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fb founts %\mtk . ? ? ^ ^ VOL. XVIII. KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER <), 1902. NO. 1 LOCAL ITEMS 1 OF INTEREST B E B ?uiiuiiuuuiiuiuuuiiiuiu:ii) Let us have the new shool building. Attention is called to tax and election notices. Wanted?A few loads of stove wood on subscription. Mr W 3 Grayson of Benson called to see us Monday last. Note change of ad of Wilkins and Thomas & Bradham. P H Stoll, Esq., is in Charleston for a day or two this week. Mr Emile Arrowsmith returned from Georgetown yesterday. Miss Barbara Jacobs is visiting the Misses Gourdin this week. The actual circulation of The Record is now 1,072 copies a week. Miss Pell Kellehan has returned from an extended visit to Lake City. Miss Annie Brown of Central is spending some time with Miss Lula Strong. Miss Eloise Kinder has gone to Walterboro to take charge of a school. Kingstree market report: Cotton 7 3-ic to 7 7-8c; cotton seed $16.65 a ton. Former Probate Judge E M Smith was a pleasant visitor at our Sanctum Monday. Coal is selling in New York as high as $32 a ton and we have wood to burn. Mr Cecil Jacobs has gone to Georgetown to take a position with the Steele Moses Co. Mrs K Eugene Montgomery and son of Georgetown are visiting the family of Dr A M Snider. Judge R R Stutts' dwelling on Academy street is being reshingled and otherwise repaired. Several valued communications were crowded out this week. They will appear in our next issue. Mr Bryant A Myers of Rosemary spent a few hours Sunday with his parent* at the Central Hotel. Mr Conrad Constine took advantage of the excursion rate and vis* ited Washington, D. C.t last week. Mrs Troy Flagler and her mother, Mrs Pendergrass, are visiting Mrs OiiAfM Stoolrlov ?Flnrpnfp Times. Mr Geo W Davis of Chapman, paid us a pleasant call while in the city last week.?Georgetown Outlook. Miss Pauline Davis, who has been visiting the Misses Kelley, has returned to her home at' Davis Station. Among the visitors from a* distance in town Monday was Mr T H McElveen of Bethlehem, Clarendon county. Mr C D Jacobs returned to Charleston Sunday morning to resume his studies at the Charleston Medical College. Messrs W L Bass and F L Wilcox of the Lake City and Florence bars, respectively, were here Monday on business. Monday was sales day and quite a crowd came to town. Our merchants all seemed to be doing a thriving business. Messrs Thomas & Bradham will have a carload of horses and inules here for sale October loth 16th and 17th. Jtead their ad. Messrs B H Myers and Charles Myers have been re-elected day and night marshals to begin their duties Saturday night next. We are requested to announce that t here will be a meeting of the WCTU at Mrs Hemingway's at 8 o'clock next Friday night. Mr W E Severance, the weli known merchandise broker, was in town Monday makiug his monthly round among the merchants. P Alston Wilcox, Esq., of Flor" ' ence has been appointed district attorney of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad for Pee Dee District. The % . other two appointees are J T Bar/ rou of Columbia and W H Fitasim* V, mom, of Chrleston. I j iwmmmmmmmmmmm? AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR 3 LOCAL REPORTER AND NOTED 2 Written in Condensed Form 3g and Printed in Like Manner 35 for the Sake of Our Busy 35 Readers ^3 lUMUUUlUiUUUUUUUIUi Mr Louis Stackley visited Charles ton a few days last week to purchase his Christmas stock. He was accompanied by Mrs Stackley, Following is the board of federal election commissioners appointed by the governor: J H Black well, Lake City, E F Prosser, Johnsonville and J P Epps, Cades. Mr R B Marshall of Morrisville called Monday and left an acceptable token of his good will toward The Record. Mr Marshall is one of the best farmers of his section. On account of a rush of ads and late news matter out local space is less than usual this week. For this reason a good many personal notices of friends had to be omitted. Mr W Eugene Cooke of Scranton is now on the staff of the Florence Daily Times. Eugene is a clever and wide-awake newspaper man and an all around jolly good fellow. The population of Kingstree is steadily growing. The latest newcomer is an infant of the masculine persuasion who took up his abode last Saturday at Rev H J Caulhen's. About 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon the boiler of Mr W R Bryan's mill near Salters exploded with terrific force, tearing it asunder. Fortunately no one was injured. The Jewish feast of Yom Kipper, also known as the Day of Atonement, will be celebrated October 10. The celebration of the New Year, or Rosh Hashanna, took place last Thursday and Friday. We rise to echo the following sentiment: "An editor wishes no bodily harm to his subscribers, but just at this seaswn he wishes that some in arrears would be seized with a remittance fever.M On the night of October 16th? 17th there will be a total eclipse of the moon, visible throughout the United States. The eclipse will begin at 11.17 p. in. on the 16th and - rirl nt. 