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r %\yt fottntt) flefrnfa. j i ??iju? VL XXI KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 13, 1905. NO. 15?| -,' > ??:?:@:?:w?:?:@:@:? ? an dish. ? ??:?:?:?:ui?:@:@:?:@ (Pastors of Charges In Williamsburg County are Invited to Publish in this Column their ^ Schedule of Appointments Five). Rev. W- J. Wflder, Pastor. Blooming vale Baptist Church? 1st Sunday, 11 a. in.; 3rd Sunda7:30 p. ui". |Cedar Grove?1st Sunday 3:30 p. m.; 3rd Sunday, 11 a. m. Black Mingo?2nd Sunday, 11 a. m.: 4th Sundav. 7:30 p. in. Bethany?2nd Sunday, 4 p. m.; 4th Sunday, 11 a. m. J 7 Turkey Creek?4 th Sunday, 4 p. m. A MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT To Be Given for the Benefit of the Pee 1 Dee Historical Society. An entertainment will be giv en in the Graded School 'auditorium on Friday evening, the ; 2sth inst., for the ben.-tit of the Kingstree branch of tile Pee Dee Historical S >ciety. An in- , teresting and elaborate pro- , gramme has been arranged, con- ] ' si.sting of vocal and instruinen tal music recitations, etc., to be rendered by the best talent 1 that the town affords. This , will be one of the very best af- ; fairs of the kin I presented dur- , ing,the season and on behalf of ] the ladies and gentlemen who . are getting .up the entertain- { ment and the cause for which j * it is to be given, we bespeak a < liberal response on the part of , the public. < Notice. J Notice is hereby given that that the jurors drawn for the | second week will not be requir- 1 ed to serve, as there will be no ^ court next week. B 0 Whitehead, * Clerk of Court. i k Morning Blaze. Yesterday morning between 10 and 11 o'clock fire broke out . . in the dwelling of W W Bat- 1 tiste, a colored carpenter living j on Hampton street. As soon as ( possible the new fire engine and ^ hose was hauled to the-scene; but on account of the scarcity , of water in that part of town, ' added to the confusion arising from the lack of training of the | "fire company,'" the work done by our fire-fighting machine * was not conspicuously effective. , The "bucket brigade" was on ^ hand, however, and albeit the ( fire had gained too much head- j way to be controlled, the ad- ( joining building on either hand ^ ?the Episcopal chapel and a i tenant dwelling?was saved by . the well directed efj^rts of the } latter branch of the fire depart- r ment. The Episcopal chapel t j especially had a narrow escape, ^ as it caught on fire in half a j dozen places. Battiste was out of town . % when the tire occurred and there 1 is no saying positively how it was caused, though it is thought that the house caught from fire ( that had been left in the kitchen stove. ( Besides the building, nearly ( all the contents were destroyed, ? amounting to about ?600 or j ?700, with no insurance. Ao Approaching Wedding. 1 The editor of The Record returns his most appreciative thanks for the following invitation: Mr and Mrs W A J Moore invite you to attend the marriage of their daughter. La Una Bertha and tMr William Colbert Kelly < Sunday, April sixteenth nineteen hun- j dred and five at four o'clock, at V tliUILIC, JiWiC o A Lake City. South Carolina. < 1 You'll never appreciate the 1 rood old summer time" until 1 L get a pair of those low ] kjer shoes for ladies and > Btlemen to be had at m W. T. .WILKINS*. THE SAGE OF POSSUM FORK. BELIEVES WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF THE "WOMAN AGE." Editor County Record:?''How arre you, Mr Hanna? I'm glad you came along. I want to know if there is any truth in this old woman saying that to cut a slice from the sides of these little round potato slips will prevent their turning- to 'maummas' when [planted?'