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VOL. XIX~ KINGSTREE, 8. C., THURSDAY*, FEBRUARY 12, DOT NO. 7 ? ??? ^mmm^mm^nil ??g?ft?i? ?aiMB?aw????9U&f IMMBKMOMMBMI ? jfr? I I I ! LIFE AT LAK CITY. Items of Local and Persona! Interest ir A Susy Town. Lake City, Feb 9.?(Special On Thursday morning, bob. 5 1903, Mis* Eva "Rollins and Mr L C Holloway wore united in marriage The ceremony was performed by Rev T J Rookeat the home of the bride'* father. It was a quiet home affair, only the immediate family being present. Immediately after the marriage the happy pair took the north bound train for Wilson, N. C\, Washington and other northern cities ou a tour. Miss Rollins is a daughter of Treasurer K I) Rollins. She is a post graduate of Winthrop und a general favorite with all who know her. Her warm friends are numbered by the score. Mr Hollo^ way, whose home is in Wilson, N. C., has been the representative of the American Tobacco Co. on this market for the three vears last passed. He is a genial whole-souled gentle man, who is highly legarded for his social, mauly and business qualities. May their lives fall in pleasant plates; their path be bordered with roses ana jasmine; and fanued by breezes from off violet beds. The stream of wagons moving fertilizers is long, steady aud crowded. L Mr and Mrs S W G Shipp visited in town last week. Mr Jim Timmons of Frieudfield, Florence conuty, was seeu on our streets Monday. Mr T M Griffin's new store on Main street is wearing completion. The town concil of Lake City have appointed a' board of health, consisting of Dr L B Johnson, J M Stur ? x- t r? gwn, J.^1 OU U.IIUC, U 1/ UlUglVM*! f and L C Moore. D A Bragdon of Friend field was in town Monday. Dr S B W Courtney's drug store will soon be ready for the painter's brush. There were several eases up l>efore the intendant today for train-riding ; and lighting. Hou J Davis Carter of Leo was noted in towu Monday. Rofct H Singlotary has been elected clerk of the town council. Mr Mack Kirbv is opening an upto-date barber shop jn out town, something that has long been needed, and wo hope to see him succeed in his undertaking. Mr Ralph Joyner has returned from Richmond, Ya. Mr Charlie Joyner came down from Cowards Saturday night aud spent Sunday in towu winh relatives. Mr R F Rickenbaker, a young merchant of our town, went to Florence Sunday to spend the day with (?). Several of our boys have invested in fine horses and buggies. Can you tell us what it means? Mr Ed Johnson has accepted a position with Mr W T Askins as salesman. Mr Ezra Singletary stopped here Tuesday on his way to Savannah, Ga. Dr S A Steele, who was booked for a lyceum lecture Monday night, failed to appear. Mr and Mrs DM Epps gave a "social picnic" Friday night. Each lady was invited to furnish supper for two, herself and a gentleman. It was quite a success and thoroughly enjoyed. NOTICE. Persons desiring to have their lots at the Williamsburg Presbyterian Cemetery taken care of this year, are requested to pay the nec ?sary amount to Mr Lucius Montgomery at once. The contruet for the workiug of the cemetery is to be made very soon, and only those portions paid for will b? included. There has never been a reduction 11: I he wages ol sin. * V4 '.r '' . , t J urn sun in ! BLACK FIVER GIVES UP ITS, DEAD. 1 Gruesome Sequel to the Disappca'' f T R M'mt over Six j teen Months ago. ' '} Tuesday afternoon ivliile floating; '! timber down the riser to Thorn's j I mill, Mr II W Bryan noticed drift-1 ! ing on the water what appeared to' i be the body of a human being. Hej : investigated and found the object I ' to lie the deeomposed remains of a j ' man. The body was shirk naked! : except a shoe on one foot. When an | j effort was made to raise the body the j head fell off into the water. The : ; arms had also rotted off, but the | greater part of the Mesh still ad! hered to the remains. With the aid of his men Mr Bryan ! succeeded in getting the body out ! on the bank and then came to town ; and notified the- authorities of hisj discovery. As soon as the news was told of! course everyone's mind reverted to , the disappearance of T B Minis over a year ago and the finding of his J horse and road-cart in the river. ! On Wednesday night October 2. 