
sioner of said county are by this act
given and imposed upon said Road En-
gineer. except such changes and alter
ations as to said duties, powers, author
ity and liabilities as are made by this
act; and for failure to faithfully per-
form all the duties of his Office or the
condition of his bond he shall be liable
and subject to all the provisions of Sec
ton sou of the Civil Code of 1902, with
respect to County Supervisor.
Section s. The said Road Engineer
shall employ guards for the chaingang
and purchase food for the convicts, and
all necessary tools, implements, work
animals. wagons and machines for the
proper road and bridge building and re-
pairing, and all accounts for the hire of
said guards and purchase of said arti-
cles and things shall be certified as true
and correct, in writing, by said Road
Engineer before the same shall be ap-
proved by the Auditing Board.
Section 9. That all moneys collected
by the Clerk of Court for licenses of all
kinds shall 60 into the general road and
bridge fund of said county.
Section 10. That all able bodied male
persons from the age Of twenty-one to
sixty years, both inclusive, in the coun-
ty of Williamsburg shall be required
to pay annually two dollars commuta-
tion or road tax. except such persons
who, by statute, are now exempt from
poll tax.
Section II. That all persons who are
liable TO road duty in SAID county as
fixed by section 10 of this act. in lieu Of
performing. or causing to be performed,
labor upon the public highways OF said
county, shall be required TO pay TO the
County Treasurer OF said county at the
same time other taxes are paid, an an
nual communication or road tax of two
dollars per head. which shall be expend-
ed upon the public roads OF the county,
and as nearly as possible of the town.
ship from whicd it was collected. Said
tax to be collected as poll sax is now
collected and any failure to pay said road
tax shall be misdemeanor, and the OIL
Tenders, upon conviction. shall be pun
ished by fine of not less than five dol
lars nor more than fifty dollars. or i'm
prisonment for not more than thirty
days.
Section IL. That the Road Engineer,
for the purpose of letting by contract,
shall divide the roads of the county into
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-08-22
WILL|AMSbURG'S
COUNTY ROAD LAW.
APPOINTMENT OF AND DUTIES
OF ROAD ENGINEER DEFINED.
HOW BILLS ARE PAID,ETC.

Editor County Record
Please call attention to that part
eff new road law where the money
can be spent anywhere in its town
ship, so as to provide for spending
balance on hand from roads that
have been built Except a proper
maintenance upon helping to build
the next road and so on. Under the
old law this could not be done.
Also note the scale of fees and
values paying same price for same
work. to all, and not forcing the En-
gineer to let out so many little jobs
at the other fellows price.
Gentlemen, this looks to me like
business judgment protecting US cit
izens in business like way and |
appeal to you for hearty co-opera-
ton to let me show you better than
can tell, since now am better pre-
pared to do so by eighteen months
experience in this Office, and nearly
a whole twenty-five years as con-
structionist, with ample references.
Patching roads will never build
them between this and the great
Judgment. The plan l am pursuing
will get there soon if you will CO.
operate. Remember keeping some
thing to make roads with is the
first requisite.
After having expended the sum of
SIS, S,342.40 during the fiscal year
19l1-l2 up to July 1912 there was
a balance on hand for the building
of roads and bridges of 7,325.05 to
which may be added the one mill
tax not yet collected, approximately
$4,000. Very respectfully,
JNo NJ EADDY,
Road Engineer.
Kingstree, August II.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-08-22

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fourteen years, and that he has found
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For sale by all dealers.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-08-22

Section 6. That the county delegation
and Clerk of Court of Williamsburg
county shall appoint Road Engineer of
said county for the term of two years
and until his successor is appointed and
qualified. and said Road Engineer shall
be subject to suspension and removal in
the discretion of said delegation and
Clerk of Court; and before entering
upon the discharge of the duties said
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-08-22

AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED
IAN ACT TO PROVIDE A COUNTY Gov
ERNMENT FOX WILLIAMSBURG COUN-
TY," APPROVED FEBRUARY "a. 1903.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-27
An Institution Threatened.
rom the New York Sun.

