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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-12-16

on this debt, which has been
somewhat reduced, has to be paid
out of the regular school funds.
Fourth. Last year the school re-
ceived from the town of Kingstree
upwards of 50, 200. About 81 800
of this sum was used for installing a
water and sewerage system and put
ting the premises into a sanitary
condition, The remainder of this
amount was applied on the above
mentioned debt, reducing it to about
$4,000. The money given the school
by the town of Kingstree was from
the towns portion of the profits ac-
cruing from the dispensary. There
will be no further funds from this
source for the town council to turn
over to the school and with this source
of revenue out of the question and a
considerable decrease in the tax levy
for school as compared with previ-
Gus years, it looks to us as if the
Kingstree High and Graded school,
the pride of our people and the COM
munity, has an uphill pull ahead
unless something is done at once to
provide sufficient money to meet the
needs of the institution.
Fifth. 1t is fact that all of the
colleges are raising their curricula,
and in order that our high school
graduates may be prepared to cope
with these new standards when they
go up to matriculate, let us be sure
that they are well prepared. In Or
der to assure ourselves on this point
we must provide for a higher course
of study. This can only be done by
taxation.
Your presence at this mass meet
ing Monday night may mean a great
deal to the future of our school ;
your absence may mean its serious
retrogression. What is your attitude
in the matter, progression or retro
gression? Come out and show your
colors Monday night.
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A Matter Of Importance to All

"A lN1ottSI Va LII 1SOA tcA1NS " Al
1t is extremely gratifying to The
Record to feel that the recent COM
n.unications signed by Taxpayer"
and Taxpayer No 2" and its own
editorials appealing TO the taxpayers
of Williamsburg county to do some
thing for the betterment of existing
conditions, with special reference to
our public roads and public schools,
have not fallen upon barren ground.
In another column of this paper
will be noted call to the taxpayers
of the county to assemble in Kings
tree Tuesday, December %, for the
purpose of participating in a gener-
al mass meeting. This meeting is
being called by order of the county
delegation, within whose hands lies
the power of proper procedure once
the people have gotten together and
decided upon what plans are best
and what they want enacted into
laws.
1t is incumbent upon every citi-
zen of Williamsburg county to be
present at this mass meeting Tues
day, December %, and if he has
thought over the matters that most
vitality concern the welfare of him.
self and his neighbor; decided upon
any plan whereby he believes con-
dltlOnS IN his community may be
bettered let him speak out. for it is
his privilege and his duty as acitizen.
Every member of our delegation
realizes the importance of making
certain changes in the county's gov
ernment. They are willing and
anxious to hear from their consti-
tuents and we feel sure that each
member will do his level best to Sc
cure what ever legislation is desired
by the taxpayers as a measure Of i'm
provement over present conditions.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-12-16
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STATE and GENERAL
TOPICS
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Horace L Darr, Auditor of Flor
ence county. died Monday night at
his late residence in the city Florence,
aged 81 years.
Chicago has been selected as the
place for holding the Republican
National convention. June Z is the
date of meeting.
The South Carolina Baptist asso-
citation will meet next year at New
berry. The convention has been in
session at Greenville.
The Newport News Shipbuilding
Co, located at Newport News, Va,
has contracts for building S30.000,-
900 worth IF ships of the merchant
marine class for private owners.
DR. w N Mcpherson, one of the
oldest and most widely known men
in Florence county, died at his home
near Claussen Sunday. He was a
surgeon in the Confederate army.
President Wilson and Mrs Norman
Gait will be married Saturday at the
brides home in Washi1e eton accord
ing to the recent announcement
made at the White House. Only
relatives of the families will be
present.
The fourth marriage of W D
Davis, aged ninety-four years, was
reported last week from Plymouth,
INC. Mr. Davis has been the father
Of forty-one children. of whom
thirty-three are living. His bride
is thirty-nine years old.
| Xxx
The Methodist church at Tim
monsville, a brick building valued at
$4,000, was destroyed by fire Mon
day night. Insurance on the struc-
ture amounted to $500. All of the
furniture. including a piano, was to-
tally destroyed. The cause is un-
known.
Hon Robert A Cooper of Laurens
was Tuesday elected Grand Master
of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free
Masons. of South Carolina. Mr.
Cooper succeeds Geo T Bryan of
Greenville. Mr. Cooper is Solicitor
of the eighth circuit and has been
prominent in Masonic circles for
many years. His election as grand
master will be hailed with pleasure
by his many friends throughout the
State.
The historic old Episcopal church
at Waverley Mills, on the Wacca-
NAV, was destroyed by fire Sunday
night. The fire was discovered at
1920 o'clock, but there being no
means by which it might be effect
lively fought, the old building was
destroyed. The origin of the fire is
not known. Services were held dur
ing the day, but the fire appears to
have caught in the opposite end OF
the church from the stove. This
church was one of the old landmarks
of the Waccamaw Neck and for
generations was the worshiping
place Of the rice planters. 1t was
beautiful piece of architecture, built
in the days when expense was light
ly considered. 1t was of brick and
succeed. Within were many mural
tablets of marble. In the yard are
buried many of the old rice planters
on6 tboir fonoilios
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THURSDAY. DEC. 1e. 1915.
For Good of Our High School

