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' VOL. XIII. KINGSTltEE, SOI Til CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1W7. NO.-9.
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A COLUMN OF Nf WS PICKED
UP AROUND TOWN
And Put Into Short Paragraphs.!
For Quick Reading By
Busy People.
Miss Beatrice Graham went up
t?> Dariingtou ta>t Monday.
Mr. Charles J. Lese^ne spent |
several (leys in Manning thi?j
-week. * |
Kditor \V. I)?vid Shaw, of Lake j
City, spent Saturday in Kings- j
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r. tree.
. . . Dr. K. J. M<?Cabe relurnrt] last
Saturday from an extended I rip to
OeorsretowH.
Mr. Willie Dunlop vis'tod his
p<?fenis, near Indiantown. last
^ 'v Friday and Saturday. i
Messrs. S M. Beaity, and J. 0.
Carson, of Cades, were, in town
on business last Saturday.
I The Rev. J. K. Dunlop conducted
servues at the Presbyterian
church last Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. li. Edwards,
of TiminonsviUe, spent Sunday
with the lattePsparents in Iviniistree.
Old man Seebv w -s carried to
Columbia and placed in the State
Hospital lor the Insane, last Saturday.
Several people from Fowlers,
Indiantown and other places came
in Sunday to attend services at ,
f *" I he ' Episcopal and Presbyterian
ft w churches. ' . ,
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The R^v. Robt. A. Few, pastor 1
L of the Methodist church near In- '
diantown, was married last TdeS- 1
day to Miss Tryphosa Davis, of 1
banning. '
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Mannini-, spent a day or two in
K'ngstree last Week, attending to
legal business.
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Mr. T otn Sudlow, the superin- :
. tendunt of the electric light plant I
* '.at Florence, was in Kingstree last J
Fiidav nnltinsr un a new tele- I
phone line from (he Coleman]
Hotel lo (he depot.
AJr. W. E. Cook, ofScranlon,
was in Kiuystree several < ays
* %?his and last week. Mr. Cook's
.f, numerous friends were glad to see
him on our streets again, and he
- was equally as pleased to meet
Ihein.
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jfr Why send ofl'for your job printing
wheu you can get it done just
as cheap and get as iood work
right at homei Patronize home
? industries and get the work on
1 shorter notice. Give us a trial.
Dr. Liston Johnson returned
from the Baltimore (Md.) MidicaP
College last Friday night, a fullfledged
'-M. Dr. Johnson is
a voutig man'of great ability and
will no doubt earn a position of
high rank in the medical profession.
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Misses Ilattie Kershaw *;;d ,
? Mabel Rollins, of Lake City visited
the family of T. M. Gilland
Esq., last -week. Miss Kershaw
returned to Lake City Monday !
morning, but Miss Rollins remained
in Kingstree and attended the (
hoprTaesday night.
Joe Hamlin and Willie Young,
two ebony-hued youths, were
arrested at Cades last Saturday
charged with burglarizing the
store of Mr. E. S. Sauls, near
Fowlers. The negroes were given
a preliminary hearing before Magistrate
J. H. V. Gaskins, ai Lake
City, and were committed ta jail
v to await triail at the coming
term of court. .
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AN INCIPIENT FIRE.
The Residence of Dr. McCabe Slightly
Damaged..
About one oViock? last Satur \
day afternoon ihe residence of I>r j
li J.McCabe was found to be on ;
fire, b.ui t lie prompt action of 1 lit';
citizens prevented what might j
have been a serious conflagra j
tion. < j
The fire evident !v cnughf from
sparks from ihe stove chimney, j
as the roof was in a blaze near the }
Hue, but not immediately around '
it. When.discovered, the fire had
probablv been burning but a verv
short while, as only a small place
jn the rooj'i was damaged.
As Dr.McCabe's buildings the
first of a long range ol' wooden
structured, there can lie no doubt
that the entire block would have
burned had the fire not been
checked in its incipieney, and it
is well that it was discovered in
time to prevent a conflagration.
Another Fire.
Information reached here on
Monday that the residence of Mr.
Hugh McCutehen, who lives in
the Indiantowu neighborhood, to '
gel her with its entire contents. "
had been totally destroyed by lire '
about midnight Sunday night.
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' Mr. and.Mrs. McCutchen were 1
both in ltingstree all day Sunday. '
returning to Indiantown late in r
the afternoon. No tire had been 1
i-n the house for several hours, and (
it is supposed that the liatpes 1
originated from matches stolen* by '
rats. Every effort was made to '
obtain reliable information as to r
the amount of Mr. McCulchen's v
loss, but nothing definite could be 1
found out. It was told us upon ^
jood authority that there was no A
insurance whatever upon any of 1
the property, and the loss will fall 1
heavily upon Mr. McCutchen.
