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nr?rcu.?ie7VM5ri *i^?sri tLIHJ &0tttttl1 iv0fOfu. ip^ i 1 - : ivsaawssu.. : ^-W :tt^. ttzsrt ^ 4 B V ALL ACE K5NES Jr.. Cashier. V W \ y V 4 J- S. McCla*. + ? ? ? ?? - ^*** ?*^ " ? ? VOL XXI KIGNSTREE SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNE 20, 1907. NO. 25 , . ' I ? r<"r,*"mi rnrrnu diiivc , "" nrr-nnr mirr I characterizes as the most de UNION GRADED SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT. y A BELATED BUT VERY INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF A NOTABLE OCCASION. ' Rome, June 10:?Union Graded school, of this place, closed its year's work May 30, the com mencement exercises being held on Thursday evening, May 30 A feature of the occasion was . an address by Dr Henry M Snyder, of Wofford college or "KVi/lixr June 1. whict was listened to with the mosl earnest attention by the larg< I audience that assembled at th< l commencement exercises 01 Union Graded school?the prid( of our community. Or Snyder'* jj address was full of ennobling ideas, practical thought anc lofty inspiration. As an orato, of the highest order Wofford't president has but few equal* and oqr school was indeed for l^^unate to secure him for this I occasion. On Sunday a. m. the commence ment sermon was preache< by Rev T G Herbert ot George town, and on Sunday evening also an excellent sermon for th< benefit of the school was preach | ed by Rev T J Clide. f At tbe commencement th< pupils'of the school acquitte< K themselves with much credit t< \tbemselves and the very efficien ^ teochers who trained them. Th I writer thinks that, as a wholt the commencement of Unio: Graded school was second v none in the State. The beautiful music renderei by the pupils of Miss Rivers class was not onlj* pleasing t the ear out fully demonstrate' her efficiency as a music teacher On Sunday the church was till ed to overflowing to hear Re T G Herbert's sermon. His tex was: John v: 8: "Take up th bed and walk." Mr Herbert's sermon was of a; unusually high order, bot! k interesting and edifying. Th r-^Efcen^f his discourse was th imjx, Wnce of effort, or to be u] and doing as God would b.av< us do. ^ This writer thinks that h ? voices the sentiment of every body in saying- that we ar pleased to learn that the nex session of the* school will b r conducted by the same teachers viz: Prof 0 M Mitchell, Mis y. Cora Huggins, Miss Marii Rivers and one other to b< elected. Prof Mitchell is a well equip ped and enterprising instructo f and With such efficient assistant: as Misses Huggins and Rivers 1 . the day is not far distant whei f Union Graded School will be tin peer of any in the State. Following is the programme : of the exercises of commence f ment: < Prayer. Instrumental Solo, Burning o Rome?Emmie Snow, S Song, Primary Grades, Leap Frog John. I Recitation, Aunt Elnora'j Hero, Annie Eaddy. Instrumental Solo, Moonligh' Serenade, Alice Chandler, prill, The News Boys. {Recitation, The Life Boat Ruth Capfaway. Instrumental Solo, Battle o: Waterloo, Florence Hemingway Drill, Japanese Fantasies* Recitation, A Second Trial Jva Eaddy. Chorus Song, Reuben anc Rachel. . Instrumental Duet, Flowei Fairies' Waltz, Misses Brockinton. Action Sonj:, Swing- Song. 1 Song Dialogue. If I Should, Ethel Johnson and Peace Snow. Instrumental Solo, Charge of j 1 the Light Brigade, Laura Rhem. 1 Pantomime, Almost Persuad- | ed, Emmie Brockinton. 1 [ Instrumental Solo, Beautiful ; Evening Star, Pauline Mnuner- , lyn- j [ Drill, The Kevel of The Naiads. Song, Springtime Chorus. ; Announcements, Mr Chandler. [ Romanes Populus. , t The foregoing, dated June 10, 1 1 reached us on Wednesday, June t 12, too late for last week's issue. ! [ To be published the week sent f in, we must receive communica ? tions not later than Tuesday at ? noon?Ed. The Record. r > m Mi 1 C01TM TIE KING OF EXPORTS. r 5 ill aowr Articles Left li The Lirch 5 teyoDd CmptristR. Washington, June 16:?Cot5 ton exports from the United States will aggregate nearly 500 j million dollars hi the fiscal year which ends with the present t month. The total for the 11 ? months ending with May, as shown by figures just announced by the bureau of statistics of the department of commerce ^ and labor, is 470 million dollars, and as the May exports aggret gate about 20 million dollars in Talue, it seems to justify the statement that the total for the fiscal vear 1907 will fall but slightly beiow the -&00 million dollar line. This total of apj proximately 500 million dollars as the value of raw cotton ero ported from the country is far ^ in excess of that of any preceding year in the history of the j cotton export trade. The largv est total yalue of cotton export- j j ed in any year prior to that now ! about to end was that of 1906, "V when the total was 