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?jje iEottittu -Record | - - 1 - v* feySl jSggj VOL. XIII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1897. NO. 38. . H Hll HIS. AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL REPORTER AND NOTED. Written in Condensed Form and Printed ? in Like Manner for the Sake of our Weary Readers. Williamsburg County is well represented in Columbia this week. m, Mr. T M Gilland has been appointed a me liber of the county board of education, vice E G i Chandler, deceased. f Mr. Henry M. Smith a banker ; of Darlington, who is a son of our | very efficient judge of probate is in Kingstree. Last Monday night the Kingstree 1 Hotel was crowed with a host of ] young folks who tripped the glide, i waits, polka and quadrill until au . early hour. The evening was very much enjoyed by all who attended. ' fhe books of registraton were not opened last week, owing to the fact that the board of regis , tars have no office except the . court house, and that was occu jued by the court. I Mr. Asa B Burrows sjffered the mis ortune of having his left hand ' terribly cut in a gin last week. ' Dr. D C Scot* dressed the wound 1 r?ed member and the injured man > is getting along very uicely. I If Mr. Rush, who wrote to us to change his address to Bloomingvale will give us the name of his old postoffice we can make the * >- desired change. We certainly 1 cannot change the address until !% | we get the information requested, , as we have more than one subacribcr by that name and at differ ent offices. K" Mr.G T Bullard, who has been | in the employ of Messrs. Lesesne f 6 Epps for some tune, has accept- ( e<l a position as traveling sales? , man lor (lie A Men Vinegar Co., of St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Bollard's , territory will be the entire Stab-, | and Columbia will be his headquarters. He has many friends ^ here who will regret to learn that he as determined to leave. ] Mr. L J Parrott, of Sumter, the genial and popular court stenog- < rapher, entertained a party of 1 young people at the residence of 1 Mr. Louis Jacobs last Thursday night by giving an exhibition of 5 his hypnotic powers. One of the 1 young gentlemen hypnotized was 1 carried in his imagination to hea- 1 ven. His ideas of the place, as 1 expressed by himself while under the hypnotic influence, were very vague. He spoke of the princi pal building as being a hotel. For good mattresses, see Elvvell. A Loss to Kingstree. Mr. Herbert A Graham, who has been the depot agent he?e for several years past has been transferred by the Coast Line authorities to Timmon8vi)ie. Mr. Graham's removal is a distinct loss to our community, and one that will be felt. Obliging, affable and business-like, he won the respect and esteem of all with whom he came in contact The Coast Line recognized in him a man of unusual ability and rectitude, transferred him to a more im. portant point than this. Mr. Graham's temporary successor here is Mr. C Hines of Whiteville, N C, a very clever and estimable young man, though it is said that Mr. E L Whitehead will be sent here before very long. Dressmaking in the latest styles by an expenenced and competent dressmaker, at El well's. * ' ... Court Proceedings. When we went to press last week the court was on the third day of the trial of Eddie McKnight and Jane Cameron. The evi deuce was very conflicting and contradictory. The woman acted as her own aitornev in cross-examining the witnesses. The case was given to the jury about halfpast twelve o'clock Thursday. After about five hours deliberation a verdict of guilty with recommen dation to mercy was rendered. The sentence of the court was $100 tine or eight months hard labor, each. At the conclusion of the trial Mr. Thos. M Gilland annouced to the court the death of E G Chandler, Esq., a member of the Kingstree Bar. The Judge at once adjourned the courluntil two o'clock Fridav afternoon in respect to the Jeceased attorney. When the court reconvened Friday afternoon the case against Mr. E B McKnight was called. The defendant was represented by Wa'ter Hazard. Esq., and Mr. T M Giiland represented the State. The case was not concluded until late Saturday afternoon. Aft*r Hilv a few minutes