tVul lne new 1OTk sun.
When New York was New York and
not the core Of hybrid community
glorious In size. wealth and debts police
men had q chance to take their ease and
to grow stout. Those marvellous paunch-
es have disappeared. and policemen now
are young and painfully emaciated. We
had hoped that few survivors of the cd
days might be permitted to linger in
uniform. because. among other reasons,
their generous. girth fitted them COLI
spicuously for the preservation of the
ancient right of New York boys to nat::e
In the City Hall Park fountain.
In what constitution. bill Of rights or
declaration of principles it is set forth
that childhood may disport itself in the
not. Probably 1t is a folk custom no
where defined. but tenaciously held. like
the immutable laws Of top pegging or
marbles. handed down from generation
to generation by word Of mouth In the
cruel pure democracy Of infancy. The
police contribution to its perpetuation
used to be the assignment Of a notably
fat and short-winded bluecOat to enforce
the "proprieties. The boys bathed in
peace and comfort. by ancient practice
refraining from splashing water on the
Official representative OF civilization
founded on clothes. All were happy n
hot weather and looked to the summer
as the period OF complete enjoyment
But the fat policeman is disappearing.
and his successors are almost able to
catch a street boy handicapped n his
retreat by the dinculty OF inserting n.y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-27
The Philosophy Of Education.

John Grier Hibben. in the North American Review.
AS freedom is the distinctive mark Of a
vigorous personality. all the processes Of
education must be directed to secure this
essential end. Therefore the ideal uni
versity education may be described as
consisting of two phases-a phase in
which every effort is directed to the at
tainment Of freedom. and, secondly, a
progressive phase OF development in
which the freedom gained in the earlier
stages finds for itself varied pursuits and
pleasures in the fields of knowledge.
Hence it would seem essential that in
the early years Of ones university ex-
perience those studies should be pursued
which are peculiarly conducive to the
discipline and training OF the mind. and
eventually to the evolution Of a self-de-
termining and self-realizipg will. They
deserve the name Of liberal studies SO
far as they may tend to free the mind
from the natural and artificial obstacles
to it's progressive development.
One who is to maintain the health and
growth of his intellectual life must come
surely at some later period in his devel-
opment to delight in the tasks of the in
tellect. To rejoice in the labors of the
mind Is not a prevailing characteristic OF
the natural man. AS Aristotle has put
it, "All men naturally desire knowledge,
but not all men desire the labor Of learn
ing" II often happens, however. in In
tellectual discipline. as in the develop
ment of moral virility. that a course OF
action which is done for time Under
the stress Of sense Of obligation and as
a grievous duty becomes after time q
pleasure and a joy. Just as it is pos
sible to grow into an enthusiasm for that
which is right and honorable and of good
report, so, also, 1t is possible by the dis
cipline of ones intellectual powers to
develop an enthusiasm for the activities
and pursuits of the mind.
The practical problem, therefore. for
the teacher, and particularly for fac
ulty Of teachers is to choose that body
of studies which will best produce a spirit
of devotion to the cause Of knowledge
and Of joy in It's service. Any satisfac-
tory solution of this problem must rest
upon the basal principle that true intellec-
tual freedom is gained only through dis
cipline
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-27
Psychology Of Clothes.

