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VOLTxXL KINrtSTREK. S. c~ TIM k6!)AY. FEBRUARY 9," 1905. NO 6. - _ i ji'Wi GO M. F.HELLEI F( HORSES A BUGGIES,WAGOf The best values are obtair Our buyer selects person stables. All stock guaranteed forw / You are cordially inviti M. F. t K3NQSTREE, I OH Bill!. RESUME OF THE WEEK'S WORK SEEN FROM THE INSIDE. Mirny Interesting Measures Pending? TKo Ton firmit Sill Passes The House?Bilk of Local Interest. The Capitol, Columbia, S. C., Fib. 6: In sleet and intense co-d last week went out and this one began. Up to Friday the weather had been exceptionally good for "legislative weather," bnt things have turned, and from this on we may be paid up with fu?l measure. And besides the unpleasantness and difficulty of traveling, the low tempature and sudden changes are having th.dr effects uDon the members. .. * Good health was the order the first half cf the session; now so ne fifteen to thirty of the representatives and senators are laid up with colds, grippe etc. On Saturday both houses adjourned until Tuesday noon,| Monday being salesdav on which day a number were desirous of visiting their respective county towns. The dispensary investigation! resolution has passed both houses, and Lieut-governor Shttn has appointed the membens of the commission on the, )P part of the senate, to wit: Messrs Cole L Blease, Hay and Cbristeusen. The house members ha?e not yet been named. This committee ought to be made up of capable, unprejudiced, con sciientious men and men who are in anv wav"connected with the members of the State Board and who are not extremists eitiier for or against the dispensary, else the investigation will be a mere farce, fruitless of results and satisfactory to neither side. f The ten circuit bill, contralto expectations,passed the house by a good majority and is now before the senate with a favorable report and the indications po;nt to its becoming law. Under the arrangement proposed in this bill, Williamsburg will be in the fourth circuit along with Florence, Clarendon, Suintei and Lee?being the same m. ke-up as the third circuit now stands with the exception of Geoogetown, which is thrown wi+h Berkeley. Dorchester and " " " * ?r ' ? " Orangeburg into the second circuit. The enactment of this measure will necessitate the election by the assembly of two additional judges, one for the first circuit and one for the nitth. A sensation was created one day last week when Mr Toole of Aiken, presented a petition asking that hoars of labor in . cotton mills be reduced from eleven to ten, bearing the signatures. of 3,500 operatives and fc' m MMMMMBMmuaiiiBaMaHMBMnMm TO *'S STABLES, )p ? j ND MULES SIS and HARNESS. led by experienced buyers ally all stock sold in our , ork or driving. id to visit ou** Stab'* 1ELLER, SOUTH CAROLINA reaching half way across the hall when stitched out.. The Raysor-Manning measure ; which has gone through the i senate seems the most impor! tant bit dispensary of legislation ! that has been considered with j favor by that august body. Its provisions are too numerous and varied to notice in detail, but j the leading objects are: to take I * * ? * - r 1 r i.u ? tne selection 01 memoirs ui uiej State Board out of politics and place the appointments in the hands of the governor: to perm it the closing of dispensaries unacceptable to the people among whom they may be located: and to change the mode of purchasing liquors so as to remove the opportunity for handing out "samples," "rebates," "knockdowns," etc. This bill, along with several others touching the dispensary from various points, have been made special orders in the house for Tuesday of this week. Then the temper of the representatives towards the State's whiskey business will be ( shown. , I The matter of compulsory , education has received two black eyes?one in each end of < the Capitol?and it seems that scheme is dead for the present. : The bill prohibiting- cock ; fighting- met with a reception unlooked for in the lower house. It went through by a great majority and it is now up to the i senate to say whether or not it shall become the law of the jand. ; Senator Williams has a bill ' in the senate providing-for a li- 1 cense of ?1,000 on coca cola plants and it seems to