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VOL. XX.' KINO ST REE, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 14. 11)04 NO 2$f r ] 1 T II- II ' r V~"f "r ITMi SCfcANTON ITIMS. Ourtdrrespondent Tells of Marriages and Deaths and Other Things. SCRANTON, July 12:?Within "two weeks a budget of news has been collected so large that we fail to handle it easily. A North Carolinian from Spout Springs, Mr Geo. Whilrien, transplanted one of our fairest flowers, Miss Sallie (youngest daughter of Rev G H Poozer) to a higher latitude. We trust no chilly breeze will ever touch the tender plant. "In the midst of life there is death". Mrs Lucian L Hinson of Whiteville, N. C. passed peacefully to the great beyond ! on the 27th. She was brought' to her home at Sparrow Swamp, Florence County for interment, j In a few days her infant of five j months was laid to rest on the ! couch of earth beside its mother. Sweet be their slumbers till the waking on the glorious resurrection morn. Under the skillful manage- j ment of a trained nurse Miss j Valentine (with Dr Hinnant as; medical director) Mr and Mrs | Winslow Wright are con vales-; cing. Miss Olive Lavender, of New j Zion, who has been visiting her| sister, Mrs R. Mc. Cooper, hasj returned to her home accompanied by Mrs Cooper. On June 23, Miss Lillie Graham with your humble scribe left for a summer trip. Pas- j senger No 40 took us to Peters-1 burg, Va., by 7 pm, where we! spent the night at Shirley Hotel beside the post office. On Friday we went over to Richmond on a trolley car. While there we visited the State! House, Washington's headquar-: tersj a small stone building j about 30 x 18 covered with1 weather beaten shingles now; nritK mr\cc Thp efalr XX*;) V i ^ICCll TV 1V.11 UlVOOi J.UV . ?.J | leading up the second story j (where three dormer windows! t^ive one a peep at the city tlior-1 oughfare) is built of such narrow lumber that only the ball! of the foot may touch it in ascension. The room in which Marquis DeLafayette held conference with Gen George Washington regarding" the assistance' France lent the United States | in the Revolutionary war, is as ; full of historical interest as ofi peculiar architecture and an- \ tique furnishings. Curios and . souvenirs from both Revolutionary and Civil wars are there for sale. The secret chamber in which Mrs Van Lew secreted j L'OO soldiers was, of some less j wonder than that of the Natu- J Fal Bridge we visited on Mon- j day following-. Even a dull girl is sharp enouch j to cut an uudesirable acquaintance. J f ; | j j afiiiit ms. THE TOWN HAS A HIGH BUILDING FEVER. Store Buildings, Residences and Banking House Going Up?Local Items. Greeelyville, July 11 .-?The building- fever seems to have 1 struck some others in town. Mr S M Bradshaw has bought a lot1 adjoining the drug store and is putting up a store thereon. The I work is brogressing rapidly, i The contracter is Mr Charlie j Harris. I Mr E B Rhodus is hauling j brick and lumber to build a cot-1 tage on the lot adjoining I residence. I think Mr Harris I has the contract for that build- > in"- also. Work has not yet been started \ on the bank building, but will commence in a short time. Mr R H Johnson is still quite sick. Dr Scott from Kingstree 1 is here today to see him. Ourj town has been remarkably healthy this year. Mr Johnson j is the only serious case we have had. Miss B C Mallard left this morning to spend some time in Greenville, S. C. Mrs H L Baxter returned to Greelyville on Saturday, after spending some time with relatives in Bishopville. Mrs Carnes and Aildren of Bishopville, are spending some time with her sister Mrs H L Baxter. in? T7u ? r> nf ! 