* "Well, I don't know as to that; but I would not plant those that are too little to cut. When you plant corn you select the biggest and best ears for seed; and we select the best for seed of everything else we plant. But poor little potatoes! We plant them ^id get a weazly little sprout that sometimes takes till almost July to come up urul makes nothing but a weazly little potato." "Well, Sammy, you're a philosopher! I have lost the art of making potatoes, and I just know that's what's the matter with Hanna." Boys, Hanna is right! I see! [ see! It takes a good sized, wellmatured potato slip to put out i vigorous sprout, and make a trig potato. Throw away the last one of those little fellows, md plant nothing but good sized slips, and next fall, if I lave gone across the River to >ee about the more important matters in the great Kingdom if God beyond, you must let the logs have ail the little potatoes ind slips; only save the best." |But, Mr Editor, ! must be careful for fear the women may take t as a slur about odd women's proverbs. For it looks as though women are fast coming to the front. Our little world has had its >tone-age. iron-age and different 3ther ages, but it looks as if we ire on the verge of the "woman ige." Much of the finest literature s ascribed to the pen of the gentler sex, and, just the other lay at the big Sunday-school 1 invention in Florence, Mrs I Bryner captured the crowd and 1 svas Ihe "lion" of the occasion! Most ^of the schools are being taught by ladies, and the next , feneration will have instilled n its natuie more and more of , fentle refinement. Women and girls seem to be >etter than boys. They can sit >till and listen to the preaching A the gospel without running n and out of the church in time i- : rriu.", U JI SCrVlCC. X iiCJr UA/U L vuvn :obacco and spit on the floor, ike boys; nor strike a match md light a cigarette the monent they get out of church. They seem to pay more atten;ion to the Sunday-school, make :he best recitations and get the ^est lessons; and some day I'm ifraid the question will be isked,*'are they more intelligent :han boys?" They seem to have nore will-power for taking in zulture and training, and selfliscipline. The influence of women teachers in the schools and Sundayschools, aiding the church in 'training up a child in the way le should go," is our only hope :or beating our swords into plow shares and disarming Ihe lations. I have often asked why most )f the great inventions and dis roveries ana utilities are cuutined to the last few centuries if the 6000 years since Father Adam's time, and I get the same inswer, "Sunday-schools and ?arly religious training," makng effective the gospel of Lhrist. The world's past history is wars and rumors of wars." Wars for conquest and spoils; -obbery and ambition of kings; 10 time for the invention of utilities. War was in the uppernost seats until the church started the Sunday-school.' Let the Sunday- schools grow, md let us all pull our hats to the army of Christian lady teachers throug-hout^the land! j Another little army is on the way.Only yesterday, when our teacher was called suddenly away, she requested little sunll i n i r 17 nil* f/\ <r a f rt f Vi auiuy ivuuj iu g\j iu iuc jstuuur house and take charge and teacb the lessons, which she did with a glee. She was about to keep some of them in at noon, but knowing she would have to stay in too, she just changed tactics and required them to stand awhile in the corner. She le . them all out at noon, with per- ^ mission to spread their dinner all together, and eat "picnic style," perhaps suggesting it herself, as she did not carry ' any that morning. But I am glad to say that all the talent and ideology are not ^ confined to the gentler sex. I ] will instance only the case of 1 our little philosopher in spell- 1 ing: ( "Ruth?"Here, Wattie, spell 5 lob"?"B-o-b, bob." J "Spell f'ig." "P-i-g, pig." 1 "Spell cat." "C a t, cat.""Spell egg." "E-double-g, egg." "Well, says I, "what do they ' use two g's for, in egg? Why not just say e-g, egg? 1 Watty?after a moment's ( thought?"E is for the yellow, and one tr is for the white and * the other g is for the shell." 