From the ln0ldnApOnS star.
Carlyle did not misjudge the importance
Of clothes when he decided that a philo-
sophical treatment of this subject would
require an entire volume, and II this rug
ged essayist ever has the misfortune to
fall as hopelessly as Shakespeare into the
hands OF the commentators 1t will be
found possible to build up an entire IL
brary with sidelights on "Sartor Resar-
tus." For facts are brought to light every
day to prove that clothes have an impor-
tant psychological effect on their wear
ers. 1t Is a matter of general observation
that the we'll dressed man, as rule. pre-
sents a bold, confident front to the
world, while the shabbiIy dressed man is
apt to feel i'll at ease.
But the influence of clothes is even
deeper than that, as Is being demonstrate
ed just now in two countries that are
waking up from the dreams Of past ages
into the glazing day of modern civiliza-
ton-China and Turkey. The progressive
leaders Of China, who have established
the new republic, have shaved off their
queues and adopted European dress, and
the millions of Cinnamon ARE following
suit as fast as they can obtain the neces-
sary clothing. According to reports the
Celestials who have donned the new garb
are no longer thinking the ancient
thoughts of the Chinese, but are becoming
modern in mind very fast In Turkey the
influence OF clothing is still more evident.
The advent of the new regime gave the
women more liberty. OF which they took
advantage to wear thin wells that reveal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-27
How to Read the Bible
By DR.. Frank Crane.

matters are better OWNED than argued.
Forget not, therefore, that there Is
hardly a line of your Bible that Is not
poetry. The nearest approach to prose IS
in Pauls writings; yet they also abound
In highly poetical passages.
No one had this poetfcal turn more tnan
the chief figure Of the Bible. Jesus.
His parallels are pure poetry. His max
inns are full Of paradox.
1t is very unfortunate that our west
ern bent for logic and bald facts led US
to use the glowing images OF the great
Masters poetry as bricks and squared
stones wherewith to build UP our 'sys-
TENS of truth"
For 1t is doubtful that truth Is a sys-
tenn at all; it is more likely vision.
Take one illustrations Jesus would
teach His disciples the value of humility.
Instead of analysing this virtue. explain
ing and dissecting it, as q modern pro-
girds himself with a towel and washes
His pupils feet, saying when finished:
IF /, your Master. wash your feet, so
ought We to wash one another's feet
The advantage Of this method Of teach
ing is that it is striking, easily remem-
bered, visual and interesting.
Common sense prevented His disciples
from taking His command literally. They
were forced to seek the idea, the senti-
ment behind it.
Liberalism is not truth. It il the foe OF
truth. 1.-The letter killeth."
You cannot literally obey q poet: you
should spiritually obey him: that Is, try
to appreciate him, to get his point OF
view, his atmosphere and feeling.
Logic chopping is fatal to all poetry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-27

From the New York Mail.

From the New York Mail,
1t was lunch time on a hot day. The
idea of a meal appealed to the tired
business man only as means OF dfvid-
ing morning from afternoon. A stream
Of people flowed through the door of a
big and enterprising drug store and the
woman followed them. 1t was one Of the
modern drugless drug Stores where a
fve-foot shelf in an obscure corner serves
as the prescription department" and
all the other acres of floor space &C
cry counters. candy sections and mer-
chandise under innumerable heads.
The woman was curious to see where
all the crowd was trending, and very
soon she discovered the way led first to
the cashier and then to the soda foun-
signs setting forth various 'luncheonette''
Enthusiastically all OF them containing
eggs. broadway breakfast caught her
eye and that iS what she ordered. The
mixer made certain passes in the air
like conjurer and IN a fifty set before
her a heaker of liquid joy.
What has 1t got in it?' she asked.
Chocolate. milk, matted milk, sweet
ening and two eggs" he enumerated
with q grin. Pretty near every lunch
drink we sell has egg in It," he volun-
teered. Have you any idea how many
sGgs we use on busy dayf .,,.a
crowd and hazarded. "Oh-a lott Eigh-
teen or twenty dozen. perhaps?"
The white-aprQned youth grinned some
more.
o'clock this morning, and still going
strong!'
The woman walked slowly out. think
ing upon the hens important work in the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-27
The Bayonet for the Cavalry.

