VOL. XIII. " iaXOSTRLi; C'AivOI INA. THURSDAY JTO 10, 1897. NO. 1G. J I. MirMi." AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY O^R LOCAL REPORTER AND NOTED. ; Written in Condensed Form and Printed in Like Manner for the Sake of our Weary Readers. Watermelons will soon be on the market. I There was a fish fry at Kelley's lake last Tuesday. . * Mr. T. J. Brown made a trip I to Darlington, his former home, last week. The Kingstree Academy will close its present session one week from tomorrow. Miss Lilly Maw of Sailers, has m' been spending a few days in r\ Kingslree. Miss Retta Withers, of Manning. ? - is visiting the family of Thos. M. Gilland, Esq. f Rev. W. D. Moorer went down to Charleston yesterday, on a business trip. Mr. W. E. Cook, of Scrnnton, has been in town for several days visiting friends. Ba Mrs. Martha Godfrey, of Wal pvt terboro, is visiting relatives and friends in town. Mr. R. N. Squires, of Georgeto"n, spent a day or two in >? Kingstree last week. Louis Gilland has irone to Spartanburg to attend the commencement exercises cf Cou verse and Wofford colleges. Messrs. J. B.S'eelc, of Bincharu, Walter Steele, of Rocky Mount, N. C., and W. B. Steele, of p Brownsville, are visiting their father Mr. J. .1. Steele. Mr. C. W. Wolfe, who has been 'teaching in the graded school at Bennettsville, spent a day or two f in Kingstree last week, and is now at Harris Litliia Springs, where nL ' (, he will remain lor some weeks. Capt. W. H. Kennedy,of Indian town, advertises in this issuse of the County Record that he has an ' A* engine, two gins, a corn mill and some other machinery lor sale. Mr I Read his advertisement. The Board of Registration was in session in the court house last p, Monday, Tuesday and Wednes?day. Only a few registration 4icketswere issued, the majority K? of them being for negroes S : ? Hail storms in different parts of the county were reported as having fell last Friday, doing conK siderahle damage to the growing ^ crops. If any hail fell here, we have heard nothing of it. fe* Mr. R. J. Severance, fomerly of nitv. hut. who has been iu ?s,;. Wilmington, N. 0., for the past six months, was in town Tuesday E''r-y attending to tlie duties of the depot agent while Air. Graham ??? was away. A petition has been fowar ;ed to the postal authorities praying for fj the establishment of four post* offices in this county on the roule from Mouzons to Lake City. The offices are to be AlcClams. Aloores X Roa}^ Ilebron and * Spring Branch. AIthcugh.it is just the begining i . of the summer season when busiV ness is dull everywhere except on the farms, our subscription list is constantly on the increase, nearly every day we add new names of ^ prominent people from different I parts of the county. Miss Lula Bfiaw, of OadeS, Spent a day or two in town last week. Mr. B O. Bristow, of Darlington, spent Mondi.y in Kingstree. Mr. S. B. llainer of Suiters, paid us a very pleasant call last Monday. Miss Mary-Anna Davis, ol Manning, is visiting the Misses Kelley. Mr. W. Gowdy, one of the substantial residents 01 tne uaues section, made us a visit last Moil day morning. F. Barron Grier, Esq., of Greenwood, spent several days in Kingstree this and last week. Mr. Grier was once a citizen of this place, end has a host of friends here all of whom were glad to see him on our streets again. He is meeting with abundant snccess in his iegal practice at Greenwood, and has been elected city attorney for that place Mr. Grier will always meet with success, it matters not where he locates, or, at least, that's what his friends say. FIRE NEAR ROME: Mr. J. B. Barrineau Loses His Residence and Furniture. J. B. Barrineau suffered the misfortune of losing his dwelling and its entire contents by fire last Saturday night. The family had all retired, and when the fire was discovered it had gained such tremendous headway that it was im possible to save anything from the burning building. Even the clothof every member of the family was consumed, ?he inmates of the home themselves barely escaping with their lives. There was no insurance on any of the property, and the loss falls i heavily upon Mr. Barrineau. His ' little baby was