In another column of The Record
today will be found a call for
mass meeting of Kingstree's tax
payers to be held at the court house
Monday evening at s O'Clock. The
call itself pretty clearly expresses the
object of the meeting, and it's i'm
portance should at once be ap-
parent to every one who feels the
least pride in the Kingstree High
and Graded school; but in this con-
nection there are a few facts we
would like to impress upon the
minds of taxpayers in this district:
First. There should be a higher
tax levy for the support and main
tenance of the Kingstree school,
an amount sufficient to enable the
superintendent to enhance its scope
as an institution of learning, and
for training young men and young
women to be useful, capable and
competent in the ordinary vocations
of life if they do not pursue high
er course of training in the colleges
and universities. For instance, an
additional grade should be inaugu-
rated, an eleventh grade, also a de-
partment of domestic science for the
young ladies and one of manual
training for the young men. An
additional school tax levy of four or
five mills will enable our trustees
and superintendent to make these
Improvements. The faculty of the
Kingstree school is composed of as
earnest, efficient and capable lot of
teachers as will be found anywhere
and to them, more than to any
other source, is due the credit for
the splendid work that has and is
now being accomplished. They are
doing everything that is possible for
them to do with the money that is
being provided by the tax levy in
this district.
Second. Unless something is done
and done quickly, this school will be
: compelled to 60 backward instead of
.:.ferward. In the district last year, we
EbeEeye, the assessed value of all tax
: ablepoperty was $500, 900. Six mills
ewas the tax levied for the support
!: and maintenance of this school, not,
InGluding the bond levy of 2 mills.
This year the assessed value of tax
able property is approximately
$4,000, or $4,000 less than that
of last year, which means a CORE
; spending decrease in the amount of
tax that will be collected for school
purposes in the district for the scho-
lastic year 1915-16.
Third. Until recently there was
debt of nearly $4,000 hanging over
the Kingstree school for furniture
and other necessary equipment for
the school auditorium. Interest
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-12-16

Remember the day and date. De
cember %, 8 p. m.
KINGSTREE FURNITURE Co.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
BIGGEST PISTOL YET.

Jackson, Miss, Feb. 22.-"That's the
biggest pistol ever seen around here"
was the verdict of a number of police.
ment at headquarters last night, when
Officer Ross exhibited a revolver that
looked like cannon. The barrel
measured twelve inches.
Policeman Ross captured the gun"
from a negro, John Ford, who he ar.
rested on a charge of pointing a pistol
at Charley James, another negro. The
latter told the officer that when he
went to the home of a negro woman
Ford drew the gun on him, and or.
dered him to leave He speedily
obeyed, the sight of the pistol being
an unanswerable argument. The off.
Ger went to the house and arrested
Ford. The pistol was found in the
tray of a trunk near which Ford was
sitting. Ford was locked up. He
claims to hail from Collins. ~
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
TRUSTEES SALE.

