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VOL. XIII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY MAY 20, 18^7. NO. 13. lis of m iisi A COLUMWOF NtWS PICKED UP AROUND TOWN ' And Put Into Short Paragraphs - For Qtmtk Reading Bv Busy People. N Mr. U. I). Rollins has been over to Columbia. Tiruics are now the order ol he daw Read RediPefc 'jj new advertisement this wetfc. It should interest voir. Mr. W. lv. Ceok, of Scranton, visited in Kingstree several days fliis >veek. The Ringftree academy will will close i?s present sess'on oh JunelSth. Col. if. Press'ey Barron, of Manning, was'in attendance upon court here this week. Mr. W. S. Lynch spent a Jay 6r two at feis father's hotne last 1 it: week. > Mr. Eltj^enie liirsch s"pent Sun nap in town visiting bis father, M. J. Hirsch, E*s<f. Messrs. U. G Askin's .and T. j Brown made a trip to' Lake City last Sunday. j" Mrs. Geo. T. Billiard and-child are visiting the l'ornVer's' parents ?i Che raw. 'fhe ladies of the Presbyterian church serVed ice cream and cake at Kinder'? store last Monday. Fhe picnic at Kinders grove Past Fri.hiv \V.KvVcll attended and J was vei'y nitfclv a ;?uccfcss. A fish irv at the old seine-yard tomorrow (Friday) will attract the attention fit our voting lc^ks. Miss Maude Logan has gone to Banner's Elk, N. C., where she will spend some months. I The river has been very low for s me time pasf, and large numbers of fish have been caught. Mr. C. L. Yates, general agent for the Mutual Insurance company of Greenville, 6pent several days in town last week. There was an extra large crowd in town on Monday, but not an unusual amount of business was transacted. The Union Sunday school pic nic at Bome last Saturday was largely attended and much enjoyed by all present. There was some horse-raceing last Monday afternoon, but we did not heaT which horse came oat victorious. There will be a picnic at Johnsonville next Saturday. We acknowledge a very fcittd' invitation to attend, and wrll certainly try to be there. Married','ai the resrdeike of Mr. ?T. C. Cox, by the Rev. S. T. Russell on May T2, 1897', M?. G. C. Parsbns, of this county, to Mrs: A. l?. Miller, of Georgetown. Mi( si: F. Heller and Mr. tx! T. Bullafd left Monday for Anderson, to represent the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias at the (jTand Lod; e The Columbia correspondent of 5? _ the News and Courier in his letter of the thirteenth stated that the attorney-general had looked into the recent act of the legislature, and that Williamsburg county could borrow $4,275 of the sink iagfund. "V is.-rbh ivt .?fc && HLtiato-.V*- - tr ri ay.f^rr - - W it, -."Y'rti Dr. Graham-, dentist, of Darlington has a card in this issue which should be ot interest, to those in need of the professional services ol such a man. What has become of the base! ball team which was organized I some time ago? Several good games would furnish lots ot amuse ment for our citizens these long hot afternoons. Captain W. H. Kennedy, one of Williamsburg's Representatives in the General Assembly, ami the l\? I Lor Lai AI' Puv \V H I iiii uvi rii iun **v ? j [lodges, spent several days in i Manning visiting relatives.?Manning Times. If you have a bull yearling you want to sell, advertise it in The Record ami we will guarantee wrinkles won't grow on its horns before you get a customer for it. Readers of advertisement will see the point in this paragraph. There was recently some talk of giving an ice-cream festival' here, the proceeds derived from which to be applied to the fund for a felce to be built around the cemetery,- but the idea seems to have been abandoned. We want correspondent irom Vox, Lambert, Jay, Chapman, Rollins, Rome, Church, Johnsonville, Cades. Lanes, Salters, Greeleyville, Trio Browns, Fowlers, Harpers, and one or two other places. Write for terms. As a mark of appreciation for tbe sei vices rendered by the school in the "Memorial Day" exercises. Mr Louis Jacobs invited the teachers and ail the scholars around to eat ice cream last Mon day. Mr. Geo. S. Barr, the genial and popular manager of the Coleman House, has recently had his place repainted and otherwise improved The hotel is .now in better shape than ever before and Mr. Barr is entitled to the praise of