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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-10-24
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Registration Notice.

The office of the Supervisor Of Reg
isrration will be open on the Isl Mon.
day in each month for the purpose Of
registering any person who is quail
fed IS follows:
Who shall have been resident Of
the State for two years, and Of ths
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, si1
months before, any poll tax then due
and payable, and who can both read
and write any section of the eOnStitu-
tion of 1895 submitted to him by the
Supervisors of Registration, or who
can show that he owns, and has paio
all taxes cOllectable on during the
present year, property in this State
assessed at three hundred dollars o.,
more. H A MEYER,
Clerk of Board
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REPUBLICAN HOPE
RESTS IN WILSON
Gov. Burke Declares for Demo-
crat and Gives His Reasons.
BY JOHN BURKE,
Governor Of North Dakota.

The election Of Governor Wilson 4.
the only thing that can save the Re
publican party. Four years Of Prest.
dent Taft has split 1t in two. We
have no reason to believe that he viii
be any different or that his second ad-
miaistrstion, If he Is reelected, win
be any more satisfactory to the people
than his first His reelection wiz
mean the division Of the Republicaz
party into many warning factions
which can only result in final dissosn
tion Of all.
The end will come quicker and tusi
as certain II Roosevelt is elected, for
he ls no longer a Republican, but 10
the leader of new party, at war with
the Republican party, as 1t Is with the
Democratic party. On the other hand,
IL Wilson ts elected the Roosevelt par.
ty will perish; the Republicans will
reorganize their party, purge 1t Of the
baneful influence of corporate power
and greed and make It again the
grand old party 1t was In the days Of
Lincoln.
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TAKING POOR MANS
COAT OFF HIS BACK
Concrete Illustration OF What he
publican Tariff Really Means E /,
Causes Workers to Think.

SUuCISC6 6AdIupicS Va INV ~,
tective tariff operates are causing the
working man, the poor man., Y 90 .
lot Of thinking nowadays. He is pc
ginning to understand whether II IL
not about time to call halt on the
Republican practice of taxing the coat
of his back and threatening him Win
the loss of his shirt and his socks u
he does mot submit
All through the present tarif law.
passed by a Republican congress ana
endorsed by Republican President
as THE BEST TARIFF BILL EVER
PASSED, are to be found discrtminar
tions, the higher duty on the cheaper
article, the lower on the shoulders
OF those least able to bear 1t the great
er burden of the protective system.
Here are some illustrations:
The cheapest wool blankets bear .
duty Of 185.42 per cent; the dearest
104.55 per cent.
Flannels, not more than 40 cents
pound. are taxed at 1857 per cents
over 10 cents a pound, 1887 per cear
Wool pushes, cheapest, 14175 per
cent; dearest, 95.33 per cent.
Knit fabrics, cheapest. 141 per cent;
dearest, 1888 per cent
Stockings, worth from 81 to s1.5o
q dozen, 1887 per cent; from 81 to
SO, SO per cent
Hats. and bonnets, worth not owes
IS a dozen, so per cent; over $50 q
dozen, 35 per cent
Carpets, highest priced, 80 per cent;
that used for mats and rugs, 1858 peli
cent
Womeus gloves. unlined, 4S per
cent; lined, 81 per cent; longest
gloves, unlined, AZ per cent; lined, 2s
per cent
Mems gloves, worth less than SO q
dozen, 86.2s per cent; costliest gloves,
14.45 per cent: leather, unl,ned, f4.5S
per cent; lined, $3.50 per cent
Buckles, cheapest, 77.48 per cent;
dearest, 26.3 per cent.
Uncut diamonds bear 10 per cent
duty; imitation diamonds. 20 per cent
The humble frecracker bears a
97.02 per cent. duty, while elaborate
fireworks bear but 10 per cent.
Mating, smaller and cheaper grades
43 per cent; costlier, "a per cent.
Watch movements, seven Jewels.
66.o2 per cent; II Jewels, 4o.41 per|
cent; IT Jewels, 34.45 per cent.
Underwear, cheapest, $500 per!
cent; dearest, so per cent.
Dress goods of wool, cheapest
1o5.42 per cent; dearest. 94.13 perI
cent
Velvets. cheapest 105.22 per cent;
dearest, 1856 per cent.
SILK handkerchiefs, cheapest, T7.44I
per cent; dearest. So per cent
Scissors. worth so cents a dozen,
62.21 per cent; worth S1.75 dozen,
4s per cent.
Table knives, fancy grades, 57,4eI
per cent; bone handled, ss.43 per
cent.
Butcher knives, best grades, 52.N
per cent; cheapest grades, 1885 perI
cent
Files, smallest, s1.2s per cent;
longest, 1851 per cent.
Shot guns, worth from S. 10 $10,|
47.67 per cent; worth over so, 45.4s
per cent
These are only a part Of the dis
ordinations, cleaned from q swik
coming Of some Of the schedules. Rs-
duced to simplest terms, they mean
that the poor man Is taxed higher thzm
the rich man.
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No 80.