BY virtue Of the power conferred on
me as trustee by the terms of a deed
of trust from B. F. and Mamie C. Mil
Ter, w. R. Self beneficiary, Matte J.
Self, assignee and present owner, to
secure an indebtedness of two thou
sand dollars. interest and cost, as evi.
denced by notes therein described,
said deed of trust dated September TO-
1908, and recorded in book l at pages
1874 and 4S5-of the record of mortgages
and deeds of trust on land in the
County of Forrest, State of Mississippi,
default having been made in the pay
ment of the Indebtedness secured by
said deed of trust in accordance with
the provisions thereof, and the said
assignee and present owner thereof
demanding the sale here advertised to
satisfy the same), /, as such trustee
will, on
Monday, the LIST day of March, 1915.
within lawful hours, at the front dool
/ of the court house in the City of Hat
tiesburg, said county of Forrest, State
of Mississippi, offer for sale and sell a
public cutlery to the highest bidder O,
bidders for cash, the following de
scribed real estate lying and beinj
situate in the City of Hattiesburg
County of Forrest, State of Mississip
| pi, and embraced in said deed of trus
as such security, to-wit:
All of lots 10 and IA, in block 81 Q
1.-THE Crittendon and Hamper & Whir
cry surveys of the said City OF Hatties
burg, together with the Improvement
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
MISSISSIPPI PoSTMAsTERs.

Washington, Feb. PA long step
toward cleaning up vacancies in Mis-
sissippi postofflces was taken today
when the postmaster general made the
following appointments:
John c. Daley, Torrance; Jesse W.
Stinson, Avalon; Charles H. Barland
Barland; Marcollus G. Dubard, Bew
Springs; Jas. E. Brown, Bradley; Mrs.
Tina Medders, Chester; Uriah w. Null
Inns. Cliftonville; VIM. V. Dubard,, Du-
bard; Warren A. Pigott, Flowers; Will
liam Junkin, Foster; Mrs. Matte VIII.
liams, Heron; John w. Helton, Holcut
Harrison Morgan, Ida; Selma s.
STRICKLAND, Leedy; Robert R. Smith
Mcbride; Ida A. Self, Mhoon Valley;
Melvin w. Lewis, Michigan City; Rob
ert F. Carpenter. Misterton; Jas. NJ
! Coon, Mizpah Calvin c. Franklin
Muldon: Cooper C. Muldrow, MUD
row; Hector Bowe, Plumpoint; viii
liam A. Sisco, Red Banks; William
Murff, Reid; Eugene Davis, Sabougla
Nettie D. G. Barrow, Saint Elmo; Maj
garet A. Mcknight, Sessums; Jack
Hubbard, Short; Clarence w. Rugs
Thrasher; Albert L. Colbert, Trebloc
Presley G. Preston, Velma; Mimi
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
TO VISIT G. A. r. COM WANDER.

Vicksburg, Miss, Feb. 22.-Local ar.
rangements will be made for the well
come and reception here March 14th
and 18th of General David ]. Palmer,
commander-in-chief of the G. A. R.,
who has notified Captain w. T. Rigby
Of the national park commission that
he will be in Vicksburg on the days
mentioned. General Palmer viii be
here, after visit to New Orleans, and
en- route to Memphis, both of which
cities will have a visit from him, il
accordance with the annual custom tt
| attend the division encampments o
the G. A. r. Captain Rigby has mott
fed the city officials of the proposes
visit of Gen. Palmer, and the program
of the two days visit will be mappe,
| out and announced later.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
JURORS PLAY LEAP FROG,

Tunica, Miss, Feb. ga ripple o.
excitement was created here late Sat
urday afternoon when Judge Alcorn oil
Clarksdale discharged the jury which
was sitting on a negro murder case
The jury was out for an airing, when
one of the jurors challenged the at.
torney for jump. He accepted and
the contest began. Other Jurors join.
ed in.
About this time the Judge appeared
on the scene and called them all into
court. The attorney and one juror
were fined $40 each. The bailiff was
fined $25 and all other Jurors IS each
The entire jury was discharged and
new one empanneled for Monday
morning, when the second week of cir.
cult court will convene. Six indict
nents have been returned by the
grand jury this week.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
COLD STORAGE PLAN.

