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. VOL. XIV. KINGSTIIEE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 28,1898. NO.^ j Ill lifi Of 111. ^ AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL | REPORTER AND NOTED. Written in Condensed Form and Printed in Like Manner for the Sake of Our Weary Readers. Mr. W T Wilkins spen t J Sunday with his better half at Foreston. Mr. G Herbert McClary, who is in business at Georgetown, is on a short visit to relatives in town. Rev. A B Earle closed his protracted meeting at Bculuh last 8uullllV I Dr. W S Boyd, a medical prarticoner ot Jersey City, N. J., is on a visit to his old home near Suiters. Air. J K Biggs, Road Master ol the N. E. and Central K. R., was in town Monday on business. The river has fallen considerably and the fish bite well in spite of the fact that it is not lawful for them to bite. The water-melon contest is becoming interesting. Particularly fine were the three received from Air. SJ Bradshaw, of Brown's. Since the grass and weeds have been hoed away the Methodist church yard prcseuts a more sightly appearance. Mr. YV B Gourdin, a successful vouug farmer of the Ox Swamp section, was in town Friday and Saturday as the guest ot Dr. Gamble. We received a pleasnut call on Saturday froin Mr. Miles II Pipkin, * ?? > - ir? 01 Uioominuvaiu. cie Ifjwiau | fine peasons and good crops in his locality. Messrs Louis Jacobs and W W Grayson left Tuesday morning for I'awley's Island in quest of (lie ozone and ocean breezes of that popular resort. Bv an error of the types the Slier iffs sales were advertised last week to take place July 1 instead of August l.as the advertisement should have read. The funeral services of Miss Sue T Keels tooL place at the Presbyterian church here ou Friday, being conducted by Rev. J EDunlop, assisted by Rev. R C Bou 1 ware. We waut the news from every part of the county. Our correspondents will do us a favor to send in their contributions regularly and in time to reach us the first of the week. A generous gift of luscious peaches was bestowed upon Tub Record force last Tuesday by Mr. Henry M Burrows, who so efficiently holds down the office of coroner in this county. From all over the county come reports of fine seasons and excellent crops. We have traveled through many counties in the State and nowhere have we seen a better prospect than _ in Williamsburg cranty. A meeting of the trustees of the Kingstree Academy was held on Monday. It was decided to post pone the election of teachers until next Monday in order to con sider the applications received betore passing upon them. We are requested to announce that the third Quarterly Conference of Kingstree Circuit, M. E. Church, South, will be held at Bethesda Church next Saturday and Sunday, July 30 and 31. The Quarterly Conference will convene on Saturday after religious services at 11 o'clock. All officials are earnestly requested to be present, I Mr. W J Hill,State Dispensary Inspector, on last Monday examined Dispenser A O Mouzon's books and checked up his accounts, j After a thorough examination the books were found to be in good shape and every thing about the ollice satisfactory. The bright and attractive faces of the charming young lady teachers attending the institute are enough to cause a wave of sadness to pervade the hearts of staid old bachelors, and a lingering regret that they cannot be sehool-boys again. Mr. II D Roddick, with characteristic enterprise, is building a third store between the two in which lie now does business. The new store will be used to contain tne large stock of furniture that Mr lleddick intends to oiler his customers this fall. The teachers' institute began here last Monday under the management of Professors I lam by and Brown.' About 40 teachers have been enrolled and much interest is shown in the daily exercises. A full account of the institute will be given next week. Miss Florence Benjamin has been visiting Mr. Jacob's family during the past week. This attractive and deserving young ladyhas been teaching in Georgetown county for several years past, where she has achieved the success that she well merits. Mr. A Poindexter Taylor, who so successfuly represents the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co.. has been here for the past week looking after interests of his company. Mr. Taylor is pleasant of manner and genial of disposition and wo are always g!ud to have him with us. ? ; 1: _4_.i i... Utir sunciuin was lrnuwaie: uy the sunny presence of our old friend, Mr. George Mitchuni, last Friday. We mean the adjective "old*' to apply to friend and not to George, as he is the youngest man of hi" years in the county. Within our honest palm he placed a silver disc that emphasized the words of 1 1. ~ l. -1 T..n t >i.. kiiiuiy return nc iui.i iui me, aa^<COKI). Several complaints have been made by our subscribers recently on account of the paper not being received until several days after the day of publication, and in some cases not at all. We shall esteem, it a favor if every subscriber who fails to get the paper on time will drop us a card stating the fact. The kefcornis mailed on Thursday to every oneot its subscribers,and we want to trace up the matter and tind out the cause of this irregularity of the mails. Especially do we ask that each post-master will let us know at once if his package of papers does not arrive hu Priitiiv nf tt'ppt Just