be meet- 1 mg witn general iavor as 10 the principle, but instead of a 1 tixed sum the license may be ] graduated. It seems that phy- i sicians are coming to the con- 1 elusion that this drink contains J deleterious elements and that 1 fhe drinking of coca cola may 1 become an irresistible and harmful habit. Hence this measure. I Mr Gause has introduced a i resolution directing the transfer 1 (from Williamsburg to Florence of a balance of the school funds, j which is claimed to belong that , part of Williamsburg county which was cut of! and made a ( part of Florence county about a i year ago. The amount involved j is said to be aoout thirty dol-11 lars. ( A bill which will be of some interest to a good many is the ( bill which went through the house Friday prohibiting shoot- 1 ing matches for prizes in money, turkeys, chickens or other articles of Value. This, should it become law, will stop shooting 5 off turkeys, etc. While the members of the as- j sembly are divided as to the wis- j ( dom of repealing the lien law, j there appears to be a pretty general readiness to act in this! matter only after an expression j from the people, and to ^ainij this expression there is a ineas- j ure upon the house calendar! which provides that this ques-j tion be submitted to the demo-! < cratic voters in the next elec-1 ' tion. Compulsorv vaccination is j \ i i having its bouts and its late is j \ not yet determined. Mr Stoll has a bill prepared j \ i ~ u * i . . .i t: J - which jirm iiica in.ii an election j { beheld in Anderson, Suttons } ] and part of Penn townships \ t upon the question of "stock j( law" or "no stock law." The j z election is to be held right away; I c only freeholders are to be per-') mitted to vote; and if a majority j j vote in favor of "stock law,"13 then the act exempting" that ter- {v ritory from the operations of the j general stock law shall become j at once repealed. The measure j has not yet been presented, <1 Friday was the last day on | ^ which bills might be presented!) except through committees. t immiirratinn nrt is; nnt ' .. likely to be repealed. The sen- ^ timent seems to be growing that e it ought to be given a showing. }r Mr Stoll went home Saturday j and will be back when the house E meets Tuesday. i ^ W. L. B. i t A Progressive Euchre Party. On the evening of February 1 the Misses Kelley were "at t home" to their friends coinpli- <, mentary to Miss Nellie Mallard ^ of Greenville, the guest of Miss a Barbara Jacobs. After playiiig !s rvf . I iTii i ill I veil nullum V^J euchre, -Mr \V R Scott was declared prize-winner. Those p playing were: Misses Mallard, Mamie and Barbara Jacobs, j Agnes Erckraan, Luna Tribble,; Bessie and Alma Kelley and Mrs : Clara G Harper; Messrs W R ^ Scott, H T McClary, W N Fairey, | J C W Wolfe, C W Stoll. P 0 Ar-| h rowsmith, P G Gourdin W H e Uarr, J F Scott and Cecil Jacobs, jr At the close of a most delight-1 h ful evening an elegant cream s and cake course was served, i a ? P Harpers Happenings. Miss Cleo Burgess of Foreston d is spending several days with j t Mrs L A Rogecson. j a Rev .J B Weldon, w ho has been 1 b in earnest worker on the Salters j 1; circuit for the past two years, j a moved his family to town lastjh 1- II* _ .1 _ J i_- 1 T" weea. >ve are giau ic welcome, r this good man in our midst. f Miss Mary Clyde Hodges,who! 1 lias been teacher of the Harper v public school, resigned her pos- h ition and left for her home in e Florence last Saturday. We are * sorry to lose this excellent & teacher, and her place cannot, easily be tilled. I ^ Mr Hugh Montgomery of; GJreelyvilie is spending some) time with his sister, Mrs J H ^ Htutson. i , fi Mr w a Lamiin. Jr , made a: t( lying trip to Ki ngstree v last y week. The young- people of Harper mjoved an entertainment on Wednesday evening, February ^ 1, at the home of Mrs E A Bruor- _ ton, given in honor of Miss Mary ' tj Jlyde Hodges. B Mr W 0 Camlin was seen on p ?ur streets Saturday. p Mr John Blak'eley of Oak si Rid^e was noted in town Mon^ i lay. | ] 'Mr and Mrs J H Hutson spent several days last week with rel- y\ itives at Salters. g Miss Kuth Coker, teacher of hi the Evans school, spent a few m lays last week with friends and p; -elatives in town. Bbowk Eyes 2 A CARD FROM MR. CARTER. Farmers