deliberation the jurv brought in a verdict of not guilty. This finished the docket and the criminal court was adjourned. Monday the civil docket waa aken up. This lasted two days ind the court adjourned Tuesday ifternoon. Solicitor John S Wilson was in well when he arrived here from Manning, but he managed to keep ip and prosecute the criminal jases until Thursday, when he had to give up and and take to lis bed. Thos. M Giiland, Esq., ?x-solicitor of this circuit took ;harge of matters for the state hen. Go to Elwell's for good furm lure; cheap. Women's Monument Commitee. Editor, County Record: Please announce that I have :ollected the following amounts towards this worthy object, all of ivhich has been forwarded to the 1 ie*surer of the general commitee it Columbia. I respectfully ask he different township commitees to forward theircollections to me <t an early day, aud to continue their good worK. Louis Jacobs, $1.00 J. ?. Folhn, 1.00 J. A. Kelley, 1.00 R. H. Kellahan. 1.00 M. J. hirsch, 1.00 Dr. S. D. M. Byrd, 2.00 D. E. Gordon, 1.00 W.S. Eaddv, 1.00 Judge Wilherspoon, 1.00 J.S.Wilson, .50 Rev. J. E. Dunlop, 1.00 Dr. D. C. Scottr? 1.00 Simon Poston, .25 T. M. Giliand, 1.00 The amounts above reported are my individual collec'ions, and has been forwarded to Capt. Desportes, at Columbia, the Treasurer of the Committee. Louis Jacobs. 1 will pay highest, prices for good sound, dry cotton seed delivered to me at Kingstree. GEO. S. BARB, Agt. To the end of the world the most delightful people will be those who mind their own business. / 01 j anions Mm. MR. J. Z. McCONNELL, JR? ARRESTED IN CHARLESTON On a Charge of Embezzling $795 of the Funds of a Minor.?He Is in the Kingstree Jail. Sometime last summer Mr. J. 1 Z. McConnell, Jr., then probate i judge of this county, left here J very suddenly, and there was a < great deal of sensational talk ' about it. Some time later the foreman of the grand jury awore i out a warntfor Mr. McOonnell's ? arrest, and placed it tn the hand* < of the j;lierifT. Nothing more was ? heard oi it until the; grand jury ' filed its final report with the court last week. I On Friday Mr. McOonnel) was i arrested in Charleston, where he I has been in business several i months past. 1 The following in regard to tlie t arrest is taken from Saturday's ? News and Courier: Mr. J . Z. McConnell, Jr. Kx-Pro- c bate Judge of Williamsburg ' County, was arrested here yester- ^ day murnong by Detective John * Brennan, and lodged at the Sla- ' tion House on a charge of embez a zling. He has borne the reputa. c lion of a highly respectable and I prominent citizen of Kings' ree * every since he was elected to serve c the people as Probate Judge, In 6 the vear 1893. and the news of his 11 arrest on such a serious charge a will no doubt occasion much sur * prise among his Iriends through- v out the State. A short while atter e McOonnelPs apprehension Deputy e Sheriff Lemoov of Williamsburg c County, arrived in the city. v According to an affidavit made ( before Magistrate Matthews, of ' Kingstree, by Edwin Harper, the foreman of the gr-nd jury, a few * *" r days ago Mr. McConnell is wanted for the misappropriation of $795 of the estate of Miss Margaret 1 Haselden while he held the post- ' lion of Probate Judge. 'I he affi- a davit, which was made when the wraiiH inrv rmivpnpd the first of this week is as follows: g Personally appeared before me ^ W. W. Matthews, a magistrate of ( said county and (he s id state, Ed- . win Harper, who being duly sworn ^ says: That as foreman of the grand jury for the present year for said county and State, under instructrious of the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and General Ses- ^ sion for said county a committee j of the grand jury was appointed, of which committee deponent was ma^A AKQIi?mon liiCIUV VUMII UlUUt That in pursuance thereof a thorough examination was made of the books and records of the probate office of said county, of which one J. Z. McOonnel!, Jr. ( 1 who was the Probate Judge and by virtue thereof the custodian of j all money and general guardian of Margaret A. D. Haselden. a | minor, at Kingstree, in the c unty and State aforesaid, on the 21st ; day of June, 1897, by virtue of the said office, and