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. . ' i " ' f % 'Tlpc (ttritrit) liwrsrd ...iV" Zl ii: C. V/. YYOLrE. tJDiTou A:;I> riK^KiEToa. GEO S. B r fl, Associate Kpitos. 7 K ISMS. SUBSCItlPTlON KATi:R: Ono ewe. ?!!?' ar. - - - tfi.'O. One o.?; y, vi\ muni i?. -- - - ,"?o. i <>noco:?y.'.biff in?nih<s, - - .2">. Sulwriptio s : n'Mbio i:i mlvaine. auvkktisinc kat Ono inrli, first insertion. Sl.i 0;. ee.eb suWrjiieiit insertion. 50 certs. Obi't I nrios anil'IViS::*. s < f ilssp.-ol over IOj w??r<!s char -i d !\ir as jocular v?-r:i<c -: inoutf. Lbnon! reduction on adverli?-j ing luade for three, six ami tvwhv, Toon l!i<" contracts. Cwi<)ninnciilio)is p;>:rt bo nocomptnied be il?.' real nnruo ami address ol tli : writer In order to receive attention. No j toinmunicatioa of a ]XM'x>nal nature: nil! b-piibii-li-'I except a> an adver-; tisemeiit. i ?1I letters and make all drafts ^tvab.e lot C. W. Wor.rz, King-to e. S.f. j THURSDAY. FE5SUARY 21 .I9C!. : WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. j To-morrow is tii3 KI'Mii arr iversary of the birtii of George, Washington, the foremost figure| in American history. 'Ike late Col. Robert G. Ingersoll said on one occasion that Washington was ! now nothing more than a stee' engraving. With the dictum of the great agnostic we cannot agree. When Shakes-, 7>e?re makes Mark Anthony sav:j "The evil that men do lives after! them; the go*"?d is olten interred j ! with their e?.nes," he ion.* :i Jaund'ced view of hotnanitv which i> , I more prone :?> that ch;??i; v which 1 speak* naught b:;l goo] of Wit-1 dead. To-lay the ii ima of Wa?!?i???C-1 ington is enshrine 1 more than ever ; ?u tha hearts of a grateful pns- j tenty, and if we fail to give visi-' ble evidence of oar reverence and j admiration of tho Father of hF| Country, it is no sign of abate-f m?-at of those sentiments. Li fe i is t -ound ol business, and we lack ! 1 time rather than inclination t?.; turn aside from the bnsv naili o f dutv to pluck tho tender flowers! sentiment. Vol in the hearts o> ! . i <if the whole nation there is an-i I ever will b- a deep an 1 h illowe I reverence for the groat American who "sleeps the sleep tint know.- j no ^ waking"* near ihe burks of tlit I I\; teniae. rue blocking oft ho Ship Sab' j sidy bill in congress is a victory tor the Democrats and those K* publicans who oppose a whoiesa raiding ot the treasury. An annual appropriation oi .f^.ooo.ooo j to a few lavored shiu-boi'ders i-j coining it pretty strong. Mar!- | lianr.a, the ohiet and bolt! i wasner of the administration, win ! shows an ingenuous and disinter-j osv.l en!hu-da.?:n in tu?? measure.' . himself, we jelieve, inlerdste.! j to extent in <!no-huihhn;:. c ^ " \ftc*r ;tii, ihe n ure fiii'c:! t(?ass liie anti-M Liu::! resolu *? ?i. i }?o strong on or "orije:r 01 i* i-lor Tillman. however, has { :tica!!y the same oH.'ct as thej t . <ing ot" ilid resolution hiking! tl junior se.-atnr to tk. i Vlion a negro who commits an j h- cult upon a white woman in an j n nipt to perpetrate a heinoio i in i ne can get off with ton years I iio lUonnient under the laws ot j the Stale, ns was the <m*o in Fior-| enee county, the clay is 1'ar distant when lynching will become obsok'e, , A Va'cnti:. Si!!. . u% v * t ' * - l j j i i ..v SMi J i.)W* i.e . fJ'U'P i\ > .