VOL. XIII. KINGSTREE SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY22, 1897. ^ NO; ! licymT AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL Ky , REPORTER AND NOTED. k . * Written in Condensed Form and Printed jr?;> in Like Manner lor the Sake of our Weary Readers. Clean up around vour premises. Are hot: pens conducive to the ? ' health of a town: Mr. M. F. Heller made a trip to P Charleston last week. Mr. William Gourdin spent El-s Sunday in Kinjrstree. It is against the law to throw wa'ernielon rinds on the streets. Read the bridge notice of the county supervisor in another column. Miss Annie Thompson left Friday for a month's visit to her old home. Mr. F. 0. Withers, of the Col umbia State, was in town a while ? last week. l'he Rev. W. S. Martin and b family, of Charleston, are visiting relatives in Kincstree. fMiss Marie Dunlop of Williams burg County is visiting Miss Wylrna Wall.?Marion Star. Mr. Joel K. Rrunson's family has returned to Sumter for the remainder of the summer. A Sunday school will be organized at the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning. Dir. McP. McL. Alford, of Bingham, is spending some days in town, the guest of Dr. D. C. Scott. >* m i_ _ r t? _ fro!, fl. 1. COOK, 01 ruriiiiiu '/ Z'f " University, Greenville, ?S. C.,spent ? ? several days here last week iu t lie , V interest of his college. Mrs. JT. Sullivan and children ? will leave this morning for | Pelzer, where they expect to visit fDr several days. Miss Kate DuRant, of Sumter, spent several days in town with Miss,Anna K'well last week. She is now visitintr the Misses Bell, K " " 1.. . out at Fowlers. There was a race between Mr. W. W. Graysos bay mare and Mr. P. B. Thome's bay horse last r'. Friday in which Mr. Grayson's nag was victorious, -t" A special meeting of the board jn of county commissioners will be held on August 2nd. See the adEJk ^ vertiseir.ent of the county supervisor in another column. Mr. J. H airy Lesesne. of Manning, came in with the campaign party last Thursday night and spent Friday in Kingstree with his brother, Mr. C. J. Lesesne. Mr. Lesesne will represent Clar endon in the fctate Senate next vear. & The county chain-gang, under the efficient supervision of Mr. I J. S. Howie, has been doing some good work on tie Greeleyville toad, just accross Black river. When the job is completed that part of the road will be in better condition than it ever has been before. Mr. W. R. Funk, who was ' awarded the contract of rebuilding the river bridge has not yet * begun the work though he tells us he will have the work completed by August 20th. He says he is preparing the material, so as to be able to place it in position within a short time, lie pyy - does not expect to have the place impassable more than ten days or M:-k -two weeks. k Wholesale Slaughter of Dogs, j A clog supposed lo have been! {suffering from hydrophobia candied no little excitement in town I last Monday, lie went all over j town fight ng every dog with which he came in contact. Finally a party of young men caught and killed it at the residence of Thos. j M. Gilland, Esq., late in the af ternoon. The rabid canine having bitten several dogs belonging to our citizens, Tuesday was a regular slaughter-day" tor ihe animals. Early Tuesday morning the town marshall went around town kill ing every dog that had been bitten the day before. He drew the line at none, where the owner said kill him. Several very valuable dogs were shot, while it was a good riddance to kill others. About 'fifteen in all were killed. It is still doubtful in the minds of some that the strange dog was really mad and, as a result, some of the dogs that were bitten by it were not killed. Base Ball Last Friday. The Indiantown base ball club played a frame with the Kind's tree niMelast Friday which resulted in an easily won victory for the latter. For six innings the local team kept the visitors from making any runs at all. In the fourth inning Gilland, of kingstree, struck J. Ervin, of Indiantown, on the jaw with a pitched ball knocking him down and inflicting a painful wound. This seemed to rattle the pitcher and he became uwild,'* allowing the Iudiantownclub to make nine runs. The game was cot very interest ing, but there was a great amount' of applause. The vi iting team was made up as follows: McUuichen, W., Bamhill, Hanna, J., Ervin, K., Daniel, McCntchen, J., Ervin, E., Ervin, J., Epps. Jn the fifth Hanna, D., was substituted for Ervin, J., who had been hurt by a pitched ball. The following score tells of the game b> innings: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S 9 Indiantowo-0 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 2-12. Kingstree -4 5 1 2 3 2 0 17 *-34. A CARD. Editor County Record:? The time is approaching for the election of municipal officers ot the town of Kingstree. It is important that the electors of the town should select worthy and competent men to administer the affairs of the municipality. I respectfully suggest Mr. Edwin Harper for the office of intendant. lie is a practical, energetic and enterprising business man, acquainted with conducting large interests; a man of good judgment and clear economical views as to how the funds of the town should be expended, and the order and welfare of the people subserved. When the ticket is made up let Mr. Harper's name be at the lTead of it. July 20.1S97. Merit. There will be an eclipse of the sun next Thursday, July 20th, visible all over the United States. It will be in the form called annular; that is to say, the sun will appear as a ring of light around the outside black body of the moon. The eclipse begins at 8:31 and ends at 11:12 o'clock a. m. Impure water is ino^t common cause of typhoid fever. 