From the Army and Navy Register.
The cavalry equipment board has rec
commended that the cavalry soldier be pro-
vided with bayonet on the theory that
the time has arrived for complete recog-
milton of the fact that the greatest &C
complishments of the American cavalry
have been scouting while fighting on
foot" 1t is said by the board: Not to
recognize this squarely and fully is to fly
in the face of the obvious-a futile evasion
Of the teachings of our history. The
Russo-Japanese war proved that fire alone
will often fail to drive troops from
trenches. The bayonet was necessary
and used. Our cavalry will find it nee
essary in the future to drive troops from
trenches or confess it's inefficiency for in
dependent action. 1t will be forced to
meet bayonet with bayonet, or acknowl-
edge that 1t must yield before the in
fantry charge. There is no reason why
we should court failure when we are able
to carry and use the bayonet Other ma
lions are discussing the desirability of
arming the cavalry. even those who until
recent years refused to profit by our sue
cessful employment of cavalry fire DEM
onstrated during the war of the rebel
lion. The signs Of the times seem to be
very clear" The bayonet designed by the
cavalry equipment board is identical in
all respects with that now issued to the
infantry, excepting that it is four inches
shorter concession to weight and con-
venence. It is carried in scabbard at
tached to the bandolier and can be readily
drawn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-27
Abolition Of War.
From the Boston Post.

From the Boston Post.
The proposed congress Of European
powers for the settlement Of the Turco-
Italian war looks to the wider accept
ance OF arbitration as a substitute for
violence in the adjustment Of interna-
tional differences. Itsis understood that
the sultan is favorable to this method
-as. indeed. he must be, since diplomacy
rather than physical battle is his strong
hold.
In such matter the United States.
while not instantly implicated In the
imbroglio at the east. has an ethical
interest. For the abolition of war as a
means of adjusting international diff
culties has been held here to be the
first condition of the establishment of a
true democracy. for which this republic
stands as exemplar.
The people pay the cost of all fight
ing. They pay 1t out of the earnings
Of their labor. out of the gains Of their
business. And when war shall be abol-
ished and arbitration substituted uni
versally. by so much will the world ap-
proach millennial conditions,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-27

l have no particular creed l want you
to swallow, and no particular church l
want you to join. I have no intention to
convert you, and don't even aim to do
you good"
Still a friendly hint on how to read the
Bible may interest you.
You may read the Bible from moral
motives, or merely as literature. In the
one case you may find it a very puzzling
book, and in the other very antique, UNI
less you remember one thing.
The one thing is that the Bible is an
oriental book.
Unless you keep that In mind you are
pretty sure to miss its meaning. Some
Of the most absurd vagaries have arisen
by forgetting 1t. and by treating the
Bible as western book.
The oriental mind differs from ours
chiefly in this. that it is essentially poetic.
Eastern peoples have always thought,
spoken and written poetry. They cannot
write prose when they try.
Poetry does not speak plainly. It hints,
SymboliZes; touches facts not with a
rough, firm grasp. but evasively; loves
riddles, dark sayings and apparent con-
Predictions.
1t functions in parallels and paradoxes.
The western mind is prosaic. It plods,
builds, reasons.
To get to the top Of the mountain the
occidental cuts logical steps in the rocks;
the oriental flies.
In moral subjects and religious the east
ern mind is the more skillful. as such
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-27
EFFORT TO PROVIDE
TEMPORARY SCHOOL
Portable Building Will Be Used
for Park View
Pupils.

Every effort will be made by the board
OF education to provide temporary school
facilities for children residing in Park
View, following the failure OF Congress
to provide an appropriation with which
to construct a building on the school site
already purchased in that section. &C
cording to a statement today by Capt.
James f. Oyster, president Of the board.
The board is considering the advisable
ity of removing the two portable build
ings on the Normal School site. 11th and
Harvard streets. to the Park View site,
Newton and Warder streets, and may
practicable. Capt. Oyster said.
A committee of Park View citizens,
headed by John g, McGrath, president
Of the Park View Citizens Association,
dent Of the woman's auxiliary Of the
association. called on the board yester-
day and recommended the utilization
Of the portable buildings mentioned as
gested school conditions in Park View.
Today the same committee called on
District Commissioner Rudolph and
urged the carrying out of this plan.
That the method proposed is prac-
ticable one is the belief Of Municipal
Architect snowden Ashford. who already
has requested the Commissioners to take
steps for the disposition of the portable
buildings on the Normal School site.
Mr.. Ashford said that these two struc-
lures and the portable building on the
site Of the Military Road School, near
Brghtwood avenue, can be moved to
Park View at cost OF about $50 each.
They would have a combined capacity for
about 200 children. he said. Mr.. Ashford
suggested also the utilizing Of the port
able building on the grounds OF the M
Street High School
Both District officials and members OF
the board of education are impressed
with the necessity of providing immedi-
ately school facilities in Park View, but
1t is not likely that the Commissioners
will take any action other than that to
be recommended by the board. Resi-
dents of Park View say that unless
temporary school is provided in that sec
ton several hundred children will be
without school facilities next year. rne
situation, they assert, will be much more
serious than it was last year, as there
are about 200 more children to be pro-
uided for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-27

