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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-24
Clerks Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG.
Court of Common Pleas.
Ella F Jones, Plaintiff,

Andrew Eaddy and W E Severance, as
Trustee of the Estate of ] S Lynch,
in Bankruptcy, Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to an order issuing out of the Court OF
Common Pleas for Williamsburg, coun-
ty, in the case above stated, bearing
date the l1th day of December, 1914,
and signed by His Honor John S Will
son, and upon request of Arrowsmith &
Whitehead, plaintiffs attorneys, | will
sell, at public auction, to the highest
bidder, in front of the court house door,
at Kingstree, S C, during the usual
hours Of sale, on Monday, the lst day
of February, 1915, the same being sales
day, the following described tract of
land, to wit:
Ali that certain piece, parcel or tract
of land lying, being and situate in the
county of Williamsburg, and State OF
South Carolina. containing seventy-five
(75) acres, and bounded as follows, on
the North by lands of the w & Mac
Murphy Co; on the East by lands of J
B DuRant and j w Johnston; on the
South by lands of the W c MacMurphy
Co, and on the West by lands of L B
and Mrs B Roper. being the tract OF
land conveyed by Ella F Jones to said
Andrew Eaddy, by deed dated the 10th
day of December, A D 1909.
Upon purchasers failure to comply
promptly with his bid, will resell the
same on the same or the next conven-
lent sales day, at the risk and expense
of such defaulting bidder, without fur
ther advertisement.
Terms of sale: Cash. Purchaser to
pay for papers.
H o BRITTON,
Clerk of Court of C P for Williamsburg
County.
Kingstree, S G,
December Is, 1914. l2-l7-3t
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Registration Notice.
CHARLESTCN.S sc.

The office Of the Supervisor of Rea :
istration will be open on the Isl Mon
day in each month for the purpose Of
registering any person who is quail
fed as follows:
Who shall have been resident Oi
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, six
months before, any poll tax then due
and payable, and who can both read
and write any section of the cOnstitu-
tion of 1895 submitted to him by the
Supervisors of Registration, or who
can show that he owns, and has paid
all taxes collectible on during the
present year. property in this State
assessed at three hundred dollars or
more. II A MEYER,
Clerk of Board
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Notice of Sale for Fore
closure.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
CoTrNTy nF W1TJJAMSRITRG

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG.
Court of Common Pleas.
The Bank of Klngstree, a Corporation
duly chartered and existing by and
under the laws of the State of South
Carolina, Plaintiff,
against
Weary McGill, Samuel McGill, Ida Nc
Clary, William Seward, John Seward,
Anna Seward, Mary Seward, Edward
Brown, Alfred McGill, Alfred Scott,
Joe Haywood Scott, the unknown
heirs of Louis McGill, Jr, deceased, F
Rhem and D D Rhem, copartners
trading under the firm name of F
Rhem & Sons, j w Locklier and w T
Rowell, heretofore corpartners trad
ing under the firm name of Locklier
& Rowell and P o Arrowsmith, De-
PENDANTS.
Notice is hereby given that under and
by virtue of the decretal order in the
above entitled action made and render-
ed by his Honor, Judge H F Rice, in
the Court of Common Pleas for the said
county on the Both day of November,
1914, the undersigned Clerk of Court
of Common Pleas of and for Williams
burg county, will sell at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash, before
the court house door in Kingstree, South
Carolina, between the legal hours of
sale, on the 4th day of January. A D,
1915, the same being sales day, the
following described tract of land, to-
wit:
"All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land lyining, being and situate
in the county and State aforesaid, con-
tanning three hundred 1900 acres more
or less, and bounded as follows: On
the North by lands formerly of Turner
but now of K smith; East by lands
formerly Of R II Kellahan but now of
the Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation;
on the South by the run of Black River,
and on the Southwest and West by
lands formerly of Jim Scott and now
of F Rhem & Sons.
H o BRITToN,
Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for
Williamsburg County. l2-l7-3t
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Foreclosure Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF wILLIAMBURG.
Nell F Gilland, Plaintiff,


