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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-12-19
WILL JOIN WILLIAMSBURG.
About Five Miles of Clarendon
County Included in Survey.

Mr. S w Mcintosh. prominent
merchant from Workman, was in
town Monday and when asked about
the contemplated movement in his
section to vote themselves into Will
liamsburg he said: 1T is the purpose
of his section, about five miles OF
Clarendon territory, to 60 into Will
liamsburg mainly because the people
feel they have not been justly treat
ed about their school affairs; they
claim that the county board refused
to give to them the relief they have
been asking for the past several
years, and, too, they have received
very little benefit from the taxes
they have been paying. Besides this,
the court house at Kilgstree is con-
siderably nearer. and the roads are
better. He further said that this
people leave Clarendon with great
reluctance, but when they get over
into Williamsburg they can form a
good district which will give to them
the school facilities they are entitled
to. We endeavored to show Mr. Nc
Intosh that he should not be too has
ty in this matter, and that he ought
to wait for the new administration
to be given a chance, but he said
that his people have made up their
minds and it would be useless to try
to persuade them out of it. He
said that it takes a two-thirds vote,
but the survey made puts practically
all who favor the scheme in the ter
ritory.- Manning Times.
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Country Lie In the South.

The Rural Life number of the Uni
versity of Virginia Alumni Bulletin,
just out. is distinct contribution to
the far-reaching efforts Of leaders Of
thought and action ir the South to
improve conditions o. country life.
1t comprises some valuable papers
at the Rural Life Conference held as
a feature of the University of Vir-
ginia Summer School last July.
There is an introduction by Professor
Chas G Maphis, professor of second
ary education at the university and
director of the summer school.
Professor Maphis sums up the
country life situation, with reference
to plans to better it by saying:
THE programme of the Rural Life
Conference was planned in the belief
that no single agency for the better
ment of country life is sufficient to
bring about the improvement IN in
dustrial, social and religious condi-
tions for which rural life workers
everywhere are striving. Good
schools alone will not do it; neither
will good roads, good churches or
better methods of farming. A CO.
operation of all these agencies is
necessary for the revitalization and
redirection of rural life forces.
There must be a federation of rural
life forces. The educator, the doc
tor, the preacher, tie editor, the
farmer. the farmers wife, the mer-
chant and the good reads advocate
must combine their efforts toward
one common end-the defence of
country life civilization"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-12-19
Registration Notice.

The office of the Supervisor Of Beg
istration will be open on the Is, Nom
day in each month for the purpose OF
registering any person who is quail
fed as follows:
Who shall have been resident OF
the State for two years, and of the
county one year, and of the polling pre-
cinct in which the elector offers to
vote four months before the day OF
election, and shall have paid, siz
months before, any poll tax then duel
and payable, and who can both read
and write any section Of the constitu-
tion of 1896 submitted to him by the
Supervisors of Registration, or who
can show that he owns, and has paid
all taxes collectable on, during the
present year, property in this State
assessed at three hundred dollars or
Ii, ore. H A MEYER,
I Clerk Of Board
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ALL WRONG.
The Mistake Is Made by Many Kings
tree Citizens.

Don't mistake the cause of back.
ache.
To be cured you rlust know the
cause.
Itiswrong to imagine relief iscure.
Backache is kidney ache.
You must cure the kidneys.
A resident of this vicinity shows
you how.
HIP Lane, Marion, S Car, says:
For more than a year | suffered
from backache and sharp pains
through my loins. In the morning
on first arising, was so,lame and
stiff that l could scarcely get around
and some days l was unable to work.
My kidneys were sluggish and the
secretions were unnatural. | heard
so much about Doan's Kidney Pills
that concluded to give them trial
and procured box, After brief
use | felt better than had for years.
nv back became stronger, the lame
ness and soreness disappeared and
the kidney secretions were regular
in passage. You may use my testi-
monial if it will prove of benefit to
any other person suffering from kid
ney trouble" :"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other. adv
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SCHOOL INFORMATION.