Urged Again to Organize So As to Reduce Cotton Aceeage. Uo ***** f ll \T Zlt*. , 1 LUC X" U.1 I11CI."5, b U V iUVI :hants and the Land Owners of Williamsburg County: Let me again call to your at-! :ention the importance of meet-1 ng on the 18th. inst, at your re pective places of meeting for :he purpose of carrying into efect the plan formulated by the SVw Orleans convention of coton growers. This, above all )thers, is the opportune time to j ict in concert and reduce the j icreage of cotton thJs season at east '2b per cent, mr more. Should we fail to act imw when ill hands are held out to assist is in our efforts to advance, the,1 >rice of cotton, we should hold n peace hereafter and not com entleman, Joe (J Josey. Hugh F. Oliver. 'inopolis, S. C. Wanted: By a young- lady : ;ith experience, a school for 1 he Spring- or Summer. Can urnish testimonials, Address Teacher," care of Postmaster, I'alterboro, S. 0. ^ > j Tournament Near Harpers. We are requested to announce ( hat there will be a tournament t Mr. W. D. Crook . place, on 1 lie Gapway pub road near [arp* *S. C., on ^bruary 14, ( t)05. A -Mir respectful .. ? , i i j invited. ooys, ana i liow your hors> ip. Fresh Meats and Family . aries. The undersigned have op a ' laiket and Grocery store ii. tutt's building and will keep and all kinds of fresh and cureu ieats. We respectfully solicit the itronage of the public. Coward & Strong. -9-3t. < \ >lain, though the cotton should; fo down to three cents per >ound. I hope therefore that we lave already seen sufficient to horoughly convince us that line and one half millions of >ales of cotton bring more mon:v to the South than thirteen nillions; then where is the sense n planting so much cotton to the leglfcct of all other crops? May **e awake to a sense of our duty o ourselves, to our children and o our country; and front this lenceforth control the arpor.nt of otton to be planted and the ime will not be long before the southern farmerwill be the hapund most inflpopndent of ~I . .11 men. With this we wait to ee what will be done. ? I am respectfully yours, J .Davis Carter, ^eb. 7. Leo, S. C. Mr. J. C. JoseyEditor County Record: ^he announcement of Mr J C osey's death has distressed the leart, and tilled with tears the yes of many of The Record's eaders. His home was given to lospitality, and there the tranger found a welcome such s made him feel a glow of haprfness to his very fiuger-tips. "The company room" was ineed a chamber of peace, and he table furnished notbread lone but dainties, too, prepared y the gracious hands of as love- . y a housewife as ever adorned nd hallowed a Williamsburg : oine. Dear, noble woman ! The lusband of the widow will never orget nor , forsake thee. So ong as a light flashes from my windows and a fire bnrnson my. earth, none could have a warmr welcome in my home than the ;idow of that genial, generous Lake City Letter. Lake City, February 6: Mrs B Britton of Kissimee^ Ga., is spending- some time at Mr John Murphy's. Rev E C Bailey of Timmonsville preached in the Presby*. : ~i o j a LCI Iclll C1IUIC11 OUUUcLy dl icruouu. We understand that this church expects to call a pastor at an early date. Then services will be held regularly. Miss Beck Meyers, formerly of Kingstree, but now of Latta, is visiting the Misses Rooke. The damage done to the Presbyterian church by one of last summer's storms has been jrepaired and the entire h^tse nicely painted. Its appe^ince lias been this much improved. Mrs Julia Shouboeof Florence is at Mrs J E Brunson's. Mrs Hill of Darlington is visiting her cousin, Mrs Howie. The|Parsonage Aid Society, of the Methodist church, will give an entertainment on the 14th instant. The price of admission will be fifteen cents for children and twenty-five cents for adults. The proceeds will gx> to aid in building- a new church. The Bank of Lake City is now moving- into its new quarters. The vault, railing-, counters and so on are completed, and everything is about ready for occupancy. W. L. B. Sntt?u Sittings. Si ttons, February 7:?Our community has been saddened by the death of one of its best citizens, Mr Buford Richardson, i which ocurred at his home at j Suttons on Thursday, January 26, after an illness of two weeks. 