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VOL. XVIL KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 190L NO. 13 j| Positively No New Display Advertisements Will be Received, or Old Ones Changed, Later Than Tuesday Morning. ; | i MIlijllHSlJ AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL j REPORTER AND NOTED. Written in Condensed h orm and Printed ' in Like Manner for the Sake of Oar Busy Readers. Mr. W. W. Grayson spent Friday in Charleston. Mr. Louis Schultz spent Monday in Charleston. Shad are coming to market free- j 1y, but prices remain nign. The connty board of equalization met Tuesday. Another crazy negro woman was examined Monday for lunacy. Judge Watts and Solicitor Wii*on dined with Capt. Kelley on Friday. Mr*. M.J. Porter is putting up another cottage ou Lombard street for rent. } Messrs W. T. Wilkins and H. M. Cooper went to Charlesion Monday night. Mies Etta Jacobs visited Mrs. 1Y. S. Lynch nt Scranton several days last week. Our hotels and boarding houses were crowded to their utmost ca pacify last week. | Mr. Hey ward McClarv, o( f Georetown, is spending some time in our city ou business. Mrs. Nation seems to be losing Iter grip in Kansas. She might try South Carolina. Already the work ol refilling the Jail has began. One prisoner wa? put in jail Monday. Major S. M. Atkins, H. U. Asking ^q, Messrs. Maxev 11. Thomas aod W. M. Vause were in in town Monday. Mr. Charley L. Porter, prominently connected wfth the A. C..L. system of railways, spent 8nnd?v in town with his mother, Mrs. M. i J. Porter. L Mr. 0. J.Leiesne, mm ?f Kings tree's brigliteht young men and f """ up-to-date merchants, ie, we are glad to see, on our streets again, after an attack of chills and fever. Judge Watts dispatches whatever business comes before him ?rrantprt s rwiiu piuinpnnrra< uv V... _ very favorable impression and has many friends in this county. Peniteutiary Guard Henry Letesne came over Monday morning from Columbia and the same evening carried Frank M. Player back with him to the State penitentiary. During the past week both Judge Wit herspoon and Jndge Wallace, have passed frnm time to eternity. Both of these gentlemen were well known through out *7 the State. Judge Witherspooa had a number ol relatives in this county. Try our Chewing Tobacco at 25 m t _ cts per pound, >v i ANKin*. "" If yon want a 1'iano or On;an write to B. O. Bristow, Darlington, S. C. Another carol good White Corn. If. T. Aakin?. Jtit reo??e4 a Mr k?ad ot M tbitanrn, 70 ooota por both*. Vi. **. ' * j ' /. Bacon hasgone up 4- cent per' pound in the last week. Our lawyers certainly had a hard week's work during court. What has become of Dr. Evans' report on lie health regulations of our town? Miss Italine Brockinton lias returned home after a pleasant visit to the Misses Bell. Miss Mat tie Pendergrass came down from Florence last week on a visit lo relatives in town. George 1. Burnette and crew have gone to Lake City to do a lot of tinning work, says the Florence Times. Are our city fathers" doing their duty as regards the sanitary regulations of our town? It's a mighty responsibility. Capt. W. II.. Kennedy's new store at the corner of Ilailroad Avenue and Mill Street, is rapidly nearing completion. In its "Chat irom the Campus" column the Columbia State last Mondav contained the following personal: Mr. Louis(Jilland, who has been sick tor several days, is able to be out again. Cap. C, E. Wheeler, marched out of town Monday morning with six recruits for his ehaiu gang. Capt. Wheeler has had ?ome valuable vork done on the public roads in this county. Rev. W. S. Martin preached Sunday morning at the Methodist 1 l- - T> ... \l_ / I, my l,aM riiurciij iicv< Jii. mum services in the evening sit the Baptist church and administered the ordinance ol baptism to three candidates. Kdwin L. Ilirsch, Esq.. one of KingstpV* rising young lawyers, was app(?inted by the court to accompany the committee of the grand jury in their investigation of the a flairs ol the eounly. Good