~e~vN><n~~Nr"Nv~N \e,N-~N->"~ nv
In connection with the article by
Miss Florence H Stubs in our last
issue concerning the School Improve
ment association, we publish the
following as a suggestive list of USE
full articles that can be used i'll and
around school and would be ac-
ceptable donations from any who
feels enough interest in the i'm
provement of our county schools to
give something toward carrying
forward the splendid work Of the
School Improvement association:
FURNITURE STORES Chairs, Ia
bles, pictures, bookcases, shades,
vases.
HARDWARE STORES H ters
pumps, piping, ,lawn-mowers, flower
pots, hammers, pic:ure-wire and
screws, hatchets, saws, planes, screw
drivers, screws, nails, tacks, garden
hoes, grubbing hoes, axes, spades,
pitchforks, bells, shovels. garden
rakes, heater mats. foot mats,
brooms, hat hooks, scissors. drinking
cups, basins, wfeelbarrows, push
carts, hedge shears.
DRY GooI'S SToRES-Towels, nee
dies, thread, twine, soap. pictures.
DRUG STORES S-Flower seed, vege-
table seed, hydro-peroxide. sterile
gauze, adhesive plasters, medicated
cotton, soap.
JEwELRY SToREs-Clocks. vases
and pictures.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-12-19

Commissioner Claxton's widely
quoted statement of some months
ago to the effect that he looked for
ward to the time when all boys and
girls would have at least high school
education seems likely of fulfillment
sooner than even the commissioner
himself anticipated. 1t isa conserva-
tive estimate that more than
million and a quarter will attend the
American high schools during the
school year 1912-19l3. Since 1900
the public high schools have actually
doubled their attendance, and today
twenty-five out of every hundred
white children who enter the schools
at all go into the high school.
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Notice Of Sale

Notice is hereby given that tie nm
dersigned, by virtue Of warrant Of at
tachment issued by II o Britton, Clerk
of Co, t, in the matter of ] L Nexssn
against R E Ward and Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Co. to me directed ] have
levied upon two bales of cotton and win
offer for sale and sell the same on the
first Monday in January, 1913, the same
being the 9Th day of January, 1918, to
the highest bidder, for cash, and apply
the proceeds of such sale to the pay
ment of the amount due L Nexsen for
adv. e.. GEORGE ] GRAHAM,
12- Sheriff Williamsburg county,
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How 10 Bankrupt the Doctors.

A prominent New York physician
says, If it were not for the thin
stockings and thin soled shoes worn
by women the doctors would proba-
bly, be bankrupt" When you con-
tract cold do not wait for it to
develop into pneumonia but treat it
at once. Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy is intended especially for coughs
and colds, and has won a wide repu-
tation by it's cures of these diseases.
1t is most effectual and is pleasant
and safe to take. For sale by all
dealers. adv.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-12-19
PERlsHABLEs BY PARCELS POST
Handled for Short Distances Only
When Properly Packed.

Washington, December 13:-Ac-
cording to regulations governing the
parcels post system, promulgated by
Postmaster General Hitchcock, per-
ishable articles may DE sent through
the mails only under specific restric-
tons as to their containers and the
distance they are to be sent.
Butter, lard, fish, fresh meats,
dressed fowls, vegetables, fruits, ber-
ries and similar articles likely quick
ly to decay may be sent for short
distances, when securely packed.
Esgs will be accepted for local deliv-
er, when packed properly in a con-
tain. land for any distance when
each s,gg is separately packed in a
secure manner.
Fragile articles, including milli-
merry, toys, musical instruments and
articles of glass, in whole or in part,
must be securely packed and marked
fragile"
Articles that may not be sent by
parcels post include intoxicating IL
qucrs of all kinds; poisons, poisonous
animals, insects, or reptiles, explo-
sives of every kind; infammable ar
ticles, including matches, internal
machines; pistols or revolvers;disease
germs; and any obscene, defamatory
or scurrilous matter now prohibited
by law; live or dead animals, birds
or live poultry; raw hides or pelts,
>or anything having a bad odor.
Books and printed matter may not
be forwarded at parcels post rates;
but only at pound rates of third
class matter.
A committee of railroad officials
today petitioned the House postoffice
committee for rearrangement of
weighing and pay for transporting
mails. The railroad men set out that
they did not contemplate carrying
the parcel posts when their present
contracts were made, and declared
as a matter of contract they were
not obliged to accept packages weigh
ing more than four pounds.
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WHITE MAN KILLED BY NEGRO.
Bradford Courtney, Prominent
Aiken Co. Farmer, Shot TO Death.

