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fjbe loxtnta %Ucotk W> VOL. XIX. KINGrSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1903. ' NO. ?mmnmmmiinmimmwm 1 LOCAL ITEMS 1 OF INTEREST 1 E ?iiiiuiuiuuuuuiuiuiiuiu:ua; Mr 1) J Epps was in town Tuesday. ] Mr and Mrs PS Courtney visit-[( ed Lake City Sunday. Mr A L Collette of Lanes was r noted in town Monday. It is not what we jneuii to do, but j what we do that counts. \ Mr 0 M Rich burg of Greeleyville ^ was on our streets Friday. t Mr F Will Fairey returned from v Orangeburg Monday night. ' .Mr S 1) Cunningham was in town Saturday from Indiantown. 1 Miss Martha Gourdin is visiting j her sister, Mrs W G Gamble. Mr J J McCollough of the Saltern t section was In town Tuesday. \ Mr T H Brockinton of Morrisville t was a visitor in town Monday. r Mrs Virginia Brookington has pone to Johnston to visit her s daughter, Mrs W S Martin. t Miss Eloise Cooper has returned (' from a visit to friends in FJorence. * Miss Frances Cordes of Charleston is visiting her aunt, Mrs R J e Kirk. ? Misses Mabel a? d Belle IIari?er 11 are visiting college friends in Mar- a ion county. LoHoy Lee, Esq , went to Colum- to hla Monday night on professional f( business. r .Mr R H F.?ounan of Greeleyville paid us his respects while in town one day last week. 1 e Postoffiee Inspector F JG Pulsi- s for of Columbia was in town Mon- j (lay on ??mciai nusmnw. Mr \V S Grayson, our valued eor- , respondent a' Benson, paid us a s - -v welcome call yesterday. I, Mr W J Marshall and son, J ( Afiera, of Morrisville, favored us h with a call this morning Mr J W McCutchen of Lake City ( called Thursday of last week and renewed his subscription. ?> Mr 3 B McElveen of Spring Bank j was among the new subscribers added to our list last week. Mr J A Conycrs of Greeleyville * visited us Saturday and enrolled as ^ a new subscriber to The Record ^ Mr Louis Jacobs, Jr., was in q town Tuesday, representing S ( Hirschmann & Son of Charleston. <j Mr lt\W Thompson of Vox took * ? a. -J L 2.* OCCHSIOH W? HUvniite me BUU.iuiijftiop a year while in town last Friday. j Rev Z James of Spartanburg f passed through .town Monday on *s the way to Scranton to visit his old r home. J Oysters R not good in May, but there Is nothing the matter with j Black river bream except their ( scarcity. f Mr W Francis Kennedy of Lake i City was in town Tuesday and call- > ed in to see us for a pleasant few t mements. 1 Dr Robert Wilson held services in the Episcopal church Sunday. . There was no preaching in the 1 other churches. / Maj 3 M Askins, accompanied by 1 Mrs H G Ask ins and Master * Marion Askins, were in towu Sun- ^ ? x day from Lake City. ^ C E St Amand, Esq., was called to Newberry yesterday by a tele- ( gram announcing the extreme illness of bis mother. Mr James Henry Strong, who has ' been attending the Welsh Neck 1 High School, returned home last ' 5 night on the sick list. ( We are obligated to I)r Leland B j Walters of SaIters I)e|sit, a member | of the graduating class of the Uni- ,j versity of Maryland, Baltimore, 1 Md.. for an invitation to the com- j mencement exercises of that place i Tuesday evening. May 19,1903. 1 ' *.. T . . u r . . , AFFAIRS CAUGHT 8Y OUR 3 LOCAL REPORTER AND ^3 NOTED ZS Written in Condensed Form and Printed in Like Manner for the Sake of Our Busy ^ Readers. - Z3 u:iuiuiuuiiuiuuiiuuiuaul| Mr H My or and daughter, Miss i Mamie, went ?o (Charleston yesterJay, where the latter will .spend ! ........ . I... * , ? *] f K fri ^ni] j twiner nivii uivimr, Dr W L McCutcheu returned Fri-1 lay from Baltimore, Md., where he ias recently completed his studies n the dental department of the University of Maryland. The exj>enses of the lust term of; ourt ran up to about $2,000, of vhich amount $1422.20 was paid! >ut to jurors and witnesses. Misses Pearl and ltuby Smith of, iot Spring-, Ark., who are visii-j ng relatives at Cades, were in I {ingstree Friday of last week. Our deepest sympathy goes out o ltev and Mrs Henry Cauthen, chose little son, Henry, Jr? has een seriously ill of pneumonia for nore than a week. The official government report hows the number of bales of eot< on ginned in Williamsburg countv luring 1902 to be 21,027 as com?