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VOL.XVI. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18.1900. NO. 41 . ^ Positively No New Display Advertisements Will be Received, or Old Ones Changed, Later Than Tuesday Morning. m lis of ifufsi.1 * - AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL REPORTER AND NOTED. Written Jn Condensed Form and Printed in Like Manner for the Sake of Our Weary Readers. Overcoats and cord wood will soo.i he in detn mi. What's the matter with the proposed telephone line between Kuigstree ami Manning? Coiton is quoted to day on a ??f 9 cents for middling; for seed $19 a ton is offered. * L)r. W. 8. Lynch, of Cowards, stopped over a few hours in town Tuesday on his way to Charleston.! Dr. R. J. AleCabe has returned from 1'aw lev's Island, where he lias been spending the 6ummer. Our merchants are doing a fine trade 'his tall?especially those who advertise in The County Kkcokd. Kev. li. T. Giesham preached Iwo able and interesting sermons in the Baptist church Sunday. < There was no preaching at the other churches. * ? - r _ * _ il..A it is impossioie mr us i? uuu out all local happenings without your help. When any thing of local interest occurs let us h ive it. There is still some sickness in town. We hope, however, as the season advances that the normally lieajthy condition of the town will ^frevail again. By this sign X in blue pencil alter your name you are informed . that you are a year or more in arrears for toe paper, and that we would thank vou for the monev * i 1 owing us. The examination of applicants for teachers'certificates took place Friday in the Court House. The following are the applicants examined: JVhite, Mr. R. E. Morris and Misses Ma y Pope and lsoline Brockinton. Colored, W. J. Parsons, James Harper, S. D. Sal. ters, William Mouzon, Bennie Lurant, J. D. Barr, L. L. Dove, Margaret Peterson and Sara Ben, nett. A pjill meeting of the Williams burg Light Infantry was held in ! the Court House at 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Only routine I business was transacted. Another meeting is cailed for Tuesday, October 23, at 4 o'clock, for the purpose ot electing officers. Mem' bers of the company and all in lertsied are earnestly requested ?^ ? 1,.\ 10 utr lm cac.it. There will be seivices in the KpFcopal chapel by Kev. K. \V. Barnwell on Friday. October IP, nK-rning and evening, at the usual hours in I he Presbyterian church by Kev. J. F. Dunlop, on Sunday. October 21, at 11 a. m.; in the Methodist church by Kev. W. H. Hodges on Sunday, October 21 n.orning and evening at the usua. j We hereby register a kick as r to the condition of the side wa!k jnJroiit of this ottiee. Kverv time t' jf^fains water runs from the street and settles under the house. The sidewalk slants toward the | house and so long lias this condiBi tion existed that small gutters | B liave formed. We humbly petiijon the honorable council to atIvi tend to this matter, if possible, fe-M i before it rain* again. mwm ELECT. MEMBERS FROM WILLIAMSBURG IN NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY, j AH are Young Men, and None Have ! Ever Held Office Before. ? Sketch of Their Lives. Williamsburg's representatives | in the first legislature of the twen j tieth century are all new.men. I .1 ! none 01 mem ever uuuiinu. uihvjc ] beiore. Thev ;irc all you 115 men ; 2nd good looking, withal, so that j the county is to be felicitated 011 ' the tine appearance they will make in the next assembly 01 law-makeis. But there is more in the in to congratulate the county upon than mere youth and good looks. They are men of liberal j views, ol broad intelligence and : we believe that the people h?ve made no mistake in their choice ot men to look after their inter- | ests in the legislature and tip- ; hold the dignity of the county. 