the intrustment aforesaid, the said J. Z. McDonnell Jr. did receive and take into his possession the sunt of seven hundred and ninety five dollars which was paid and delivered to the said J. Z. McOonnell, Jr, as general guardian of the said Margaret A. D. Haselden, to hold the same in trust for her, the said Margaret A. D. Haselden, and having so received the said money for and on account of the pers< a and object aforesaid, the said J. Z. McConuell, Jr, not regarding the proper conduct of his office aforesaid and his du'vin that behalf and with a fraudulent intent to use said money for his own private purpose in breach of his trust, then and there fraud- , uiently and feloniously did etn bezzle and convert to hts own use the said sum of seven hundred mid ninty five dollers and that ' Krvin M. Smith, <J. W. McClam ' mul Kd win Knns are materia] ; ; r , . i witnesses in behalf of the State. ( An arrest warrant, which was | issued by Magistrate Matthews ?everal months ago, was forward 1 d to Chief ol Police Boyle for ex j *cution pursuant to an order from :he presiding Judge. ( Mr. McConnell, in speaking to a * Reporter for the News and Cour- < er, said that he could not deny ^ laving misplaced the money, but ' t was altogether a piece of careessness on his part and that every t hing would soon be satisfactorily adjusted out ofCourt. "About year after I went into ffiee." said he "I found that I vas short about three hundred lollars of Miss Haselden's funds, t worried me considerably when ! learned of my shortage, but inismuch as about five hundred lollars was owing me I hoped to >ay up the money that fall. But hings didnt turn out as I had unti ipated and this occasioned tne no >nd ol anxie'y. In order to drown ny troubles I resorted to whiskey u?d soon found inyself hopelesslv >ehind. When my term of office x pi red last June I'still entertain- ? id hopes of earning sufficient 111011 y to square accounts with the ounty before any proceedings rere instituted against me. After 1 came to Charleston and egan selling cigars for a New fork house I was informed that i warrant had been issued against nesol was not surprised when detective lirennau arrested -me his moruilig. I am confident hat the case will be com promised iS soon as I get back to Kingt ree." Since Mr. McConnell came to , Charleston last August he, to :ether with his wife and child, lave been boarding at a house on ipper King street. A dispatch roin the sheriff of Williamsburg County received later in the day; equested lh.it MdUonnell be held intil further notice from Kingsree. Mr. McConnell was brought iere Saturday night, and lodged n jail, where he now is. Shoes as good as any, as cheap , is any, at Elwell's. i In Masonic Circles. i Everything transpiring in Mas- ? 3nic lodges is supposed to be strict- , ly secret, and outsiders ars very ( seldom aware of what is going on 1 st their meetings. * i A little bird has, however, whis- : peredtous that Kingstree Lodge No. 46 enjoyed an intellectual treat at their last meeting. Rev. Dr. Jbiweil 18 saia 10 nave aciivereuuue of the most interesting lectures ever delivered in this community. We learn that the reverend gentleman has been requested and has agreed to deliver a public lecture on St. John's day, Dec. 27th, which is the Masonic anniversary. A phvsicar. has declared that if only twenty minutes a day should be spent in physical exercise as an adjunct to mental education most people might live to seventy without a day's illness, and perhaqs pro'ong their lives to one hundred years. * * "HP J1S III" UNITED SONS OF CONFEDERATE j VETERANS, Organiznd Here Last Monday Night.? Another Meet'eg to be Held in December. In pursuance of the call issued in the Record two weeks ago a camp 5f Sons of Confederate Veterans was organized here last Monday night. Twenty-three names were enrolled, but there should have heer five times as manv. The mating was called to order ay Mr. W W Grayson, who sta'ed he object of the meeting. Dr. 8P H El well and" others addiessed the tssemhlage. Upon motion of Mr. 3 J Lesesnethe camp was named 'Camp James McCutchen,"in honor >f that late illustrious soldier, who vas th Second officer in tank furllshed the Confeoerate States by Williamsburg county. Mr. Grayson was chosen terapoary commandant and Mr. Briaow adjutant, to serve until Monlay night, Dec. 6th,(saleday), when tis hoped there will be a larger inmhur nf vmini/iiipn in attendance I .