Cheap Rates to Wilmington. t
The Atlantic Coast Line will v
sell round-trip tickets to YVilming- s
'on, N. C., oil account of the
Southern Baptist Convention, at \
he rate of one first-class tare for s
lie round, trip, which from Kings- *
ree will be #4 Do. Tickets will v
>e on sale from May 3rd to the t
rth, inclusive, with final limit J
fifteen days from date of sale, t
Parties desiring to make a longer v
;tav in Wilmington' wihl deposit e
lheir tickets with the Atlantic a
[ oast Line agent at Wilmington o
prior to May 15th and an ex- 11
tension af fifteen days will be ti
liven. Alrealv several parties t
have signified an intention of at- ^
tending the convention, and no o
ioubt several more will take ad- 11
vantage of the cheap rales and c
attend.
Hotel Ariyvals.
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The following is a list of the arrivals (
it the Coleman Hotel for the past j
week:
M. E. McDonald, Mrs. A S Cheek, v
W. W, Zachy, J. M. Atkinson, W. 1
romlinson,T. H. McEachern, J. W. I
Corey, Tom Sudlow, ~F. Prcssley t
Barron,B. F.Jones, MackKoshland, s
M. H. Bird, W. S. Camlin Jr, S. H. J
Alspaugh, C. J Cooper, J. W.Coward
S. McB. Scott, N. D. Lesesne, W I
Partridge, J. W. .losey, A. H. Breed- t
en, Mrs. D. J. Pipkin, It. B. Smith e
A. W. Montgomery, W. R. Scott' J. |
N. Hammet, Jno. C. Lanham, C. J. j
Lesesne, II. G. Askins, W. E. Cook,
Edwin C. Epps, John. Epps, A. S.
Barnhill. 1
Tho snnPiTKArs nf Williams- *
burs; and Florence counties will 1
meet at Johnson's l'erry, Lynches <
river, on May the 4th, for the j
purpose ot letting the contract
lor building a bridge across the
stream. See advertisement elsewhere.
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TWO APPARENTLY HARMLESS
MEN KILLED NEAR HERE.
3oth thfe Murderers and the Motive
Unknown,?Three Negroes
Arrested on Suspicion.
I Vrl?;i |?n I lie mo I dastardly deed
ever committed on Wdhamsbur;:
f'oirtri v soil was t lie double mnriier, J
cao.-in^the death of two apparently
harmless Italians, ? hieli occurred
about four 'miles below
Ivinestree. near Suiters, last Sat
unlay night. Both the murdered
men and the murderers are un
known. ,
The murder was discovered by
Mr. Ed. McClarv, a young farmer,
aIio lives near Salters, about. 7
rclock Sunday morning. Mr. MeUlary
was passing the scene, lotalv
unaware of any terrible ciime
laving been committed, when his
Jog began a loud barking and
lowling near'a ditch. Mr. McCIa
v went over to the ditch to see
vhat. was attracting the dog's at
entior., and was horrfied to see
ying in the ditch the body of a
.vtiite man, cold and stifFin death.
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yjr. Jicuiary mirrieG tooaners ana
eported his discovery. At once
i large crowd went to the scene
uid viewed the remains of the unorlunate
foreigner. The crowd
apidly increased in numbers, alliost
e\erv one being armed. One
)f the party strolled into the edge
>T 'he woo Is near by, and there
ound Another dead body, that of
tn old man, with gray beard. 1m
nediately a search for more bodies
vas instituted, but, of course, none
vere found.
By this time all was excitement.
*so one seemed to know just what
o do." The murdered men were
otal strangers, and sesmed to be
ramps and no motive could be
ound for the murder. It was af
erwards learned that the men
f.
iere peddlers and had been
,een with a peddler's pack.
In the search for more bodies, a
'alise was' found. This was decribed
to us by Magistrate Lifroge,
vho held the inquest, as ua can*ass
covered telescope, about fifeen
bv twenty four inches in size.1'
['his was near a rail' fence, in a
hick portion of the woods. The
alise had been opened and nearly
verytbing talien away. A coat,
i pair of gloves and one or two
ther little articles were found
iear by. A certified copy of nat- 1
iralization papccs was found in |
he valise, bearing the name Terge
riregeneo,which probably was one
fthe murdered men, bfit there is
lOlhing whatever to show which
if the men the papers belonged to
About lour o'clock Sunday afyrnoon
Magistrate J. G. Lif'rage
ummoned a jury an't held an in[uest.