A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING
AN AMENDMENT TO ARrICLEX OF THE
CONSTITUTION, BY ADDING THERETO
SECTION l4A. TO EMPOWER THE CITIES
OF CEAELF>Tu& AND BEAUFORT TO
Assess ABUTTiNG PROPERTY FOR
PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.
SECTION !. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, That the following amendment
to Article X OF the State Constitution.
to be known as Section LA of said Ar
ticle Y, be agreed to by two-thirds of
the members elected to each House,
and entered on the Journals respective
ly, with yeas and nays taken thereon.
and be submitted to the qualified cleo
tors of the State at the next general
election thereafter for Representatives,
to wit: Add the following section to
Article Y of the onstitution, to be and
be known as Section l4a:
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Notice Of Election.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG,

COUNTY OF WILLIA NSBJKG,
Notice is hereby given that the gen.
eral election for Presidential and Vice
Presidential Electors and Representa-
tives in Congress will be held at the vot-
ing precincts fixed by law in the county
OF Williamsburg on Tuesday, November
5, 1912, said day being Tuesday follow
ing the first Monday, as prescribed by
the State Constitution.
The qualifications for suffrage are as
follows:
Residence in State for two years, in
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-10-24

Wonder II Emerson was gazing
upon a moose calf when several
decades ago he wrote:
IT am the owner Of the sphere,
OF the seven stars and the soiar
year."
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-10-24

Louis D. Brandeis performed real
public service when he quoted the rec
ords to show that George W. Perkins
Is and always has been an enemy of
union labor.
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but an angel of light and altruistic .erv-

but an angel Of light and altruistic serv-
ice.
To scientists. the investigation Of what
has been called"Od'' by Reichenbach. and
Aura" by others. and what ! call the
Psychic F9uidum," Is of greatest import
ance as giving an insight into the means
of communication between the bodily life
and the spirit life. To my new theory OF
the "X-psi rays of infinitesimal psychons
OF wave-lengths shorter than those OF
sunlight. and usually in too rapid mo-
ton and too diffused to be seen by the
human eye. leads up as a first Of three
steps to the scientifically known discovery
OF the N-rays, both the positive simple
N-rays and the negative N1-rays'' of Prof.
Prosper Rene Blondlot- Scientists have
also a most excellent means of examining
spirit activity through honest spirit pho
Biography. such as carried on by the WELL
known DIR. Theodore Hansmann. who
passed to his spirit-friends last week. and
who has intrusted me with the task OF
bringing the very successful experiments
carried on by him for years, under true
test conditions. and their results to the no.
tice of the scientific world. Besides photo
graphs taken with and without lense.
there are many other graphic evidences.
II scientists cannot have access to such
sage obtained through one medium by
means OF messages relating to the same
matter obtained through one or several
other mediums, preferably through gen.
timely trance-writing mediums. Best of
The Washington herald., 1912-08-22