-.well flair. The hah wa> decorated wiili evergreen* .1 t:?i pr< >ont"d n lovely k'oik*. The mnsic furnished l>v I he A!ou;mn Mi in:: band wa* strictly up-to-date , Every one present see s to b -v-J been weii pleased, and Voted t!m! occasion oil" oi the most enjoyable they ever at tended. Anions the ladies present were .NleMlamo : Virginia Hroehjntmi.Lonis Jacobs, ' T. M. (iiliand, \V V. I>:neki?i!i>n. J. ;?1. Johnson. \V. (}. (r tinbie. K ! J. lvirk, .1. i'. Melson, Jr., and' Mis>es. May YauKturen, Et'aJ Jacobs, Loui.-e (Jiihmd, I.i/.zie Mc- ! ' 1 *-?V ?v??w* A 11 -Pt iki 1 auiitr i Jacob* and Barbara .Jacobs.; Anions th jicn'.lomen present j were: Me>-o>, 1 M (Jillawi, B J Knk,W V B;oekinion,.\i I\ .Jacobs, J Ai Johnson, .J Iii*_iiaiiImiii, HI YanKenren, J J MeKuizie, 11 l'ar-i ker, J W ('iaivm-e Juc bs. Wilnol (Jiliand, B D ('abi. \V R Scott, L 0 Dove, W W Buddie, Robert FulIon, \V i\ Jacobs and J F Scot'. /inr t-m vr: adc I iu \JV t ? I Sentence of John Livingston, the Flor- 1 encc County Negro Rapist. The trial of John LivingMnn, 1 'he negro who asMtulled ;lieiiau::h j ter oi lhe keeper of ihe naiiona | cemetery, near i' orence, last tali' took poiee Tuesday bei?>re Judue| Walts. 1 he aflair excited jrreai ! indignation at I tie lime o.d Liv-j i :>lf>ii was placed la the peiuiou-j :;v ait'olumb;.! lor sale-keeping, i :> was brought tc> Florence Mm:-; ' j# after noon and tried on the' i.>!.owing jiv for a.ssuuil with iii-j etii to ravish, to which he plead; *:ii 1 v ami received a :-en OiiCi Ol ' ien years i*.? the penitenti ?i v. ' i iit' whole triai con.-mned <#r11 minutes. In this issue ?ve cnmince the -ad (lea: 1) ol little Luia Siul Is. A short while alter the hural 01 Lain on Monday, the enl?jr sister, F aunte, a girl oi vine 15 vears. i??k sick in a most the same vay thai her s s ?r <l:d, and -he i irt;* a< the p??in ot death Jo-da v. i?vreryil?n.r .1 >- i!> * 1- bvn^ do.ie ?r the child. Dr-. Stoti and 1 t inline have neon 111 constant at-J *?ivlan?v\ aiiti \ i \ the disea>e (i<ie>! " . 1 jut seem to viei.i i<> 1 rt*sif:rit?n;. \ rt I r ii - J ilia? tu s *() >;<#*> lilt' .? >. k' ?|.?;iivd, v* t ilte doctors h??!<] '!' Vtl'- *1I? '< " inerili'M ^ ^ 13^ ?V1 Ocsgji HaiiFTl litiBf^Baskaclie Gzurs-*:r-? i?el a? Liner I :m *K?nre Tils! C-Trr D*cod Cl?a^Eir>r ^er-.edy for Spring.; HcifiicUes, Ccc3'fcip&tl5n."Tlre<l," Kervous. | . j P^r^si^i? Ppppir, yfdptf^id will? loidgii Rgllsf 1 SOiiiFliie g Ark your druggist for Almanac for 1S01 coi Certificates of the most remarkable For Sale by Dr. \Y. V. RROC i i tie hdies of ili?- town art* kindly doin^ evciyihit in. *11err power loTHrOS Hr .. 1{ * ' i.! . It : .uz Icr n;i? W ednesday nichi of iast we. ;< Mr. d. ?McIOiVfcn, ot Npr i:,: Han!;, had hi- hors-* stolen trom Wi I kins' !?>' The Koad Law.) Editor < 'omit \ ii'.M'orfi: I have hoped thai some far abler pen than mine would lake up the question oi the road law c- it now xi.s's in I hi* Stale, or at least in ihis pari o{ the State; hm a- 1 have seen nothing on the subject, I will (with vonr kin i permission) give my views on tii" subject 'io start with. I ihink ti;-.? present system o! working the public roads is very detective and 1 don't believe the roads, as a general thing, will ever be any better untii law makers devise 'omc liefer method of having them worked. I Sen there is a bi'l pending in the New York I/e?rislai tire the main leal ores oj whichure it) do away wi;r. having iherouds worked by tin