1V1X&S X1 1UI Cll^C UV1V1VAU vyi . Lanes and Miss DeLorme of j Sumter, visited friends and relatives in Greelyville and vicinity several days last week. Miss Lucile Cook from Charleston is visiting1 her aunt Mrs F Mishoe on Varner avenue. j Miss Carrie Godbolt, who has j been spending some time with Mrs F Mishoe, returned to her home in Marion on last Thursday. Your printer made me say last week that we realized $10 from the play "Ten Nights in a Bar-roon", whereas the amount was $90.00. The Greelyville troupe will give the same play in Manning next Wednesday night. Mr C N Allison the popular manager of the troupe has consented to assist them in Manning before leaving for his i home in North Carolina. Mr and Mrs R J Bradham'went to Charleston to spend the 4th I at the seashore, but Mrs Brad- j ham was taken sick and had to i taken to the Hospital where she is still. The doctor says she! has a mild case of Typhoid fe-i ver, we truly hope she will soon be able to return home. VlDI. ONE LADY'S RE'-OMMENDA TION SOLD FIFTY BOXES OF CHAMBERLAIN'S STOMACH AND LIVER TABLETS I have, I believe, sold fifty boxes I of Chamberlain's Stomach and| Liver Tablets on the recommenda- j tion of one lady here, who first J bought a box of them about a year ago. She never tires of telling her neighbors and friends about the good qualities of these Tablets.? P M Shore, Druggist, Rochester, j Ind. The pleasantest purgative ef- j feet of these Tablets makes them a j j favorite with ladies everywhere. 1 J l\or sale by Dr DC Scott, Kingstree; | 1 Lake City Drug Co.. Lake City; Dr j W 8 Lynch, ecr an ton. I | CHAMBERLAIN'S COLIC CHOL ERA AND DIARRHOEA REMi EI)Y. This remedy is certain to be needed in a.'most every home be- j fore the .summer is over. It can al-' ways be depended upon even in the most severe and dangerous cases, j It is especially valuable for sum-! ' iner disorders in children. It is j pleasant to take atid never fails to 1 give prompt relief. Why not buy it now? It may save life. For sale ! by Dr I) (J Scott, Kingstree; Lake City Drug Co., Lake City; Dr W S {Lynch, Seranton. j -It is said that a check for $10,000 : makes * good pJaetei for a broken heart.. I ill It. I 4 LARGE PI ANT OF THE MALLARD LUMBFR CO- DESTROYED. , Property Valued at $12,000 Destroyed, Insurance $4,500-00?Fire StHi^ Raging. As we go to press the news reaches us of a great fire in l i Greelyville. The large plant of the Mallard Lumber Co., has been destroyed. Details of the fire are meagre. The fire was discovered this morning at 2 o'clock, and at this hour?12 o'clock?is still burning. The Ml 1.?A ~ 4- t2M O (VIA hie 5>clW II1JII, VdlUCU U. L giijWVj xiuo been consumed. It is insured for $4,500. DEATH BY ACCIDENT. John Walker, Colored, Accidently Shot ( by Robt. Branson, Col. Saturday afternoon last Robt Brunson and John Herfry Walker, colored residents of Gourdin's, j were handling" an ancient shotg"un of the muzzle-loading" type, ' when the piece was discharged and John Walker was killed. ' The Coroner and Sheriff Graham went to Gourdins Monday and i looked into the matter. It ap- j pears that the men were trying : to put a cap on the old gun. The I hammer worked stiffly and was ] managed with difficulty. Walker ; cocked the gun but could not get the hammer down again. He ; passed the gun to his compan- ; ion Brunson who attempted to , let the hammer down. Brunson let the hammer down with more force than intended, and the charge of shot entered the left side of Walker who lived about , an hour after the wound. The ; coroner and sheriff were con- ; vinced that the death was due to an accident, and no arrest was , made. Brunson made no effort , to escape. THE TEXAS BOLL WEEVIL. Alleged Appearance of the Pest on Black River in Willamsbtirg County. Conway, July 8.?Special: It ' is rumored here that the Texas boll weevil has been found on a 1 place in Williamsburg County, ' near Kingstree, on Black River. 