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w bank of lake city. if if f^-t' ^ >s bawk or lake <|rfy? J.lis* iLniilittl mPcrtrn faKi \ A. H. WILUAMK *- President. JVE fll l?_ > jlil M R, Jjt, ^L/ B|| A t- A. ORlA*. W. J. SW?lArA? ? C. LY.MCd, . . Vice President, JUfagdf ^ fg'^' ^W*^T /^g ^ W< solicit T?V bMla?A Det . W K. W. YATSi. C*idier. J V > V .> posits Received fan* |li?J oft ;-'-v& ; ? .... - . . v .......? (, .rii.,.,/.i,,,M ..., ^ VOL. XX iuNOSTKEE, 8. C.. THTHSI)AY, JANUARY 28, 1904. " ~ NO. 4 ? i i nm irn+mm+rnimmmmmmmtm Horses an - . I HAVE JUST vXl ^ ^ "5 HEAD Horses ar From Westei Ait NICE DRIVE ALL l Come early and f n.f. h r DEATH OF CAPT D. E. GORDON. f0] . Su Williamsburg Loses an Old and H:ghly jjp Esteemed Citizen an ex Capt 1) E Gordon passed awav last Friday at 0:30 p m., at his home at (iHi Lanes, after an illness of five days, i He was stricken with apoplexy on afc Sunday. January 17. aad grew grad-: da; ually worse until the end came Hisj jut funeral services were held at Union j Tli Presbyterian church la<t Sunday at: Lo 12 m. A large crowd was present th( and touching eulogies .were pro- i th< nounced upon the deceased by Dr a ] J W Flynn of the South Carolina j College faculty, and Rev James Mc- La Dowell, of Manning. Both of these elii were close personal friends of Captjjov Goidon and both spoki* feelingly of th< his many sterling virtues. The fol- vve - lowing from Kingstree were noted gn( among those who attended the fn-jstr neral: Messrs B H Myers, II 0 j Britton, W W Grayson, G P Nelson, i J A Kelley, Louis Jacobs, R 0 Logan. L Stackley, L Stackley, Jr., J P Nelson; 0 II Patrick, Mr and Sirs a b Edwin Harper, C W Stoll, P H i ow Stoll, Hugh McCutcheu, W R Scott, on< J P Shaw, M Burgess, Otis Arrow- tin smith, Miss B Jacobs, P G Gourdin, oul Mrs W G Gamble, Miss Martha ' Gourdin, Miss Esther Gordon, M S am Montgomery, Lucius Montgomery, ter Capt Gordon was one of the oldest; bm aud most highly esteemed citizens <?f j 4 tivii? .1 * a_ nr muipuisourg county. ?e are in-1 we - debted tx> a friend for the following j Yu synopsis of his life: j the " David. Ervin Gordon was born j 1 October 2, 1832, and died January i Wt 22. 1904, aged 72 years, 3 months doi and 20 days. He was gradnatea ! from Davidson College, N. C., in pai 1853, with second honor. He was lea married twice?first to Miss Esther j in McKnight in 1854, and in 1869 tnjeac Miss Mary H Nettles, wh survives! rni him. He leaves three children bv | Ion his first marriage and four by his po< second, having lost two children of j in each mariiage. He also leaves 14 grand-children. wr At the outbreak of the Confederate wai h" was among the first tojalv offer his services to his country. He , pa first entered Col Blanding's regiment Sp and was subsequently transferred to: vo< Gen M C Bu'ler's Cavalry. He was | a brave and splendid soldier. He' was captured and kept a prisoner for; 14 months, first at Point Lookout aud afterwards at Ft > elaware. While held a prisoner he was selected as one of the officeis to be retaliated up n by being placed between the ^ Federal and Confederate batteries on Morris Island, near Charleston. There he remained under fire for 1 * nearly two months. He was removed irom there to Ft Pulaski, near the * mouth of the Savannah river, and there made to bear measures of ret ?li-' va ation for the alleged maltreatment of J Federal prisou?rs confined at Ander-; P sonrille, and was fed on rotten corn ; *? meal for two months. He finally j Or reached home in July, 1865, having! been mercifully spared notwith-1 standing the great hardships that he was called upon to bear. ^ His life as a citizen was as exempt plary as that of the soldier. He held I thaoffice of magistrate off and on ' fi^Btwenty years and made an exl official. ft in life he gave his heart to ^ and he continued faithful pl< He was deacon of his foi umber of years and joh m He ?flules. ' r>nnrm ncr\ iVL^UJL V uu 'OF e a?my id Mules rn Markets, RS, GENTLE AND SOUND get your pick, ELLER. r many years superintendent of th< intlay-school and otten led m pub prayer Kind-hearted, genial d benevolent his circle of friend; tended throughout the county ant1 inv hearts are tiowed in sadness be use of his death. He was an enthusiastic Confede veteran and was elected Connnari nt of Camp Pressly each succeed* year since its organization lere was uo one more loyal to the st Pause than he; and to keep aim * principles aujl ideals for which ? South conteuded was with him