1 Mr Richardson was born near : Suttons church, Williamsburg a n rv n 1 q.iq , CUUUiy, O. V., L/C^cm UCI 7, altxu, ? but many years of his life were spent in Florida, where he was engaged in the culture of oranges up to the winter pf 1894-95, when the great freeze came that was so disastrous to orange in- 1 dustry and forced him with many others, to turn his attention to other employment. From Florida he returned to his old home, where he followed the the occupation of farming the remainder of his life. He was married in 1887 to Miss Marie Hiddleson, who with one son, survives him. Mr Richardson was a consistent member of the Baptist church and at the time of his death held the office of secretary of SuttoDS church. Quiet and unobtrusive in manner, he was a true friend, and a kind husband and father. He 1 w;ll be much missed by many who knew and esteemed him. His remains were laid to rest at Suttons church on Saturday < following his death amidst a concourse of sorrowing friends and neighbors. I The only relatives from a distance who arrived in time to attend the funeral were, Mrs F H i Spivey of Columbia, S. C., and 1 Mr E J Parker of Lanes, as the end came-very unexpectedly. n?r cinr^rA svmnathv is tended to the bereaved family in their great loss. A. B. (Columbia State please copy). (1 Cades Live Stock Co. 1 , ,,,, |' i Car of young well-broke 1 HORSES and MULES, \ To sell for cash or part cash j Also Full Line of i ns, Buggies and ^ness. :ades ive stock co. I / . Letter to R, J. McCabe, Kingstree, S. C. Dear Sir: Father and son: one is glad, the other is raMi Devoe; lead-and-oil. || Mr Charles Hollenbeck, iPaif ^ Haven, N. Y., painted his bouse Devoe three years ago; his [ * father, same time, painted his house lead-and-oil. The father's house is all!j9 chalked off; the son's is as goodk as new. They'll paint the same 1 way next time. IjSi Yours truly, ^ F W Duvoe A On. Dr D C Scott sells our paint* ESCAPED AN "AYVFDL FATE 1 Mr H Huggins of Melbonrne^J! ^ Fla., writes, "My Doctor told me I ,|| $ had Consumption and nothing couldL ;; '' be dbne for me. I was given up to \ die. The offer of a free trial bottle* of Dr King's New Discovery for if Consumption, induced me to try it.|| Results were startling. I am now#* on the road to recovery and ow? all to Dr King's New Discovery. Ifc J surely saved my life." This gfpAtflgj cure is guaranteed for all throat?-^ and lung diseases by Dr W V Bifcfcafl ntou, Druggist. Price 50c and li.OOuf j Trial bottles free. 3 WANTED?At once 1000 cords c?f| lightwood. __ Highest cash price paidL;^ 1 at the Oil Mill. R. L. Blackman, ill" ' Resident Manager. Administrator's Sale.* On Wednesday, February 15, 1905^$ the following personal property, be-'.? *'% longing to the Estate of Wilson Mo-*v:v*J8 Gown, deceased, will be sold to the* ; highest bidder for cash, at the reel? dence of the late Wilson - McOown.' ; | about two miles northeast of Scrantoo^^H S. C? to wit: Household and kitchen furniture?plantation tools, 3 baieatj-^ cotton, seed of 3 bales of cotton, 8 ; mules, i gray horse, 1 black home, 1 y 2-horse wagon and harneafc I top J buggy and harness 2 sets of tobacco flues, 1 lot corn, l lot fodder, potatoes ? sugar cane, 1 cow and calf ana 2 hogs- ^ B. C. WHITEHEAD, $| Administrator. Dixie Gate. Having purchased the right , t|0 handle the above gate ] Williamsburg County, I am, now prepared to serve tha I Will Call On You shortly and demonstrate the many advantage* of a this gate. In the mean* time those haying seen the gate and desiring Farm. Rights eari> will pleaae- ; mail us their order giving < gj size of gate wanted. Price Farm Right J V']j with one gate, any ftss from six to ten^feet, *' Sate Always On Exhibition 1 At Kingstree, S, C. O. R. SALTERS, | When ready to select a good lewsy paper for the year of t , 3 L905, remember THE COUNTY RECORD. ^ A Trip to Florida* V During these cold winter^5^ nontbs a trip to Florida-Cuba, /ia the Atlantic Cof?t Line A'ouid be just the thing to makelife worth the living. Superb \\. trains, excellent schedules and tickets which offer every advan-. t :age possible for a pleasant and ittractive trip. For full infornation or pamphlets call on. four nearest ticket agent or J vrite, H M Emmebson, T. M. 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