ministration as well as the Stanley in
vestigation committee have really done
anything to help the system and the
mass Of American citizens who are op-
pressed under the trust. I believe that
the entire American people know fully
well and are forced TO realize that our
present government Is government
from the trust and for the trust and the
middle class people as well as the work
ing classes are being forced TO do all
and pay the high cost OF living as dc
tated by the trust. We know fully we'll
that the manipulators and cold storage
trust are the cause OF the high cost Of
living. The same thing applies TO the
steel, copper. and coal manipulators, and
unless the government controls and owns
all the natural resources OF this great
rich country for the benefit of the
American people nothing else will help
or remedy the situation. Government
ownership is the only remedy. and until
this is done the big interests who are
ruling the country now will keep on
ruling and all Investigations and reports
and antitrust laws are not worth the
paper they are written on.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-22
CONCRETE
By GEORGE FITCH,
Author of cat Good Old siwash."

Concrete was used by the Romans.
who also invented the celebrated Roman
nose, which is still used with such great
success. Concrete is composed Of cement
and broken stone. which are mixed with
water by a tired man in overalls and a
red flannel shirt and converted into a
sort of geological Irish stew. The mess
Is then stuffed into a wooden mold, and
when 1t dries 1t Is so hard that when
time attempts to nibble It with its just
ly famous tooth 1t has to go to the
dentists with low shrek OF agony.
The Romans wasted their concrete
building bridges. coliseums, and roads.
Had they built their emperors Of this
material, they would have been more
durable and the empire would have last
ed longer. A re-enforced concrete en-
peror would have been less fatal TO the
populace while the sight of Praetorian
guard pecking away at the impenetrable
crushed stone thorax Of his ruler with
valuable sword in an effort to create
vacancy on the throne would have been
highly diverting-
Nowadays concrete is used with great
success in building houses, skyscrapers.
bridges. baseball parks. pavements, side
walks wormless tombs. boats. artificial
legs, telegraph poles. water tanks, sewer
pipes false teeth, cathedrals. smoke
stacks. and eating-house sandwiches.
Concrete has. in fact. become the most
useful thing in the world, and many
mountain which has only been an OBJ
struction to traffic will be ground up in
the next few years and sold In sacks
to men who have cities to build.
Thomas Edison has recently invented
method by which concrete houses can
be poured to order by two strong men
while the family is unpacking the flrni-
The Washington herald., 1912-08-22
Bishops Travels in Siberia.
Pail Mall Gazette.

From the Pail Mall Gazette
Bishop Bury. Bishop OF North and Cen
trail Europe, arrived in England yester-
day on the conclusion of a pioneer mis-
sion in the mining districts Of Siberia.
In speaking of his journey. the Bishop
said:
II visited the Kishtin mines and
Troitsk and Spassky, the last named of
which involves a thousand-mile drive
across the steppes In a rough, springless
cart. From Moscow / travelled along the
Trans-Siberian Railway to Petropavlovsk,
proceeding afterward north TO Kishtin,
EkaterinburS. and Tiumen and south TO
the Kirehiz country for Spassky. The
accommodation was very rough. and at
times food was short. but I found the
Kirghiz peaceable and hospitable.
in no single case was one of my own
countrymen absent from the services I
held, and sometimes this involved travel
ing all night both before and after the
service. The services were always held In
the houses Of the English people. We had
baptisms, confirmation and communion
services and at Spassky the Russians CO.
operated with US and expected us to at
tend their services after our own"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-22
Brave Men Everywhere.
From the New York Mail.