1 It is stated that a certain far- ; mer in that section received a ; lot of seed from the Government in which there were weevils. It ' is not practicable to get confir- ' mation of the rumor here, but it should be investigated at once. J. H. R., Jr. | The above special from Con- ' way, written by Mr James Hen- . ry Rice, Jr., editor of The Field : is news to the people of this county. If there are any weevils ' in this county no word of them has been received in Kingstree. This is a very serious matter to get into the papers. If true it : should be looked after at once. If not true it has a tendency to work great injury to the county in that it will predudice outsiders against Williams-burg real estate. People who are contemplating the purchase of our lands will be turned away. Where did Mr Rice got his startling news'? Let him tell us. Death of a Little Girl. Little Jessie Lucile Tisdale, daughter of Mr H L Tisdale, died June 30th and was buried ! at the Strong burying ground. The little girl Was nine years old. She had been in bad health fot about three years. Sleep on, dear child and take thy rtest, God rails when lie thinks best. An echo is the only thing thatcan flimflam a woman out of the last, I wO!vh AN illfUl Cilf. CORRESPONDENT BASS GIVES THE NEWS OF OUR SISTER TOWN. Success of the Hardware Co.?It declares a Good Dividend?Enlargement of Bottling Works. Lake City, July 13:?Miss Carrie Belle Baker, of Bennettsville, gave her friends?and she made many of them during her six-year's stay in our town? much pleasure by spending some daj's with them recently. She went away Monday. Mr G A Brown came home the latter part ot last week trom a trip in North Carolina. He informs us that an important meeting of the stock-holders of the Lake City Manufacturing Co., of which he is manager, will be held here this week. Messrs G L Sauls and H J Brown of Cades were noted here Thursday afternoon on business. Col J P Epps and Messrs H J McFadden and C F Epps of the Cades section, were among our visitors Saturday. Hon T B Gourdin, of Heinemann, spent Tuesday night and a part of Wednesday in town. He was on his way home from Sumter. Mr J J B Montgomery was in town a few hours Saturday morning. He has no opposition in his race, and therefore wears a beaming smile?a kind of "in favor of everything" smile. Should others appear against him, he says he is ready for pease oy>oetry. Quite a number of our people attended the big picnic at Half Moon Wednesday and with one accord declare that the occasion was a decided success in every way. Several candidates passed through town on their way down. Among others we noted Messrs J E Ellerbe, J W Ragsdale, H P Baldwin, P H Stoll and Olin Epps. Miss Rosa Hirschman, of Charleston, is at Mr H Nacliman's. - - m-n. u XT f Miss nine Mincaugu 01 new York is visiting" friends in town. Mr Eddie Rush, of Florence, was in town last Sunday, as usual. The Lake City Bottling" Works will remove next to the Enterprise Wood Distilling and Chemical Co. at an early day. This move will be made in order to have larger quarters and to be convenient to an artesian well so that its supply of water can be taken directly from the well. This company is furnishing excellent soda water and gingerale to all the cool drinks dispensers m this section. It sells by wholesale only and delivers its products, which are equal to any on the market, at lower prices than can be obtained elsewhere. The soda and ale are put up in latest style bottles made-expressly for this company. Arrangements are being made to get in the necessary machinery for putting up cocacola. Nothing like a little enterprise and faith in one's people. "The possibilities of our soil 'are illimitable" and the heights to which our people may, , and we hope will attain, beyond , bounds. The writer's faith in old Williamsburg grows stronger every time the strawberry blooms, the ale pops or the cucumber brings a "hurtin below the'umbilicus." Se'ah! The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Lake City Hardware Uo. was neici on uie 7th instant. All the officers were re-elected, to wit: J R Tobias, president; A H Williams, vice-president; J E Brunson, secretary and manager; W L Bass, attorney. No change was ; made in the Board of Directors, j Reports were received and the j business of the year carefully! gone over. Everything was I found in excellent shape and the results very satisfactory. A good