very ill at the time 1 of the fire, and it is now thought < that the exposure to the night air t> which it was subjected will cause its death. Mr. Barrineau has the sympathy ot his friends throughout the county. -w~ Against Mr. McConnell. Justice E. B. Gary, of the Supreme Court, heard at his chambers in Columbia last Saturday the motion ofThos/M. Gilland, Esq., , in behalf of Mr. Ervin M. Smith, in the case against Mr. J. Z. MoCounell, Jr., praying that the latter be required to turn over the books, furniture, papers, etc belonging to the office of probate judge for Williamsburgcounty to Mr. Smith. Judge Gary granted an order requiring Mr. McConnell to turn over the office to the complainant and as Mr. McConnell's counsel, Col. B. Pressley Barron, was ill and unable to attend the hearing, Mr. McConnell has been advised to refuse to Hrrn over up rm Mr Snliitrs demand, and a I motion will be made to have the case reopened. If this motion is refused, an appeal will be made to the full bench of the Supreme Court. In the meantime, Mr. McCounell will still hold over. joHNsairs CHILL AND FEVER TONIC Cures Fever In One Day. If we miss a local or personal about any happenings of our town dont get offended, we cant be at but one place at a time, and some people seem to think it a crima to give us a local. illljll ML A LONG LETTER CONTAINING MANY INTERESTING NOTES. The Condition of the Crops.?A Very Amusing Story.?Peronal Paragraphs. Miss Iiosa Graham is on a visit to friends in Sumter county. % Miss Mat lie Graham lias re turned from the Sumter Institute. Miss May Godwin, who has been teaching school ai Trio, will return home Friday. Miss Lizzie Nesmifh, who was recent 1> poisoned at a picnic by some weed, has entirely recover ed. Last Sunday Rev. Mr. Holland delivered an able sermon at the Black Mingo Baptist church from 1 Cor., 3, 13. There will ! e spivices at Iniliantown next Saturday and Sunday. Sunday will be communion day. A number of Kingstrt people will be down. Mr. Reginald J. Nesmith, the popular and expert book-keeper for the well-known linn pf F. Rhcrn & Sons, is at Ins post < again after a week's illness. Win. I). Shaw, ex-editcr of the i ol-o citv Timps. is on an pxten cled visit to his aant| Mrs. Lydia Mesmith. Mr. Shaw says he is 1 enjoying life, and could never be ; unhappy here where there arr so many whortleberries and big fish. It will not be many "long summer days" ere we will have the lucious melons. Every farmer has planted melons, and there is a friendly rivelry as to w ho shall pull the first one and raise (he most. Mr. J. 0. Josev has a cantaloupe in his 4 patch" that measures 1G inches in diameter. The crops in this section are ' very fine. It was a hard matter , with some farmers to get a good stand of corn. The rice crop promises to yield abundantly. , The oat crop is practically a fail . ure. There is no tobacco planted in this section of the county, in fact, there is none between this place and Lake City. ( The people here are sick and disgusted with the dispensary ; now. Soiyie of them would prefer . to have whiskey sold at every ' cross roads rather than have things continue as they are. More of < fices, higher taxes?dishonest officers. Mr. Editor, "rip 'em up the back and lace 'em down the front." We need your assistance. Next Saturday is "Children's Day" at Jackson's Chapel. The people of this community anticipate a big time. Mr. Darwin McConnell and Misses Lilah Cook ?.?/! Y'l'i.rvi'11nL'?r snurpd a 1114 ? 11 VVUVI uw vv no time in "practicing1' the chil dren for the exercises on that day. Mr. Editor, we would be delighted to have you with us. We will give you a good time. We cannot promise you any "unbroken packages" or anything like that, but we will certainly feed you. We would warn you, how ever, that the red bug and tick crop is flourishing, and would advise you to provide yourself with a pair of tweezers and a bottle of "Keel-over. You have been publishing some pretty tough stories about setting hens and eggs, Mr. Editor, and now we wisli you to publish the following very laujrh- J able incident, which actually happened, and if any of you readers are disposed to doubt it. we