*iih lamu in mm The Kingstree Social Club will ntertain its friends with a dance t the C^oleinan House this eveilng. Quite a number of visitors xe expected, we understand. < Miss Amelia Kennedy, who has <?en teaching in the Graded school ur the paat three years, was ecently elected to a position it the Abbeville Graded school. Mr Claud Martin, a member of f I he junior law class, sUxd the xamtnation last week before the upreme court and was admitted to he bar.?Columbia Slate, Monday. Mr J Marvin Martin came in 'esterday from Johnston to spend ome time here with relatives. He eft here some months ago in feeble loulth hut 1*4 now (inito well and 1 learty. j Mr Daniel McKenzie, of the !ad?*s section, was in town Monlay and enjoyed the day talking ver old times with Mr Tom Stewart nd other old comrades of Major -ami's command. Among tho<e who attended the It union in Columbia were the fidowing f?om this county: ('apt Wii ^ Kennedy, Dr A M Snider, Dr \V | j McCutchen; Messrs J F Cooper,', i J Phillips, J J Gibson and W S 'amlin, Sr. There were doubtless thers. A At the 27th annual meeting of he State Pharmaceutial Associaion held in Charleston yesterday. )r \V 8 Lynch of 8cranton was ilected vice president of the asociation. This is a high complinent to Dr Lynch and withal is an lonor well bestowed. The United ConfederateVeterans' Reunion will be held in New )rleans on May 19-22 The fare rom Kingstree to New Orleans s ?16.15 for the round trip, ' vith $-5.00 extra for Pullman. Paries desiring to take this trip may eave here Sunday night on train u23," which will put them in New Orleans Tuesday morning followng. Mr J L Nesmith of Indiantown >resented us last week with an 1 nteresting curio in th*? shape of an [ndian arrow-head. It is made of vhite flint and is a fine specimen * - 1 15 1- iL ? ! >i rne nttiiuiwora. <n uie ituuri^umi i American, whose highest art was I jxpcnded on a bow and arrow, Mrs Will N Harhen, the wife of he noted Southern author, and her ittle son, who have been visiting ler aunt, Mrs S G McClary, of this ;ity, have returned to their home n New York city. Mr Harben is i native Georgian who has won wth fame and fortune in the last few years as an author. His uAbner Daniel" was one of the most popular books of the year and was widely read in Greenwood .?Greenwood Index. ".-"J. as?L>i$i& -A'.*-?- -V..'. ' Last Saturday some of the ladies in town observed Memorial Day by decorating the graves In the s( Idiers' cemetery near the river. As they are responsible for molt of the good in this world,it is to the wo-1 men we have to look to keep alive J the spirit of Memorial Day in the, South. Dr Eugene May's lecture in the court house last Thursday evening was full of thought and inspiration, enlivened Hy h happy vein of humor, anecdote and incident. "Come up Smiling" was the subject and the genial'doctor's philosophy offers an infallible antidote for gloom, sorrow and melancholy. President II N Snyder, of Wofford College, has consented to ] deliver the address at the annual commeneement of the Graded school on May 22. Prof Snyder Is one of the most brilliant platform orators of the State and we con- 1 gratulate Prof Wiggins on his good fortune in having secured him for this occasion. The freaks of spring weather with which we have been favored (?) has caused some queer effects in the way of vegetation. Harry ' Pressley, a colored farmer near town, brought us a few days ago a < cockle burr plant hearing full ] grown burrs. Normally, ho says, these burrs do not attain full growth , till after "dog da vs." i Deserved punishment was meted j out to several small, colored ? * I . a 1. ...1.-. 1-nifKtWl uneven HIM wn-tv, mm seem t?> l>e members of a gang of ( sneak thieves which has becoim? i quite expert in the plundering of t chicken roosts about town. Last i Thursday night they invaded the 1 premises of Lettoy Lee, Esq., ami stole seven fine chickens. In this enterprise they displayed had jndg- 1 ment, as Mr Lee did some clever i detective work and soon landed { several of the youthful malefactors t in the lock up. DONT MISS ITI ' i It will pay you handsomely, to | buy your TOBACCO FLUES from Edwin Harper & Son within the next ten days, as you can do so * lit 5e per lb cash. After that date I he usual price will obtain. Item ember for ten days only, and ^ the cash. ^ Edwin IIauper & Sox. A Pleasant E?teriainment. 