appointment. Ktugstree kn* fire doctors, and they are perhaps the hardest worked set of nien in town. Their practice entends for at least 20 nules in almost every direction, often limes there is uot a doctor to be found in town. The members of Camp Press ley are requested to meet in the court house the first Monday in April, for the purpose ot electing officers for the ensuing year, and for the disposal of such other business as shall come before the camp. I want to say to my friends and the public generally that I am not in business for fun or for my health. I have a large and well selected stock of goods bought at the very lowest prices with the cash, which 1 desire to sell and will do so at a very close margin. I make a specialty of Shoes and Clothing, and will sell cheap. I do not care te cast a shadow over ray competitors by giving prices. I onlv ask you to come and see for yourselves, i guarantee satisfaction to all. W. W. Grayson. Try a barrel of oar Gold Medal Flour. .None better, w. 1. a?kins. fc*?r load of ?iti pi caata. Bed Ti?othr liar |M0, call at Eiaftrae Uraia a*4 Fee4 tiara. L. J. Btrr. i i Kead spring announcement of | Bentschner ifc Yisanska in this i issue. | Hon. John S. Graham was m i town Tuesday from Morrisville, and paid us a pleasant visit. y The citizens of Spring Bank are v endeavoring to form a company to * build a telephone line to King- r stree. Good tiling to do. o Mr. John J. Snow, traveling a salesman for H. Kaminski <fc Co., i of Georgetown, was in our town T last week. Mr. Snow looks well alter the interests of his house, * and withal is one of the most pop- t ular drummers on the road. Again {mist we remind correspondents that we do not publish communications unsigned or sign- ^ ed with initials only. If ' L. B.,J' y of Trio, will send his or her real name (not for publication) we shall be pleased to publish article H thus signed. t Miss Viola Powers will close her C school at Harpers with an exhibition to-morrow (Friday) night, ^ i lj to which the public is cordially invited. Miss Powers his given excellent satisfaction Py her faithful and efficient woik as a teacher, p In this issue appears the card * of W. F. Clayton, Esq, of the * Florence bar, who places jumseu ^ at the disposal of readers ot The Record who stand in need of his services. Mr. Clayton is no straneer in this county, and ut the recent term ot court his able, earnest and zealous work in behalf ot Wis elients was quite noticeable and elicited much tarorable com- _ m ment. _ W. E. Jenkiuson, of Manning. | ha* something to say to the ladies of Williamsburg, which i6 seasonable? spring seasonable, as it were. Bv pluck and enterprise and the giving of lull value for every dollar, Mr. Jenkinson has I u..;w .. ~ .... onviaKI, njj f rnna I * Ulllll Up nu ?.n>nuiv throughout the lower part of the j State. Everything he oflVrs is oi a the highest quality?but just drop \ hiui a line and he will tell you the rest. Our stock ot Lawns, Organdies, Welts, Dimities etc.. is fresh and unbroken. Prices temptingly low. W T A skins. LETTER Y6 MJR. JAMES EPPS, Kingstree, S. C. Dear Sir: A man once advertised that he'd send 25 useful articles for 25 cts., and every victim got25 pins. Smart but shady; ought to have gone to jail. Our stauding and capital (you cuu get from your bank or mercantile agency) makes this letter to you nonoffensive, and guar an tees your consideration or that of any other property owner of tour place for our offer of "free paint." Furnish us nieasnrments of bouse, to be painted, and we'll tell you how many gallons of L. & Al. I'aint we 'can donate, and send aupe'b color | schemes. We do it to secure sample bouses covered wtth our paiut, for such houses enable us to establish *n uwnrv nninklv. Been making ?"