1 "Ha! ha!" says Ruth, "Howthen 1 would you spell one of those J eggs with two yolks in it?" After thinking a little, Watty said, "put another g." "Pretty good," says I, "now tell me what school you go to." "The one in v Possum Pork." ITEMS FROM MOORE'S X ROADS. Penciled Paragraphs Pertaining Principally to People. Moore's X Roads, April 10: v ?Farmers of this section are * about through planting corn and ? will begin planting cotton this jj week. Miss Bertha Rouse of Georgetown is visiting the Misses Moore. Misses Mabelle Williamson of Darlington and Mary Rush- c ton of Fork are spending a few t days with friends in this com- * munity. J Miss Leila McKnight has been 3 quite ill with la grippe, but I am glad to learn that she is conval escing very nice'y. Mr B W Moore and daughter, ^ Miss Ella, attended the commencement exercises of'the S C Medical College | and report c having an enjoyable time. Quite a large congregation attended services at Pergamos Sunday afternoon and heard a very instructive and interesting ^ discourse delivered by the pas- c tor, Rev J B Tray wick. The ^ Sunday-school is in a prosperous condition, and we hope that e with the beautiful spring-time and summer season approaching, it will continue to grow, the weather being more favorable for a large attendance. The school at Pergamos a closed a few days ago. Under ^ the efficient management of ? Miss LaUn a Moore it was well ^ attended thronghout the ses- * sion. e Miss Mattie Moore, who is * teaching at Bloomingvale, is J spending a few days at home. I am sorry to learn that Mrs E F Cook is ill with fever. Mr W W Rogerson came up foi a short while from Harpers last week. Mr B A Cook is still in the e sewing-machine business. He % is handling some stock as a side jj line, and has a black horse that a he is especially proud of. I 11 don't think he need fear that it b will be necessary to use any 81 anti-fat treatment on the horse j when the hot weather comes in, unless there is violent and sud den or a gradual and constant change. Primrose. A fine assortment of Gloves ^ for men and boys just in at WILKINS', C llMSllWlHl. 1 (Conducted by the Pupils of the Tenth Grada) Have our friends taken the hint, which was given by one of our number a tew weeks ago * concerning the seldom visits * made to us? Evidently they J liave; for it has been only a few k days in the past week that we c have not had some visitors. As t has been before said, we are al- ( ways delighted to have them, J" and feel encouraged to see such "Treat interest sh#wn toward e lis. It is natural as spring ap- ^ proaches for the teachers to notice a gradual falling off, both in the work and attendance of ^ the pupils; but such is not the :ase with Kingstree Graded > iiool; for every room is full, j md our roll now numbers over two hundred. ^ We are glad t j have with as igain Beulah Marshall, who has ^een absent for quite awhile, riiere were also three new pu- ( pils enrolled "down stairs" Moniay h The tenth grade is very much jxcited on account of a debate * imong themselves, which will lie on next Monday. There are * several other reasons which ^ iroduce unusual excitement to a hese live, foremost among fa vhich is the fact that May is growing near and with it come b hose final examinations! Every C reparation has been m^e for n: :ommencement, and we are lookng forward to it with unfeigned c< >leasure; * n - ' fi Teachers' Examination. c Notice is hereby ^iven that there nil be an examination