11901, Mr Mims left Kingstree to return home, hut lie never reached his destination and two days passed before the unfortunate man's fate was discovered. The horse and cart was tracked to the river-bank and there at a place called the "cutdown ground"' was the plain print of the horse's hoofs where it went into the water. The vehicle and the body of the horse were found near bv, but albeit day after day searching parties dragged the river not a trace of Mini's body could be found. As soon as they were notified Mr >r: !,? ,i^_ j tiuilll JliUISi 11U' lillUU U1 IUE uv I ceased and other members of his I family, hnrried to the scene and took ! charge of the remains. We are in formed tliat the body was buried yesterday morning. J Coroner Burrows, who was duly . notified, arrived in town yesterday i but upon hearing that the burial had I taken place and that the family j were satisfied as to the identity of ; the remains, we understand that he ; decided not to hold an inqnest. Mortuary. Dif.i>?On Saturday, February 7, ' 1903, ;:t his home at Lynchburg, S. C., after a protracted illness of nine : months, Cant D K Kc -Is, ex-treasurer 1 of Sumter county. ("apt Keels Mas j the father of Hon W M Keels of J Greeleyvilie and had a number of i fiiends in this county. The bad weather is abont over with. Come for photos. We will finish them promptly. Col. Satchwell, the proprietor, will be on hand to amuse the crowd. Thk HI-ART CO. miDc & rni n im ONF nAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the j money if it fail* to cure E W Grove's ! signature is on each box, 2ic. mm^mm j Love has made many a young j man too nearsighted lor military j service. j It is the auctioneer's hammer that rivets attention and clinches bargains. ESCAPED AN AWFUL FATE. Mr II Hnggius of Melbourne, F!a., I writes, ,:iqv doctor told me I had Con;sumption and nothing could l?e done ' me. I was given up to <1 c The oiler of a free trial bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, induced me to try it. Results were startling. 1 am now on the road to recovery j aud owe all to I)r. King's New Discovery. It surely saved my life." ! This great cure is guaranteed f??r all ! throat and lung diseases by D C Scott, j PruggNt. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial J buttles free. ' THE NEW SCHOOL bUiLDING. St'TS Taken Whereby the Project Assumes Tangible Shape. Al last the ]projected new school I it ilding is assuming tangible shape. The town council has been petitioned bv the Iward of trustees to a-k the Williamsburg delegation to introduce a bill at this session of the Legislature giving the town the right to issue bonds to the amount of ${5000, if so much be necessary, to erect a new school building. The council immediately acted favorably on the petition and the matter will be at once brought to the attention i of the legislative delegation. The thing to do is to get the bill through ' at once, and we have no dou it that ! our delegation will bend all their , energy to that end. , TILLMAN APPLIES F?-R BAIL. Argument to Be Hea^d Before Chief Justice Pope Today. * I Formal notice has been served 1 upon the solicitor and attorney gen- ' eral by .Messrs Nelson and Croft, at- I tornevs for James H Tillman, that application would be made for bail I, before Chief Justice Pope at New- i berry 011 Thursday, February 12- , Judge Buchanan's trip to Newberry . Saturday was for the purpose of 1 serving a writ of habeas corpus and j of setting tile date for the application to be made. ' Cotton Worth 13 1-2 Cts Per Poiu d. 1 1 Fi.ork.vce, S. C? Jan, 31, 1903. Dear Sir:?I have been planting , this cotton for past two years. You can grow it as perfectly as any one else, and as much of it as any other t variety. This is not a hybrid cots ton, but is a distinct variety of Pelier cotton, which I imported from near ^ the coast of Virginia two years ago | as an experiment, and I have found that it grows better here than it did there, a^^ave had my cotton in the market with the planters from whom I got the seed, and I sold for from i to } cents over them. It ' costs 110 more to raise this cotton than it does short staples; and as j so many southern mills are putting machinery in to use this cotton exclusively, we can sell this cotton at our doors. The mills at McColl have all been changed, and also one at Bennettsville; and also Newberry has a mill to use