1 A large audience assembled at the {court house Tuesday night to hear t Mr LeForest Wood, .As an imper- ( sonater and elocutionist ilr Wood isi , above the average "attraction" and ( several of his skits were really ar- } tistic in conception and interpreta- , tion. Many jokes were sprung and hardly a chestnut fluttered in the ^ breeze. The impersonations alone j were well worth the price of ad- ^ mission. Kingstree will welcome Mr Wood again. Destroyed by Fire. On Wednesday night, May 6, Mr ' D E Epps, who lives at Workman, 1 near the Clarendou line, suffered 1 the misfortune of losing his barn 1 and stables by fire. The blaze was discovered about 1 o'clock a. m., and 1 there is no clue to the cause. Be- 1 sides his buildings and provisions he lost two horses, two mules, one two- 1 horse wagon, thr?e top buggies ana j a lot of harness and farming im-;( plements. The total loss is about ; .$1200 and there is no insurance. Mr Epps lost his bam at the same place and under very similar cir- 1 cumstances about seven years ago. FOR SALE ? Eight residence , lots, situated in desirable part of town. H. D. Ueddick. TO CURE-A COLU IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if itfail* to cure. E W Grove's s'gmfture i.? on eaeh box, 2">c. Keep Trying wins before Keep Sighing gels started. . ^ y, ^ ^ ' : ..." ' i mmm ABSTRACT OF A WEEK'S HAPPENINGS IN OUR SISTER TOWN. Diciples of Isaak Walton?Dr May's Lecture?Meeting Called Looking to Protection Against Fire. Last Thursday we met W E Ser'? * ? ? ?*? /!-i K! j Unma Tin rruiicc gumg wnuiu.i uio uvuivi uv was carrying a cot and a griu. It's a boy. Misses Hallie Rollins and Moore went down to Charleston last week. W L Bass, Esq., was at Evergreen, Florence county, Friday on business in Magistrate Armfield's court Mr J J Eaddy came up from Jay Friday. Mr M A Thomas spent a part of last week in Manning. He was a witness in a ease in the Common Pleas. Mr Thomas , says that Manning is improving. R K Wallace, Esq., came up from ITinnafiiiu> Kufnnltr unil srw*rif fhp LAIU^CVI W UHVU1UUJ M??%* ?? lay in town. Mr Charles M Kelley left Monlay night for Columbia, Spartanburg and Greenville* He will look ifter some lame truck dealers to fvhom he bits shipped in the past tnd will look up some reliable ones to ship to iu the futnre. Mrs J H Black well and her laughter, Mrs C R Gaudy, are right 11 ut the home of the latter iu Maxton, N. C. The first named was rery ill at last reports. Mr Bljtckifell is with them. Dr Eugene May's lecture, which *ns delivered Wednesday night, was rery fine. The subject was "Come up Smiling." The uudience, while not to large as it should have been, was ippreeiative and thoroughly enjoyed ?very moment of the talk. In some espects it was the best lyceum lec;ure we have hud this season. A muss meeting of citizens is callxl for Tuesday night to look into ;he advisability of making some irrangements for fighting fire. This s a step in the right direction. We jope, however, that a step will not je all the progress that will be made ;o this end. 0 Mr and Mrs S W G Shipp of b'lorenoe were uwav from their home leveral days last week. Mrs Shipp ipent the time with her sister, Mrs I M Sturgeon, and Mr Shipp spent nost of the daylight hours at the ?rid of a fishing cane. He M as a nember of the party hereinafter nentioned. A fishing party, of which we are lappy to say the writer was a member, went down in the direction of Possnm Fork, Tuesday but hulted a Mile or two 011 this side, at Tye's Lake. We were taken in charge by Mr J B Prosser, whd certainly did everything that a man could do to belp us get fish and to enjoy our?elves, and he succeeded in both respects. And we want to say that if any one feels like saying that Mr Prosser is not one of the most entertaining, tireless, experienced, genial and whole-souled leaders that ever had charge of a fishing party?if any one feels like saying this, he had better go 'way off in oue corner of the county to say it and then say it so low that no one can hear him. Well, we caught all the fish the party could eat, and that is saying a good deal. One man ate four big mawmouths the first meal. But he