% W>. . V. ^ "-"O T ind h permanent organization will >e affected. This delay was made n order to give all who wish to join i he camp a vo ce in the selection of ifflcers, jinJ that there may be a tundred or more names enrolled it the next meeting is a consumaion devoutly to be wished for. A motion was passed empowerng the officers to secure one or n >re heroes who served it the late var to addre-s the Camp at the neeting in J)ecember, and the pubic generally, and the ladies purIcularly, besides am. sons and grandsons of Confederate Veterans ire cordially invited to be present. Thomas & iiiadhain will be bund at their eld stand in Kings reefrom OcT 1st with a nice lot >f horses ready to fill the wants of heir frienis and patrons. We mill also be ready to collect for itoek sold last season. We ex? J,, e/ima Kiicinoce hprp and JtXl III IIU Plllllb vuaillvro ?v.v vill sell at a price to insure satisaction. Thanking our friends for )Ast favors and assuring them hat we can do better by them han ever before, we solicit an arly call. Thomas & Bradham. g-ffiSS&fcw Women of ABfcawfflw America have PWI1 a type of beaum Zfr!* XY Pecu,iAr t0 K4 A, thems elves. -2/ The climate, U habits, and social peculiari1m ^ r\$\) tie8' have con " ? r ' )a hined to pro* >k duceatype of ^ *\ ya- f womanhoood luite distinct from the women of >ther ?ountries. It has become alnost an everyday occurrence for he nobility and royal bood of Eu ope to cross the water in search of in American beauty, for the United States has become famous through mt the world. The American beauty is a pecular product of this coutry. She nas, however, one formidable enemy, not only to her beauty, but to her health as well. That enemy is Indigenous to the climate and soilDf the United States. It is called Catarrh. Almost every woman has it in mild or severe forms. Ourelimate mftkps It well-nierh unavoidable. It is the only natural enemy the American woman has, Not only is the United States the home of catarrh, but it is also the home of tha now world-famous catarrh remedy, Peru na. The medical profession has at last succeeded in devising a remedy for the well-nigh universal disease. Dr. Hartman, the original com ^under of Pe-ru-an, has a receut book on chronic catarrh which he will send free to any address for a short time. Address The Pe-ru-na Drug M'Pg Co., Columbus, O. Ask your druggist for a free Peru-na Almanac for 1898. m Just received: 1200 bushels pure Texas rust proof oats, to be sold lowdown at S. M. Askins, Lake City, S. C. ? 4 0 iV L i i-JSiKt , : m "m v 4 ' ' vi;S Edited by Lesesne A EppS. v The life of a benefactor to his JS race; a life that was spent in uplifting humanity; a life that was sacrificed in the interest,of hi# fellow men; the life of n, philoso- ? pher, a patriot and statesman, of a pure, noble, golden hearted tiemen has gone out forever. Ho was not spared to be elected to the Mayoralty of greater Near York, .but death has cast the vote ^ which brings to Henry Geipge a righteousness eternal. Buy what thou has no need of and e're long yon will sell yoop $3 necessaries, was wisely remarked on one occasion by Benjamin Franklin. Determining where ^ your necessities , can be- bought V? cheapest is sometimer different, S but that being ascertained, then-J| the burden of decision as to what v to do rests with you. Yon are greatly aided by Lasassaa JSnW in determining where to boy and J| if they are allowed to do so they will prove to you the wisdom of ";'Jj making your bill with them. They } know that the prfce of that which brings money to/be farmer is low ' but having bought heavily for the fall business, their goods most go, and the price of cotton will be?$ offset in the prices of shoes, clothing, dry goods and groceries. Ex- ~9 ercise that economy and business judgement, which is hot yoor, ] duty, by saving money on your purchases from Lxsxsirs & Epps. You want an axe, go to Lesesae M & Epps. Six or eight boxes bost axes bought to defeat the tariff, to bohad from Lesesne & Epps for 60o each. f - 4 .U m