for teachers on P 'riday, May 19, 1905. Hughes' Mis- ft tikes in School Management will be . ne of the branches of Pedagogy ap- 12 licants will be expected to be fam- ft liar with. , w:1 Q if iiiiaui vuupri Co Supt of Education, e' 8-80-8t ^^ a: LOST! On March 10,1905, one mouse* p olored cow and calf; also one ^ lack heifer, between Lower bridge and Shaw's settlement, g binder will receive reward by lotifying Willis McCrea, t. Kingstree, S. C. m Stop! Look! Listen! Everybody needs a straw hat during p he hot season. You can't get ja better one for the money than g an be bought at ci W. T. WILKINS'. Notice. J! Until further notice my office, ays will be every Saturday, ex- p ept the Saturday before the irst Monday in each month, nd also the first Monday in ^ ach month. J fC William Cooper, -0-tf. Co Supt of Education. c; Notice to Teacher* Unless I can get a pledged li ttendance from thirty bona de teachers I am afraid that CJ re cannot secure a Summer >chool for this county at Kings- ^ res; therefore, I beg that teach- (j, xs desiring the Summer School eld in this county will write ue without delay, None but eachers holding certificates an give pledge to attend. w William Cooper. Co. Supt. Educatio n. ^ Final Dischaisre. ti Notice is hereby given that R P la [innant, adminstrator of the estate of ti [ary A Hinnant, deceased, has this , ay made application unto me for a " nal discharge as such administrator, w nd that the 27th day of April A D.. . J05.at 10 o'clock a m., at my office has een appointed for the hearing of the j-< lid petition. . S McB Scott, a udge of Probate Williamsburg Co,S C S a M.:i in irwte April IU, p J. Our new line of neck wear has list come in. Up-to-date styles Dr young and old. Also the w itest thing in Collars and n< luffs. W, T< WILKINS, \ 4 OFIKUBOIIS H ClU PUB! MANY PRISONERS PLEAD GUILTY- , CRIMINAL COURT CLOSED?NOW- " SUn IN MATTHEWS-SCOTT CASE n The spring term of court of general sessions and common 0 jleas convened Monday. Judge ilugh, Solicitor Wilson and y stenographer Lathan were all ^ >n hand and the court got down qo business about twelve j. )'clock. Judge Klugh did not g each here until 11 o'clock, com- g ng in on the train from Flornee. / c Some deJay in forminjT the ^ _ . \W. ? X [rana jury was causea oy xne ^ .bseace of several of those wiio a rere drawn as members, and it ? ' w ras necessary to draw from the ive-mile box to complete the pan- ^ 1 His Honor's charge to the C( [randjury was a very able one. le covered the entire ground and ^ ras clear in his presentation of he law covering the work of the ^ ;rand j'ury. Mr William Epps p fas made foreman. ^ ei The cases called and disposed g( >f were as follows: The State vs George Prince, :idnapping. Plead guilty and tr fas sentenced to pay. a tine of jE 1100. The State vs John Parsons, arceny of live stock. Guilty tnd sentenced to one year on ublic works. Thl State vs John Brown, ouse-breaking and larceny luilty and sentenced to nine M lonths on chaingang. cl The State vs Ben Hanna.lar- te eny of live-stock. Guilty?20 w lonths on chaingang and $5.00 fr ine. Ben Hanna is not an unfam- fe iar character in the sessions tr ourt. In fact, his many exeriences before Williamsburg M iries has somewhat familiar- T ;ed him with the court proceed- bj lgs and he undertook to conuct his own defence. He cross w. xamined the State's witnesses ad made a speech to the jury. The State vs Robert Brown, fa ouse-breaking and larceny. p]; lead guilty and received sen- be mcc of one year on "the tei ang.'' ri( The State vs Jubal Scott, W ouse-breaking and larceny, ha lead guilty. Sentenced four tri lonths on the chaingang. The State vs Clarence and tei ,ena Scott, house-breaking and irceny. Guilty as to Clarence ha cott. Sentence, one year on ph tiaingang. Sc