Aiken, December 12:-Blood-
hounds from the State penitentlary
are tonight trailing Harris Miles,
negro, who, if caught before morn
ing, will be lynched. The negro this
afternoon shot and killed Bradford
Courtney, one of the foremost cltl,
zens of Aiken county and one of the
county's most successful planters.
Posses of determined men are scour-
ing the country in search of the nc
gro who was seen in the outskirts of
Aiken shortly before Z o'clock to-
night. He was shot at but escaped.
The Miles negro worked on Mr.
Courtney's place, four and half
miles from Aiken, near Prothros mill
where the killing took place this al
ternoon about 4:30 o'clock.
Miles followed Mr. Courtney to his
lot, after having been reprimanded
by his employer for some misconduct,
and demanded a settlement. MIR
Courtney refused to settle with the
negro, telling him that as he (the
negro) was angry to go home and
come back later. The negro stub
bornly refused to leave as ordered,
and Mr. Courtney took up a stick
and struck him.
The negro pulled pistol and fired,
the bullet entering Mr. Courtney's
throat directly beneath the chin. He
wheeled and walked toward the
house, but fell dead before he had
taken 20 steps. But for the fact that
the pistol was loaded with only one
ball, Mr. Courtney's son, CNeal,
would likely have been killed by the
negro also.
After shooting MIR Courtney the
negro turned the weapon on his son.
BO Courtney, a brother of the dead
man, running. up, interfered, and,
snatching the smoking pistol from
the negro's hand, turned it upon him.
1t snapped. Throwing the pistol
away, Mr. Courtney caught hold Of
the negro with one hand and tried to
secure his knife with the other. The
negro broke away. ran and made his
escape.
Because of the prominence of Mr.
Courtney, the news reaching town
created much excitement. The fren-
zied search for the negro began i'm
mediately. Sheriff RADON wired to Co.
lumbia for the bloodhounds, which
came through the country in an au-
tomobile, reaching here about 8
o'clock. 1t is believed that the negro
is still in the vicinity of Aiken and
half dozen posses are guarding
against his making his escape either
to Georgia or out of the county. The
searching parties believe they will
catch him tonight. If they do, ne
will be shot to death.
The dead man has large family
connection in this county, and, be-
sides his wife and son, he has two
brothers living here. Mr. Courtney
was about Sc years of age.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-12-19
A Teachers Resolutions.