the business men ot the town for having it so. In naming the county board of pensioners last week we inadvertently omitted the name of Dr. S. D. M. Byrd. The board is composed of Messrs. James McCutcheii, Louis Jacobs, H. H. Kinder and S. D. M. Dvrd, and we should have so stated last week. The secretary of the meeting handed us a report of the proceedings, and it was entirely our fault that the error occurred. A complaint has reached us that no package containing the County liecords was received at the llome postoflice last week. We wish to say that if such was the case the fault was that of the postal authorities after the packace 'eft the Kincstree Dostoflice, as the post master here says that it certainly was sent away along with the other packages as usual. JOHNSON'S CHILL AND FEVER TONIC Cures Fever In One Day. It is a good policy to look wise and say nothing; but if you can't do both," omit the former as the least impor'ant. An exchange aptly remarks: 'The modest mail" who 'doesn't want his name in tke paper' is the irate individual who raises I particular Cain when the editor (leaves it out." V-? ' '' .V.y : * : ii a i! iff?! uk! j ;the wheels of justice have been grinding. ? The May Term of the Court of j General Sessions' for Williamsburg County.The regular May term oithel Court of General Sessions tor [ Williamsburg county convened at j 10 o'clock last Monday morning, j Judge I>. A. Townsend. solicitor Jno. 8. Wilson at,d stenographer L. I. Parrott were all in their res- J pective places and a very short; time was consumed in arranging! the jsual preliminaries. The grand jury was on hand, and the presiding judge's charge was clear concise and to the point. He impressed upon the jurors the responsibility of their position, saying thai they possessed more power than any other body of men or any individual. "No bills" were returned in the cases against Jas. L. Melton, charged with libel, and Joe r lemming, charged with burglary and larceny. This last case was the one of the dispensary robbery, and as it thus siands, there is no 1 one charged with .the robbery at 1 all. ! John Green plead guilty of the 1 charge of housebreaking and lar- 1 ceny and was sentenced to nine ' months on the county chain- ' gang. The first case tried was that ^ against Joe Hamlin, alias Joe , Holmes, and Willie Young, two ' young colored men charged with housebreakirg and larcenv. Thev o - I were without counsel and were found guilty with a recommendation to mercy, and were sentenced hv .1 nfl??p TruviKsPml In tpn mmilhc ' ? , each at hard laboi on the county chaia-gang, or in the State peni teutiary. The next case was ' # | against Furraan Harris, colored, charged with assault and battery { with intent ti kill and carrying concealed weapons. Harris had had a row with Mr. W. W. Miles, | the marshal at Scranton, last , Christmas day and shot him twice. The evidence was almost j all one way, and the jury was out only a short while when it re turned a verdict as to the charge , of assault and battery with intent s to kill. Harris was sentenced to ( two years at hard labor, or $300 | fine. Harris was represented by ( Jno. A. Kelly, Esq. Next follow- < ed the case against Nathan Wil- j liams ane Jno. Kirby, white charg edwith assault and battery of a hiirh and airsrravated nature. The defendants were represented by J no. A. Kelly, Esq., and T. JV1. j Gilland, Esq., appeared for the State. The assault was said to have been committed upon the 1 person of Mr. S. A. Brown. The '' jury returned a verdict of guilty. The counsel requested the judge to be very light in passing sen i tence, owing to the extreme pev- I erty of the men. The sentence was one year or $100. The next and last case was that of Dave D. Shaw, charged with selling property under lien. Capt Kelly also appeared for this defendant. The jury was out only a short lime when it returned with a verdict of "not guilty." The graud'arid petit juries were both discharged' Tuesday afternoon. There is no school up less the father, the mother, the teacher, and the pupil keep school together. MEETINGOF THE PENSION BOARD No Important Business Attended to.? Another Meeting. A meeting of the county pension board was held in the courthouse last Monday, the 1 |Tth