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I'.':.- : 4 f " ' ' ^' " " ' . '' ? -+-?? -?* -? ,? . . A. - .. M .rrv^ I ? ' ?? , . MnW. tv ;.*4H ?? t farmers i fyereAants I / //4? /*%,-% /-N * FARMERS & MERCHANTS BiNI. J te^i mt ?o tin tr? itotfi>. mm VOL XXI KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 2, 1907. NO. 18 I POSITIVELY I OUR AIM < 'is to sell goods and to satisfy our cnstomers with stress oq the latter. , Aid we believe we have come near ] bitting the mark, as our customers i are our friends. Now we wait to call attention to a few of onr leaders for April j and we guarantee quality and i price. First, we iivite you to (aspect , oir swell line of Panama Hats. They are going to to worn more thai ever this season aid we can please yoi if yoo give is a chance either in medium price or the higher priced hat for fastidieis dressers. Also we have a fill stock of Utraw hatshe latest fashionable styles '. | and shapes. To go with the hats we have a iae lot of / ^ r, 4 Iderse ouaia frta^tc U $5.4M> and licit weight: Fails, tie latest styles and very reasonable In price. Or if yoi L wait a salt that will wear well I aid a perfect fit try war K X. L. System" ?it to WNamrt suits, wade by Rase k ( ., of (Mirage. These salts cast tart Ilwle wore than the miiialeailfe guarantee fiL I fabric aid liisih. Call aid sec r or sew of samples Is shoes we hare a choice Uie i of Sprier offerings is Oxford ties wt far Ladies, Celts aid Children* C aisa white cartas for ladies aid IWHfTE GOODS QHEftdvccts in Lawns. Organdies. Piques and Mercerized ;; < Cards, also fall liie of dress roods s . for Spring and Summer. ; We hare just recelred a large shipment of the fatuous Mi* Bl>' Ispring **VarhHry" J M*rkjbeia and J I CORLISS-COON COLLARS - | and the latest thin? in Glen's Xeck S Wear. SL Other seasonable ?oods are Steadies' and Gents- Inderwear, BrHosierv and other thin?s too nnm- i M ertis to mention. Groceries delivered Tree in any Irt el town. Lome to see us. Vours for Ure dealing. people's 1V1 a If |^i vauiuv ; Company.,1 INOSTREE, S. C. j k No Display Advertis QREELYV1LLE ENTERTAINS | DISTRICT CONFERENCE.! I FINE MEETING AMONG A HOSPITABLE PEOPLE?RINGSTREE TO HAVE THE DISTRICT PARSONAGE. The Summervilie District Conference, which met at Greelyville last week, was spoken of by many as one! 3f the best, if not the very best, they hail ever attended. Nearly all of the preachers were present and, notwithstanding the bnsy season of the "we u lartfA attenilanpp of thf> lav W b ~VVV J men, who took an unusually active part in the proceedings and added no little to the interest of the occasion. The hospitality of the Greelyville people came dangerously near threatening the comfort of the guests. Even some ef the oldest members, with much observation and experience with table things, confessed to no little embarrassment at times in undertaking to deal with'mysterious multiplicities. i % j Greelyville is a growing town, j surrounded by a rapidly developing county, and with a population who! seem to know what things to esteem. Business places were closed and a good large church filled with appreciative and attentive listeners at the preaching boure day and night and much of the business sessions. Revs I ouTi Q Of operating the best, Q Drug Store m - ? Williamsbi ? Why of course he has i O ?et Send for what you Ilist O BIO LOT NEW P Q LOCAL VIEWS 1 ft High Grade Candle jC In the Coid Drink Lin< X purity our motto! Clear * Our Soda man is up-to X cold drinks, the nicest in gT lintel Ji O ice (Jream, ? Sodas. V Everybody knows DuRairt's s Q Rant's? remember it's in style as Dreg Wiore for you want. Sr Its a standing wonder to sorae X Come or sead to the store tha V and appreciates your patronage. 8 J. B. D y Physician an 0 LAKE C Cash is 1 1 ??? At this season t nmkft hook is th I ? ? the reins. If it's a Horse we can fill your n< In BUGGIES, NESS, LAP ROBE KETS, all the bes w e are headquarte VISIT OUR STABL WANTS AND WE LL m | M M |M F. C. Tl SZingrst: \ ;ement Changed Unless Herbert, Wilks, Steadman, Mabaffey, 0 Betbea and Mills preached during the week and 1'. E., Key J E Carlisle, preached twice on Sunday. One of the most interesting busi? ness items transacted was the selec- i ticm of a location for the District parsonage. The District stewards: had ulreadv appointed a committee * r A P to receive propositions from the van- x ous places and leport same to the District conference Su mmerville,!ln on the extreme Western border, 11 ofcered $1,000 in three equal annual installments, but offered no lot on d; which to build. Kingstree, more tl centrally located, offered $1,000 in u cash and a lot valued at about $500, b< and, of ceurse the committee recommended the acceptance of the Q. Kingstree proposition, wljich, after g) some discussion, was adopted by the w Conference. A board of trustees C( was then elected and empowered to tj proceed with the erection of the District parsonage at Kingstree. The board of trustees is as fol- ^ lows: T W Boyle, J D Carter, E B S Rhodus, R M Lafton, B F Jones, J S a Wimberly, W PShular, J A KePey, q and J B Clarkson. The executive t committee elected by the board is: aj-. i * ir.