against
BENJAMIN Singletary, Defendant.
Under and by virtue of the decretal
order issued herein by his Honor, Judge
H F Rice, dated November 80, 1914, |
will sell at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash before the Court House
door in Kingstree, S C, on January a.,
1915, the same being salesday, during
the legal hours of sale, the following
described lot of land, to-wit:
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of
land lying, being and situate in the
Town of Kingstree, County and State
aforesaid, measuring and containing
Fifty Three Hundred and Forty (5,34O
square feet, bounded North by land now
or formerly of Edwin Harper; East and
West by lands of Sarah Byrd and South
by lands of D C Scott, which said lot
was conveyed to the said B Single
tary by Sarah Byrd by deed dated
March %, 1909. recorded in the office of
the Clerk of Court in Rook CAS-" of
Conveyances at page 10S. this said lot
being in shape and form parallelo-
gram measuring in width sixty feet
and in length eighty-nine feet.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
12-17-3t G GRAHAM,
Sheriff of Williamsburg County.
Kingstree, S c, December l6, 1914.
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Notice of Sale for Fore
closure.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG,
Court of Common Pleas.
The Kingstree Building and Loan As
sociation, corporation organized and
existing under and by virtue of the
laws of the State of South Carolina,
Plaintiff,
C C Brinkley, The Bank of Kingstree, a
corporation organized and existing
under and by virtue of the laws OF
the State of South Carolina, w w
Rogerson and Swift Fertilizer Works,
Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that, under
and by virtue of the decretal order In
the aoove entitled action made and rem
dered by his Honor, Judge II F Rice, in
the Court of Common Pleas for the
said county on the 7th day of October,
1914, the undersigned, Clerk of Court
of Common Pleas in and for Williams
burg County. will sell at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash. before
the Court House door in Kingstree,
South Carolina, between the legal hours
of sale, on the 4th day of January, A D,
1915, the same being salesday, the
following described tract of land, to-wit:
"All that piece, parcel or tract of land
lying, being and situate in the town OF
Kingstree, County of Williamsburg and
State of South Carolina containing one
half of one acre, more or less, and bound
ed as follows, to-wit: North by Ashton
Street; East by New Side Street; South
by John T Nelson; West by John 7 Mel
som 8 Lot No and known as Lot No l3
on a plat of same made by P G Gourdin,
Surveyor, measuring onehundred andfive
U0O feet front and two hundred and
eight and three-fourths (2OS24) feet in
depth, the said lot herein mortgaged be-
ing the same lot conveyed to me. the
said C C Brinkley, by john 7 Nelson, by
deed recorded in the Office of the Clerk
of Court of Williamsburg County In
Book AS. at page 272, of date July 10,
1909." H 0 BRITToN,
Clerk of Court for Williamsburg
County. lZ-li-5t
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l2-24-3tp

Never look a gift horse in the
mouth" is good enough adage, but
with the coming of the glad yule-
tide will arrive time when we are
prone to think things about the
gleeful friend who yields up the gift
of comb and brush set when he
we'll knows we part our hair with a
towel.
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Notice of Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF VIII LIAMsBURG,
Court of Common Pleas.
Leroy Lee. Plaintiff,

DIAL Z VT SOO L n hnOLlNA.
COUNTY OF VIII LIAMSBURG,
Court of Common Pleas.
Leroy Lee. Plaintiff,
against
H J Mckenzie and N Mckenzie, De.
PENDANTS.
DECREE FOR SALE IN FORECLOSURE.
Notice is hereby given. That, under
and by virtue of decree issued out OF
the Court of Common Pleas of the
County of Williamsburg in the above
entitled action, bearing date the 17th
day of June, 1914, to me directed, / will
sell to the highest bidder, for cash, be-
fore the Court House door in the Town
of Kingstree, County of Williamsburg,
State of South Carolina, on the first
Monday in January, 1915, the same be-
ing the 4th day of said month, during
the legal hours of sale. the following
tract of land, to-wic:
All that certain piece, parcel or tract
of land lying, being and situate in the
County of Williamsburg, State of South
Carolina, measuring and containing by
actual survey one hundred and fifty-four
Q54) acres, more or less, and bounded
on the North by lands of T D McKen-
zie; on the East by lands of the estate
of W Goodwin; on the South by lands
of Marshall Floyd; and on the West by
lands of w Fl Kinder; the same being
the tract of land conveyed to H ] Nc
Kenzie by Marshall Floyd by deed dated
the 18th day of November, 1903. and re.
corded in the Office Of the Clerk OF
Court of Williamsburg County, in Book
CAP, at page 460.
HO BRITToN,
Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for
Williamsburg County.
December II, 1914. l2-l7-3t
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Clerks Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG,
Court of Common Pleas.
S w Young, Plaintiff,