'ASft m. on the 17th. The Welsh Neck High School at Hartsvllle has had the tlnest opening in its history. There are now enrolled 162 boarding pupils and others are expected. This is certainly a splendid showing. Mr M F Heller left yesterday for St Louis and other Western markets to buy stock. He will be gone about 10 days and when he returns he says there will be no scarcity of horses and mules in Kingstree. In response to our appeal quite a number of our subscribers have paid up. There are still a number who have not paid, however, and we again urge them to come forward and do so as soon as possible. ? - * _ The announcement mine news and Courier a few days ago of the death of Mr Barron Holmes, the veteran traveling representative of Walker, Evans & Cogswell, was received here with sadness by the many friends of the deceased. Harmony Presbytery convened yesterday at 11 a. m. at Richmond church with the following ministers attending: Revs Mills, Bradley, Flynn, Gregg, Dunlop and McDowell. The meeting will be continued until Sunday with daily services. Mrs J G Barron came in Saturday from Harmony, York county, and will remain in town with her husband, who represents In man & Co here, during the cotton season. Mrs Barron was accompanied by her friend, Mrs J S Glasscock, also of York county. The special committee of the grand jury appointed to investigate the affairs of the court house officials met Tuesday and examined the offices of the probate judge, the auditor and the sheriff. These, we understand, were found to be in good condition. The other offices will be examined later. The comi miitee is composed of the following i members of the grand jury: J J Graham, foreman, L L Rodgers, J O Carraway, J T Frietsou and P M Brockiuton Job printing is a necessity in I' every business. Good printing increases business; poor printing injures it. We give the right type, the right style and the riyht price. Mr J S Driggers, who lives on the Murphy place about 2 miles from town, brought us a cotton boll Monday bearing nine locks of cotton. The average number is four or five. ] Cards have heen issued for the wedding of Dr W C Hemingway f and Miss Pauline W Baker at Gib- , son, N C, on Wednesday, October i 15,1802. The bride is a daughter of Rev W B Baker and the groom a ( popular young physician of Lam- 1 bert, Williamsburg county. The special election to nominate 1 a magistrate for Salters, Lanes and * Gourdins was held on Tuesday, * September 23, and resulted as fol- ? lows: Gourdins? Clarkson 20, Sal ter.% 7; Lanes?Clarkson 13f Salters ] 7; Salters?Clarkson 0, Salters 56. ^ Total, Clarkson 39, Salters 70. Messrs B. E. Clarkson and T E Sal- ^ ters were the only candidates. ? ( A PURE LIFE ENDED. ^ Death of Mrs Sarah J Lucas at Lake City Last Week. Mrs Sarah J Lucas went into everlasting rest on Friday, October 3, at the residence of her son-in-law, W L Bass, Esq. Afflicted with a lingering malady her condition had been hopeless for a number of years. Death came slowly and with painful suffering so that it was with infinite relief that the angel came and bore the white spirit to the bosom of its Father and its God. It is not our province to judge, yet we do say that if the truths of God are eternal?and we know that they are?her spirit was pure and wnite and cleau und' rests now under the shade of the trees by the waters of the river of life that make glad the city of God. j * Mrs Lucas was the daughter of1 ( John Hammond Brown and "was born in Charleston in 1843. She ( was a graduate of Charleston High * School and was possessed of culture ' and refinement. Her husband was Edward P Lucas, who died iu Dar- J linbton October 3, 1869, just 33 ' years prior to her death. Mrs Lucas * is survived by two children, one of * whom is Mrs W L Bass, of Lake 1 City. The remains were carried to Charleston and laid to rest at Bethel ~ ajj/v r\? V?nr Vl 11 cViQTirl Iuiluruu