1 Without any invidious compari- t sions we are free to say that our ( newlv-elected representatives will ; compare tavoraoiv wiin any uei -m ration sent from this county lor a |<. number ot years. s i I ~ _ i : ^ ^ly., ^ " ' 1 \\ -' : :< ?. ' ' ' ' i ' . i r - ^ ? . 5 A - 'i HON. J. DAVIS CAilTKK. The chairman ol' 1 lie delegation is lion. J. Davis Carter, who t headed the ticket and came in by a handsome majority on the first baltot, Mr, Carter was born in this county in ]$t/2. being the youngest son of his lather, Jesse; Carter, who was a gallant con fedderate soldier and. died in service j^ in 1SG3. Lett iatherless to the!1 care of a widowed mother, Mr. | " Carter s early educational advan- j' tages were limited; but by dint oi 1' close application aliir work hours,; added to what little instruction he 1 managed to get from the public * schools oi that day, (they were'5 uvea poorer then than now!) hep managed to acquire a lair business I* education. Air. Carter's vocation I is funning and lie has made a t success ot it. His Irieuds, recog- J . nizing his merit, brought him out on-tln? niv; and although ( with characteristic modesty lie!" reluctantly entered tiie race, the J? iitie run int. made shows 'he es-;( icein in wliicii he is iield through- , out the couiity. The youngest member from! Williamsburg, and probably one ( ot the youngest men in the next ( general assembly, is Hon. Theo- j; dore B. Gourdin. lie is just < twenty-seven years old, and is the 1 only unmarried man whom the J voters thought enough ot to elect to office in the r.-cent primary, in , bis campaign speech Mr. Gourdin j I i)inte<i 1 iiat he was an aspira t lo wo oflices?The state legislature and the stale of matrimony. .Mr. f tronrdin is a seion of two of tho ; oldest families in 'lie county, his ISMW: ! I ?>& }<' Agfa rv-. . 0 1 i 1 * ' *?v. - * t ! IT: V . ' HON*. THEODORE It O OUR DIN*. at her being Mr. John K. Gourd in ind his mother before marriage .vas Miss Cornelia Boyd. His edicational training was received at Jlemson College, where hi made i fine record as a student. After eaving school Mr. Gourdin ac eptcd a position in the express iervice in Jersey City, X. J. He emainetf at the Aorih until aooui wo years auo, when called home ?y his elder brother's deal Ik Since then he litis been engaged 11 larmi 11 j: near Sailers. Younjr, ner^efic and intellectual, Mr. I uirditi bids fair to become an nil lential member oi the house. ^ 1 i vV.'. & Ai t w 1 I I C HON*. \\\ 31. KE : - If a man's business career is a|v . itAl'inn txl* tl Iwt 11*1 1 I I . issociation, also being appointed i >ne ol the commencement debat:ms. Tor ten years he was in the employ of the Mallard Lumber L/onipanv as bookkeeper and manner of store, until two years ago when he went into the mercan'i'o ; business for himself. j : 1 M V. I Jl'll "| ? I I I 1 IlVy n 1 IJ ? V I I 1 \ ? V j || n public Jilo, Hun. \V. M. Keels'! success us a legislator is assured. | !Ie is a native of Sumter county, | J jut moved to this county twelve! rears ago. Although deprived ol! he pleasure ol living in Williams- J ^ jurg tvveut\-fcur of his thirty-jc. six years of age by the accident of i r drill, Mr. Keels has come here toj ? stay; all his savings are invested Jt lere.and he says he has about as; ? e. ii. vimi: l ? . : ^ 11 {111V KJIlSIUIKiU U Illli.IllMJUl U u.> 1 I s 11 Sismlcr county. 51r. Keels'j i jilucation, alter attending tlie : j ommon schools, consisted of a {n special course ol study under un-j ler Pro!. 