University of Mississippi, Feb. a.
For some time the university has put
forth an ardent effort to have cold
storage plant erected on the campus
and the building is under construction.
This is one of the university's great
est needs, for the cold storage depart.
ment has been inadequate. The new
building will contain separate com
partments for the meats, vegetables
fruits, eggs and other commodities
which require cold storage. At pres
ent the plan is to install an ice plant
in the building sufficient to supply the
demands of the university.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
"CHARCE 1T
his semi-serious essays, says:

"a Fitch in one of his semi-serious
(1nree is slogan Of American consumer
but they also the most gallant
sleep for fear stand
$4,000 will will rise early in the morning
potatoes gasoline automobile tires and diamond
would unlimited in french
IL greatest substitute for invented 1t en-
with and safety to ride
ready cash for street car rare ano
h homes Of wealth of Balance Due and Please
renewed monthly
Baba lamp The worried citizen says
and appears joyful rament thus transferring
citizen fairly reputation down town with an
XSocEetbook and return home reeking with luxury
qudate large number OF pis at
MUS what corugates the brow OF the
Its mad pace
100000 but he has no means OF
- whether or not worth $4,000 in real money
clothing steam hreshes seal
shoe Shines corner lots Amer
operations publicity and balloons on &C.
always to cash TOT Shoes
underwear 1t Is usually easy TO Tell tne
between the Charge and the man who says HOW
The dressed but the latter is much more
ESlaible on the o the month"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
FEDERAL TERM ENDS.

Biloxi, Miss, Feb. g2=-The February
term of federal court has been brought
20 a close and the juries discharged
All court officials have returned to
their respective homes. At Saturdays
session the case OF the United States
vs.. John M, Reed was threshed out and
Judge Niles rendered decision in ia
vor of Reed, granting him homestead
to land which the government tried to
prove he fraudulently obtained in
Green county.
Reed obtained a section of $50 acres
| in 1910, and according to law shoul
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
DONALDSON RESIGNS.

Pontotoc, Miss, Feb. 22.-Prof. John
A. Donaldson. who has been for a num-
Der of years superintendent of the
City High School at this place, hes re-
signed. to take effect at the close Of
this term, to become candidate for
the office Of county superintendent OF
education.
The school board has accepted the
resignation, and is now looking fol
some good man to fill the palce. This
will be fine opportunity for some
good, active man to take charge o.
this school. There is large enroll
ment and the school building is on
of the best in the state.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
AWAIT BOND APPROVAL.

Meridian. Miss. Feb. 22.-Work On
the connections of the good roads with
the paved streets Of the city will com
mence when attorneys approve the
$50,000 bonds sold at the last session
of the supervisors. AS soon as this Is
received, the money for the bonds will
be available and the work will com
mence. Work is also waiting on the
laying Of sewers and water pipes by
the city, but this will be pushed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
EAT LESS MEAT
IF BACK HURTS
TAKE A GLASS OF SALTS TO
FLUSH KIDNEYS IF BLADDER
BoTHERS you.

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble, in some form
OF other, says a well-known authority,
because the uric acid In meat excites
the kidneys, they become overworked;
get sluggish; clog u pand cause al,
sorts of distress, particularly backache
and misery in the kidney region; rheu
matte twinges, severe headaches, acid
stomach, constipation, torpid liver
slecplessness, bladder and urinary irri
tation.
The moment your back hurts or kid
neys aren't acting right, or il bladder
bothers you yet about four ounces Of
lad Salts from any good pharmacy;
! take a tablespoonful in glass of wa
ter before breakfast for few days
and your kidney will then act fine.
| This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, com
5ined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to flush clogged kid
neys and stimulate them to normal &C
tivity; also to neutralize the acids ir
the urine so it no longer initiates, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone
makes delightful effervescent lithia
water drink which millions of men ant
women take now and then to keep thu
| Kidneys and urinary organs clean, thu
avoiding serious kidney disease.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
TELEPHONINC FROM A TRAIN