received by M F Ilellcr a car load of the celebrated Columbia and Rock Hill buggies, which will be sold at lowest prices for casli or approved paper. A line stock of all. kinds of harness is constantly kept on hand. Attention, Democrats. The presidents of the various Democratic Clubs will forward me not later than August "1. the names of three members of their clubs to act as managers in the coming primary election. This is important, and I hope 1 lie presidents throughout the County will act promptly, giving the names of their clubs and the number of ballots needed. A II Williams, < h Dcm- Ex Com. t IIII ill , | AFTER A PLEASANT TWO WEEKS VACATION. la Greenville, Harris Springs and Other \r Points Visited. No County Like u| Williamsbjrg Personal Mention. ^ ^ Alter an absence of two weeks wi we are home airain and with re 3 tu newed health and energy have re as snmed our duties. At the meeting * ni< ol the 1 ress Association, an ac- T1 count of winch has already been . ta given in The Rkcjjp.d, were many , " , (*e editors from every part ol the State ar and the intercourse ol these men toi ol the same cralt must have been ,, V; of mutual benefit. In such associ- . at ions every one has the privilege ^ of exchanging old ideas and views .. , _ 111: lor new ones, and of course wno, ar ever makes such an exchange finds lie it profitable. Alter three days in the beautiful eitv of Greenville must pleas ' .. til antly spent, we went to Harris Lithia Springs and remained tiiere ^ about two weeks. The health giv. . , . . co mg waters ol this celebrated resort ne vv'pi'p iinbihwl trppiv :iml hpnllit ami enjoyment went hand in hand. ^ In another column is given an account of the banquet of the Dental Association on July 14, when about 200 guests were entertained. This article is from the facile pen ot Mnj. James T Bacon, the Chev- ln alierBayard sanspeur etreproche ^ of the South Carolina press, and Pc his description does ample justice W2 to the occasion. in' On July 13, Maj. Bacon deliv- l'1 ered his lecture "An Old Man's ,0 Kranky Kaleidoscope" to a select audience at Harris Springs. This lecture is replete with wit, humor and pathos, and is entertaining 'ai froir start to finish. Col. Bacon 11 intends to take the field as a lect- ^r' urer tliis fall, and we bespeak lor 1()' him a brilliant success. At Greenville we had the pleas- 'ia ure of seeing Mr. 11 J llavneswortn, '>n formerly a member of t lie bar at W1 this place. Mr. 11 aynesworth is one of the leading lawyers of Greenville and his domestic life is 801 complete in its happiness. By no aM means the least enjoyable part of ,ni our trij was the two days spent at Greenwood, where Mr. F Barron *)a Grier of tender memory in King4 . . i 11 r * 11 * _t _ 4 i.i siree una ? iinamsourg exienueu to us a hospitable welcome. Greenwood is a thriving little city and jas on every hand are evidences of 0'c its rapid growth. It will be a mat (jc ter of much gaatification to Mr. jn, Grier's host of friends here to ' know that he has already reached 1 the top of the profession in hi?* !ln adopted home, and that he so sa< kindly remembers this county and ie< its people. The crops of tho up country . yield to ours in every way, and it is really refreshing to behold the m< luxuriant growth of corn and cot- be ton in our fields after seeing the de short, crooked rows through rocky soil and along barren hill-side in some of the upper counties. In the fertility of its soil and the hospitality cf its people we are more ]0j than ever convinced that old Williamsburg stands second to none. ^ Slapped Shafter's Face. lie Sylvester Scovel. a special cor tr< respondent of ! he New York p. World at Santiago, upon the sur ^ render of that city, committed an act which would put an anarchist t:l to shame It seems that this 1? reckless journalist wanted to take br part in the ceremony of placing ra the United States flag over the hi City llall. This he had no right ca to do and was ordered away by ^ the guard, whereupon he walked up to Gen. Shatter and slapped u his face. He has been placed tin ^t der arrest ami will be expelled er Irom the iilund. lx TWO MORE ARRESTS. If S. Howie and Van Epps Charged ^ With Obstructing Officer. Att account was given in our st week's issue of the attempt of I'Clayton, United States dep- v y marshal, to remove Early 1' ?e from the chain gang upon a lit ot habeas corpus, and the ret sal of Mr. Howie to release Lee, he did not consider the instru ^ ent drawn np accordingly to law. le next step in the matter was * ken to day (Tuesday) when Chief puty marshal E Brooks Sligh ^ rived here armed with a warrant ^ r the arrest of .J S Ilowle and an Epps,charge ! with "obstruct ^ resisting and opposing" v r avton in the lawful discharge of ft s duty. These two men, who e in charge of the chain gang j ar Johnsonville, will be arrested . Ij day and taken 10 Charleston to swer the charge brought against em. .Mr. Sligh went about the disarge of an unpleasant duty in a urteous ana gentlemanly man- 5,1 r that cannot fail to be appreued by all the parties concernin the affair. f Stole a Pump. c On last Thursday some one stole jj e handle and plunger of a pump S( tl?e school house yard near Mr. 