University of South Carolina Libraries
yf . . < TIje (Ccuntw licrtrrd PUBLISHED KV>;RY TIU'KSDAY AT, iy^OSTF.^ s. c. I C. W. WOLFE, | EniTOK and Proprietor. TERMS. SL'BSCimrnoN RATPS: One copy, one year, - - Oneoojy, six months, - - - .">0. One copy, thiee months, - - .25. |( Subscriptions, payable in advance. ADVERTISING RATES: One inch, tirst insertion, ?1<00;. each-j subsequent insertion. 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes of llespcct over 2C ) words charged for as tegular advert be- j ( tnents. Liberal reduction on advertising made for three, six and twelve months' contract*. Comuiunimtinns whs fin* accompanied 1 1 *-= of the t>V the real lianit: aim , writer in order to reecivo attention. No ! vpniniuiiicatioii of a personal nature i! will be piiblMi<<l except as an ailver- J, tisenient. Aililres< all letter,sand make all drafts payable tu C. W. Wolfe, K injt-tree, S.r. i THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1900. : 1 " ' ' ji 1 Tfic Congressional Race in Charleston. Commenting o:i the political ( situation in Charleston, ^Ir. Ilait-.', we ii .tr. Aver, one oi' the brightest newspaper men in the Mate,, writes from .that city to his paper, >. the Florence Daily Times asfol-!, Jpws:. !, 4'The congressional race is going :jJic:id like a big ship under full1, sail on a smooth sea. Mr. Barn-; \\eil has the support of Charles-j tpn, unless, it be that those who! aie to oppose him are lying low ! 1 It J n o M .U1U IIUI TJiis, from a disinterested party, f jyetly well sizes up the situation ! in the City. !* the Sea, which } polls, a majority of the votes of; j j i\ie 1st congressional district. Fooling with a Gun. | ; Editor .Carey, of the Seashore: lie view, while fooling with an i ojd pistol 011 Sunday allernoon of! " last week, had the misfortune to! ' K: vl' <' nnciv the body. ?>')00l iJiHiacn u. TJie last issue ot ms paper states J tbat lie is doins well and is in a J lair way toward recovery. The! Review is issued from Moultrie-j ville, on Sullivan's Islan 1, and of! late lias been . waging war upon j the gamblers and corrupt politicians of Charleston. Ilis strict-; tires, upon these have been quite j severe, and, supported bp the1 charges of Evangelist Crane, have ;1 given rise to much discussion. POSSUM FORK REFLECTIONS. I An Interesting and Timely Article from 1 Our Correspondent There. [ For The County Kecord,] In Possum Folk on the evening! of the 24th inslantrat the home of! the bridegroom's parents, by .Notary Public II. lv. Faddy, Miss !. Fmmaline, daughter of Mr. Daniel Faddy, of the Muddy .Creek neigh- , borhood, and Mr. John Thomas! Vrosser, of Possum Fork, were united in the holy estate of mat-' rimony, making a fine looking | cpuplc. The fever was. holding Mr. Prosser in his bed with high authority; but Mr. Prosser, knowing his faithful, girl, would arrive on,u lime, battled against the lever with dovers powders, coiTees and teas so vigorously that then the hour arrived to tie, the Gordian knot he was up and dressed in his Sunday suit and was as happy as j a,king. Long liv$ the, bride! con- . gratulations to the bridegroom! ! Well, >!(> Editor, what's the flatter with Vtossum. Fork ..these days!? So much grippe, so mucin :'ever, so much debility yes, and V^iLhanisburg county, tco ^jck-j ? > ^ *1 * ness everywhere. What's the matter? It did not use to be so. Not many years ago I said our place was healthier than the mountains.! Conditions seem changed. I have been wondering over it: as Bill Arp says, have been ruminating ! it.'' Not many years ago the woods ! were burned every year, the un-j dergrowth did not obstruct the; view; you conlii sec a cow nan <i mile in the grassy, piney mead-! ow.e; the wild broom grass made! the cattle fat; the wild flowers < be?u,ified and sweetened the cat-1 j ce range; no thought ot feeding a! cow in summer, and the. yellow! May butter was the pride of August and September. Every lalej afternoon to roam the sweet-j scented woods and bring up thej cows was the bovs* delight, when mush atul milk lor supper was so: good, as the old negro says, '7 011 j can't get *nough.'