UJ MiC OlUC Ul. Illi UUOUIIU!., there to await the coining of the ( | resurrection morn. If ever the spirit of love of the. meek and lowly child of Bethlehem dwelt in human form, it certainly lived in her frame. Iu deed and in ^ truth she lived the life which she ^ found in her Bible, her hourly companion. And if it be true that the j righteous die not then she is not ^ dead. This is written in no spirit of fulsome flattery but by one who for sixteen years knew her as a member of his family. Peace, peace be to her ashes and may the sod rest lightly over her. Marv Moss, a new name in 1 story-telling, is the novelist chosen by Lippincott's for their ] October number. Her novelette is subtly called "Fruit Out of Season.'' ' ] DR. FENNER'S I I * ritv urn 7 KlUNfcK mt a Backache : All diseases or Kidneys, /\w y rv , Bladder, Urinary Organs, I ~| llll Also Rheumatism, Back I I l/h ache,HeartDisease Gravel, >|J m\ I . i | Dropsy, Female Troubles. Vw \ A m. mJ i < Don't become discouraged. There Is a cure for you. If necessary write l>r. Fenner 1 He has 6pcnt a life time curing just sucb cases asyours. All consultations Free. "For years I had backache, severe pains , across kidneys and scalding urine. I could not get out of bed without help. The use of , Dr. Fenner's Kidney and Backache Cure restored me. G. WAGONER, Knobsvllle. Pa." < Druggists. 60c.. tl. Ask foe Cook Book?Free. , w I? Mi ? rELLS ABOUT A NEW DISEASE WHICH MENACES PEA CROP, rhe Iron Pea Said to be a Remedy for "Root Rot"?Where Can Seed Ha nhtjinerf Editor County Record: A new disease, "root-rot" has destroyed the peas in three-fourths of iiy corn fields; and is spreading in mother, apparently by contagion? contact?a row at a time, in a great neasure. They have been dying a month or nore. The denuded parts of the ields look as if no peas were planted :here. I recieved a circular last spring from Clemson College about 'root-rot" in peas, which I had not leard of before. No remtdy is cnown except to plant the "iron pea"; vhich is again something new to me. Where do you get them? Will some )f your readers tell us what to do. [ made fine peas last year; and saved tome seed to plant this year; so I did lot import the germs of "root-rot." The field that is worst off was nnnnrpH uifVi stahle manure in Mav. ;he other field with green cotton jeed in May. I see some sign of it n a neighboring field. I hope Clemson professors will ;ontinue to investigate the matter tnd let us hear from them. It will )e a serious situation if we fail to aise peas. Lightest lands suffer nost. I am gathering my com and will jut in my fattening hogs before they ire all gone. Some peas are ripe iow, but the majority is still green. We have put over the worst sumner dropth I ever experienced. I itopped plowing in June, about the ast. The lai;e manuring Kept the orn green and made a fair crop. Cotton fared worse, al>out half a rrop. Late sorghum is looking airly well, early sorghum made out ittle svrup. But the peas, the peas. I want ,*ou to put CLEMSON PROFESSORS in capitals so they will Ik- coram to read and tell us more about he iron pea, and "root-rot" for it is i new thi/g for Possum Fork. Real Estate Transfers. The following tracts of lund were lisposed of last Monday at public mtcry to the highest bidder: 568 acres belonging to the Pittnan estate to J C Graham for $400. 10 acres in Hope township beonging to Alice Wells and sold for axes to T W Boyle for $10.00. 40 acres in Mingo township beonging to Edwin Pipkin and sold lor taxes to J G Pipkin for $32.00. Other tracts advertised were withIrawn on payment of taxes and josts. Central Hotel Arrivals. The following guests were regis?red at the Central Hotel Monday: P D Coekfleld, W L Bass, J S Lynch, J S Howie, Lake City, A L Tobias, Blakeley's, J J Mathews, M [ Dennis, Lake R D Blakeley, Buttons, J G Pipkin, S R Pipkin, Bloomingvale, J W Gamble, T W Boyle, Greeleyville, D R Smith, Smith Mills. A Comet On Hand. There's a comet flying about. It can be seen these nights with the naked eye. It will be brightest this week. On Wednesday it will be at its nearest approach to the earth and thereafter slink away. It was discovered by Prof Perrine, of the Lick cbservatory. -Florence Times, Oct 6. Car of Flour just arrived. Canopy (you know it) $4.25. Oven Lifter, can't be beat, $4.00; other grades $3.50, $3.60 and $3.75. Any size sack you want WitKijte* SHORT COTTON CROP. Only Two %3tates out ot'Fourteen up to the Ten Year Average. Washington*, October 3.?The