From the New York Mail.
We may rejoice that American honor
and courage were so abundantly vindi-
Gated on the deck of the Titanic But let
US not for a moment assume that hero
ism IS a monopoly OF any nation or any
race. Stout hearts are gift Of the gods.
1t is. indeed, a tradition among Amert-
cans, Englshmen. Irishmen. and Scots
men TO step aside. where danger Is and
where women are, and give the last
woman the right of way before the first
man steps in TO save himself. But
though that may be our tradition in a
special sense. We have by no means an
exclusive claim upon the quality Of hero
ism.
In days past courage has not even
been a monopoly OF free men. The an
cient Egyptians committed their soldier
ing. the fighting, to bondmen. and the
negro slaves OF the Nile Valley fought
for their masters with the same fierce
and absolutely dauntless intrepidity that
our own black freemen showed at Fort
Wagner. at Las Guasimas. and at San
Juan. The slave gladiators Of Rome
were among the bravest men that ever
swung a sword.
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The Casfcllanes.
the lie Ci de PARIS

From the lie Cd de PARIS
Bearer of one OF the most eminent
names of France. former husband of q
multimillionaire American. divorced and
poor. he was certainly not model spouse.
but it is not TO be contradicted that he
is one of the best OF fathers. Judg-
ment has been pronounced against him
and he can see his children only once
a week. But he puts some malice into
each of these short visits as he over
whelms them with attentions that spoil
them. Following such a visit they return
10 the sumptuous hotel of the mother
and for the six days that follow the chill
dren talk only of papa, OF this poor
papa who has not a sou. but who re-
fuses them nothing. This is most pro-
voking to the multimillionaire mamma.
She revenges herself. or thinks she does.
by publicly proclaiming the notorious
distress of her eX-husband. whom she
calls, even before her children. lie che
Waller de cling louis c'the knight OF five
louis" This is neither elegant nor adroit.
Children are sometimes pitiless Judges.
lie Crf de Paris.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-22
Assessments.

There is unquestionably foundation
for the assertion that houses of COM
paratively small value in the District
are, as rule, assessed up to their two
thirds value, while the assessment of
more pretentious residences does not
reach this ratio. 1t is a condition which
has been known for. some time, and it
may be that the report submitted to
the House District Committee will re-
sult in more equitable distribution of
the tax burden.
1t is also true that the triennial as
sessment should be abolished and an
annual valuation substituted; that the
board of equalization and review should
not be the assessors. as is at present
the case; that the assessors should not
be appointed for life, and that they
should not be independent of all au-
thority. These reforms, and perhaps
others, could be instituted with benefit
to the community
we must confess, however, to feel
ing of doubt as to the enactment of
corrective legislation. We know that
months have elapsed since the House
District Committee has had a quorum; !;
that it has been months since the uni
yersal transfer and the public utilities
commission bills passed the Senate,
and that all hope of securing action
during the present session has disap-
peared. The next session will be lin
tied to three months, and will be SO
crowded that every proposition of a
local nature is likely to be ignored.
As long as the House manifests a
spirit of mastery inactivity toward the
District, we need not expect any iegis-
lation, no matter how essential to good
government that legislation may be.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-22
Rows of Trees Across State

INfn inc bk1n1rck 1Ipunc
Commencing at the South Dakota
line" said DR.. ]. H. Worst. president of
the North Dakota Agricultural College,
Il would plant a row of willow trees
clear across the State of North Dakota,
from the eastern border line TO the
western. One mile north / would plant
another row of trees that would extend
across the entire State. Another mile
north I would plant another row Of trees,
and so on to the northern boundary, a
row of trees every mile, stretching from
the Minnesota line to Montana. / am
now planning upon having bill intro
duced in the next Legislature making 1t
compulsory that land owners plant these
trees. The good that would accrue would
be incalcilable, and ths wealth Of the
State would be increased many fold.
simply as a wind break these trees
would do an immense amount Of good.
We have few IL any straight east or
west winds in North Dakota. Most of
the winds are from the north or south,
the northwest or southeast When the
wind would sweep along either from
South Dakota on the south or across the
Canadian prairies on the north and
would strike the first row Of trees ii
would have to hurdle IL and expend a
great part of its force. Before any wind,
no matter what it's velocity. would have
hurdled six or eight of these rows Of
trees, II would be reduced to a mere
summer breeze.
The leaves of the trees would keep
throwing OF moisture and thus make the
air more humid. The greater the hu-
midity of the air the less evaporation Of
moisture from the ground. and thus the
soil would be in a better condition. The
leaves would have a cooling effect upon
the atmosphere as well, by reason Of
their dissemination of moisture"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-22
Roosevelt q Socialist.