? I'eople were; u-nrl;p,t hard all* 'lav and I KViU I t ) MW...N v. slept at night, happy. I>ut since turpentine required; people tif keep fire out of the; woods the .short straw pines and i other undergrowth have covered, the woods so densely in many places that you can scarcely see a row ten steps; the wild llowersj and grasses are drowned out with { straw and litter; the sun never sees the ground, and the pinev woods are almost turned to swamps; damp, noxious gase< poison the air, malaria marks her victims with sallow hands, la! grippe and fe.ver attack the strong, ; enfeeble the old and shorten thei halting steps to the better land. A^ain,, the situation affords ai noisome harbor for destructive in-j sects around the farm that it is a nightmare to make a provision' crop; and besides all this your very existence is in danger, for il ..Ksv.il/1 trot in *nme woods on IMC ."IH/uiu fov-v a dry, stormy day toli^ht it would | be hopeless. Then, what is the remedy?) None immediately available, burn j by littles in a hall' dry .mc; don't kill the untie growth at once;-it I mi^ht be wor>.e than ever. But fia! Mr. Editor, I am not a j doctor; don't let ns break up their J business. Dr. Chapman did me, lo's ol'jiood when I had lever the other day, and 1 hope he will soon cure the iest ol us in Possum Fork. Benson Briefs. Mivc Tdrt Chandler, who has; been attending school in New Vorfc city, returned last Saturday, j She was delighted with city lite, j and doubtless will /eel at a loss; tor several days, having become | accustomed to the hurry and bus-i tie of the great, metropolis. Jiev. \V. S. Martin tilled his ap-j appointment at this place last J Sunday afternoon. The Benson Medicine Company is ou the gc every week, selling the all-healing remedies. Perhaps I thev have struck JucK in tneir * sales, as the country is having an epidemic of the all powerful grip.' Every family is affected more or less with this disease, and the worst part is that it does not seem inclined to let go. It requires aj good deal of patience and perseverance to.puil through a case proper ot grip.. We have just come through the ordeal the past week ami know whereof we speak. We notice the candidates are coming out in force. The News! and Courier correspondent from j Columbia, in speaking of the progress in .several counties in our State along the lines of cotton mills and other enterprises, could not leave out Williamsburg; but the leading thing in our county was.not cotton mills or anything1 % ? "t-f . :;;,v 'of that sort, but outs was put down as !lie leading county in the i j State so far as candidates are concerned. It is well, indeed, that! 1 I A I our county can keep ahead in J some respects. Most ol'our farmers are through planting corn. This work would have been entirely finished had it not been for so much.we* weather; during March. Oats in some places are almost j entirely killed. This is the first j time we can can 10 mmu a ??mci i too cold lor small grain. Tho peach crop may l>e ? cor J Iaintv this year, as the bloomsi are later thai ever before. We have to congratulate the (Jot'ntv Uecoro on iis neat appearance last week, ami hope it may be a blessing to its many; readers. W. S. (}. Lambert Letter. Your correspondent, has been sick of 1 he grip lor the past two ! weeks and therefore has not been i alio to send you anything from this seel ion, Mr. \V, H. Ilaselden, and his wife and several children have been critically ill with the grip for the past two weeks. Also; Messrs J. 1'. Ilaselden, J. E IIem-1 mingway and quite a number of j others have been battling with | the same malady. a vUrv cMfl nn-idont occurred I il ? V I T ^ "V. near Ties Lake 011 Sunday night J March IS. Mrs. Julia, wile of T ' E. Hanna, was lying on a mattress! rear the lire-place when a spark1 ignited tlie maltress and almost instantaneously Mrs. llannaVsj clothes taught. Before the (ire; was put out she was burned Ironi j her waist to Iter feet. On Monday ! Dr. Chapman, the attending! physician informed litis writer; that it was very doubtful whether; c??o would rp^nver. Mrs. Ilannai is a daughter of the late Thomas It. Grier. Another victim to the dread j nvager, la gtippe.is Irvin, only son of Mr. .J. M. Foxworth. Alter a week or more struggling with the disease, he recovered sufficient > l.v to attempt to plough and becoming overheated, suffered a I relapse, lie has been very sick ever since. Died on March 17, 1000 Mr:.. Wuifield Scolt Airs Scolt tvas I about the oldest woman in this; section, and lias been in declining! health for a Ion * time. Mr. James Iluggins began the 7 i operation of bi> corn mill Saturday. We can now hear the blasts! of three steam whistles within aj radius of three miles. It the foolhardy man was only foolish, it wouldn't matter so; much; but he is always hardy and j lives to a ripe old age. i fllffn for riwn llillinn I nrlinrc is mi rut; minimi \mb.