this cottou, ' and also some of the Spartanburg mills, and aside from this New England is using large lots of it : in nlace of silk. * X You plant, work and gin this cot- 1 ton in same wav you do short cotton. * * I The lo^al mills are paying 121 cents, ' for this cotton, and I have just received an offer on a lot of 20 bales from a Boston concern of 131 cents, which I have accepted. I called on the manager of the ; four mills at Beunettsville and Me I Coll a few days ago with samples of j my cotton, and he said uuhesita-1 ** tingly that I had the best cotton thatj he had seen; and he further said: j that he had samples from almost every place this kind of cotton is |' ? grown. 1 Now, as to the yield of this cotton, I will refer you to Clerk of Court of 1 this county. As to stu.ple, I refer you to Mr Charles Iceman, of Mc-, Coll and Bennettsville mifls; Rogers, | McCabe & Co., and J W Perrv & Co., I i Norfolk, Va., and Berry, Thayer & ! Co., of Boston. This cotton will j hold its own here as to staple, and it ! is now 11 to lj inches long. I have a few of these seed for sale , i at $1.00 per bushel, fob cars here,!; and if you want any, send me your fcrder, as my supply is limited, and the first orders get the seed. For i further information write me. Respectfully, | R. C. COMUAXDEK. ' in ihit. i REV'EW OF A WE-K'S WORK BY OUR CORRESPONDENT. j Several Important Bil's-Mr Daniel's Claim Granted ?Kingstree's New Magistrate. Columbia, February,9, ySjjeci^t):? The House calendar now numbers more than four hundred bills, and still they come. Most of them are not worth the paper they are written on and it is to be hoped that their existence even as bills will be brief. Quite a gwd many bills have positive merit, but are not in the proper shape. They are the products of well-meaning minds but were turned out without having received mature deliberation. In fact most of our laws have defects that spring from this same cause. This explains the great number of bills that are introduced every session to amedd previous acts. There remains only twelve mole working days for the Assembly. Therefore, unless a bill be introduced within the next two or three days, it can not be put through. Hie final flood is looked for the first three days of this week. A bill has passed the House by i safe majority which provides that in cases of usury the one jxacting a usurious rate of iutfret shall forfeit twenty-five per cent of the principal m addition to the interest. The Marshall child labor bill passed the House finally on Saturday and now needs only the Governor's approval to become law. It was debated on three days. Speech ifter speech was made and harangue ifter harangue shot off. The air was lurid with statements, charges ind declarations. The bill is an .exceedingly mild measure. As was stated on the fioor, ''it is as mild us a May morning." It is a compromise from beginning to end. The bill is :oo long to reproduce here and even its purport would take too much space. The Johnson bill, which passed die House Friday, is a measure of peat importance. It provides that ailroads shall settle freight bills iccording to the original bill of lading, and provides further that in :ase of loss, breakage or damage of itiy freight, the railroad company shall pay the cash value of the irtieles lost, broken or damaged at nice and failure in either case subjects the company to a forfeiture of ?200. The claim o? Mr J D Daniels for services and expenses in the capture if II C Holloway passed without a dissenting vote. This claim would have been paid by Governor McSweeney out of his. contingent fund but this fund was exhausted before the claim was presented. The committee on circuit?court roster, of which Mr Bass is a member, has presented a bill fixing the time for holding courts in the Third circuit. A chauge was necessary on account of the addition of Lee county to our circuit. This bill, which will in all probability become law, as it is consented to by all the oountiea affected, provides for our ("Williamsburg) courts in the first of April, the last of Juue and the middle of November and gives us two weeks at spring and fall terms, if so much he necessary. However,shou'd the bill to create two' new circuits go through, an entirely different arrangement must be made. Fifty bills, mostly local, were put j through Saturday. The Pollock dis-' j>ensary bill, which sought to raise the price of liquors, was killed after j a hard fight. Messrs P G Gourdin and J W Coward were here Thursday looking after the matter of the expenses in ' connection with the efforts to j establish dispensaries at Lake City j and Scranton. It seems that $123 of these excuses was paid out of tin* Kingstree dispensary and the balance then divided, which cut down the town's portion about $62.50. Kingstree contended that this .