The State vs Ed Scott, assault wi nd battery. Plead guilty, and ret ned $25. The State vs S J Tharpe?ma bu cious mischief?Plead guilty *ai nd fined $25. t0i The State vs J E Tharpe, ^1 r i? 7~*i j an Laiicious miscmei, r-ieau. uilty and fined $25. In the three last mentioned P* ises Messrs Lee and Askins presented the defendants and ph L Hirsch, Esq, assisted the so- N citor. , hit The State vs Shep Fulton, irrying on the business of an Fr nigration agent. Found guilty, iuj ut new trial granted. Defen- Li ant represented tyy Messrs Lee ad Askins. in Several other criminal cases a the calendar were continued. The court of common pleas as opened on Wednesday we lorning and the case of J M latthews et al vs D C Scott lai as called. This was a suit for th< ie recovery of 425 acres of ve md and $loOO damages. A moon for a non-suit was made by tw le defendants'attorney, which fe, as granted by^he court. In hc le above case t* plaintiff was presented by Messrs Lee and skins, of the locaNpar, S G W 9QI hipp and GeorgeJlalletly of lorence, and yp^^efendant by , ohn A Kelly, (Esq. __ ar< Keep cool and look neat by ta: earing one of those handsome egligee shirts sold by sic W, T. WILKINS ce * A WEDDING IN LAKE CITY. go liss Dorothy C Rlckenbaker and Mr th L Courtney the Bride and Green. *' Qg Lake City, April 11.?Mr ^ iigmon L Courtney and Miss )orothy C Rickenbaker were larried at the Baptist church ^ n last Thursday afternoon, at .30 o'clock. The ceremony, rhich was short and simple but ery impressive, was performed y the pastor, Kev T J Rooke. T| 'he church decorations were li- * ics and bridal wreaths. Messrs I Wallace Jones, Jr., and J D ingletary were the ushers. The ttendants were Dr S B W ourtney, of Lake City, and [iss Travis Stanley, of Marion, Ir E L Hirsch, of Kingstree, Ch nd Miss Edith Philips, of Barn- Ti 'ell county; and Mr BL Single- sp iry, of Lake City, and Miss afi oy Mam, of Sardis, F lorence W ounty. pr After the ceremony a splenid supper was served to the ^h, arty at the residence of the fr( ride's parents, Mr and Mrs uller Rickenbaker. The pre6- ^ its were numerous and handne >me- , He The young couple went down aQ > Kingstree on the 9 o'clock sp am and will make their home i that town. WLB Mi SCRANTBN NEWS NOTES. ch an ling of Home Folk and Visitors Who pi< Are Passing Tbroogh. soi an ScrantoN, April 10:?Mrs W D oorer. accompanied by her two ^ lildren, Miss Elizabeth and Masr William, of OKlaboma Territory, SU< ho have been visiting relatives and ^ iends in town, are now spending a ^ w days at her old home at Kingsee. ole At the residence of ths bride Irs S W James and Mr Hezekiah ' nrner were married a few days ago r Rev W P Gauee. C0] Dr Joseph Durant of Lake City ?n is noted on oar s treets eon day is week on business. 1 wo Mr B?njamin Cooke, a successful ^ rmer and business mau of this j ace. and Miss Carrie Lamb, the Hire autiful and accomplished daugh r of Mr Henry Lamb, were mar- A*A1' *1 on the*6thinst by Notary Public * R Singletary, after which the ,ppy couple left on the South-bound liu for the Land of Flowers. Mr Henry Sauls of Cades waa in a urn this week ou business. ^ Mr Aiken Wall of Marion, who cac s just completed his course in ^ armacy at the Medical College of ^h1 ?uth Carolina, stopped over here th relatives and friends on his "V ,urn home. aft Mr J C Moore, one of Williams- * rg county's most progressive $UI i? i.u? c * t_:?u i ruiers, uaa uue uueou inou puua;e your correspondent Has seen. le tops measure two feet in height wn d are in full bloom. sm< Mr J M Parker aud Dr C H Hoi ite spent Sunday in Florence. Mr 1>L Hinson, formerly of this ice, now in business at Whiteville. anT C, spent a few days this week at ^ " i old home. rj Mrs G H Barnwell and son, car auk, of Colletou couuly, are visit- son