Teachers Resolutions.
|. To look on the bright side.
. 2. To talk less and teach more.
8. To help pupils help themselves.
4. TO earn more than | am paid
for.
5. To care for the health of my
pupils.
6. To read from a good book each
day.
Z. To teach wholesome truth by
example.
s. To be what | would have my
pupils be.
9. To be clean in person, speech,
and thought
10. To keep my head cool and my
heart warm.
II. To remember the joys and
forget the sorrows.
IL. To follow the footsteps of the
Great Teacher.
l3. To awaken minds and develop
thinking power.
ID. To know my pupils better and
love them more.
Is. To get all the good, clean fun
out of life that l can.
16. To teach the dignity of labor
and the joy of service.
II. To take at least 80 minutes
open-air exercise each day.
l8. To be loyal to my pupils. to my
patrons and to my board.-C FPi6e,
ithaca, Mich, In Journal of Education.
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.. .. retiring bonds NJ :" " cr..,1n,,,.2 g, z "
All parties between the ages of 81
and 60 years, inclusive, are liable, unless
exempted by law, to a poll tax of 81. 90,
also Communication tax OF $500.
Levy for special school districts as
follows:
55 and 56-2 mills.
No 3l-3 mills.
Nos 6, 16, %. 26, %, %, 36, 81, 80, Al,
AZ, As, 46, 4S, so. 81 and 52-4 mills.
, No 23-12 mills.
No "a 6 ="
Stock law fence on all stock in SUIT
tons and part of Anderson and Penn
townships. - mills.
Upon all unpaid taxes after Decem.
ber 81 a penalty of 1% will be added
for January, 1% for February and 90
to 18th day of March next, after which
the books will be closed and executions
issued upon all unpaid taxes.
By an act amending Sec 397 OF the
Code of Laws of South Carolina the
county treasurer Is prohioiceu aioiii
leaving his office for the purpose OF col
lecting taxes therefore can make no
outside appointments for the collection
of taxes.
Those who desire to pay their taxes
through the mail would expedite mat,
ters by dropping the Treasurer postal
asking for the amount of their tax. so as
to avoid sending the wrong amount, also
stating the township or townships Ut
property is owned in more than one)
and if possible give school district where
property is located; also state whether
poll or road tax, or both. are wanted
After paving taxes examine your re-
ceipts and see if all your property is
covered; if not. see about it at once.
By following the above suggestions
complications and additional cost may
be avoided. J WESLEY Cook,
9-19-tl2-26 County Treasurer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-12-19

Fifteen hundred members 1913"
was the slogan unanimously adopted
by the executive committee of the
State Teachers association. The
teachers will be enrolled by counties.
and the county that has the largest
percentage of teachers enrolled will
be awarded the banner to be provid::
ed for this purpose.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-12-19

There is no fable that has more
practical application than that of the
spider and the fly. 1t is really Won
derful to watch people walk into the
parlor of the flatterer, little thinking
of,the trouble there is going to be
when the time comes to retreat.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-12-19

The typical school playground u.s.
ed to be as bare and forbidding as a
prison; the modern spirit requires
that it should be roomy, inviting, we'll
cared for, open at all times to the
children, and equipped with every
safe means for enjoyable, profitable
play.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-12-19

Better decoration of schoolrooms
is one of the aims of an association
for national culture recently formed
in Italy.
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Summons for Relief.
COMPLIANT sERvED).
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG,
Court of Common Pleas.
~ u;nds D1o;nk;E


Court of Common Pleas.
AC Kinds, Plaintiff,
against
William Lucas, Defendant.
To the absent Defendant, William
Lucas:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint in this
action, of which copy is herewith
served upon you, and to serve copy Of
your answer to said complaint on the
subscribers, at their Office in Kings
tree, 8 C. within twenty days after the
service thereof, exclusive of'the day of
such service; and if you fail to answer
the complaint within the time aforesaid,
the plaintiff in this action will apply to
the court for the relief demanded in
the complaint.
Dated November %, A D 1912.
KELLEY & HINDS.
Plaintiff 8 Attorneys.
To the absent Defendant, William
Lucas:
You WILL PLEASE TAKE NoTIcE-
That the complaint in the above-entitled
action is filed in the office of the Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas for Will
liamsburg county.
KELLEY & HINDS,
1l-2S-6t Plaintiffs Attorneys.
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Final Discharge.

Notice is hereby given that on the
4th day of January, A D 1913, at IL
o'clock noon, / will apply to P M Brock
inton, Judge of Probate for Williams
burg county, for Letters Dismissory as
Guardian of the person and estate !.
Alba NJ Parrott. w M McELvEEN,
I2-5-4t Guardian.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-12-19
Final Discharge.

Notice is hereby given that on the
9th day Of January, A D 1918, at II
o'clock in the forenoon, / will apply to
P M Brockinton, Judge of Probate OF
Williamsburg county, for Letters Dis
missory as Administrator of the estate
of ] F Scott, deceased. JF ScoTT, :
l2-l2-4t Administrator.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-12-19

Only nine more days for paying
taxes without penalty.
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Notice to Creditors.
Notice.