'J'iios. P. McQueen. of;! Sumter, and two years' attend- . nice at a North Carolina school ( jfiiijtli standing Here he held j ilie posi'ions of president of alit-j cM.Mutir ami r?l Imp ic i 12 CENTS C aturallv makes all manufactured cotton 'acted for and bought our ^IabIA Urn ? ti EFOKE TUF ADVANCE iN RAW POSITION TO ( 1 fits ijr Some folks woi But here they a, Extra heavy 32 and 36 inch Unb worth to-day 10c. at our old price, I (ienuine '"Oak J.awn" yard widi of the best known bleached cottons, our price, 8c. Swell Styles. Fancy Figures and P< nels for making fall waists Bei cheap at 15c; our price 12c. Mercerized Eddy Silks, an exclusiv new colorings, full 36 inch wide, 1 Pest quality American Indigo Pi signs, guarauteed fast colors, our pi fJr?rwl riiiiilifv Tirt-intr Tvnr 10-4 Bleached Bed Stread, worth $ Indies Fine Donijola Shoes, worth J Ladies' French Ribbed Fleece hoc price, 10c. Naturally we say there are others in I or yon what we will, for our store stands hat is good, cheap and stylish in the dry ? THE OLI) RE LI S. A. RH Ss/dl&xixa.ing' - For Sale. j. A 1 irvr ( I have on hand for sale Four Mules ! ? 1 nd Tw< Log Cart-, all in tfood condi-1 ion. I'articS wishing to purchase; an see them at Trio. s. C. II. B. MORRIS. m Til J no, >. * t/ci. in. it and On account of the crowded con- ' TI] ition of our columns several j Wee allied communications had to be mitted tliis week, Th^v will ,^1' ppear in next week s issue. $1.7* ?T! II you want a I'iano or Orcan irtn{. mte to B. O. Bristow, Darling- _ on, S. C. i Wet: . paf! Styles in Men There are some new departures in irhieh we shall be glad to post you as ful hunt tailor effects are faithfully and t eady-to-wear garments made by L. Adh s. V., and which we alone have on sale, hem, for they well illustrate the folly of Oxford and Cambridge will he as poj eason. Many neat effects are shown in uits. The Covert (loth Overcoat < until tVe recognize that there is a great variet >oi?t to cater to all. In this wo arc sjrea nent of fabrics and patterns producedby Careful dressers are ur?;od to inspec eady-tnade, and to see for themselves Ik >e them satisfaction at an expense of hal >r custom made clothing. If vou wish a ?rder 1 will make same from Jf HI to $o0 ea T1 TUT TQ)^ =Ss=- 1111 o OL cms 224 Kin?jSt. Opposite Academy Sole njjont for the Hamilton-Carhavt nade. Thetirin that is making ijnio:i in fail orders promptly attn ded to. COTTON goods higher, but having con W VI j :COTTON", WE ABE IN A 1 )FFER I Fill Ellis. t . ider, I re: .'J s leached Cotton Flannel, 5c. ~ . m . e Bleached JCloth, one ?23 , Everybody's price, 10c, i ^1 Dlka Dots, French Flan- * : j autiful goods, would ?bc * f-2 e fall novelty in all the value 40c, our price 25o. v riots, in the newest de> t IUV IS Is* j th 6 1-4, our new price 5c. I, our price 74c. \ II.25, our price 99c. k Uudervest ut our old | i the business, but they can't do to-day as the head center of all roods line. * ABLE. 3BY, - - - s.c. museum freak savs that eat^lass gives him a pane. Our (,'iub Offers. le County Record and the Ilonifc Farm one veaiyfl 2o. ' ie County Record and Thrice-ak (New York) World one year, ie County Record and Tuice-ak News and Courier one year, ie County Record and the At^ <?1 7." c* v. v/unii luiiv/ii um, j vua ^ le County Record and Semi kiy Columbia State, 5 Clothing. 19 both suits and overcoats, on lly as desired. The swell mer ompletely reproduced in the r, Rros, Co., of Rochester It would do you good to see paying merchant tailor p-ices? >ular this inll as they were last riiws. clu i - and idaids for iiH's to be a strong favorite, y of tastes, and we make it a tly helped by the large assort-1 t ho 4iA(l'.er" boti.se. t our showing 4of high class i\v it is possible for us to prom fwhat they have b *en payins suit or an overcoat made to .ch, and guarantee a tit. rowel's lit CLOTHifiG HOOSt, ; of Music Charleston, S. C, Overalls, $ I.'>o per suit, unioiT lade goods popular in this city. if'--' ' ' 'W;*' ' ^