I the former's daughter, Mrs D waj imar Lee. tha Mr Robt Graham of Cowards was ?ra town Saturday. the Miss Allie McCullough visited r aunt, Mrs Willie Carter, this , I . , . ele :ek at Lake City. gcjj Rev J W Tinluck tilled his regu- wo r appointment Sunday morning at J e Baptist church and preached a ch? ry interesting sermon. the Messrs Hugh and Myers Graham, the o of our Scranton boys, spent a tur w days this week visiting at the nic ime of Sheriff Geo Graham at diantown. pj Miss Paimira Lee is spending me time in Darlington. S Mr W S Kennedy and family ive recently returned to town and pr e now oooupying the Cannon cot- the ?e on pine aveuue. cur i Mrs Sarah Godwin, who has been ;k with la grippe, is now convales- prc nt. tee. -. *? i" r n'lii "n*?iiin> ' n""riJhfiQ"ii Fish stews and tries ' 'are all tbjf/9 i" on the banks of Lynch,'* rivetf^ I ese lovely spring days, and mafrf,'^ I Dne i8 held weekly. Lynch's riveJfcj j h are hard to beat, especially at 1 e "littlefishery," butLycnh'sriver 'M ;w8, a la Williamsburg, cannrjt W 1 celled anywhere, so says our fel* J v-townsman. Maior John B Lee, 1 d he is authority on ''fishology. '?^8 MRM. J meweeT^ n in lake crnr. , mUGS OF UTTEKCT HAJNLT AI9UT I ' 7E0PIL M Lake City, April 11:?M? Sfl ias A Smith came down from JJ mmonsville Thursday and *31 ent the day in town, looking |a| ter the affairs of the .Smith* illiaras Co., of which he is the/ esident. 1 Dr 1' B Hinnant gathered A)S ree quarts of strawberries J , >m his field Thursday. I Mr and Mrs L 0 Holloway re- ' Jl rned from Durham, N C, Wed- 1 sday night. Durham is Mr j )lloway's old home and he d the "madam" and "Jack" ;||| ent the winter there. 'J$M Now it is "Doctor" Judson C x>re. The commencement of s S C Medical College, * arleston, came off last week d Dr Moore received his di- 1A| Dma and the full degree. Jua- Jj a is one of the writer's "boys" d he always rejoices at the* ^ :cess of his "boys" or *'girls." at Dr Moore will meet with, ;cess and as much pleasure v falls to the lot of any, is army wisnea. Vfrs Kathenne Atkinson has ne to Waynesboro, N C, her I home. ; Messrs Stuckey & Flowers S ve let toM^G A Brown the atract for their new stables Dansing street. The build- . j \ will be fifty by one hundred JS t and three stories high, the rk to be completed by June : Mrs J M 8turgeon Went 8at- '* lay night to see her daughter, ss Maria Croft, who is ill at :ot, S C, where she is teachMrs C D Gandy is *here with parents, Mr and Mrs J H ickwell. frsJH G Askins|of Kingstre ne up to town Thursday, r D H Oliver went to Marion ursday night and returned nday. Ve had heavy rains Sunday einoon and night. )r and Mrs J B DuRant spent iday at Johnsonville. ?he early part of last week J D Daniel delighted the ter with some nice, large ooth and delicious Irish pooes, which were dug only the / before. Really the possiities of our soil and climate 1 not be surpassed on this, or 4-It o f mof_ / oiucr pianci, xvi uiai iuui^bat genuine Georgia ribbon le syrup that Mr A B Jobni left at our house last week s good?clear as the waters' .t flow from a cleft in the .nite hills, and as sweet as nectar distilled by the gods Mount Olympus. iiss Marion Thomas has been cted an assistant in our < 1 100I and entered upon her rk Monday. At E R Rodgers has purised the acre lot in front of ; Shell house. He will erect ;reon a plant for manufacing mouldings, turnings, cores, brackets, etc. WLB UGHTFUlT SUFFERING RELIEVED. w iufferiug frightfully from the llent poisons of ondigested food, 1 O?T hIa Kifiaa fa/vL T VJrjfcJBUU, Ui JJuia, ^ixioo., I/WA King's New Life rills, "with result," he writes, "that I waa ed." All stomach and bowel diaers give way to their tonic, laxai properties 25e# at Dr W V Hskington's drug* store, guarany ? , * -JmI i . f '*(?t