? "~J 1 1 - - ~ this paint 30years; sold enough to put * girdle of paint around the world a number of times; covers better And lasts longer than white lead; rou thin it with oil; over 3,?00 L. 4 M, agencies in the U. 8. It pAjs to imjutrew Trulj yonra. Longman 4 Martinet, Paint If tier A 9*7 rmrl 9t, *tf Ttrk t > J . TO THE O! Kingstree and V Knowing that a goodly portion el Villiamsburgls sent off to other plac vith the hope of securing a part of th o hold out inducements in our Fine ] npnts which should prove worthy of Ladies, just drop us a postal card >ur Fine Dress Goods, Silks, Wash Go ,nd see if we can't compete successfu n both price, quality and style. As i ay express or freight on all orders a Ladies, if you wish your dresses 11 oyour satisfaction as we keep a Nor bly assisted by from six to eight exj ee satisfaction in our Dress-making Millinery D Our head Milliner has just retui rhere she has been buying our Sprin Should you favor us with an order in ou will not be disappointed. Gentle While we have devoted much of ,nd this is reasonable, for by right th< hing, yet we wish to impress it upon iENTS, BOYS and CHILDREN'; COLLARS, CUFFS a Uso a full line of the latest stylo ind our line of Clothing as cheap as Six oesl Our line of Ladies and Gents Sho art of the State. You can do no be Reynold's fil.oO High Roller Shoes, he reputation of giving first-class sat Just Received?A full line of Lad "ies, all at popular prices. irn>.!n? miinlva a nnrfinn nf thi liWf'IIJg IW 4 VVV4 T V M w. ... fours respectfully, W. E, JEN lv?a.3njELiz ROCK BOTT ?0> Disc Harrows, Showed, S'veepp, Dixie Bo; ! - j J _? i? <\K1US UI X'.11 111(11 )ur Stock of St ? as low as they can be sold. G?ot 110 cents ? quart. Vhen ytu come in, look in the w ask the priees an* Respectfully, H, 3D- DSIE Ql eeai *J man war and well? in one ye r l\ to satisfy /1 fT I \ nn(* ^xl!* i-0 / I -4 V l?r drest ra ( . II r"T\ % lino of 1 8"?U K \\ AU? A\ Hand I / i \ VT * pwp i? / I V These sui / \ and all tt 1 xo that tl A \v< arinjf i f\ t'all < t I \ style YO If I fc><?le aj;er : I in ou j arethfl<iu // . } y<i I that.is to I I union lnt i. PM % 5K, mSSm "'*>** * "?* I H , . * ' 6 LADIES I Williamsburg Co. i -1 f the fine dress goods business of / es, we address thin to the ladies icir patronage, mwp arc prepared [)resg Goods and Millinery Departtheir consideration. i with a request for samples from od# and White Goods Departments, } . 1 illy with any concern in the State in extra Inducement, we will premounting to orover. v ^ nade up in style you can get it dene thern dress-maker in our employ, j . , ] >ert mantau-inakers. We guaran* Department. i TtiH apartment. | ned from the Northern markets g Stock and studying the styles* this department we feel sure that men. our lime and space to the ladies a ladies should be first in every- , t you that we carry a large stock of Si FIXE CLOTHING, SHIRTS, ,nd NECKWEAR. f ?g Felt and Straw Hats. You will any first-class house in the State. SlxoesI os is the equal of anything in this ttiiv tKon t/i (fAt o Tidlr i.% f itltP T, \C Wherever they are worn they have lies, Misses and Children's Oxford c putronage of Williamsburg I am, KM, SL c. I OM PRICES 1 -v ' m Tooth Harrows, Sweep Stocks and all g Implements. ? *** m 6 hjtcK aple Groceries 7 M i CoiFee at 10 cents, i'rime Rice indows, look in the show cases, 1 be convinced* < y IDjDXCIK. = , >Y FOE SPEIEG, 1901. ?re Is one time in the year when a its to look unusually neat and fresh dressed, i'. is sprinc. And if there ; ar and one store more than another / ' this natural desire, it is this vear VVn ltfuannf >n nHrfioil. ;er of thin locality our newr spring i, Hats, Neckwear and Underwear. four last year's spring suits, $10* 12, we have marked down t? $0. i our window will convince you. its are all hand-made button-holes, le canvas in them are well shrunk hcv will not lose their shape ott thou. uid see the new celebrated spring UNO'S HAT, union made, at fci. it for this city. r moi'r'Ktint.tiillnr domirtmet we ily concern in thin oily thnt will >u a fiuit of clothes from f lfl to H* ado up by union tailors, hnvlug the k?I on each suit.'' r H. TBmwn's tfTE mm mi ., * i St. Ovf#tiU Aii^pjr #f Mnlk? ChiWM??At ?rt frmftly M *k ; '**1