respectfully refer them to that well-known farmer, Mr J. C. Josev: Before the wjA- all pants cloth was-made on a loom at home from yarn that had been spun and dyed in indiiro, oak buds, walnut hulls, etc. Just after the war Mr. , of Tillers Ferry, Kershaw county, had a new Sunday isuit made ol this clo h of vari{rated colors. It had been dyed with i ..... I .a t lilllln ulrt oml llinca I ' U <1111141 Jllllia tit., cinvt uivnv ouuii.1 were not washed out of ihe yarn. One hot summer Sundry Ms. 1 walked about a mile lo ( church. Wnen he arrived there 1 he was very warm and perspira- ? lion had dampened his suit, cans- * in;: the dye to "run%" at the same ' time creating an unhealthy ' odor. Mr. who who some- 5 what superstitious, became alar- * med. He went lo the pastor and ( said he wished to be immersed 1 tiiat afternoon, hs he would soon 5 leave this world. "I am ' mortifying now," he urged* ear- ' nest ly, "lam decaying; I stinks! ; I stinks!1'' After the sermon the 1 minister, with solemn face and 1 sad tone, announced that Ero. ' , would be immersed in a { mill pond near there at 4 o'clock 1 that afternoon. That he expec- 1 led to die soon, as he was morti- 1 lying then, decomposition having ' already set in. Mr. Editor, this ' is a bad one, but Ah. Josey is a ' man of unquestioned veracity,' 1 and says he saw the young man ' immersed. I hope this communicalion de- 1 servers the space it will occupy J in your newsy columns. 1 "Blue Steel.'" ' . - , t Base Ball Today. ( Ther/? will be a game of base ( hall here this afternoon at the ( grounds just beyond the residence of Mj. Louis Jacobs, between the J 'sluggers"and the ''regulars." The , zame will be called promptly at 4 o'clock. The public generally, * .1 - ^ ana me james priitumu^, ?uc ^ invited to attend. The following: is the complexion ofthe two nines: fie ''sludgers11?G T Bullard, W V Brockinton, C J Lesesne, II A ' Graham, W G Elwell, J ZMcCon- j neil, Montie Jacobs, VVillam Scott ij and R K Wallace; The''regulars" ?Nappie Jacobs, Hay McClary, Tony Brown, Joe Arms, Willie j Dunlop, Hoxie Askins, Julian Ja- f cobs, E C Dennis and A E Salters. j With a very large stock of shoes on hand jmd having already bought extensively for fall shipment we , wish to sell down our stock in the ^ next sixty days, and anyone nfceding a pair will do we I to call on us. before buying. We also have a very large line of plug tobacco " which we wish to reduce. It is of various qualities and is being of- ' fered at bargain prices. Straw ; hats, too, are things that we do j not carry over from one season ;o | another and what we have le/l must go. Come to us for it cool ( summer hat. We have some horse collar pads, back bands, hames, trace chains, and other ph>w gear ! that wc are closing out. Do you i>eed any of this stuff? Gome early. When vou want, pure* fresh , groceries, call on LESfiSKK & EITS. ' There is an old saying, and a lure one, there is no telling, what a man is worth until he jj dead and his funeral expenses paid. t CHUB'S Iff f. THE PEOPLE OF MT. VERNON CHURCH ENJOY LIFE. A Lengthy Communication From the Pastor of the Church.?A Day Full of Pleasure. On Saturday, May 22nd, about 10 o'clock, the Mi. Vernon people rnlhcred to celebrate "rhildien's day." The exercises were opened by prayer by the pastor, which was tit and proper indeed to first iive thanks unto Him who said, sutler little children to come unto roe, and lbrbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of and." Tlte address of welcome was then delivered by a little ; ;irl?quite a tot. Beautiful floyirs were twined in her hair and >etween the lines one might read i the song of the angels as they jang by night to the shepherds, 'Glory to God in the highest, and i >ii earth peace., good will toward i lien/' Alter the welcome, finite i i lengthy program tee was fol- i owed, in which the school relented honor npon their trainers ind themselves. At the close ! of the exercises they formed 'I hemselves in line and were led. >y a handsome young woman and j i tall thin fellow of more than hirty summers to a bountiful i tinner. When the table was i eached, they went not as the I :ood book says, 4klhe sheep