1 OWN li| THE SIX CONGRESSIONAL ASPIRANTS IN KINGSTIJEE. A Gcodly Crowd at the Court House to Hear the Harangues of the Candidates. The Congressional campaign meeting was held in the court house here last Friday. About 200 persons were present and aH of the speakers were given a respectful herring. Every candidate was given some applause ;it rlfwp of his address, and one, Bigham, was frequently intern pted by el iters. Promptly at 11:30 o'clock chairman Kennedy called the meeting to order and introduced as the first speaker 1!0N. JAMKS NORTON. Mr. Norton said he wished to discuss the i sues that effected the pocket book of the people, and they were the tariff and silver.but first called attention to the fact that four candidates accused himself end Mr. Johnson of being over-ambitious; as having good oflices and aspiring for higher ones, lie said John L. McLaurin did not resign his office as Congressman until he had a com mis sion as Senator in his pocket, so it was not necessary lor him to resign as comptroller-general in order to run lor Congress. If defeated lie would accept the result with good grace and would work right on for the Democratic party. He is not a lawyer, but two-thirds of the Congressmen are lawyers, and that is enough. He then touched on the tariff slightly. Said it should hear equally on all sections. He favors a graduated license so as to make taxes equal, lie then attacked the Uniteil States Supreme court on its income tax decision. He said that manufactured tobacco was taxed six cents a pound, and he did not favor it. It takes between four and a half and five hundred mil lions of dollars every year to run this government, and that is two much. He l'avors import duties, and high ones. FEri> D. BRYANT, of Marion, was the next speaker. He complimented Gen. Norton on his manly speech. He said we all agree on the silver question. He cannot see where the free coinage of silver will remedy all our evils, but is willing to try it. The north and east, he said, are against the south and west. The Republicans have a majority in Congress and we can do nothing until that is overcome. We are mistaked when we advocate protection, said he. That is a Republican doctrine. He >loes not favor absolute free 'rade. We cannot get an equal tariff, so it 1 is useless to try. We should not be in position to be charged with being Protectionists, but should be above suspicion. Too much importance is attached to the money (question. We must iigni on some other issue. He had never sought office before, lie had served his country in war, but his country had never honored him. He does not oppose the free coinage ot silver, but we must study the question more. Watch out lest the west gets the best Oi tne south on the silver question. We must be cautious in trying new things. Let everybody vote as his conscience die tatcs. d. w. m'lauri.v was the next introduced. As he was feeling badly he spoke only a short while, lie attacked Mr. Bryan': {'or beinjr on a nejrro ticket in 18'JO. Mr. Bryant explained that I is name was placed there without his knowledge or con sent. McLanrin?That is his side. Bry mt?That is the truth. McLaurin?There is another side. You are to jud?e by the election returns. He then said that Bryant and his iriends had rrailed This was denied l v Brv ant. McLaurin said that it would not do to send a man to Congress who woti'd run on a ticket with negroes. Johnson says voted for Haskell. lie, too, is dangerous. Here an interesting colloquy occurred between McLauriu and Johnson. Johnson said McLaurin was on slippery ice. McLaurin said Johnson was a bulldozer. This Johnson denied. They disputed lor a while Johnson having the crowd with him. McLaurin then said he had been a lot of good in State matters and would be a good man in Congress. He had helped estabhshClemson and Rock Hill. Mr. McLaurin only spoke IS mi'nntoc rnuArvintr fht? rest, of his time to be used at the close of the meeting. j. e. f.li.krbe was t he fourth speaker. He said he meet his bosses in the people. He had no understanding with any man. Js running on his merits. Is willing to discuss issues squarly and leave out personalities and let the people make up theii verdict. Bryant had said our representatives were bought up by northern men. Bryant?iNo; 1 did not say tnatEllerbe?McLaurin and Tillman can never be bought! Bryant?I said some Southern Senators. I meant they had been charged with being bought. Ellerbe?That's better, lie then went into the money questionTariff must be side tracked till after silver attains free coinage. We are naturally free traders but we have been whipped several times. We must give protection on c^Jain things so as to eliminate the tariff, and then we can win on silver. Some people last fall voted with the Republicans because they would piotect their industries. We must give them 1*1 ....mi a i. protection UIIU lll^v will mill us on the silver question. He does not favor national* banks, but wants the Government to lend the f armers money at the same rate it does to corporations. He at tacked Johnson, saying he has been solicitor for nine years and has three more to serve. Norton has a good job, and so has McLaurin. They do not possess a monopoly ot the brains of this District. If they vant :o go to Congress let them esign their offices. He closed by urging all men to vote for the most able man. T S RTOII4M. ex-State Senator from Florence, then took the floor. He said he concurred with all the others on the silver and tariff questions, and is running on his record. They have all held office save one, and yet they did not tell anything they had done, so the presumption is they have done nothing, said he. lie then asked if Mr. Norton was "in court''? That gentleman had retired, so Mr. Pigham wanted him sent for. While waiting for Norton, the speaker said he would attend to some o; the others, and at once jumped oil Ellerbe. Ti::.