inst.! The full board consisting of Messrs. j Jas. McCulchen, S. D. M. Byrd.j Louis Jacobs and II. II. Kinder, was present. Upon motion of Dr. - Byrd, Air. Jacobs was elected secretary of the board. As sufficient notice bad not, been given of this meeting, and as tlie necessary blanks bad not heretofore been available the township boards bad not teen able to get all appli 1 cations in proper shape for the { action of the county board, hence < after transaction of routine bus- < iness an adjournment was taken i until next Monday the 24th inst. Applicants for pensions and j township boards are notified that j this will, necessarily, be the last j meeting of this board, and all ap- j plications not acted upon tuat: j day will ot meceive attention. ] Fishing in Williamsburg County. Editor County Record:? We are told thai there is an act ( of the legislature whick prohibits the stretching offish nets or traps across navigable streams during certain months of tlie year. If there is such an act, please be kind enough to publish same or iglve substance of it for the benefit of a great many interested par- 1 ties. The writer, as well as others, 1 lias land extending to the run of Mingo Swamp, and when not ob- f ?tructed a great many fish find their way up to our lakes during ^ Iia cnrirwr om<l ctimmor mnn the i AAV utiu euiuuivt luwutnc which makes it pleasant as well is profitable in spending a day Sshing with hook and line. For ' [he last year or so our lakes have yeilded very poor returns for a \ Jay at angling, and we believe { Ihe cause to be that of obstruction if the stream. S.- ( Black Mingo, S. C. May 14, '97. Section 410 of i he Revised Sta- ? lutes of South Carolina, Vol.2, c reads: uIt shall not be lawful for any ! person in the counties of Horry c * * * Georgetown * * * c Williamsburg and Richland to fish with nets or gigs, or set traps, or j shoot fish with any kind of gun ^ Df the fresh waters, rivers, creeks, j lakes or other streams in said counties between the 1st dav of May and the 1st day of September 1 iu any year hereafter.'' * * GOURDINS, 1 Miss Lula Keels, of Sumter is , visiting at this place and at Lanes. Miss Anna McClary. of Bonr.eaus. is spending some time around here. I The crops are all looking nicely * around here. We wish our far- 1 mers an abundance of success ihe coming fall. Miss Floy Chandler, from near Kings tree is visiting relatives near this place. Mr. W. T. Pitt man returned home last Friday from Virginia, where he has been attending college. Mr. Pitt man is" not looking as well now as when he left here last Christmas, but we hope to see him fatten up soon. Miss M. A. DuBose, ol Camden, who has been teaching school near here for several months has retsrned to her home, much to the regret of her scholars and friends. t N. I II MS. MATTERS OF INTEREST OCCURING THERE From Day to Day, Gathered and Put Into Readable Shape by a Record Reporter. Mr. W. 8. Eaddy iitid wile, of the Prospeet section, were in town Tuesday, the guests of Dr. A. II. Williams. Died, at her home in this place.. 1.. .? -..I.... M .... Nf JI1 HIM rilUin KMMIIIII-, 1UI?. JU. A. McAlister, aged about SO years. Mr. C. T. McCoy, who lor acme time has been assisting Mr. J. II. Grim siev as agent and telegraph operator at this place, has resigned md returned to his home in Wilmington. Rev. and Mrs. X. R. Pitt man, of Mexico City, Mo., are visiting the former's brother,- Rev. A. McA. Pittman, of this place. Mr. N. It. Pitt man preached a Very interest ing sermon at the Baptist church last Sunday morniag. Dr. J. Clyde Fulmore, of Lake Stir om/1 Fir W -I HiitioMpn nf fohnconville, are spending a lew lays in Columbia. Mr. R. J. Severance, of Wilmiugon, N. C., and his sister, Miss Errine Severance, of Lanes, .spent ast Sunday here with their paents. Mr. J. T. Dudley, of the Benlettsviile Bar, spent last Saturday n town. 4 Mr. J. B. McCutchen spent a ew days in Charleston last week. Messrs. J. Buckner Floyd and j. W. Skinner, of Darlington, visted here last Friday and Saturday. Mk. J. A. WhHtington, of Darington, was iu town last Sunday. Mr. W. E. Cook, of Sferanton, vas in town a short while last Saturday. Mr. H. CJ. Edwards, recently had >n exhibition on our streets an >at stalk which measured six feet itid