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H .. All A. a am W. f: J.rmer, d fyrcA.nt,5 i ?T^? d x | /"N ^ V ; FARMERS MERCHANTS SANK. fl l iff hi* (T nit ft hi #?prftru ssass?* 1 l&kllv *L/U WllilJ AUVVM-V tt^?Tfeur! , : WALLACE 'ONES - C*h?er ^ & \ ^ \ ^ t < t ? t t > ? > /? M(IMM * fl : |VQL XXI KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 30, 1907. , NO.22 ^ PRthino doing v in scranm DURING T8E PASTWEEK?A PYTHIAP ENTERTAINMENT?LADIES' BAZAAR A GRATIFYING SUCCESS. Scranton, May 28?Quite < number of important eventj took place in Scranton las1 week and more are scheduled this week. At the present rat< it will not be long before we I. will acquire the name of the little vplace that does big things, 01 something like that Last Wednesday night Mi Thomas HLindsey, aprominern | Pythian of North Carolina gave an entertainment under the auspicies of the K. of P. lodge I and his thrilling stories ane: laughable impersonations were ?. .very interesting and enjoyed b] i all who were so fortunate t( , attend. The history of Pythian asim in our town should be ar inspiration to other lodges. Ii this tow* a Pythian lodge hat been established but a few yean and today it is in a healthy am Ik thriving condition and has th< ?- naines of some of our best citi ; xens on the roster. The mem bers are zealous workers ao< the lodge is in the front rank o fraternal orders hereabouts. Tbe bazaar given by tb (Ladies' Sewing circle on las Friday night was yae that sboul< long be remembered, as it wa such a swell affair. There wer ? ?? ? ? f-Aum IlldUJf VAllViSiLVHI VIUVI vwnu Wand cities who spoke of havin p-'a good tiibe and we are glad b ' hear them thus express them selves. f ? The silk quilt, which wa. '^ jroted off for the most popula lady present was awarde< to Miss Glive Lavender, a beauti ful young lady of Sew Zion- bu for the past eight months wh has been attending school a this place. She received 1^03 r' votes. The silk sofa pillow, whici was voted for the mos riAniilor fronf lpman in town, wai { MVf""" 6VU?vu.?? - ? , awarded to Mr Eugeae M Low man, cashier of the Scrantoi {^e received a voteo 162. Among those thai attend ed were: Mrs J B Johns and Mis r Kate Johns of Spartanburg Mrs M H Wooton and daughte I of Kinston, N. C? Missee Len; Severance, Blanche Phillips Bosa Carter, Eloise Sturgeon ' Ola Loveti, Miss Jervey, Mis ^ Stuckey, Mrs W H Fair, Wil (Joyne?, M M Mortey, E M King Tracey Askins, E M William and Br W L Whitehead of Laki City. Mrs M H Wooton and daugh ter of Kinston, X C, are visiting I Mrs Fred Hines at this place. Mr and Mrs D L Lee are tak ing in the Jamestown expositioi this week. Mrs J B Johns and daugbtei of Spartanburg are visiting th< home of Rev J W Truluck this week. Miss Bessie Cusaac of Sardij _ Jc Tfici+inor h#?r hrnthpr. Mr fipn r* -v. w.^ ?? 7 ? ? ? C Cusaac, at this place. Mr W T Myers of Cowards was in town today. Mrs W E Carter of Lake City spent Sunday in town with relatives. I V|' Dr W S Lynch left Sunda} I fo* Anderson, where he mTijas gone To attend the meeting of the Grand Lodge K. of P. He ^kras accompanied by Mr J. ^ ^fcaniels of Hannah and Hon. W A Gause of Cowards. sBflMrs S E Graham of Wilming ton, who has been visiting relatives at Scranton, returned to I her home this morning. I Miss Laura Morris returned to her home at New Zion Saturj day after spending several days with friends in town. She was ^ accompanied by Miss Chessie McKnight, who will spend a few 0 " -t- -.1. . C ? * I (lays Wlin (lit: ivriuci at uci ; home. is t Mr John Lavender and sister cc I of New Zion visited friends here jc ; last week. g i Mr and Mrs M J Kirby of cr ? Timmonsville were noted in ic r town Morday. 95 Mr E M Lowman spent Sun- 25 r day with his parents at Tim- IS msonville. ce [ The amount raised by the ^ [ Ladies' Sewing Circle last Frij day night was $52.50, clear of all cc expenses, which will be applied ^ 7 to a fountain that is to be erect. ed on the school-house vard. pi Rev. J. W. Truluck preached a i very interesting sermon in the i Bastist church Sunday, receiving 5 membership of four who were ^ 5 baptized at the Cockfield land1 ing Sunday afternoon. ; M. R. M. tfc ? tt " DEAT1 IF IKS McKlNLEY tc Wfle if the Martyr PmHteat () e Passes Away. j* * Canfov, 0., May 26:? At 1:05 tt * o'clock this afternoon Mrs Wil- p< s li,am McKinley fell into the a e sleep that knows no awakenirig. di 8 The transition trom life to death 0 S was so peaceful and gradual & u that at was with difficulty that r? the vigilant phyciaas and at- ti tendants noted when -dissolu- tl s tioncame. M r Tfce body of Mrs McKinley aj i will <be placed in the trault in tl t- West Lawn cemetery which t holds the remains of of her hus- h 0 band, until the completion of the 2: t mausoleum on Monument Hill, *l 1 when both caskets will be transferred to their places in the h tomb.' ? t Mrs McKinley's life of al- b 5 most ?60 years has been familiar c - to the nation by the fact that.