public and lax each one subject to ;<>ad duty ihe sum ot one dollar, tins money 10 be applied to working the road by contract Hut with all due respect lo tin< honorable member w no presented this bill, I must say I do not think that would be a go.d law, because I don'i think if jusi ' rat ail persons subject to idull duly should be taxed alike. Suppose we look ai it this way, Mr A. cierks in a si ore and owns neiniter burse nor veiueie of any kind, whin* Ins neighbor Mr. H. run? a laiue larni and owns, per haps,ten mules and horsws besides wagons, eaiis and busies l<? run (Ml .lie piib.ie load, is it lair to lax Illese in.-n bike to keep up tlie rouo2 I UiinK uoi. Aty idea is jo fix a tax oi say liiiv cents per head on all person? subject to road duly regard less r?| wii.u they possess, ilien pin a road lax ui' say fifty ceo is u piece on ail horses and in1111-~, ibe same on nil two horse A.'i^iiis. itiiil something icss, say I went v-live cein on aii busies aim can-. 1 ill.nk (ins plan would r:n>e . he uiooe\ l:i have I be roads pi ..peri l worked ami ll woaid be r out i>< Ibo-e who Deed good m?nis mo-t alio sdiouid be wining to itu? lor i ln-in i mink then the work .should be iiiv?-ii oui t?y iwwiislups loaeumpei'. in, ieil.d>.e nui'i who resides in the low n.-ijiji, h- giving boi d lor the pro pi-r woiniiig oJ the road I b? n ve i; .1 .11 . ;ke toe above VDU.d be j iivM, oltr legislature we wi.u.u in . ve.y lew years n.iw pub ii: loans all ov>i our jhaieiiiai ii \M?oni t>e a pleasure i .. V...i_ I U 4 I I \ C LMI. II ?II1 I'ljv na- c 4 w* ter plan io? tf-r i \w?h Iliev would ih us hear Iro.n iruin. 'i rustic;: tuat uur iviiislaior> will dw *.xr?*-t'itiig along (his lint' at the pieseul session. ?l the legislature. J a in vou/> lor better reads. Vim. iedeclnes. For Coombs, Colds, Grip, cr "Cold" in ANY PART cf body. Colma.v, Mich.. Sept. 27,19^0. T.V ? ? ? rrW?1r? tu'ip 7 enni.l do rn\ TViirlf iir?r) walked only by holding on to a chair. 1 cooto red with four different. physicians hot received no relief. The us? of two bottiss of Dr. renner's Kidney and BacKache Cure gavo r.io : t crfcct cure. J. >1. McKinney. Geneva. Crawford O., Pa.. June IS. 1CV0. Three years ago 1 liadc. torero attack o* Erysipelas mid blood cohcn. breaking out on my road and face. My physician attended ml: for several months without re? nit. 1 then look 3 bottles of Dr. Fennel's Blood and Liver Remedy and Norvo Tonic and soou.s d a complete cure. Fhank Uakkuan. MiDDbsnono. Ky.. Sop*. 7. iw>o. My wife bus suffered long with dyspepsia. 1 tried all of the poosin preparation* and all of t y own prracriptions without avail. I finally prescribed Dr. Fenncr'3 Dyspepsia Cure and the use of it. elTccted a cure. Many other similar cases that have Come under my ohtiorvutioa have been cored by his Fyspepsia t'uro. 4>r. v. .1. Lkbanqood. My Dear Pr. Fonner. Frcdonia. N. T. I have used Dr. Fenner's Golden Relief for many years for tho diseases and accidents for which it Ss advertised and havo found it fully e.iuul to all you claim for it. J. KG YD ESPY, Presiding Elder M. E. Church. Used for Cuts, Brr'sea, Burns, Old Sores, Sprains, Colds, Grip, Sore Throat, Oollc, Dysentery, Bowel Troubles, it Is unfailing. Akron, Okie. la.n. X, tDOO. 31. STXJfhH? V*.'Ionia. V. V. 0 lisvo >ol<l many fl.T.ons of your St. Vlt'i*' Pnn>-v llo and every ease been cured tir It. It liar proved O'lg