Mary Mckenzie, Defendant.
Notice is hereby given, That, pursu-
ant to an order issuing out of the Court
of Common Pleas for Williamsburg
County, in the case stated above, bear
ing date November 80. 1914, and signed
by his Honor, H F Rice, presiding g Judge,
and upon request of Arrowsmith q
Whitehead, plaintiffs Attorneys, | will
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder, in front of the Court House door
at Kingstree, S e., during the usual
hours of sale, on Monday, the 4th day OF
January, 1915, the same being salesday,
the following described tract of land, to
wit:
"All that certain tract of land stu
ate in the county and State aforesaid,
containing eighty-six 1867 acres, more
or less, and bounded on the North by
lands of Joseph Parker and the Clsren-
don and Williamsburg county line; on
the East by lands of j c Young; on the
! South by lands of Marion Floyd, and on
the West by lands of Parker and estate
of Solomon Floyd"
Upon purchasers failure to comply
promptly with his bid, will resell the
same on tue same or the next conven-
lent sales day, at the risk and expense
of such defaulting bidder, without fur
ther advertisement.
Terms of sale, Cash. Purchaser to
pay for papers.
H o BRITToN,
Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for
Williamsburg County. 12-lO-3t
| December l., 1914.
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Special Notice.

ANNUAL MEETING OF AUDITING BOARD.
Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the Auditing Board
will be held on the first Thursday after
the first Monday in January, 1915. All
persons having claims against the coun-
ty are required to present the same be-
fore said date. J n HAMMET,
l2-24-2t Chairman Auditing Board.
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Notice..

All persons having claims against
the estate ofC B Matthews. deceased, will
present the same to the undersigned,
duly verified, and all persons indebted
to the SAID estate will make payment to
me. R T FLAGLER,
12-17-3t Administrator.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-24
HANGING M|sTLET0E
Origin of Custom Associated
With Christmas Festivities.
Plant Is Surrounded With Many Su-
perstitiono In European Countries
Sign of iii Omen In Some
Parts Of Ireland.

- ing at the Christmas festivi-
I9E6GM ties is said to nave its origin
in the idea that since the
plant did not have its roots in the
ground no part of it should ever be
permitted to touch the earth.
Among the Saxons the fact that mis-
tletoe was suspended from the roof
of a dwelling intimated to the way
farer that the hospitality Of the house
was at his disposal, and beneath its
branches friend and stranger, vassal
and lord, gathered in comradeship and
good cheer.
The religious aspect of the mistle-
toe tradition, which had its origin in
the Druidical rites and the gathering
OF it by the archdruid with his gold
en- sickle, merged later into purely
social symbol, and the idea of simple
hospitality developed into one of mer-
rymaking and somewhat riotous en-
tertainment.
The kiss of the Scandinavian god
dess expanded into the custom OF a
kiss given for every berry that grew
on the bough. Small wonder that, in
spite of the mistletoe having origin
ally existed in the odor Of the sanctu-
airy, the church came to regard it as
an entirely pagan symbol and refused
to allow it to participate with the
lily and the evergreen in the Yuletide
decorations.
There is an ancient belief that the
mistletoe was the tree from which the
holy cross was hewn and that after
this was made the plant withered and
ever afterward became mere para
site growth, clinging for support to
other and sturdier trees.
Other stories, however, credit 1t
with divine gifts in the healing Of dis
eases and the expulsion Of evil spirits.
Ram, the high priest Of the Celts, re-
ceived in dream the intimation that
by means Of the plant he would be
enabled to save his people from the
plague which was decimating them.
To celebrate their delivery he insti-'
tuted the feast Of Noel (new health,
a midwinter holiday, which has come
to be considered coincident with the
new year.
In many parts of the United King
dom the silver berries and the gray
green leaves of the mistletoe are
looked upon as anything but an en-
blem OF good cheer; on the contrary,
the plant is regarded with dread as be- i,
ing the bringer of Ill luck and the sign
of ill omen This superstition exists
both in Devonshire and in Ireland, !.
and, strange to say, In neither of these
places does the plant flourish, owing, :
report has it, to the fact that both
incurred the displeasure of the Druids
and were in consequence cursed in
such a way that their soil became in
capable of nourishing the sacred
growth.
In the sixth book of Aeneid al
lengthy description Of the mistletoe !
is given by Virgil, who makes the;
SyDil describe to his hero the exact.
SPOT in hades where be will find It;
yrowing. There is little doubt that
the strange ethereal appearance OF
the little opaque berry is largely re-
sponsible for the mystic character It !,
has enjoyed among the people of di-
7ers nations frorn the earliest histor-
icel times. !;
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Notice of Final Dis
charge.