-: gentleman, he said, is running on I'Cotitiuued ou 3th pu.Se,! ill M ill SEVERAL LETTERS ONTAINING VALUABLE NEWS. Items of Interest From Different Section, All Boiled Down For Quick Reading. Scranton. Master Ilarvey ByrJ is pros traieu wiin lever. Mr, L. L. lliusou is spending; this week in Marion. Mrs. C. M. Lee, of Dillon, is i visiting relatives in this community. Miss Linnie Lee is visiting friends in Darlington. Several ot our citizens attended the campaign meeting in Lake City Saturday. Mr. II. L. Lee is at his post of duty again after a week's ab sence. Mr. J. P. Nelson, of Kingstree; was in town the latter part of last week on business. Mr. V/. II. Scott is teaching cr>hrr?l npar Mr. \V\ P. McGill's. Rev. E. Z. James has accepted the public school a Prospect. Mr. Tom Johnson, of Sardis, j spent Sunday with his brother, Capt. E. S. Johnson, of this place. Mr. Johnson was accompained by his daughter, MissSallie. The Misses Bostick, of Florence, county, visited Miss Lilly Graham last week. Rev. Mr. Clyde preached a very impressive sermon in the Methodist church Sunday morning. He is carrying on a protracted meet ing at St. Paul this week. Prof. H. T. Cook, of Furman L niversity, spent Sunday in Scrantop Prof. Cook is traveling in the interest of I he University. He is an affable gentleman and an able educator. We were pleased to meet him. Magistrate W. J. Sturgeon was arunscd from his slumbers Sunday night to tie the uGordian knot," the contracting parting being Mr. Alex Graham and Miss Ida McCutchen. Mr. Sturgeon readily accommodated the happy couple and sent them on their way rejoicing. Hon. J. M. Johnson, of Marion, addressed a small crowd here Saturday night. He was called on unexpectedly, but was nevertheless "equal to the occasion" and made a j ood hit. He confined himself principally to national issues and made a splendid speech. He was given a close and respectful hearing, and his auditors seemed well pleased with what he said. Mr. Johnson has many warm friends here who are anxious to see him go to Congress. The Book ty seat in the State on August 12th, under the direction of fho County Superintendents of Educe- | tion, an entrance examination for students male and female,' who \ may wish to enter the dou'th Car- < olina College. This is done for the convenience of the students, to save time andf ? expense, and above all (6 gjte op^; portunity to any applicant! may fail to pass any part cft (ber tf examinations to retfietf A j?:? 11? ? . i. . t eAJ.sLULl!le?*l uuring uie muuiii ui ocptciuv^i) and to try the examinationat the college Sept. 28-29, when the osu- I al entrance examinations arelield. The applicants will be informed , 3 by Au6ust 26th how they- have ^ passed ami what they hfeed id study further. / At the same tithe and plabe* competitive exarfrinatioife will be } held for Normal Scholarships, twcf. of which are awarded in ea&i conn-... $ ty in the State. These' carry withf|j them the remission of fees 10 the " amount of $50^ A Correction. w-IJ Editor Coanty Record:? > k-sB We are sorry that yporJDjOaSs correspondent was so far awW?f| wlien we returned from' Black river, and also sorry tbat lie heatd?>: a fa.'se report as to our base bait' game. Hie'said oar boys'took**;-; sick; but we were ap . freak when we left home. 'Let the cor ; respondent go with'us next tiaaef.? and make a'fair report to' theia^ per. After we did nof ptajr ball - : the Black River toys wanted to ^ mix up and play, and upon oar refusal to do so they told casta* leave their giounds, bat we did? ; not do so^ 4 . . Biici | Editor County Record^-" The Black River base ball" cioiT ^ has noticed an error in your Dock; * correspondence last week, and we wish to correct it. The BlackfJQ Miogo boys were invited to play a* -. game at a picnic and on the < grounds jthey refusedtoplay,' tSy^ ing they would much rather fight -A than play ball, bht we had mbc^J respect tor the ladiee than' tok; fight there. . L - ; '' jjflB L. M. BoocnrrrE. Johnson *s Chill and #W ver Tonic is a ONE-DAY Cure. It cores the mmi stubborn case of Fever h^M 24 Hours: j Senator Clark, of Wyoming, i? t making arrangements for a ,h*ft?j ball match between' the Hods* $ and Senate, to take place when | the tariff bill is' in conference. ? The game will be played' 6tt the b bail park at Washington abn the J<5 ? ka rloirnliut tACAIIMi ti prtHJcrtrud n in uv uv w?v\? > . charitable purpose in the District of Columbia. Johnson's CbUtan4 /V J ver 7qH/c is t ONErtMT Ij Care, ft cures the MH stubborn case affUtf lM Hoars. As a sign of the times it is i?^l teresting to know that the j5ra-J| ate has refused to place the Bible j Si* * { ''' on the free list, but it is belie*?l that the conferees will take tW tariff off playing cards. - v*9 h8