i"*ro," AI.I.KN-CLAKK l'XCn C O. itaining descriptions of the Remedies aad 1 cures ever achieved by medicine. KINGTOX. Kings-tree, S. C. ? i i mmmmmmm I' .? ' I A'***Sloae? IF YoU WANT IT, I First,by purchasing your Horses, IJ Seom.d, in doing that you buv ohe* Third, you tret bctte: values fcr yo nothing but what we make goo sent tiou. We have just received :i ear load oi : OLINA IH'(x(J iES, which wo arc i a carload of tlie renowned one anil we thank vou for v oir libera! f: you good treatment in future busiy 5See Hawkins on Court House S ; KIXGSTREE, !BARGA^ 8 FOR IliE NEXT THIRi Y DAY STO SHOES' HA | Gents Under AM j AT GREATLY R! IGOMEAND BE < 02:YIN' Y.\j A LIMTEi> 'Always yours to ple..i,< 3 ft ^ % j v* & 1 ^ i?? n ? ,? u?^ jf* t" jVaMtA i Hft} I CLOSING OUT CUR EN ')] OVEJ | jTo Make Room I Prices Harked Down $2 i Don't Let this i Julia j?arloi?G Slice: KVEHY PAIR Shoes ot Ev< Our 1.00 Ladies ? ALL LEATtiE GAGG, OLI [ Dealers in Gene KINGSTi i i i Notice of Discharge, Notice i. hereby given ih;lt I wU ) apply to the J udge of Probate for Wil : liamsburg county ou Monday the 4tl I day of March I9ul for letters uf tina i discharge a.< Guardian of Addle A ilugglu^. t. K. Ht'GGINS. Guardian 4t. 4ati. 31, Feb. 7-14-2J. : * Notice. I , All person# holding claim* again*! ; the Estate of Juntos M. McC'larv, do ; leased, wili present the same to u:i : dcrsigrn-ri. and a'l persons. indebted t< said estate * ill make pavu eni to NHa. S. E. McCLA EY. Feb 7 4t u.nl i tied Executrix | : Wanted. j 10,000 cord* of food liiikory to b? I delivered at Rowe?.vtlIe and Denmark, I ! S, c. For particulars, address JOHN V. SIMMONS, Dec. 6, tfuie. it;, wen v I He, S. C. p round 1 Stables^^^^^^ t o*115 AND (JET IT. uggios, Wagons and Harness from n-. ipc-rof us than elsewhere. 11 r hard earned dollar-, as wo **!! d if it does not co:ny up :t> our raja,- \ "the famous ROOM Hi I L arid OAK- -.4 :apidl3* selling at eydnnr Al o wo hor se A UK0 0N W A'j)Nfc>. utroaago in the past, ami pro.ni.-y less. quare. lie v. ill treat you ri^ht. : Biacliiair:., S. 0 ALES S I WILL OFF Kit MY IMMENSE K OF ,TS. PANTS, tire* o t* fY t^Cll > ALL Winter Goo EDUCED PRICES. FOii THIS ( FI-'ER IS OOCU k'oii .ME ONLY. 111 3 % ? ?*\ 'ILKai^O. ^QAiiN SALE DF? 0 PR gSSSiksf SJltf 3 At p. Lm b pas V%8v? y# uHfcr & kil&aSM III ?ill II ? IK l.lNKOf (MOIilfVn; \\?t L {COATS for Spring Goods ts $4?Regardless of Co t. Chance go by. Battle ?23 Shoes., GUARANTEED. i\~ :i\ x/eacuJMHJII. hoe is Guaranteed. K^LWOK AS IT. VER L CO, sral Merchandise, REE, S. C, Citation Notice. ' f STATE OF SOUTH CA HOI. IXA. 1 ' Wl. i lAMSf'i nr, C'o- N'T v. ' W. E. It*x.vr, Esq.. Tkobate JuDot. Wherea? Julius J. 1T>:n?ia muddy J suit to me, to grant him Letters *wk| i Admiiiistiatitm of the Estate of nu^H ; effects, of Hugh.'A Hnnnn. The-* me titers ore to cite an-1 ad; monish ait arid singular the kindred , : and Creditors of the said Hugh '/?. " j ilaiuia, deee>*ed, mat they be and " i appear before rue. in the Court of "; Probate, to be held .it Kingstree, ok. I 4 th March 1W1. next, niici- pub-. I liratiou. there of, at 11 o'clock iu the forenoon, to ?diuw cause, if any tier hare-, why the >;iid Adminstration, should not be granted, liiven under ray H*nd, this l?st cla* of i'ebuary, Anno Domini. 1901. W. E. Jlanna. Feby. 21-28-7. . j.iu-e I'robatu. . _ _ _ Beauty kilU time and time k^Jls, j beauty..