abor of love. A.s host of the Gordon House at nes, he is well known to the travug public, and those who have ened his hospitality will sorely miss 1 cheerful greeting and cordial Icome he was wont to give to the ests of his house, whether friend 01 anger. letter to E C Epps. Dear Sir: Your business is, when louse burns down, to give the uer some money to build a new ?. It is a good business, i^ueer it the world got ou so long witht it. We paint the ??tie tha4 burnt down 1 the new one too. What is bet, we paint the house that don'' rn down. i'ou insure the house that burn; insure the houses that don't, u have the ashes and smoke; all houses arc ours. We paint lead-and zinc; Devoe. i soil the paint to painters; we n't. paint. I ead and oil is the old fashion nt. Devoe is zinc ground in with d and linseed oil: the best paint the world: and the cheapest, be:se it tak-s fewer gallons than sed paints and it wears t-Mce as ? I ! I \T..I 1_ igsts on i and on mooouv wants ir paint; there's' lots of it, though, the woild. A. M Griffin, Plainfield. X J. ites: 'Mr Aaron Higgins, of Plainfield, lavs used 15 gallons of mixed int for his new house. Last riog he bought 15 gallons of Be e and h ?1 4 gallons left." Yours truly F W Devoe & C'o New York NOT| :E Rooms to rent and one lot on tin Street for Sale. Mrs Virginia Brockinton, 29 2t Kingstree, S. (', SHAW'S PURE MALT? It< lue in sickness has been tried and aved. In the home it i? not safe be without it. Absolutely pure i sale at all dispensaries. Matis the root ot ;<i tl. W o-ro her a w I iln-re'* A ?iiif. OLD HICKORY ?Strength foi e weak; comfort for the strong; ?asant and harmless invigoration r both. Rich and mellow, pirn I Kentuckey whiskey. On sale at I S FE CRACKERS AT LAKE CITY. | I Th-* Lake City Drug Co's Store Broken Open and the Safe Rifled i Lake City, January 27:? Last 'nigfit the store of th# Lake City i Dm:: Co was broken into and the J safe blown open and rifled of ils contents. Three hundred dollars : cash was stolen, besides due bills to ' the amount of nearly $200 were1 : missing. Fiftv dollars of the inonev jo. . j 1 was in silver, contained in a canvass sack, and the rest in currency. The robbers first broke into Mr WJ Godwin's blacksmith shop and secured what tools they needed. En#' trance into the drug store was made | 'hrough the fiont door. The safe I was blown open in the usual manner, by knocking off the knob ant! the combination disk aud inserting ( | some kind of high explosive. The noise of the explosion was , . heard about 3 o,clo3k a. m. by sev? eial parties who at the time did not suspect the cause, and the burglary 3 was not discovered until this morn- ' ^ I ing when the clerk went to open the 1 store. , , ON A SERIOUS CHARGE | ! Rosha Flowers Charged With Robbe g ( the Lake C'ty Drug Oo's Store. ( On a warrant sworn out before j ( Magistrate Grayson yesterday by D < M Epps, of Lake City, Rosha Flow- ? ers, a young white man about town, . was arrested on a charge of burglary < i and kreenv. The warrant of arrest t I charges Flowers with breaking into 'and robbing the Lake City Drug Co?s store Tuesday night. When i questioned about the matter Flowers ralked quite freely. He admits having been in Lake City yesterday, but claims that he returned here on train 39, which arrived at Kingstree at 9:10 p. m. He says that he will have no difficulty in proving his stitement. The preliminary hearing will probably be held to-day. ? * * LA KE CITY NEWS. Marriage of?opular Yourg People? Pers n.*l. Lake City, January 27:? Mr C R Gandv is now agent of the Coast j Line at Lake City, vice Mr N L t 0*ei street, transferred We regret 1 to lose Mr Overetreet but are very f i glad that his place is taken by Mr J Gaudy, to whom we extend a most { hearty welcome. We are also dei lighted to have Mrs Gaudy among 1 ' us again. I On Thursday evening, the 21sf inst nt, Mr Ralph F Joyi.erand Miss c Ida G Rodgers were united in mar- t riage. The ceremony ook place at u j the Methodist chuich a^d was per- t I formed by Rev J B Traywick, the ' imstor. Quite s? number of friends I j were present 'o wish God sp^ed to } , the hapoy couple at the beginning of their journey, which will lie c traveled hand ju hand till death do }>' , them part. The contracting parties 1 are both popular and count their ' friends by the score. The bride is ! 