monthly report of the statistician of the department of agriculture shows L the average condition of the cotton on September 25 to have been 58.3, as compared with 64 on August 26 61.4 ou September 25, 1901, 67 on October 1,1900, aud a ten-year aver- C ! age of 68.9. . I # |J While the decline during SeptemI ber ranges all the way from 2 points ^ ; in Alabama to 12 points in North Carolina aud 15 in Oklahoma, only Ok one State, Missouri, fails to report some deterioration. ^ The low estimate of the condition ^ in Texas is fully sustained by a large amount of collateral and independent testimony in the posession e of the department, for which it is , indebted to officials of railroads and * oil mills, and to other persons whose occupations give them special facilities for making a trustworthy esti- ^ mate of the situation. _ _ e 8 Died at Lanes. ' v, \ Laxks, S. C. October 8?Special d ?This morning while stopping over c here on the way to her father's dwel- * ling in Colleton county Mrs Leard ti T.ifpaoro lnflt hpr infant son. Emile. b I 6 , aged one year. The little one had been ailing for some months and Mrs Lifrage spent the summer with him '[ at Virginia Be&ch. Mr and Mrs d Lifrage live in North Carolina, the 1, former being a brother of Mr J G j| Lifrage of Saltefs. a Car of Texas Rustproof Oats at 58c per bushel. Wilkiks. , c JllilHI 1 i Desires to 1 n l n reopie 01 burg* for T1 Attention ai age in the We desire also to invitation to all to c I _l ? 1 ? ? 1IO our large anu y?i n this season. DRESS GOODS and SILKS. tl L Our line of fine Dress Goods and Silks is one of the largest to be found i ill this part of the State, containing ^ all of the latest novelties in both I Foreign and Domestic Weaves?a full line of suitable triinmiDg to match. 7 MILLINERY. p Our Great Millinery Department ^ is one of the main features of our ^ store. All of the latest Paris styles in fViia rlunurf'.tTlpftK V j are rcuc>;icu m vu?o .... .Mi83 G'oppege has just returned from a' New York, where she has spent six i weeks in the selection of our Fall and Winter Millinery. We have , been fortunate in securing the set-1 vices of Mrs. Beulah M. Dinkins, of '1 j Home, Williamsburg county, to as- S sist in the Millinery department, o: While Mrs. Dinklns' station is in C the Millinery department yet she has F access to the entire store and will ti give personal attention to any orders S V. E. JEI i MANNING; r , i euro hi. i MdENCfc OP totsTEftfOt/S uvuM Cteft At SftE?LtYWU. . /% dfh?r foeKmffit, a fteVnS ttnfhfH of fh* Mallard Co., Pound dfad ift CoftOn SeOrf Pile. ' ^ Somewhat of ft seftsatfotf tfa* . vj aused at utefeieyviiie Monday Mf 5 ?rnoon by the finding of a dead negrf 3 1 a pile of cotton seed. The dead lan turned oat to be LatbefMc[night, an employe of the Mallard -umber Co., who had been hzi avert *J live the evening before* An ?k ' minatiou of the body disclosed tktf v net that his skull had been crashed/ be eyes battered fa and the neck'/c: roken. The body Was first discot* \ red when a wagon load (ft iken to the pile to be emptied tod he driver at first thought the tout ; as asleepActing Coronet Windham aneled a jury Tuesday morning,', j nd held an inquest. A post mofteM^.* lamination made bv I)f A D Epp* howed that death resulted from IhO | ounds described above. The ver* 2 ict of the jury was that the dc | eased came to bis death froiri i ounds inflicted by a part/ df ies unknown. The affair seenft V9 e entirely shrouded in mystery/ ^V\ The Briie?*is* me again f deaf. 'he Groom?But, .Madge, f btfvtr j one nothing but kiss voir lor ther ?st three hours! The bride ^barrt^F ig into tears)?Traitor? Jou nothert Good things may^T^-eheejr^bu^ heap things are seldom good, .. a Cull Sure Phank the J Williamsleir Kind 1 id PatronPast I extend a cordial ^ ;ome and inspect | id lines of goods J bat may be entftfsted to her Cafe bf , er Williamsburg friend*, JlOAKS Atfti WRAPS Al\D TAILOR MADE SUITS, ^ We carry a ftill line of Ladies' 'atlor Made front $7.ft to $20.ft ef- snit A full line of Ctalii and ackete including tbe latest thing in Ion te Carlo Jackets, A heatttiNJL , ue ot Fuf floas and Muffs front 7.50 to $15.00 pet set PSir Bans ? Icnte frcLn $1.50 to $10.00 each, - ' ^ OTHER LINES, A foil line of staple Dfy Goods, . 'he largest stock of all kinds af * hoes in the town. A large stodf f Gents and Childrens Heady Made lotbing. A fall line of House 'urnishing Goods,- Carpets, Mat* ngs, Floor Oil Cloths, Window hades, Curtains and Pedes* irasH,