Notice is hereby given that on the 9th
day of January, A D. 1915, at II
O'Clock, noon, l will apply to ? NJ Brock
inton, Judge of Probate of Williamsburg
County, for Letters Dismissory as gen.
eral guardian of the persons and estates
David K and Maggie A johnson.
DANIEL l JOHNSON,
12-1O-4t Guardian.
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Notice of Final Dis
charge.

Notice is hereby given that on the
9th day of January, A D, 1915, | will
apply to P NJ Brockinton, Judge of Pro-
bate of Williamsburg County, for Let
ters Dismissory as Administrator OF
w E Wheeler, deceased.
H A WHEELER,
l2-10-4tp Administrator.
December 5, 1914.
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Notice to Trespassers'

All persons are hereby warned not to
hunt on, cut or remove any timber or
build any roads on the lands of Mrs S J
and H Baker in Mouzons and Sumter
townships. II BAKER.
12-2d-3tp
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Reesipt 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 cn short
notice.
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The self-made man often has a
high opinion of the value of his
product.
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Tax Notice.

The tax books will be open for collec-
ton of taxes for year 1914 on the 18th
day of October, inst. Tax levy as fol
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Legal Advertisements.
Clerks Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG,
Court of Common Pleas.
R Harrel Graham, Plaintiff,
Prince McClam, Defendant.

R Harrel Graham, Plaintiff,
| VS.
Prince McClam, Defendant.
Notice is hereby given, That, pursu.
ant to an order issued out of the Court
of Common Pleas for williamsburg
County, in the case stated above, bear.
ing date November 80, 1914. and signed
by his Honor, Fl F Rice, presiding Judge,
and upon the request of Arrowsmlth q
Whitehead, Plaintiffs Attorneys, / will
sell to the highest bidder, in front Of the
Court House door at Kingstree, 5 c,
during the usual hours of sale, on Mon
day, the 4th day of January, 1915, the
same being salesday, the following de-
scrhed tract of land. to-wit:
"All that certain piece, parcel andplan-
tation of land lying, being and situate in
the county and State aforesaid. measur.
ing and containing fifteen (l5) acres, and
bounded as follows, to wit: North by
lands of Prince McClam; south by lands
lof Jeffrey McClam; East by lands of
Prince McClam and West by lands of
Wesley McClam. Same being part of
the tract of land upon which l now
live."
Upon purchasers failure to comply
promptly with his bid ] will resell the
same on the same or the next conven-
lent salesday at the risk and expense Of
such defaulting bidder, without further
advertisement.
Terms of sale: Cash, purchaser to pay
for papers. H @ BRITTON,
Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for
County of Williamsburg.
December |, 1914. 12-10-3t
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20 I" BIDS annexed territory
County & Court House IL .
All parties between the ages of q
and 60 years, inclusive, are liable, unless
exempted by lew, to poll tax Of 81. CO.
also to communication tax of 81. 90.
Levy for special school districts are
as follows:
mills.
No 31-3 mills.
Nos 10, 26, %, 20. SO, 80, Al, AZ. 4S, 40.
As, 49, so, 81, SO, $3.50, SO, ,ll.l3.l4.l6 anc
22-4 mills.
No 23-12 mills.
No 24-6 mills.
No 27-7 g
Nos II and l5-8 mills.
Upon all unpaid taxes after Decem.
ber 81 q penalty of ~ will be added
for January, 10 for February and 81
to 18th day of March next, after which
the books will be closed and executions
issued upon all unpaid taxes.
Those who desire to pay their taxes
through the mai, may expedite matters
by dropping the Treasurer card asking
for the amount of their taxes, so as
to avoid sending the wrong amount, also
stating the township or townships iii
property is owned in more than one)
and if possible give school district where
property is located. After paying taxes
examine your receipts and see If al
your property is covered; if not, see
about it at once.
By following the above suggestion:
complications and additional cost may
be avoided. j WESLEY COOK,
l0-8-t12-31 County Treasurer.
The river press., 1914-11-25
Helps American Industries