small class the consumption Of Tux
uries'' is restricted in European coun-
tries. can hardly fail to conclude that
practically our entire population is in
terested. In one way or another. In the
annual importation Of luxuries.
This is only another way Of saving
that the standard Of living is, on the
whole, vastly higher in this country than
anywhere in the whole European world
that the average American demands and
receives comforts and conveniences which
the average European can seldom hope
to gain. In brief. 1t calls attention to
an indisputable fact which the preach
ers Of discomfort among us are only too
ready and anxious to neglect.
Voltaire wittily defined the super
fuous as the thing SO necessary" In
view of the high standard of living in
this country. even in dull times. the
necessary" may APPLY be defined. for
luxury as 1.-The necessity and "the
wildly extravagant' as ''the luxurious"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-27
Measuring Up Eternity.

From Everybody's Magazine.
In order to impress upon his congre-
CATION the length Of eternity. a colored
preacher used the following illustration:
''If q sparrow, breddern. should take q
drop Of water from the Atlantic ocean at
Coney Island, and with this drop Of water
in its beak should hop a hop a day until
1t reached the Pacific ocean at San Fran
cisco. and when 1t got there should let
the drop fall into the Pacific, and when
this was done should turn around and
hop a hop q day all the way back to
Coney Island and get another drop and
do the same thing over, and keep on do
ing this very same thing until it had
carried the whole Atlantic ocean over
into the Pacific, 1t would then only be
early morning In eternity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-27
Plotted Roses.

There was a time when Englishmen
could celebrate st. Georges day by feast
ing on roses as we'll as wearing them.
Old cookery books abound in recipes into
which rose leaves enter.
One writer tells how to make potted
roses. II first pound some of the most
fragrant roses in q mortar: then take
the brains of birds and pigs well boiled
and stripped of every particle OF meat.
then add the yolks of some eggs. some
oil. little cordial. some pepper and some
wine. After having beaten and mixed 1t
we'll together. / place 1t over a slow
fire. When this dish is brought to table
the most delicious fragrance issues forth,
covering the guests with delight" Every
good housewife in the seventeenth CEN
fury made rose water which was used
for navoring food.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-27
WILL OF MRS. BURNSIDE.
Provision Is Made for the Care of
Her Husband.

The will of Mrs. Helen Waldo Burn
ride. dated October "a. 1903, and modified
by codicil of July -. 1907. was filed TODAY
for probate. After certain requests it
provides that the income and such of the
principal of the estate as may be neces-
sary shall be used for the care of her
husband James o. P. Burnside. On his
death the estate is to be divided between
her daughter. Alice b. Paret, and her
iaughter-in-law, Anne L. Burnside The
:wo beneficiaries also are named as ex,
.cutrices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-27
SCOUTS COLLECT $500.


Boy Scout officials say they are disap-
pointed over the shaving of Tag day.
only about 81. 800 having been deposited to
the credit Of the organization as a result
of the money-raising campaign. At the
American National Bank. where the pro-
ceeds from the sale were deposited, It
was stated today that full returns had
not been received. but that the entire
amount probably would be between 1850
and $1,000 omcials Of the orsaakxation