\t pd C v>aj)L o a avi icy, uuiuruiiiu, jlj xj Rhodn? secretary and treasurer; TW " j Boyle, J B Clarkson and J D e Carter c The location of the District t parsonage at this place is regarded as quite an acquisition to our town 0 1 and -especially to Methodism* t T5T1; all-around, cp-to-date O " g Cotmty- I t. That's the answer you O 1 E N! t OST CARDS! O OO! /S is?the kinds neonlebuv- fi i ahead too! Neatness and X iliness our ambitionJ X -date, that is, he fixes your x town. X Ice Cream ? Every dav. 3 md nearly everybody's says Du- Nr well as sensible to go to DuRant's IJ > people how our business is grow- V t serves you faithfully and honestly X ! WANT, 3! id Pharmacist, Q :ity, s. c. o ? ?! Economy. lie mail behind the e mail who holds or Mule you want i ;ed. i wmr k nAtTC! 11 1 n < ti iuw.is, ii i n- < :s. HORSE BLAY- i t on the market, i irs. i .ES, TELL US YOUR i . DO THE REST. J 10MAS, ] ree, S. C. ! ; Copy Reaches Us bNAP SHOTS OF LAKE CITV j? AND ENVIRONS.; I itv noircc rnD DCDDirt (TDOLT. i ^ lixui rnibLo run ulihiild?ainunui }ETITI0NS PRESENTED FOR ELECTION ;' ON DISPENSARY QUESTION. Lake City, April 30:?Col. . eter Epps, who never fails to see le silver lining of every cloud, was i town one day last week as spry as 1 robbin in newly burned stubble. Mr J L Stuckey went away Monly evening for a long country jaunt ( irough lower Williamsburg and ] pper Georgetown counties. He will e away about a week. Rev Samuel C Morris, whose field . f labor is in Dorchester county, j ;opped over with relatives on his ay home for the session of district anference of Upper Charleston Disnct. Rev S J Bethea went to Kingstree londay to present to Supervisor ingletary several of the petitions eking for an election on the liquor uestion. We have been informed hat upon the petitions that have irculated are about nine hundred lamesinthe aggregate. If all, or ven ninety-five per cent of these, are lames of qualified electors, the elecion will be ordered. The number { qualified voters of the county at he very outside can hardly exceed hirty-five hundred?in fact, we are ?f the opinion that thirty-two hunIred will cover them all. The friends of Miss Li Hie McSlveen will be pleased to know that he is improving rapidly and appears o be on the high road to speedy relAfT/ivw -f or* lllnACfl Af rVT ti J l*~VTU? U U JKUVOW V* V* M> reeks' duratiop, Mr Fiord Rodgers, who will rrite "J&. D." after his name before nany more moons shall grow fat : Notice To j j Shrewd : | Buyers. I J J X Our buyer has secured* a lot of clothing by which XI will ?ain your trade and I tyou will save money.* This year's goods an'd; X latest styles, I ? : Drummers' 1 Sample Suits WORTH *12.00 TO $15.00 I OUR PRICE $9.50. I X ODD COATS OF $15.00 AND ?28.00 SUITS J fr.OO PER COAT. t ODD PANTS ?4.00 AND ?5.00 GOODS I S3.00 PER PAIR. i LACES, j EMBROIDERIES, j RIBBONS. { | At Reduced Prices. t ' i I Q fiwm i jUiMiUtUU : | The Bargain Specialist.: Kingstree, : c. [; y Tuesday, Noon, Prec md then lean, is at home from the ^ 'old reliable," the Medical college it Charleston. He went through ill the examinations of his class rerv honorably. Mr Rodgers is a f jright, energetic and manly young I 'ellow, and we are glad he is getting >11 towards the goal to which he is driving. * ' And there are some more fodder * ogues! A few days ago while Mr ' A.ddleton Young was at Church his ^ fodder was stolen. The scouudrel, ' vho was too lazy to cut the grass 1 that ate up his cotton last year and J now steals his neighbor's fodder while that neighbor is away paying j his meed of service to his God?such a scoundrel is so low down mean that it would ruin the reputation of a nigfter eur dog to spit in his face. Mr A P Hatchell went to Florence Monday morning on business. Mr M L Webster and family have moved into their new residence which i3 just west of Mr E J Wilts' place. Rev and Mrs A W Jackson are now living in the dwelling house known as the "Webster" house, in Charles street. This estimable young couple will be received by our people with pleasure aud as well tried friends whose coming among us brings anything but regret. The word "yonng" is ueed advisedly. He only is old who is withered and decrepit, and by this standard these people have hardly reached more than middle age We are told that out in the West are large rivers which, after flowing along in bold streams many miles, suddenly lose themeelves in the sands of the arid plains, run dry as the parched walls of the adobe huts along their courses, leaving eu the surface