1 one of the brightest, most energetic a i and most hithly respected young c ladies of our town. May their path- i way lead among flowers, by clear c running waters, under tne open blue a sky and where perfume of rose aDd t violet sweetens the air. i We are glad to note that Mrs 1 ' Blackwell, who has been quite sick, ' ... 1 is improving. : j! Mr Hugh Gaskins died at hie home about four miles from here on [ last Friday. He was about sevenly i ' years of age. j Mr W A Webster is havincr his J dwelling painted which will add 1 greatly to its appearance. W. L. B. 1 i A Card. r Editor County Record:? J I take this method of bidding my ] friends :u Kingstree and Williams bnrg county a reluctaut farewell and J < Ul lliail lllg (iliciu iUl men uiaiij I' r kindnesses during my residence in i Kiugstree. ' Respectfully yours, i B. H. Myers. , t , - Strength has Itf tie need o< style. i \ X TEVIEW AND FORECAST OF PROCEEDINGS. Bienn:al Sessions Bi'l Passes?Legis-, lative Election?Matters of Interest I to Williamsburg. i The Capitol. Columbia, Janu-j a- 'PL. 1^1: ary zo.? i ne elections are now over i and the Assembly is settling down j to work. The work consists mostly 1 in killing bills and not in enacting ! new measures. The calendars are! crowded with useless and even sense-! less stuff. JusticeCAWo.xls was reelected unanimously, there being no opposition. His term is for eight years. Hon W 0 'latum succeeds H H ( rum as State Liquor Commissioner. "Hub" Evans was elected chairman of the State Board of Directors, defeating McDerinott by nearly two to one. The other two member of the Board selected are Boykin and Towill. Aliss L H LaBorde was reelected State Librarian by a very flattering vote. The two new members of Board of Directors of the Penitentiary are Peurifov, of Saluda, and Wingo, of Greenville. These, and the election of two or three new trustees tor each of the State schools consumed a 1 of Thursday?day and night sessions. The Shad bill has passed the 1 toughest place and may now be con- 1 ddered probably safe. It came up m second reading in the Senate Fri- 1 Jay. Senator Walker, of George- < wwn, made a most desperate and i letermined fight to kill it but the I Senators have had their eyes opened. The battle in the House last session ittracted the atteution of the entire State and the people brought presuire that, no wise man could afford to ] esist. Senator Ragsdale, of Flor*nce, had charge of the bill in his , *nd of the Capitol aud in his reply \ swept the opposition olf .ts feet. He , certainly made a spirited defense of ( ;he measure. The bill was debated ( Friday and Saturday and a vote was ] eaehed about 1 o'clock the last ? lamed day. The vote was 20 to 6 , n favor of the measure?an overwhelming victory. It will have its ] bird reading in a few days and it nay possibly then be slaughtered, but | his is not probable, and I feel con- , ident that I shall be able to say in j lext issue th it it has passed its last ( gauntlet. The Georgetown delega- s ion is sick, sick. i Several bills having for their ob- i ect the creation of new judicial cir;uit8 have been introduced and it eems probable that one of them will >ass. Biennial sessions of the General I Assembly is the subject of four oi l ive measures. One of the?e has | >ussed the Senate and is now in the j louse. The laborers'contract law is re- ' eivingan unusual amount of atteniou. Members are falliug over each , ither in their efforts to tinker with his act. '1 he law as it now stands s a good < ue. Yet it might be 1m- ! >roved, but not bv the changes pro- ' wsed For a little notoriety some ( eeui willing to risk ruining an *ex- , :ellent and necessary statute. A jreatdeal of the so-calleo legislation ' hat goes on here is of this stamp. A bill was introduced in the House ilonday w hich provides local optiou is to the establishment aud removal < >f dispensaries In substance, the neasure provides that upon petition j if one-fourth of the voters of a county < in election shall be heid on the quesion of dispensary or no dispensary, ind if the result be in favor of a dis- j ver.sary then it muy be established , if a majority of the voters of the own in which it is to be located vote j n favor of it. If the result be igainst dispensaries, none shall be jstablished aud if any are already es- . Lablished they shall be removed. This " is about the idea of it as nearly is can be given in a few words. Tlie fate of the bill is entirely uncertain, but it has very strong backing and will be pushed vigorously. Senator Goodwin's bill which provides that all persons who obtain money or valuable security from any person while under