'j J Smith's house. Suspicion v >ints to a man who passed that j ty early Thursday morning.driv- j g a large horse in a wagon. / obably the traveler saw a chance g take as much of the pump as ? needed and availed himself of y o onnortunitv. The track ot the _ i I ? tgon and horse was followed as n r us Mr. J M Nexsen'sstore,where d wus lost sight of. Upon the j] onnd near tiie school-house was h and a three-inch harmonica. Not t| ery man who carries around a a rmonica and blows ii is a thief, s! it the tact would not help him a th a fair minded jury. t; The trustees of 'he school are anklul that the robber left a ine of the pump and the well, h d they are willing to return his n .isical instrument and pardon si e transgressor it he will bring p L 1\ U1C JJlllllp UtlVA OIU AAVJ AAA\Jk\*. \\ t Death of Miss Sue T. Keels. a Miss Sue T Keels died at Salters 0 >t Monday morning about 10 ^ dock at the home of Mr. J M ^ >ok, whose family she was visiti. Miss Keels taught school in s< is county for a number of years d the tidings of her death wil ^ * | Idea the hearts of many who ( reived their primary instruc- e >n under her tutelage. A large clo of relations and friends 0 jurn her loss. Miss Keels had s cii in uui a icw uajo uciuiu iici ath. a ,r, c A General Smash Up. t Tuesday morning Mr. A 1' Tay- ^ r, agent for the Fidelity Mutual fe Insurance Co., accompanied by r. I) C Scott, examining physician, ove out to Mr. K T Parker's near ^ ?( :re to write up a policy. While msacting their business at Mr. v irkei's, both horses were left in * out of the house, without being N ken from the buggies. Mr. Tay- c r's horse, becoming frightened, ' oke loose from its fastening and ' n into Dr. .Scott's buggy, causing 1 3 horse to break away also. Then ' ,me a mad race down the road, the I )rse8 running parallel, with the I hides still hitched to them. Both ' t isrsries were wrecked and the ownc?o s came in about dark, driving a wowed horse. in. up urn -IOW THE BOYS ARE FARING AT COLUMBIA. VilliamSburg's NewRecruits?The Paymaster's Visit?Roll Call?Account of a Court Martial?Personal Notes. Columbia, S. C., July 23.?Afor an absence of nearly three t'eeks from camp, I will again enleavor to pen a letter for the ben - * ? i* 4 1. ~ .1 ? /-vf rl\f i * r% f!VTV ^ 11L U1 UIU lUitUCl^ Ui llli'i Iecokd. I left camp about the fifth of ruly to attend the meeting of the Itate Press Association in the city f Greenville. Helore returning lere I went to Williamsburg couny. and while there secured a number of recuits. some of whom brought to Columbia last week, then bad another trip in view, lit am now once more at my usual fork in camp. Upon my return to camp Lee I aund that there had been a house moving'' during my abence. We are now located sevra' hundred yards farther east nan we lormerjy were, ana nave iuch larger tents. The new tents no, have '-flies" and are much oolerthan the old ones. The Williamsburg boys, who ave recently joined the Battalion eem to be all very well satisfied, 'he following are the young men tho came in from Williamsburg: S McCullough, Jr., William J lolleman, J Robert Cox, T Oliver Lltman, Reese L Wise, Hugh trong, W Pinkney Godwin, A .ce Epps, Logan Scott, J Walter IcElveen, McElveen, and ? Graham. These fine young ien will make good soldiers; in eed, they now handle their guns i a way that shows that they ave been taking an interest in heir drills, and the indications rc that it will be only a very liort time before they will drill s well as any men in the Bataiion. Mr. Jnhn Joyner, of Lake City, member of Company D, who as been home on a furlough,says e lost flesh while away, notwithtanding the fact that the young eople gave a picnic in his honor .'hile he was at home. Private Idwin Kodgers, of Lake City, nother company D man, is one f the most popular men in the lattalion, while there is not a ner quartermaster sergeant to be aund than Charlie Joyner, of the ame company. D.ttfAYiah Uoe a lilU uanauuu liun lilt.] < 1>??V all team, and there is a good out>ok lor 6ome interesting games re long. The boys have given up all hope f leaving Columbia at all this ummor and are. buying boards nd putting floors iu their tents nd otherwise making themselves omlortable. While I was away the paymaser visited the camp and of course here was general and genuine reoicingr Most ot the boys were ompletely "busted" when the laymaster arrived and now the broke" ones are very few. This vas the first visit of the paymaser to our boys, but in future they vill be paid ofTevery month. Of :ourse, those who were away at he time of the visit of the paymaster could not receipt for their nonev ?nd therefore did not get my. I was one of the unfortunates jut will be paid in full at the next ime of paying off, for J will be on land. The lir.-t general court-martial ( Continued on pa^eS.) The ! 'i Seam. Will Soon t f '3m % *'y Be Here I When we begin to buy fall and winter goods. Before that time arrives we want to sell ou* stock down as low as possible and (v- ^ are offering ' */ x Very Low Prices on nearly evervthing.in otflr line* WE have a bk ln? ,o{ SHOES ' being sold at prices fo's&itta r r season. Ladies Underve at 5c, 10c and upvrard3. A large line of TM Samplo Pants in which we afe offering barganw* % \ Because of the advance! prices on Z>eaf Tobacco last season and the additional fas as a war measure oil maBotaeterI ed goods,, there will be no iworo tobacco manufactured that e?n 'A ? be retailed at 2oe per. lb. Bow-' ever we anticipated tftis condition and laid in quite a large stock that we are selling at old prices?* WE have many bargains for fbe I ready customer, BE ' JEWS WNiiUa f i V