on "j he riirht and the iroats on the < -0 eft," but the boys were to the ight and the girls to the left fhe crowd showed lull well its mowledgq of a good thing by he way it tarried at the table. \nd even the modest girls, that perhaps had collected a whole lalf dozen grains of rice and set heir dainty mouths going al ither times, now stood firm and strong and shoveled rice, chicken, ihicken pie, pork, cakes and uistards, and so many other good , hings that it makes me want my supper to think of it, like Tropins. After dinner the crowd mjoyed the afternoon in different ' vays, some of the men sat and alked of corrr and cotton, while heir wives had much to speak of ; in dther lines. But th$ young < people put in I he time in their i )\vn peculiar way. Some of the x>vs and young men and old bachelors sat and talked together, ind like Moses of of oM viewed the promised land from a. distance. Others of quite another turn ol mind, thought that distanc?-.?uo longer lent enchantment, and Irew near to the daughters of Eve, giving good heed to the words that fell trom their lips. It was a great time for old bachelors, and as they looked upon the fair darghters of men and talked with ihem, their hearts grew roungonce more. "Hope springs sternal in human breast." They saw by faith their lonely homes 1 presided'over by queens "They ^ra.tr 1 nhh/'iicinn vvn'rcp f*m>. 3a w ui v vuaiiMoivu .?./.ww ww.. founded/' that reigns snpremre|i 11 a bachlor's camp driven out by law and order. But alas in the midst ' Df all these dreams the parting L-ame. I'-rhaps never again shall all that crowd meet tfll we stand before the judgement bar of God. Kven Mu re we may part again-, for some will go to life eternal, but perhaps not all. Men grow aid, not in proportion to the years they live, but as their Hearts grow aid. There was one in the crowd who seemed to have learned this lesson, and after more than eighty years to day he -is younger than many of us at thirty. Since then [,'!X this gcribe has decided to try not? to grow old. There wer? sereralj! among us from a certs in totvjjjkfl away to the west. Among fliet^U a certain one whom Juno ait^^H Venus might gladly call Riste? j| Happy theyoutlrtanght by hef ; to drink at the fountain ot Inowl-.^jj edge and iproud the n*ati#bomfc' V site calls friend. Now ray p#-^ tient readers, a long farewell. Robert C. Boulwaw. -i MARRIAGE AT SAMPtT. Mr. C. Huggins and Miss Callieig , Brown Join Hands. Mr. Charlie B. Hugging one of the most popular and big-hearted men ol our section^. Has married If on Tuesday evening, May 25th, the Methodist churchy at Saropity* 1 Georgetown county, to Miss Bourne, daughter of Jonuir J&|1 '' Bourne, ot 8ampit. I did not havwH the pleasure of being present, and.-9 cannot give you $ description the event, but I have learned'from >|g friends of Mr. Huggins who wertf^H present at the happy occasion thai |j it was a beautiful wedd&g^ aod^was largely attended. a> * hrido was a vprv nAtiriihr mISwH-'. Iady, she was the recipientof many? * handsome and costly ptescHtg.- ;."f; Mr. and Mrs. Hugging gave reception to (heir friend & on- \ evening of their arrival at bo^wB :he 26th ult., which was a {pratnd^l and enjoyable affair. No^Witb* M standing nature has done se much o beautify Mr. Muggins's plaoe, more was done in an artificial and irtisl:c way by Miss Rena Luetty x lady of accomplishments and very line taste, ably assisted by Mrs. Excie Keilb, Mrs. A. L. Sinsnons and Mrs. Mallie Hoggins, si* vjj ;ers of the groom. Evergreens,. $ grasses and flowers were teed in he decorations,* which w#e.e*-; juisitely beautil jfl. Arte? speed-' ng several hours in a pleasant se- | rial way, (he guests were invited * jut to supper) and such a sup Ml' vi js it wasf A table the fall length. t if the dining room, berotft'ilHgr^j lecorafed aftd fairly groanibg betitatli the we^gftil ofa-lmost every- V i hiuz good know? to tbe cullinary art. After supper the crowd in- j iu'lged in games, out door ^ etc., till a late hour. Tfer^H the-Width of Public Roadit % Editor County Record: Will you please tell me, and >" f >r the benefit of yoor subscribers, -i what is the width of the publfo roads o&?e