The atopsy was made by
Jr. I. N. Boyd. His testimony
vas ail that was brought out before
he coroner's jury. The exaniina
ion showed that the young man's
hroat was cut "in three places, his
;kull was fractured, and a rifle ball
iad passed through the body,
tiercing the heart. The old man s
hroat had been cut from ear to
;ar. t.he head being almost severed
rom the body The jury returned
he following verdict:
"We, the jury, find that twoun
inown men came to their death,
>ne from a gun-shot wound, and
he other from having his throat
;ut, by parties unknown to the
ury."
In the meantime, posses had
3een organized and sent in every
lirection to search for the inur
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jderers. The sheriff was notified,
jand lie wired to Florence lor blood
I hounds, but, for some reason, did
! not fret tliem.
As soon as the news of th? horrible
murder reached Kings! ree,
scores of our citizens went to the
scene and viewed the bodies. Almost
every roan in the enormous
[crowd around the murdered men
was heavily armed. Suspicion
was attached to three strange negroes,
who had committed other
criminal acts around Sailers, and
a description of them was telegraphed
in every direction. Armed
men watched I lie streets nl Sailers.
Kings!ree and Lake City .nil ol
Sunday night, but t lie murderers
then had a twenty-four hours'start
on lheir (light. Three negroes,
lilling the description of the supposed
murderers, passed through
Lake City early Sunday morning,
but no one there knew at that
time anything of the murder.
About two o'clock M?n<>av afternoon
operator Grimsley, of Lake
City, wired .Mr. II. A. Graham
that three negroes had just been
arrested there on suspicion. As
soon as the fact was made known
to sheriff Daniel ',he wired mayor
Severance to hold the prisoners
until he could send for them. Mr.
Daniel, accompanied by Mr. H. ti.
Askins, a special deputy, and a
reporter for The .County Record, .
went to Lake City Monday eve
ning., and the negroes were brought
to Ringstree Monday night. A
large crowd met the sheriff at the l
depot upon his return with the|
prisoners. Threats of lynching if
the negroes ptoved to be the right
parties were heard here Monday,
but the crowd at the depot was
very orderly and quiet.
Our reporter interviewed several
prominent men in Lake City,
and was told by ail of them that
the prisoners were not the three
men seen there Sunday. Opon
being interrogated, the negroes
gave us ineir names, ages ana aadresses
as follows: Oscar Simmons,
age 17, 10 Short street; Nat
Phelphs, age 17, 26 Burns lane,
and Joseph Richardson, age 19,16
Market street, all of Charleston.
They all told pretty much the
same tale, which was prepared
for publicationjbut was left out
after an interview with Mr. M. J.
McManus, of the Charleston detective
force.
Sheriff Daniel received a telegram
from. Mr. J. Elmore Martin,
chief of Charleston's police forcei
telling him that the negroes were
wanted in Hiarleston. Mr. McManus
was sent un Tuesday after
noon, and interviewed the three
boys. When seen by The County
Record man, Mr. McManus said
that Simmons was wanted for rob
bing a house on Savage street, in
Charleston, two months ago. Richard
and Simmons have not long
been released from prison in Richmond,
Va. All three boys are
well known to the the Charleston
police. When questioned as to
what Phelphs and Richardson did
in Charleston that he should want
them, the detective smiled and
replied dryly that he did not want
them, they were only "needed ;
there at times. While the detective
talked freely on some points.,
he was non committal on others.
On evidence discovered yesterday,
the authorities here decided to
hold the prisoners, and the Char
lestcn detective returned alone.
The negroes claim they were in
Charleston Friday: Sam Nelson, a
colored man Jiving near Salter?,
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NUPTIALS OF DR. BAKER
AND MISS HEMMINGWAY.
A Beautiful Wedding Cemony
Performed in Union Church
Makes The 1 wo One.
Tilt* inosl notable even? that has
transpired in the social domain of
this community in many a day was
the marriage of Br. II: L. Baker to
Miss LWlle Hemmingway which
took pfaceat Union church on the
evening of the 14th inst, the Rev.
Geo. W. Davis officiating.
Promptly at 8:30 o'clock, to the
measured strains of the wedding
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niarcn, Deaunitniv renuercu uv
Mrs. Ceo. Hemmingway, the bridal
party, preceeded by Messrs.
W. K Cook, of Sera 111on, and W.
J. Duranl, of Kome, ushers, filed
in in regular order and toook their
respective positions. The bride
and groom came down the aisle,
immediately preceeded by two lit
tic flower girls, and assumed their
proper place. ~ The ceremony was
then read in the most solemn and
impressive manner by the officiating
clergyman, making the two
man arid wife. The church was
brilliantly lighted and beautifully
decorated for the occasion.