complete test wireless telephone in transmitting mes
moving ths 7th the Delaware Lackawanna
rn railroad entirely successful The messages were
from points miles both and west OF that
VI we're received copied without difficulty
than Providence Journal the wireless teie
sending from fixed sta
transmission current OF volts was
but ITO volts were needed TO
powerful ransmtter Four months were occupied III equip
combination mail and baggage
horsepower steam turbine tax
from the first four of the train were
<S1h aerial above the tops of the cars
is said for distance OF 80 miles,
miles apart the train telephone Will
for the entire from Hoboken Buffalo
with emergent reasons
distance but with further
operation of freight trains which at
eegraphic Instructions
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
MISSISSIPPI NEWS

reside upon it fourteen months. Reed
is resident Of Fruitdale, Ala, where
he is prominent farmer.
l.. J. Williams, charged with stealing
a pistol from the United States mails,
whose case was to have come up at
this session, will be called to appear at
the next term of the court. The theft
is alleged to have occurred at Roose-
welt. Miss.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
BANK TO PAY ALL.

Jackson, Miss. Feb. 22.-The South
ern Bank, a negro financial institution
of this city, which was placed in the
hands of receiver some time ago, has
settled in full with creditors.
In order to accomplish this three Of
ficers of the bank, President L. X. At
wood, Vice President c. N. Miller, and
Cashier S. A. McKissick, sacrificed
their personal property, which was in
no way involved in the banks affairs
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
w AN / 5

MONEY TO LoAN-AppllcatlOhs ,.o
"o ootred for loans from 500 to slo'e'v,.
", ,mnroved and unimproved 'o"n
Droperty and farm lands in'e.''
8 per cent straight ln'ere's ,a FL,
ab1e annually or semi-ann I..
T;mo. one to ten years. Applicants
Co.. loans will please give descrlp'
,io, location, and valuation Of prop
ar.v offered as security for loan
State improvements and valuation
We want county representatives,
10 receive applications for loans ap'
pralse property and serve as our e1'
elusive representative. Attorney or
real estate man preferred. Apph-
capts for loans, and applicants Tor
agencies positively required to iur-
nisb at least two character refer-
ences and forward postage nVe 9
cent stamps, for application bianks'
full particulars, and prompt reply
Write Southern office, Southeastern
Mortgage Loan Assn, Fourth NAT
Bank Bldg, Atlanta, Ga. tSo'''
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22

The News is authorized TO announce
w. N. RICHARDSON as a candidate
for Circuit Court Clerk, subject to tho
action of the Democratic party.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For State Revenue Agent.

The News is authorized to announce
STOKES V. ROBERTSON as a eaudt
date for State Revenue Agent, subject
to the action of the Democratic prt
mary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
DOG BITES TWO.

Terry, Miss, Feb. 22.-Will Stevens,
a white farmer living near here. and
Mrs. volley Campbell and her two
children were bitten by a rabid dog,
and were taken to Jackson today. to
take the Pasteur treatment.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
For Circuit Court CLERK.

The News is authorized to announce
II. X. McLEMORE as a candidate for
Circuit Court Clerk. subject to the
action of the Democratic primary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22

The News Is authorized to announce
T. ]. NIXON as a candidate for Cir
cult Court Clerk, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22

to learn the Dareer
trade. Positively the best trade OF
the kind. Can prepare you in few
weeks. Wages while learning open
to everybody. Apply by mail. Meier
Barber College, New Orleans.
20-6t-p.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
For Sheriff.

The News is authorized to announce
A e. HARRISON as a candidate for
Sheriff of Forrest County subject to
the action Of the Democratic primary
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22
County treasurer.

The News Is authorized to announce
d. X. HEMETER as a candidate TO,
County Treasurer, subject to the ae-
ton of the Democratic primary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-22

The News Is authorized to announce
BARNEY o. DoHERTY as candt
date for Sheriff, subject to the setisn
OF the Democratic primary.