\ 19o*t Keiiiarlcililc Oiler 3'vor Hade S?y 11 ItcliUle Coiircrai. Editor County Jl cord J'lca-e announce that for a limited time we will give, absolutely free, an elegant sterliuirsilver-plated sugar shell choice of any of our 40e pattern* to every niarricil lady in the United States who'will write us a letter stating that it is her first request for one of our sou...mi ;|_ Vl'nir jriIl-5 J)HMIipil> nruu nlustrations fn>m which selections may he marie. There is nothing to pay. The gift is absolute. Our object in making this sensational ofl'er i< to get. a sample of Quaker Val-1 ley Silverware into every home in the j find* We believe it to be the most ef- : fective advertising that we ran do. J We will not send the<e sugtr shells to lists of names. This is too expensive a 1 gift to send to persons who don't ask ; for it themselves. Therefore e-eli lady will send her own name only. But one to si family and none to children. L:i- , dies, please write to-day, giving full postotlke address. QUAKER VALT.EY MFG. CO , | Morgan and Harrison Sts.,Chit ago, 111. I It RA,MO; 9 u / Lu Is Tasteless and Ouai B Ferer and all j Docs Not Contain Quinine Nor Other Poieo: I Dots Not Injure ti i W. A. McLarty it Son, Dime Box,Tex., Bay: I west wo h;ive ever handled. My son preoc 1 the only Chill Tunic which a child can take * 3 Price 60c. BROWN MF'G. CO., Prop'rs m.w sprt?G 1 11 JU ff K3? lllll U J ?> -m The Largest and Pretties to Lake City, now to he sec M IDA Laces Mid L DOG COLLAll AND THE NEW Pl'L We call your attention to the fa pox is over. iiKEti: AISI: A i i:? FIRST We are iiore to stay, therefore it roil aire. SF.COM J Our Tehides are all standard one to be of good ijuality. Til I lil) Our stock consists of young an do not offer you old and brokenFOURTH We sell as low down as we l* out our margin is reduced to rot -L'UXCXX-Lc^^ C** KFXGSTKEK, OLD AND dsns MsFirg Issouss Os., of fiifins Foils. N. i PATRONIZE A RESP0NS131 Having authority to issue Policies, i?: sigumeuts and cai A Complete Policy Contra at this A gen LOUIS JACOt j-Cingrstiei SUBSCRIPTION AGENCY Subscription to all leading Peri received at puldishers' rates, thus savi ey, Call at the Post office. BIPAN Doctor A fi~ XT. VI Prescri I forma ~v ? V v,t'v ^ Ten for fire eetHs.at Pnirristi . Saloons, Nei??-S(ands, flenera Shops. They banish pain, indue One (jives relief! No mailer wh; do yon Rood. Ten samples a monials sent bv mail to any add by choRifaos Chemical Co., to.Sf ' j'- \. r'%6 cpl Ctiil! Tonic i rantood to Cure Chills and ; fSaltrlal Yrouu'js. i ie Stomach ?.* r Effect the Ilearinf:. y "Banua's Pepsin Chill Tonic is the L ribee it in ha practic.and ssya it is I ilhont injury to . he storoae a. ' [ , Greeneville. Ten. I, vmiiiii i asgEvaM.^ac'^maaaLl ffiLLIKERY!^ 3t Line Ever Erougiit >n at 1 G. RCDGERS. MQ? li H?So LICY BELTS AND IH'CKLES. L*t that all da'uer Irom saial! . '.BOM' OI K 153'SI \ & ... is our ;ii:u to seen re voir ]>;itmake, ninl we warrant e*err r S il strong florses ?i?ni> Mules. Wo down hacks. onrstly can. Year in and year :k bottom. 3xad.tLa.ixi., S. C. ; TRIFD." U J sen wmxMw m Pacific firs Isn k, o! M YoiR Oily. .E RESIDENT ACENT a'lwalioiis, Irainters. a>lcellalions. ?orcl ofL,ocfkl cts is Kept cy Office. \ ts, IBM m. 5, s. c. * / ' xlicals and Magazines will beii? expense ol reuniting inon _; S tabbies I. s find md I! II ptiOH I j &UU11U. 11 , Oroceri, RMtiaranr*, 1 Store* And Harbers :e *3e?p, ?n<l prolong life. ? j^l it'* the matter, one will r nd ore ihouiand tettU * res* on receipt of pri.-e, B9 truce St., New York City. I fflj