-*1 a more than half of it was a peri- j f od of invalidism. Through all; _ ithis, however, she showed a firm s and unwavering belief in the /-a roor nf Vior hncKanr) anrl hul I 1 V%44VVI VA *'V4 ? ? ?? t r her cheering words, in spite of , a. personal afflictions, encour aged ;t him when there was -darkness ^ l, a? hand. 1 s She believed that his star of | 1 destiny would never set until j , he had become president and ( s for more than)a quarter of a cen- < ? tury cherished that belief until | her hopes were realized. I After President McKinley's ( r death she expressed a desire to | join him and prayed daily that j she might join him. Later, how- ( ever, she frequently told friends ( she desired to live until the { completion of the McKinley ( r mausoleum, which is the gift of ( 2 the nation, and which is to be ( s dedicated on Monument Hill, ( September 30, next. ( 5 ^ ^ | Lane Locals. ( Lake, May 27:?The public * 5 school here closed last Friday and J Miss Gertrude McAdams left this J morning for her home at Honea J Path. We all hate to see her leave, J but we hope she will be with us J J next session. ] ^ Mr J A McCollough has return- 4 * A/1 O f/-\ f cxnll^ A I 1IVU1 a bli|/ VV x/^ii liViVWIiliVI I Mr W T Mitcham is quite sick ( _ j at this time. I hope he will soon ( | be up again. j -I Blue Eyes. TEXAS CROP BROKE ALL RECORDS, c S idsus Figures as to Last Year's 8 Cotton Production. c 1; Washington*, May 19:?The v nsus bureau has issued its c st complete statement relative Q the cotton crop ot the United ^ tates for the year 1906 by c ates. The total crop of 1906 f( placed at 13,305,265 bales, g >mpared with 10,725,602 for c 05 and 13}697,310 for 1904. xpressed in 500-pound bales, ^ ops are 13,595,498 'for 1906, -y ,804,556 for 1905, and 13, 679,- t( 4 for 1904. The 1906 crop is c i.B per cent larger than that of 3 05 and but two-thirds of 1 per int less than the record crop of 04. The average production of q >tton in the United States for ie last five years is 11,790,558 lies,or 1,804,940 bales less than j, ie crop of 1904. Of the total e roduction of 1906 the territory 0 est of the Mississippi river g )ntributed 7,233,210 biles, or j I ? percent, while the States t is t contributed 6,362,288 bales, 46.8 per cent, Which compares ^ ith 44.8 and 55.2 per cent for 3 ie combined production of t lesc sections for the four prior a , 1906. I j U The production of Texas, <c klahoma and the Indian Terri- ? >ry in 1906 amounted to 5,200,- ^ >9 bales, or 38.2 per cent of j le total for the country, com- c ared with 30.5 per cent in 1905, , gain of 7.7 per cent. The pro- g action of 918,375 bales in f klahoma and Indian Territory ivesthe new State a respectable ^ ink among the cotton-produc- ? on States, it being larger than le combined production of Q orth Carolina and Tennessee nc. only 55,415 bales less than lat of Arkansas. In 1899 'the anibined production -of Oklaoma and Indian Territory was 1 17,990 bales, the crop having icreased more than four fold in j ,. ight years. ' Cotton ginning is now report1 from every county in Okla oma except two, and from very recording district in the adian Territory-except three. The 1906 crop for Texas ex-'l # fcmi O Of opera ting the best, x Drug Store in V ?? Va??a ? I Williams bu; Why of course he has it. get Send for what you w LIST BIG LOT NEW PO LOCAL VIEWS TC High Grade Candies In the Cold Drink Line purity our motto! Cleanli Our Soda man is up-to-d cold drinks, the nicest in to IListexi. Ice Cream, * Everybody knows DuRant's an< [j Rant's?"remember it's in style as w Drug Store for you want. * Its a standing wonder to some pi K ^ Come or send to the store that s and appreciates your patronage. < J. B. Du 3 Physician and 5 LAKE CI eeds all previous records, the j tate having contributed 4,281,-1 24 bales, or 31.5 per cent, of the {' ountry's production. The next argest contributor is Georgia nth 1,626,330 bales, or 12 per c ent: Mississippi 1,569,530 bales, j t r 11.5 per cent: Alabama 1,264,-1'] 21 bales, or 9.4 per cent. The j t ombined production of these |c our States is 8,762,105 bales, or f 4.4 per cent of the total for the I s ou:itry. t The States of Florida, Georgia, I iorth and South Carolina and t rirginia each produced less cot- \ on in 1906 than in 1905, the t ombined loss amounting to a 36,762 bales. e HOMICIDE NEAR GREELYV1LLL j ne Neiro Mai Kills Aialher at a c Woman's Hoase. i Greelyvillk, May 25:? S Jews was received here c arly this morning of the killing < ?f Moee Pat-sons by Wesley 1 Itaggers. at the house of Susan Ceels, about tour miles from < his place. 