$62.50 should be repaid to the town. It was decided that tins should not be done, that Kingstiee is entitled to one-half of the profits after paving all expenses and that this was an expense. Supervisor Graham was here on Thursday in attendance upon the Good Koads Convention. I said last week that no estimate for the current veur had been sent up. In this I was partly mistaken. No estimate had been sent to the delegation, but I learned a few days ago that Ex-Supervisor Chandler had promptly sent the estimate to the Comptroller General. I wish to say this in justice to Mr Chandler. Recommendations have been made as to all of our magistrates except one. Of course the delegation stood by the primary except as to Kingstree, for which place our members had to name a man. They finally settled down upon R K Wallace, Esq., and presented his name to the governor for magistrate at Kingstree. Senator Williams had recovered , sufficiently to return to his post on the 2nd. i ATTEMPTED ARSON. Futile Effort of a Firebug to Burn J Vacant Store. 4 Some time last week (probably Thursday night) an act of incen i-J 1 (liansm was auempieu, wuu;u imu i it succeeded, would have swept a J whole block and endangered all the business part of ?t.he town. Evi- ( deuce of the fienuish design was * discovered Friday morning in. .the ^ shape of a pile of burned faggots | which had been placed under the building at the corner of Main and Jail streets, the old stand of Lesesne & Epps. Uit sill underneath which I the tire was built was found to be chaired by the heat and it is only by a happy chance that the kindling wood burned out before the sill or boards were ignited. Evidently the cowardly scoundrel who set the tire was afraid to remain to complete his work?as well as he might he. A short shrift at the end of a rope is too good a fate tor a nenu wnoi would wantonly or maliciously com-1 niit an act so despicable. The OIJ Maids' Cor.ventior.. The justly celebrated entertainment, "The Old Maids' Convention" ! will be presented by local talent 111; < the court house to morrow eyening. This play is one of the best of its: kind and has been a big success j j wherever rendered. It is entirely j new in Kfngstree and those who at-1 tend will have the double satisfaction ; * of enjoying a hearty laugh and at; I the same time contributing to a j worthy cause, as the proceeds Hill be given to the llaptist parse: age* fnnd. The entertainment will beg.n promptly at 7:30 o'clock and the public is cordially invited to Ixj present. After the play refresh- ( rnents will be served. Admission: Adults 25c, Children - - - 10 and 15c. DEFEATED IN THE SENATE. Bill to Require Supts. of Education to Hold Teachers' Certificates. After passing the House and running the gauntlet of two readings in the Senate the bill to require county superintendents of education to hold first grade certificates was defeated Tuesday on its final reading in the Senate. This was one of the most sensible bills introduced this session and we cannot understand what possible objection anyone could have to its passage. Great wealth and content seldom live together. W. T. Wilkins, /?fTF'*8s Tunnmn itti JOBBER I GENERAL Untalisi | 'X' aC*C ' 1* Buying in carload lots we ? *"* A l?k 1 A A ai t; ctuic, iu meet compete -| tion in every line, Here are some of our J Specialties: ; | rLOUR . . ' GRJTS MEAL CORN OATS f SALT ' SOAP LYE ' . >'v SODA * tl STARCff % % % % % % BAKING POWDERS TOBACCO any GRADE COTTOLENE CASE or BKTS MATCHES per GROSS Pure Ovel Compound LARDrS*) 1AMS, BOLOGNA SA&5X&R i CANDIES, CRACKERS ?ACON, SUGAR, Bbl orSackff DOTTED HAM and TONGUE 1 CONDENSED MILK AXLE GREASE Wrapping PAPER and BAGS HOMESPUN, By the Bolt TOBACCO CLOTH 'Si %%%%%% CIDER MOLASSES CHEESE MACARONI SARDINES SALMON SNUFF ROPE BUCKETS lis In lii? 1T. Ml,