contract (either verbal or written) to lebor for auy other person, firm or corporation, shall be guilty of a breach of trust with fraudulent intent aud punished us far larceny?this bill is for reachng aud will be of general interest. It seems probable that one hundred and twenty four scholarships, worth P I | $100 each, in Cleinson college will be created. This involves no extfji appropriation, but they are to be paid out of the funds arising from the tag tax. Mr Smith of Horry, has a bill in the House who provides for t ie return and equalization of property. The measure is too lengthy to give here, but will say that its aim is to get pioperty on the tax books at its value and to remedy the evils of the present system. It is a step in the right direction and as such should be welcomed. The members of the Williamsbnrg delegation are preparing our supply bill for this year. Some few chauges will be made such as a little increase in the salaries of magistrate and constable at Kingstiee, costs to magistrates who hold inquests, such costs to be deducted from coroner's salary which is increased to a small eitei.t, etc. We have some measures in soak which will be put before the Assembly before long. Among these may be mentioned the creation of some new townships and changes in some old ones, a restriction on patent medicine peddlers, etc. The question of biennial sessions of the Assembly will probably be submitted to the people at the next TKo rnaitlnfinn fn tViof of X IJU II.OVIUVIVU vv VIJMV VI? | feet after going through tho innate passed the second reading in the House Monday, but by only four votes. There remains only one more opportunity to defeat it, to wit: on the third reading. Mr Lanham will introduce a bill to-moirow providing that beneficiary ;adet? in the Citadel shall be under no obligation to teach after graduation. W. L. B. Central Hotel Changes Hands. Mr B H Myers and family, who have been conductiug the < entral Hotel for the past two years, left resterday for Latia, where they will ?ngage in the hotel business. Their nany friends here wish them success in their new venture. Mr My;rs says that he will have a new brick hotel bmlding, roomy and ipacions, with modem improvenents, and he has every reason to believe that he will do a good buriiess in the thriving town of Latta. The Central Hotel passes into the hands of Mr I A Keels. Mr Keels, tvho is a traveling man himself, says ;hat he will make the accomodations >f his hotel first class in every reipect. He is familiar with the amis of the traveling pnblic and ?vill make it bis bnsiness to supply them. BRILLIANT YOUNQ ORATOR VlrHE Dav's of Williamsburg Wins Medal Offered by Daughters of Confederacy. A large number were gathered in he auditorium of the College for Women on Tuesday evening, when ;he Wade Hampton Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy presented a handsome gold medal to the successful competitor for the beet jssav on the subject assigned by the chapter. This contest is placed >pen to all students of the South Carolina College, and in this way, much valuable material relative to;he Confederacy is being collected, is well as familiarizing the present geneiation in the problems of that ^ause for which their parents fought. The subject this year was: "Was it Kither Right or Jnst for the North Impose Military Discipline on the South After the War?" Mr H E Davis, of Williamsburg, was awarded the medal, the committee of judges h iving decided unanimously in his favor. On this committee wei# Mr Andrew Crawford Superintendent Dreher and Mr F H McMaster. The subject announced for next year is ''Tha South Carolina College) in the War of States' Rights."?Sunday News?January 24. FOUND A CURE FOR IN DIGESTION. I use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablet* for indigestion and find that they suit my case better than any dyspepsia remedy I have ever tried and I have used many different remedies. I am nearly fiftyone ypars of age and have suffered a great deal from indtsfifiou. I can* eat almost anything jfljc nt to now. ?Gjfo. W Emory. Pj| Mills, Ala. For sale by Dr D C ffF':, Kingstree; Dr W S Lynch, Scrariton; Lake City Drug Co., Lake City,4 a *< I I 'M 1 -| . , t * . -V I J?" iv3 - W. T. Wilkins, .1 two stores WHOLESALE x and x REM WANT nmiFPov 1 WJUHIIU I PRODUCE rj| Seed Cotton, 1 CHICKENS, EGGS, 1 Highest Market m Mm* Best Lot Boom ftr lr | Bene! of tile Miiic# :* I jsgn Tours fir lute t T. Mill WHEN IN TOWN CALf^H ON OK, . jfl I III J