In the District >ourt of the United States
:, for for the ms1tsr istFift df of South cAlha.
J l. GowdE. 4 In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt
To the credi sors of L Gowdy of Cades,
in the county of Williamsburg and
the district aforesaid, bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the
9Th day of December, 1912, the said ] L
Gowdy was duly adjudicated bankrupt:
and that the first meeting Of his cred
itors will be held in my Office at Kings
tree, S C, on the 2lst day of December,
1912, at IL o'clock noon, at which time
the said creditors may attend, prove
their claims, appoint trustee, examine
the bankrupt, consider composition
and transact such other business as may.
come properly before said meeting.
CHAs W SToLL,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Dated December 8. 1912. 12-l2-lt
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Tax Notice.

The tax books will be open for col
lection of taxes for year 1912 on the
18th day of October next. Tax levy as
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-12-19
Receipt Books, Blank Notes, Mortgages and

all Legal Blanks in demand, for sale at
The Record Office. If We have not the
form you wish we can print it On short
notice. "a
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31
No Place for the Saloon

Intelligence and education are the
great enemies of the liquor habit When
man discovers what alcohol does to
the inside of the stomach and to the
entire digestive tract his enthusiasm for
drink wanes materially
Fifty years of temperance education
is bringing about results. The old man
who drinks liquor for his stomach's sake
and boasts that it makes for good health
has been relegated to the background.
Science has taken hand and demon
strated absolutely that alcohol is the chief
cause of insanity, nervous disorders and
a score of other maladies This is an
age of health Men and women delight
in health. They no longer pride them
selves on being invalids They rejoice
in outdoor life in tennis and golf and
walking. Late hours and intemperance
in food and drink make an active life
impossible They also handicap men IN
the business world
The commercial game requires the
same clear head and steady hand that
count in all the sports, and the man
who undermines his constitution and
reduces his endurance by dissipation
cannot keep up the pace in the business
world.
AS the world is organized today it has
little place for the saloon and the
drunkard, 1t is looking for efficiency.
1t demands health.-Nashville Tennes-
Seean.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31
Words which Burn

Tonight it (the liquor traffic. enters
humble home to strike the roses
from woman's cheek, and tomorrow
it challenges this republic in the halls
of congress.
Today it strikes a crust from the
lips of starving child, and tomorrow
it levies tribute from the government
itself.
There is no cottage humble enough
to escape it, no palace strong enough
to shut it out.
It defes the law when it cannot CO.
cree suffrage. 1t is flexible to cajole,
but merciless in victory 1t is the
mortal enemy of peace and order, the
despoiler of men and terror of women,
the cloud that shadows the faces Of
children, the demon that has dug more
graves and sent more souls unshriv-
ened to judgment than have wasted
life since God sent plaques to Egypt
and all the wars since Joshua stood
before Jericho.
1t comes to ruin, and it shall profit
mainly by the ruin of your sons and
mine.
1t comes to mislead human souls
and to crush human hearts under its
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31
May 81, 1912.

America, that in practice as in principle,
they stand for total abstinence from
strong drink; and that SO long as the
spirit of God abides with us there will
be no truce with the making or selling
of whisky, wine, beer, or other intoxi-
cants to be used as beverages; and that
we expect Methodists of all lands to
stand with us in the fight and share the
glory of the ultimate victory.-From the
address of the Methodist Episcopal
bishops at the general conference.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31

your request lay aside supply ordered for your
future delivery. We will protect your purchase in this
Reeber that all goods either subject
if you wish to participate in this unequaed slaughter
sale of staple necessities You may either send
and address in letter postal for full and
plete information, carefully describing in detail this
material you may use the coupon for the purpose.
Address all inquiries to
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31

Send us your name
and address. State
which particular item
or items in this lot you
are interested in. We
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