A beautiful floral arch was constructed
over the place the place
the bride and groom stood, and
suspended from this was a heart,
nia./ia/^ Kit I chilft Thfl 1111.
pj^l cvu AJJ v- u |>iva u oiiumi ? ...
tial letters, "B. H. to H. B.," of
golden foil were attached to the
top of the arch.
After the marriage the bridal
party and the invited goes! repair
ed to the hospitable home of Oapt.
W. C. Hemingway, the brides fath
er, where a reception was tendered,
A sumptuous (upper was served,
and after refreshing the inner man,
the guest were charmingly enter
tained by some line selection of
music beautifully rendered b^
some of the young ladies and the
Messrs. Johnson. The bride was
the recipient of many handsome
and useful presents. We regret
that lack of the desired data prevents
us from giving a more ade
quale description of this occasion.
Our best wishes are extended
the happy couple.
Fribitd.
We havs a lot of old babbit
metal on hand for sale at 10 cents
per pound.
The County ltecord.
Damage to the Lower Bridge,
The "lower" bridge across Black
river was almost totally destroyed
last Friday by a raft of logs. Mr.
J. A. Ferrell, of Salters, was in
town the day on which the bridge
was damaged, and he said that he
saw two rafts of logs floating
down the river, with no' one
guiding them. The first of the
rafts passed under the bridge, but
the next one struck the piles and
knocked the foundation from under
about fifty feet of the bridge,
and almost the entire structure
fell into the 9tream.
There is a law on the statute
books of South Carolina prohibiting
rafts being floated down navigfcble
water ways' without someone
to gnide them, and this matchrt.iM
ho InnboH intn hv thp
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proper authorities, and the guilty
parties made to repaid the damage.
All the lates styles in job printing'can
now be done in The Couny
Kecard office.
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The County Record, $1 a year. '
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MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES.
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The Tenth of May to be Observed l*? gjfm
Kingstree.
"Memorial Day" will be appropriately
observed in Kintalree.
Recitations, speeches, etc. will be
delivered, and a large crowd is
expected to be present. Messrs. j
S. P. II. Elwell, Louis Jacobs and
E. 0. Dennis compose the oat- M
mittee on arrangements, and this
fact, of itself, assures the success- \
tnl carrying out of all plans. An
invitation will be extended camp
Presslev, U. 0. V., and and to ^
the Luke City Light Dragoons,
and it is hoped that every veteran
and every member of the com- 3S
panv will be present.
, A most interesting programme
has been prepared, and will be J
published in doe time. "Memo- M
rial Day" is just a little over two -M
weeks off, and everyone in the
county who can possibly do sot
should arrange to attend the exercises
in Kingstree. .
Joe Flemming, the negro charg- - |
.J .M _.LL! J* Oi a. a jj
eu wnn roooing dispenser oiuus, u
was given a preliminary hearing - -i
before Magistrate Brown . last
Thursday, and was committed ;
to jail to await trial at the May
term of the Conrt General Ses- s j
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Supervisor B. B. Chandler is in
Florence to day looking after the
chains, guns, etc. lor'the county
chain-gang. Mr. Chandler say*
there are several convicts from
this county who are now in the
penitentiary, whom he can have
brought here to serve on the
chain-gang, so he will not want, JS
for material to organise^ a squad. . 9
The only trouble he anticipates is
in getting a suitable man to act . J
as guard. This man murft be' ' *|
made of the right sort of MstnflT,n -"S
arid Mr. Chandler says he connot
decide upon one. .
While in Town
don't fail to call and ex- /v
amine our goods before
buying elsewhere. We n
have what you< need and at
prices that no house will attempt
to beat. Cotton-chopingis at band
and we have a nice lot of T-ioch >
solid steel goose-neck hoes which <
are going at 30 cents; a big supply
of genuine Orangeburg sweeps of
sizes at lowest possible prices.
Barnes from 25cents, up,- and the j
best curry-comb ever, offered for a
dime. Our stock of shoes is complete
; Oxfords going from 50 c. to .;
$2, and a pair of our uIodeslrucli- /.
ble" ladies' shoes will save you
money in this line. Our oil-grain
plow shoes are the best made, and <
satisfaction i9 guaranteed. Arfull
line of straw hats, first-class gro * ,
ceries, and a big lot of tobaccos-^
plug, pound, or box?are going at
extremely low figures. f
LESKSNC tfe KPM.
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