Washington, Nov. 17.-Officials of
the various government departments
which touch the business activities
feel confident that the most serious
effects of the European war on Am.
erican business have passed. The
restoration of the credit balance with
Europe has greatly eased the situa
ton, the increasing demand from Eu.
rope for food supplies and also to the
sudden development of an abnormal
trade in articles needed by the huge
armies now in the field aiding to that
end.
No accurate figures on the con.
tracts of the latter character are OBJ
tainable, but orders for horses, mules
arms, clothing, harness and the like
have flooded factories and stockmen
in some districts. 1t is said that in
cluding ammunition orders this bust
ness reaches the huge total of more
than 100000, 900.
The river press., 1914-11-25
Kansas Flour For Eeluians

Topeka, Nov. 17.-"One hundred
thousand barrels of Kansas -four for
the unfortunate people of Belgium"
is the slogan adopted tonight at the
first meeting of the Kansas Belgian
relief fund. Fifty prominent men in
Kansas are on the state executive
committee. The 100000 barrels are
to be raised in two weeks. Details
of the county campaigns are to be
worked out at meeting of the state
committee tomorrow morning. No
contributions are to be asked until
the county organizations are COM
pleted. Special trains will carry the
flour to the coast. On each car will
be the legend: kansas Flour for
Belgium"
Three generations" of Kansas gov
ernors are backing the Belgian relief
fund movement in Kansas-George
H. Hodges, governor, president of the
the organizations; w. R. Stubbs, ex.
governor, chairman of the executive
committee, and Arthur Capper, gov
ernor- elect.
The river press., 1914-11-25
Valuable Cattle Infected.

Spokane, Nov. 1S.-A shipment of
101 blooded cattle. valued at $4,000,
which arrived Friday over the North
ern Pacific from the east. will be de-
stroyed and burned on account of suf-
fering from the hoof and mouth di.
sease.
Owing to the state quarantine they
were held Friday in the local yards for
inspection by state and federal au-
thorities. Yesterday the entire herd
was found to have the disease and was
condemned. DR.. c. NJ. Mcfarland,
head of the local federal bureau of
animal industry, has requested state
authorities to destroy the condemned
stock.
The disease, now epidemic in the
eastern states, has never before made
it's appearance in Washington. The
farthest west it has ever cropped out
was when several caess were discov-
cred last week at Glendive. Mont.
The river press., 1914-11-25
Meat Is Carefully Inspected.

Washington, Nov. 1S.-To reassure
consumers who fear to eat meat be-
cause of the foot-and-mouth disease,
the department of agriculture issued
statement today stating that if thor
oughly cooked, the meat of an infect
ed animal was not dangerous.
"In the case of meat. as in the case
of milk" the statement said. lit must
be remembered that all herds which
actually show the disease are quaran-
tined, and neither milk nor meat from
the sick animal can be sold. Sixty per
cent of the meat used in this country
is produced in nearly 900 federally in
spected slaughtering establishments
In these establishments no animal is
slaughtered until it has passed an an
timortem inspection and also most
rigid post mortem inspection by vet
erinarian at the time of slaughter. At
ter slaughter it's meat cannot leave the
establishment until it has been care
fully examined and stamped U. S. In
spected and Passed.
The river press., 1914-11-25
Mexican Factions At War.

Mexico City Nov. 1S.-Trainloads of
artillery from General Obregon's force
have left for the north as a prelimin-
ary step in the campaign against Gen.
Francisco Villa. In a statement to.
day, General Obregon said:
"The northern forces have violated
every armistice and promise made to
US. | consider that all efforts made to
settle the present trouble without re-
sort to arms as useless. My command
OF the division of the northwest is
ready to fight again in defense of the
principles for which we have been
fighting for the past three years.
II have all of my artillery on trains
and my troops are ready to entrain at
moments notice. We will leave for
the north shortly"