1 Magistrate S M Bradshaw, ] leld an inquest this morning, i rhe woman. Susan Keels, was ? he first witness. She said that bout 10 o'clock last night she leard a noise at her window and in opening it she saw Wesley itaggers standing near the winlow. She told him to go away. : ibout this time Mose Parsons < :ame up when Wesley shot him 1 cith a shotgun loaded with mall shot, the load taking ef- ' ect in left side. Mose walked l few steps and fell on his face lead. His open knife was 1 ound by his side. Wesley has given himself up md is now lodged in jail. Change of Schedule. The vollowing change of schedile went into effect on the K. C. L. railroad May 27, 19^7: North Bound. No bO, due to leave 7.41 A. M. No!>0, due to leave 6.36 P. M. South Bound. No 51, due to leave 10.52 A. M. No ?9, due to leave 9.17 P. M. J. P. Taylor, Agent, imgstree, S. C., May 27, 1907. ItyTI iiD-around, up-to-date O rg County. g That's the answer you O EN! | ST CARDS! O >0! Q ?the kinds people buy. Q ahead too! Neatness and X ness our ambition! xj ate, that is, he fixes your * wn. X: -g'a.izxl g Ice Cream 0 Every dav. q 3 noorlu ouoTnrKnilv'B ?flVQ Dn. (r ell as sensible to go* to DuRant's Q ?ople how our business is grow- Sr erves you faithfully and honestly ; RANT X Pharmacist, Q CLENSON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. ; Scholarship and Entrance Examination to Freshman Class. The examination for the award >f scholarships from Williams>urg County and ADMISSION TO FRESHMAN CLASS will be leld at the County court house ?n Friday, July 5, at 9 a. m. Ap >licants lor scnoiarsnips may i ecure blank application forms he county Superintendent of Education. These blanks must >e filled out properly and filed nth the county superintendent >efore the beginning of the eximination. Those taking the xamination for entrance to the freshman class and not trying or a scholarship should file heir application with the Presilent Mell. The scholarships are vortb $100 and free tuition. One scholarship student from each :ounty may select the Textile :ourse, others must take one of :he Agricultural courses. Eximination paper will be furnish;d, but each applicant should ?? Ml A L )rovide nimseil witn scrauni paper. The number of scholar ships to be awarded will be innounced later. P. H. MELL, President, Clemson College, S. C. 7-4 The question of whether or oot the supervisor will grant an election on the dispensary question still remains unsettled. Monday Supervisor Singletary met with Supervisor of Registra1 tion McGill and examined the books, but the work could not be concluded that day and until the supervisors of registration can make their report to him Mr Singletary says that the matter will remain in statu quo. j Notice To : t ci i I ijlll cwu Buyers, j j Our buyer has secured t I a lot of clothing by which JI will gain your trade and J you will save money.* This year's goods and; J latest styles : Drummers' : Sample Suits J WORTH $12.00 TO $15.00 t OUR PRICE $9.50. I ODD COATS OF $15.00 J t AND $18.00 SUITS i ** M PFR COAT f ODD PANTS $4.00 I J AND $5.00 GOODS $3.00 PER PAIR. j !LACES, 1 EMBROIDERIES, j | RIBBONS. i At Reduced Prices. I m ine Bargain specialist.: Kingstree, j S. C. j Foot Insuranrp _ > , This is the time of year when winter shoes become uncomfortable. Insure your feet by putting; them into a pair of our Oxfords. Absolute pro-' tection guarao* teed We carry a large assortment of summer shoes of all styles and can fit both your r ? ? j toot ana pur^c. Our stock of Hosiery is- ^ . complete, and in quality, style and durability cannot be surpassed. Bargains offered in Straw Hats. Serge Coats/ Light weight pants in the latest styles?our I X L system of "made-to-measure" suits will insure you a perfect fit. WHITE GOODS-INDIA AND PERSIAN LAWNSgoing: at reduced prices - 6 l-2c values at 5c 10c values at 8 l-2c 12c values at . 11c \5c values at 12 1-2' Full line Fancy Dress. Goods. Call and inspect our stock.. a Select lot of Laces and Embroideries just received. Torchon Lace 4 inch wide at } l-2c. Torchon Lace S in. wide at Sc. GROCERIES. We cater to the best trade orii-l miirontflA __ ?"U 5U?IO..lVV only pure and fresh goods offered. We solicit your patronage. People's /Mercantile Company., KINGSTREE, S. C.