dividend was declared and the rest of the profits were passed to a surplus fund which was thereby created. Messrs J R Tobias, and T B *Moran of f Continued 011 page 8]. % w * SABBATH DESECRATION; A Citizen Deplores the Practice of Doing Business on Sunday. Editor Count}7 Record:? With your permission I will use a small space in your valuable paper for the purpose of bringing to the attention of the good people of Kingstree a small business enterprise that seems to have very little regard for the Sabbath day. What I refer to is the Ice houses being kept open and making sales of ice and cold drinks during the Sabbath day. It strikes me as being a desecration of the Sabbath and should be stopped. NoWy who are to blame most the con sumer or the seller*? Are they not about equal? I took the privilege of speaking to these gentlemen and they say that if their customers would excuse them, that they would like to close up and rest on Sunday. To some extent I am in sympathy with the gentlemen who keep ice, knowing of the rivalry, and yet in the sight of God that is no excuse. Now, I would suggest as a relief of the situation, that the customers buy their ice on Saturday nights. While it would necesitate your buying a little more, yet it is cheap and in cases where ice has to be had on Sunday for sickness the dealer may open a little while early Sunday morning. Now, Mr Editor, it strikes me that this matter can be easily managed if the Christian people will stop and think a little. The practice of disregarding the laws of the Sabbath is growing. How is this to be. explained to the boys and girls? Can we say that the law of God has been changed to suit the times? No, we can't do that. Well then what? We can only say it was wrong, but we will take that risk. What can we expect of the next generation? And while discussing the violation of the Sabbath will say that the barber shop has no more right to open and do business on Sunday than any other enter prise. * A Citizen. - A- ci :A~ uone iu nvuuo. Salter's has lost one of her most distinguished and best, known citizens. Together with his family he boarded the train at Kingstree several days ago and journeyed to the "Land of Flowers'' where he will make his future home- For years he has lived in the vicinity of our neighboring town, and only recently has concluded that the healh of that section is not good. The citizen to whom we refer is Thomas Davis, of the family of Ham. It will be recalled that Thomas "was the star in a recent trial in the Williamsburg court. It was charged that he was a party to the death of one Sam Nelson. The jury did not find that he was guilty, but sundry neighbors of the aforesaid Tom thought that some other section would suit him better, aijd it is said, indicated their thoughts to him in a way that could not be misunderstood. So Tom has gone and Salter's and Williamsburg have lost one of their best | known and most distinguised rascals. It has been said that Tom carried his entire family. This should be amended by saying that his eldest son, Henry Davis, did not accompany the family but went recently to Columbia to give the remainder of his life to the service of the State?A ?life sentence in the Penitentiary. Legal Blanks - ^ n i ? ? Just received, run nne ui legal blanks at the Record Office. support! SCOTT'S EMULSION serves as a 1 bridge to carry the weakened and starved system along until it can find firm support In ordinary food. Send (or free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 409-4is Fearl Street, New York, joc. and $1.00; all druggistj. M - cT . Jr. / 0 ? i 1 h H fl H s 31 II H !a ? 81 H | If nir'P? w 8 } a Hl-ft # 8 t( ??(/! I | V"*- *' | j V mo V MM ?12 gi \ go ft || ttll* p M C/>' w ^ i is !T . X io|p ,p <{ 3? ^ > fl N *8 ?3 ^8 I ppo Em J!g Si mK'z? u ^ 8 ^ k 73^ ? ffl m o A* B P sg ft> g , c8 P* A His 2. I iHp"- . 8 Si?0| I 0:5 <s I 8 ml S? 8 2 a|?? 8 if 15= A I u 5 3 1 8 T sa f 2 rn as * < t u j* f& *Q ij> ( * 0 J r 5 ? ' r* 3^ ? fll $ r#v ' 5l i ^ I