~ S^Ul^ | Bill Jlffi ^B,FFAIR3 CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL Wk REPORTER AND NOTED. Condensed Form and Printed Manner for the Sake our Weary Readers. S Moore is in town this Breather ha$ been ^^HH^^kevera' days past. of Mr. Louis Stacklej last Myrviij, of blenderhis friend, Mr. moved building, just nsary> BHI^BL Mca se re mrrr-^^court * M article Bftbesurat Messrs. ( Kition. from the ? ?t week: On : at Trio, i >ra rumor, ( o be on the astern railfeet prelty l iid to be in < ?rth-bound i WM WL SUNDAY SCHOOL ORGANIZATION An Effort to Form a Convention in Williamsburg County. Mr. Frank Whilden, of Ch^r'eston, the fie'd secretary of the South Carolina State Sundav School Association, was in Kingstree last Sunday and Monday, for the purpose of organizing an interdenominational Sunday School convention in this county. Mr. Whilden visited the different schools of the town Sunday mom inir. and held a blackboard exer cise in the Baptist church Sunday atternoon. A mass meeting was held at the Methodist church Sunday night, and the scheme laid before the people. Oil Monday afternoon a committee of local Sunday School workers met in the Baptist church and considered the matter , of the county association. It.was determined to revive the old organization, and to that end a committee was appointed to secure a place for holding a courvty i interdenominational convention some time later in the year, probably about June, and to corres ootid with all the schools in the lifferent townships, and ask their , co-operation, and get them to appoint a representative from each ;chool to attend. It was also urged that this conn , ty be well represented at the Stale . convention to be held at Georgetown on of 11th May, at which , irae all accredited delegates will De entertained while there, and ( reduced railroad rates will be ob. . . V a nen. borne ol tue aolest bun lay School workers in the State j ind nation are expected to be , present and take part in the pro | gramme. i It is urged that those interested | informed as Py >he exact work < hat is being aimed at, namely, to . jritig teachers in contact with the . letter methods of work that they nay be fit tea for more effectual , work. As all these workers can- . aot come in contact with workers j knd methods outside, it is propos- . ^Ubat they shall be sent down to , ^^townships, and in that way to | individual schools, proposed to make these < both coujTTyana of teaching ^^^^^^Loccasions lor improve m p enjoy i n gs ree conu 1 ' ?! HIS. A COLUNN PERTAINING TO THE TOWN OF KINGSTREE. Warden Jacobs Resigns Which Wil' Necessitate a Special Election ? Loose Hcgs Again Mr. Louis Jacobs, who was elected a Warden of the tbwn of Kingstree at the regular election j last September, has resigned as a member of the tovyn council, and o cn.mi'.i! olorOl'nn U'lll ll.'JVP to llP ? op.-v.... . held to fil! the vacancy thus crea ted. /i'he council will hold its next regular meeting 011 the last Wednesday in January, f/ie 26th. and will no doubt order the election to be held ai an early day thereafter, as it is made mandatory by section 4 of (he revised charter of lhe town, which section reads as follows: That in case a vacancy shall occur in'the office of Intendant or any of the Wardens by death, resignation, or otherwise, an election to fill such vacancy shall be held by the appointment ot the Intendant and Wardens, as the case may be, whigh election shall be held and conducted under the same forms and requirements^ are herein prescribed for conducting the regular election. And in case of sickness dr temporary absence of the Intendant, the Wardens forming a Council are empowered /to elect one of their number to act as Intendaut during the time. All we have lo say in regard to this election is. let the best man win. Elect a mau who will look nut for the best interests of the municipality. Mr. Jacobs was a iood warden and we regret to see him leave the council. Aggres jive and progressive, he always liad the good of the citizens a! and did his utmost t^'see [hat tlie town was properly gov ?rned. We can only hope to see is good a member' as wa^ Mr. Jacobs elected to till his place. In our last issue we mentioned I he fact that hogs, cows, horses -.1? 1 iiiu inner nuiuiiiis ncic priiiimcu to roam at. will through the streets, ind protested against it. Before [hat issue of the Record was five liours old our worthy Intendent 'jumped" us about the protest and aid he was afraid the public would place the bulk of the blarrie upon thecbeif executive of the towil but that that officer was not to blaiue. Upon inquiry we found that at the last meeting of the! council an ordinance was passed requiring the street committee to have the loose animals taken up and pounded, requiring the own ers to pav 10 cents for each hog and 25 cents for each horse or cow. but so far not an animal has been pounded. Wardens Wallace and Monzon constitute the street committee, and Dr. Wallace tells us that he cannot find anyone who will take up the animals at the Es named. This, then, is the iu they are permitted to run II through the/streets. The ^Ag-softhese loose fellows,how[Bed better lookout lest peradsomeone is found who hops, cows, etc.,and will to be to the a B^B^^Bfound not ^B^^BB^^ loose placed who ^^^ ^kand ;-JV NEW ENTERPRiSES. Indications of Kingstree's Steady March Foward. That Ihe .business of Kings tree is always on a steady move to the front is clear to all. Almost every week some new enterprise is begun, and no failures ever occur. We have recently had occasion to mention several new business houses that have sprung up in Kingstree, among them being Barr's new hotel, Thomas & I u vnaiiam^i! nan' ci-jhltlC mid Mr I JLJk ?UUUH. O llVin o? wwivo ? < ? ? - Ed Smith's new store. This week we are able to announce to the public the opening of another stable. j Mr. 0 E Griffin, an expert liveryman and horse dealer, has opened business in the stables in the rear ot the Coleman House. Mr. Griffin was raised in Sumter, but" has been in business in Clin ton for several years past. His stock is nl the very best of horse-d* b " l? ^ M nt\?.>k t k a VT/iti?7 HtfJ?II, HIIU lit: ? i 11 luiuinn i uc rcij best of livery teams. With three first-class livery and sale stables in town our peop'e will not suffer for the want of good teams and stocK. i A FATAL ACCIDENT. Young Leon Lynch Killed by Falling From a Train at Scranton. On Dec. 24th a fatal accident occurred at Scranton depot. Master Leon Lynch, the bright, prom ising, ^6-year-oid son of Mr. J S Lynch, in a sportive, boyish way. slepped aboard the train to see whotri he eould recognize, and in attempting to get off while the o.irs were in motion, was somehow tripped, and losing his balance, fell upon the ties, receiving a fata) wound in his shoulder and breast, tie lived four days and then, with an affectionate farewell to loved ones around him, went to join the angel choir, which envied him from us. 'Ti- said that since our Savior's birth, | The -iI)gels come ynd sing 1 J-nst as that nisjht they came to earth, I Our Jesus, l.ord, to bring J Aniwv w of the County. The pnblic schools of burg county are greatly crease. The total enrol 1 scholastic year 1895-96 thousand less than that^H^^^H The increased attenda|^H^H^H in the colored schools white, which goes to show thSH negro is awakening to tbefi^^^H tbeic is something in The total * enrollmetj^^^H^H scholastic year The whi.beu^urollmer^^H^^^J males, 1,258 females, white enrollment of colored enroll men 1,043 more pupils The colored pupils^^^HH|^^fl tweeu the sexes females, noticed tLat in are the more colored average ^K^HflHHB|| year was attendance 037 pupils females, iJ which are more the white^^^^Bn^^^H^Bj^B The ucation nearly school HR^BHB year <1