veritable waterless river, an anomaly of nature. So, also, we have au anomaly of 44 swilldom," a dry dispensary. Last Saturday the two-months-old thirst drained the last drop into the crack of its parched tongu?, dragged off iuto a corner and covering itself with sackcloth and ashes, wailed and wolled and wulled and at last reports was still doing time at the same job. It is trie that the untoward weather which wronght ruin to so many crops laid its ban also upon the straw-berries, yet all sections of the truck growing territory suffered and in the same ratio, and the scarcity thus brought about is, in a measure at least, being compensated by the prices at which the berries put on the markec are now commanding. As illustrations: Mr L M Belk shipped to W J and S II Davenport, New York, and they sold for 35 cents a quart, $11.20 a crate and netted S9.05 a crate.j Just think of it?a single bushel of berries^old for enough clear net profit to buy abcut two , barrels of flour. Auy earthly excusi for kick:? .u-.i.y Tu, a t. j JfJg ill mat. xue ii i o t j en igei.icui ; that went off last week sold at ^5 j cents a quart $8.00 a crate. Whoj has an idea of snivelling at that? j If anyone, send him to the goat house for homeopathic treatment. Last Saturday t he boys worked up an auction and the red beauties went off like "crack-a-jacks" asi high as$5.50 net cash, right on the spot Anygrumble3 heard? If so send him down to Jays at once and let Seals Atkinson induct him into the mysteries of the "five rings'' and we'll bet a dose of nux vomica against a whiff of violets that he will never whisper any more?no not even "Billy" more. W. L. B. ' i Pressing Club Notice. i I have removed my Pressing ' lub in- . jo the first floor of the Gourdin building, 'ormerly Mouzon's barber shop, where [ will be glad to serve my patrons. ] J F Fui ton. 1-15-tf |i :eding Date of Issue( i WANTON MURDER WITHOUT PROVOCATION. INE NEGRO SHOOTS ANOTHER WITHOUT ANT CAUSE-MURDERER TAKES LEG BAIL On April 24, Jesse Johnson killed Jaesar Collins at Camp No 2 of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Co., near Potato Ferry in this county. Jesse Johnson, the slayer, has skipped out i . * i i ,i ilia nas no* ueeu utraiu ui siuuc wc killing. From what can be learned the iffair seems to be a wanton murder. The two negroes?both young men? were tussling when Johnson suddenly drew a pistol and pointed it at Collins, exclaiming, "Look out, I'll shoot you." Without giving his victim the slightest chauee be pulled trigger and shot him through the arm, the bullet passing through and into the body, penetrating the heart. As soon ah He was informed of the killing Sheriff Graham went to the scene, but the body the slain mao had been removed to Rosemary, in Georgetown county, knee no inquest was held. Burgess?Richard. Foreston, April 29:?A pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr and Mrs James A Burgess, Foreston, S C., on Wednesday afternoon, April 24, at four o'clock, the contracting parties being their pretty and accomplished second daughter, Miss Mary Cleo, and Mr Cicero jC Richard, Hardeeville, S C. Miss Laura Burgess, a sister of the bride,was maid of honor, and Mr J Alex Montgomery best man. The ceremony was beautifully and impressively performed by Rev R L Grier, of the Presbyterian church. The bride was exquisitely attired in a white satin princess. -_J - J - 1?-~1.. Sfown duu carrieu a wu? quet of bride's roses. The parlor was tastily decorated, the color scheme, white,, green and pink, being beautifully carried out. The immense popularity of the charming bride was attested to by the many handsome presents she received. Immediately after the ceremony the happy young pair left amid the felicitations of their friends, and showers of rice and old shoes, for Augusta, Ga., and other Southern points of interest. . In the co.ve ovens and blast furnaces of England, Germany and the United States the gases tint go to waste represent at least 1,000,000 horsepower yearly. ' . ? ' In sending his yearly subscription ' * to one of the Winnipeg newspapers a Manitoba farmer wrote: ''Dear Sir?If you see any women that - wuni cu get uiarneu scuu tueiii hub way. I want a wife myself and a, good many more.'5 Trial Trip of the "Mercedes." Last Sunday afternoon Capt.. Constine made his initial trip in the " Mercedes," of which mention was made some time ago. Leaving the river bridge with a party of twenty-seven he went uown 10 ine ranroau orictge at the rate of ten miles an hour. The trip to and from the trestle ?some six miles?was made in about thirty minutes, which included a delay of at least five minutes at the trestle to take on four new passengers. On the whole the trial trip of the '-Mercedes" was distinctly i success, and Capt. Constine will doubtless find his craft very popular for excursion parties lp and down the river. ct