comained 140 grains. Who :an beat this? Mrs. Annie Nesmith, of Black Hingo, and Mrs. H. C. Tallevast, >f Cades, were in town last Tueslay. Misses Lula Shaw and Lizzie ?pps and Mrs. Huggins, of Cades, it tended the festival at this place < ast Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon Kirb.v, of Lynchburg, spent Tuesday in town. Mayor W. E. Severance and Mr. Pritchard Moody spent Sunday light in our little sister city, Scran on. Mr. Carl W. Hill spent Sunday vith relatives in Darlington. Mrs. Damie Kirbv, of Lynch >urg, and Misses Lora and Sarahrane Eaden, of St. Stephens, were n town last Tuesday. < " v -I Johnson's Chill and Fe- j ver Tonic is a ONE-DAY | Cure.' It cures the most' i stubborn case of Fever in 24 Hours. In vonr teaching use language hat your pupils understand. Dr. Graham . DENTIST, Darlington,' - B. C.' I will pay the traveling expenses of anyone giving me work to :be amount of $10 or over. / * r ,s THEY COULDN'T AGREE. -f$| So One Gave up and. Died; the Other Succeeded. Once upon a' time two frojps got into a eoof well. Accidently . they werodrawn up in a bucket^ of water Jbv.a pious rrfilk dealer/ who used the water to give the milk more body(?.) The frogs/ * very much astonished to find J themselves in a new ele/henf, had. t to kick viirorouslv to keea.fheir beads above the milk'. Finally one got tired, became dishearten-. ;p ed, and said: "Let's give up and go to the bottom; its* no nse to | . ?u * .a kick any longer.'* The oGbtr l said: "Oh no; lets keep kicking- ^ as long as we can arid' see what. the outcome will be; things may take a turn." But the first frog gave up and/; sank to the bottom. The other 3 kepi cn kicking and when the milk man opened his era in team the frog had kicked out a of buttdr big enough to float on' J and was resting very <forafortabfy. < . Moral: If you cannot^get tf bat/; you want at ifrsl trial, jivsV keep;;| right on kicking until soinkhimr' it else turns up. That last lot e?^ job printing you' got ftj may ndt ( have been satisfactory. ..We. car? * satisfy you in this line, and no kicking will be necessary. Give us a trial order. Letter hetde^fl bill heads, envelopes, statements, cards, circulars, etc., delivered ^ short notice. ^ . The F&tfcii at UlkdHy.' The festival at take City lftet ^ ^ Friday night was cjuite$ aucceep&| 1 The walking and iiiikinr doib' were sblcl at aucticn'by Mr. B, O. Bristow, of Darlington,' the > ranging from 50 cents to the sale of the dolls the people * passed off. the time eating ica^- | cream, cage, sirawoernes, etc. *W* $ in various other ways di&ii a boot v| 12 o'clock/whfen the bicycle p?a- J rade began, tn this Mr. J^rank* A Singletary and Mis3 Linnie lee won the cake. After this came * the voting for the mo6t popylmr { youngladv. Miss Georgia Rollins won the cake/ though thd Votih g I was very close. The two ? ing the highest number of votes k were Misses Louise Floyd, who '* received 29, and Miss Rollins, who received 30. Several others receiv- > ed a very complimentary votes. The receipts of the evterfibjg ! amounted to 155/ net profit was "*J $39.52. The Members of the Baptist church'feel" very grateful to % all the people who attended the festival and contributed so liber- j Hotel Arrivals. * t Tht* following is a list of the arrivals; at the Coleman Hotel folr the past '' week: M. B, Lucas, E. C. Rush, C. R Boulware. W. J, Carter,John Eppv^gf N, D. Lesesne, M. II. FWircs,C. L. Yates, J". A. Eclie, V. H. Jfickle, D. ? A. Townsend, Jno. S. Wilson, C. J. *. ^ Lesesne, R. D. Rollins, B.L. Nesmith, F.Rhem, W. C. Rollins, B, B Chandler, L.I. Parott, B. Pressley Barron, I)r. 8. M. Gamble, RE. Me Knight, B. Wallace. Jopes^Sr. C -J G. Carsleii, S. L. Booty, J. p. Cox, W. W. Johnson, )V. R Cooper, J. P Wheeler, KJi S^uis, E. fl. SaulsjDr. j S. I). M. ByrcU IJarvy. L. Byrd, r Robt Ford,Dr, I. N.Boyd,W. B.Me, k Cant, J. E. Dpvis, E. f.. Hanes, W. D. Bryan, S.. M. Mathews, C, E. ^ Wheeler, S.JL Bultlea,. W H Can|i j ubell, 8. Mc. B. Scott, >L S. Hjrsch, V;| J. M. Cooper, S. M. Gowdy, W. L. 'i Airman, J. B. Salters, J. N. Ham met B. F. Brock inton, Jr. Edwin Harper James McCutchen, 8* Atkinson, 6, '>a Boston, W. M. Tigdale, Charles Eppe | Leonard Rea, J. Brofraan, 8. liiractf' \ man, Jon. M. Nexscn.