There exists remarkable similarity
between Mr. Roosevelt's Confession
of Faith" and the Socialist national
platform. This is to be found in the
agreement that a form of state social
ism, taking over by the government
of the basic rights of the people, is a
preventive of dangerous schemes which
lurk in the professions of the two great
parties attacked by the Bull Moosers
This is admitted freely by the official
organ of the Socialists in New York.
which, under the heading, Roosevelt
an Unconscious Tool of Socialism"
has this to say:
In the coming campaign this condi-
ton will be perhaps more pronounced
than IN any previous one. The entrance
of Roosevelt with a radical platform,
involving practically everything popu-
larly known as State socialism" is
too palpable to permit us to make any
mistake about the outlook for the pres
ent campaign There is absolutely no
doubt that Theodore's platform will at
tract thousands, possibly hundreds of
thousands, of voters whose ballots
would have been cast for the Socialist
candidates had Theodore not entered
the field.
This Is pretty plain talk. But we
are inclined to the belief that Roosevelt
would deny Indignantly that he is any
ones or any party's tool" Besides,
his platform in itself is masterful
stroke of expediency. We recollect
that in one of his speeches he appealed
to men "of every. class, of every call
ing, Of every belief, of every party
afiliation" Hence the grabbing. first
the ideas of the Democrats and the
Progressive Republicans, and, lastly,
those OF the Socialists.
OF the analogy between the "Confes-'
sion of Faith" and the Socialist plat
form, the New York Sun remarks very
pertinently:
The Bull Moose remedies are neither
hsn, foWl, nor good req herring. lhelr
tendency, however, is obvious, and is
not at all misunderstood by the Social
ist brethren.
Neither ought they to be misunder-
stood by the intelligent Americans who
are to vote next November.
As a matter of fact, in any Social
istic State there will be one set OF
positions which will offer chances for
the acquisition of immense wealth and
for avarice, namely, on the governing
committees Then there will be rich
men indeed, whose riches will be
menace to social interests, and instead
of industrial peace there will be war
of such proportions as has never yet
been witnessed-the war between the
political oficeholders and has-beens, or,
in other words, between those who are
on the committees and those who are
anxious to get there.
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pense Of engaging learned counsel, only
10 be acquitted finally.

|pense Of engaging learned counsel, only
TO be acquitted finally.
Acquitted under such circumstances
almost is an irony Of fate. In spite OF
the verdict of the court, the defendant
has to bear the brunt of the stigma
which serious charge, though not sus-
tanned, always leaves; but, in addition
thereto, he is apt to be in debt; if he
has family, they also have suffered
in the. meantime ~
The state makes little or no effort
to rcctify its mistakes along these lines.
II man is suspected, or if an over
jealous policemen arrests some poor
devil merely to show that they are
4ac6ve;;" if an enemy swears falsely,
thus securing the cooperation of the
authorities in a personal quarrel, the
victim cannot possibly escape punish
ment. If the machinery of the law be
slow, his punishment is all the greater.
Take the case of John Roberts, for
instance, who. after being in prison for
seventeen long years, was found to be
the wrong man. This case was so ex-
traordinary that the New York Board
of Claims awarded this victim of
mans justice" $500; but this was
reversed by the Court of Appeals.
We frequently read, held as a wit
ness" This means that persons are
arrested and kept in Jail until the trial
of some other man is called. The only
"crime" in this case is that the detained
happens to know something about a
certain matter, but has broken no law.
1t must be admitted that the United
States is far behind other countries in
this respect, especially Germany, which
provides compensation not only for
those who have been wrongfully ac-
cused, but also for those who are tried
and acquitted for lack of sufficient evil
dence
If society continues to consider it its
business to punish others for their mis-
takes, it must learn how to punish
itself for its own mistakes.