was sick next day, and when we left n-fl Vio/1 onrnu ficVi Virinrr awnv The water was too high and the weather too cool for good fishing. W. L. B. FOR RENT. A convenient Cottage, pleasantly located in Kingstree. Apply to Thos. M. Gilland, Kingstree, S. C. > - OUR FLAG CONTEST The Prize Awarded to Miss! Mary Swann of Kingstr ee? In response to Thk HeCord's of' fer of five dollars for the best essay on "The Confederate Flag" nine papers were submitted. Among these contestants it was not an easy matter to decide upon the winner# After carefully examining all the papers the one submitted by Misa Mary Swann was adjudged the best coming withiu the rules of the con* test us set forth in our announce* ment, and she has therefore been awarded the prize. Miss Swann bt tends the Kingstree Graded school, and is a pupil of the fifth grade. In rendering a decision the points considered were composition, spelling, penmanship, grammatical construction and neatness. From the standpoint of composition and general excellence the paper sent in by Miss Fannie Cannon of Scran ton was easily the most creditable and would have won the prize but its length, which barred it from the contest. | It was stated plainly in our offer that the length of the essays was limited to 200 words, whereas Miss Canuon's paper contained about 400. In our judgment fo have considered this paper along with those of the other contestants who were held down to the 200 word limit, wonld have been unfair to the latter. The two essays referred to are as follows: The Confederate Flag. The first Confederate flag con alsted of "stars and bars", and was adopted by the Confederate Cong ress at Montgomery, Alabama, M arch 4, 1861. The Confederate "National flag" was adopted by the Confederate States May 1, *1863. In the battle of Manassas the Confederates had almost been defeated when Gen Beauregard saw an army coining. He could not tell whether they were Confederates or Federals, but soon saw that they bore the Confederate flag. The coming of that army put fresh courage into the hearts of the Confederates. On this battle field Gen Beauregard decided that the Confederates should have a flag that could be easily distinguished Ko aiatrl laf iruui tuai VI bliO IW^ ov uv n?iu MX V the ground be red, the start white and the bars blue. The first three of these flags were made by the Misses Carey of Baltimoie, Md., and Alexandria, Va.' One of the Mitees Carey sent one to Gen Beauregard and one to General Van Dorn. The whole world can join in a song of praise to the brave men who followed the Confederate flag thfough the war. Mary Swank, Kingstree, S. C. The Confederate Flag. So dear to the heart of every patriotic Southerner heart was the national emblem of the United States of America, that even when his rights were down-trodden and ignored by the ruling powers of his Udll UUUUUJi UC VUVOC Hie imj nutw and blue for his colors, differing only in the arrangement of design. Instead of the thirteen "stars and stripes" there were seven white stars in a field of blue set in the upper corner of a square made of three bars, red, white and red. There was nothing like the Betsy Ross romance about the making of it. It is even claimed of late that a Federal prisoner, one Lieut. Short" leff, of New York, being an artist and decorative painter, was asked for a suitable design, wbicb be fur-' nished while in prison in Bichmond, Va. The most romantic incident was that the flag was first hoisted over the Confederate capital at Montgomery, Ala., by Miss L C Ty(Continued on- page 8.) - % l . > c. , ? W. T. Wilkins, ' Jj Hi JOB I 6EHlly llllilil Buying in carload lots we are able to meet competi-| tion in every line. Here arel some of our Specialties: FLOUR GRITS tlrAT > " 1H43mil CORN )S9 ?.: t OATS SALT SOAP LY8 SODA STARCH 'M BAKING POWDERS TOBACCO any ORAM /<A?TWT?AT PVIE" A B* ?_ ? ? \?vs i i uiibna WAsit or. o? / MATCHES per GROSS Pure Ovel Compound LARD j|9 HAMS, BOLOGNA SAUSAGE CANDIED CRACKERS BACON, SUGAR, Bfal orSect* POTTED HAM and TONGUE CONDENSED MILK AXLE GREASE Wrapping PAPER and BAGO HOMESPUN, By the Bolt TOBACCO CLOTH M % % * % % + ?-4"S9 -it*1 CIDER , MOLASSES CHEESE . MACARONI SARDINES SALMON SNUFF ROPE SOCKETS - ^ /srv^s -lJ| \ MB k hftS IT. lllS,