401 million dollars, the next highest being k that of 1905., 380 millions: in ^ 1904, 371 millions: in 1903, 316 millions; in 1901, 314 millions, prior to which time the value of J cotton exported had never j touched the 300 million-dollar e line. Prior to 1850 cotton exports never reached as much as Q 100 million dollars in value e 1 :? -tCiCtn V.o/3 ^ annuany anu prior 10 xcw na? n never touched the 200 millione dollar mark, and it was not unJ til 1901 that they crossed the 300milLion dollar line. In 1906 0 their value for the tirst time crossed the 400 million-dollar j line, and in 1907 will nearty reach the 500 million-dollar mark. Meantime, with all of this in-i 3 crease in exportation, the share of the cotton crop of the United States which is consumed at _ home is steadily increasing The figures of the bureau of sta- j tistics show that in 1876 29 per, cent of the cotton crop of the , ^ United States was taken by j domestic mills; in 1886,33 per ! cent; in 1896 30 per cent, and < in 1906, 41 per cent. , j IB Memoriam ; t Died, March 25, 1907, Little Vivvia, the eight-months-old daugh- | ter of Mr and Mrs G \V Ferdou. ' She was a sweet little baby and her ; vacant place in the home can j ^ never be tilled, but she is sleeping I now where the bright angels stand. ' Farewell, Vivvia. We will meet some day to part no more. ' A sleep in Jesus; far from thee, Thy kindred and their graves may be; ^ But thine is still a blessed sleep. From which none ever wakes to weep. j One Who Loved Her. 1 ELECTION MUST WAIT. PelitiODS lo Williamsburg Dldn'l Have Names Enough. Kixgstree, June 17:?It appears now that there will be no election under the new dispensary law to determine whether or no the system shall remain in operation in Williamsburg county. The county supervisor, Mr S J Singletary, has as yet made no official announcement of the result of the petitions, but enough is known to 6tate that they failed to secure the necessary one-fourth of the registered vote. The registration books show 5,107 names, which after weeding out the deaths, double entries and removals, leaves 3,683 actual votes in the county. The petitions contain 866 names, which is 54 less than onenfl^ojjorv In nrHpr thp elec IVU1 bli| UVVVIAIMiJ w? ?.?. tion. It is practically certain therefore that the supervisor will not order the election.?Xeics cf Courier, When asked about the foregoing Supervisor Singletary declined t< make any statement officially, bul added that he still had the mattei under advisement and as soon as h< could get at the actaal number oi qualified voters in the conntv h< would decide whether or not to or der the election. Mm t* Slan! A New "English" newspape has just been started in Siam and its advent was heralded bi the distribution of some thous ands of handbills announcing the fact. One of these fell int< the hands-of the editor of th< Bangkok Tunes, who reproduce: it as follows: The news of English, oh crumbs, we tell the latest! Writ in perfect style and mos earliest. Do a murder git commit, vr? hear of And tell it. Do a mighty chief die, we pub lish it, and in borders of'somber Staff has each been colleged and write, oh, crumbs! like thi Kipling and the Dickens. We circle every town and ex tortionate not for advertisement Buy it, oh, cruznbs; buy it! Tell each of you its greacne? for good. Ready on Efiday. Number first. Ex, ran O Of operating the best V Drug Store in Q Williamsb1 O Why of course he has O get. Send for what you S 'L I S T o big lot new f Q LOCAL VIEW5 ' Q High Grade Candi * In the Cold Drink Lin x purity our motto! Cleai x Our Soda man is up-tc nlcAct in A CU1U Uinmo, inw iiivcji ... x XJLstem. u. 0 Ice Cream, ? Sodas. V Everybody knows DuRant's O Rant's---remember it's in style a XX Drug: Store for you want. Sr Its a standing wonder to som X Come or send to the store ths V and appreciates your patronage. X J. B. D O Physician ai O LAKE 2xxxxxxxxxxx> s \ V IU tdlADLian tuiiun ujninu- I t Southern Cottou Association Plans Vigorous Campaign this Summer. Mr E D Smith, the energetic president of the South Carolina Cotton association, has announced that an effort will be made this I summer to organize cotton banks, ( the plan being to use the cotton stored in warehouses as capital! stock. * In any community where the! , farmers and local business men can , secure $50,000 or $100,000 as capi> tal it is planned that they shall , organize a company and erect a ware house, which must be built according to regular plaus. Then they I will be ready for business and will propose that any farmer or any num. - - it. ?*i.U Der 01 iarmerB aepoen, wilu iucw their cottoD, jast as they might deposit their money with a bank. Supposing that 400 bales of cotton r are deposited in this way find placed j in the ware house, witii insurance ^ guaranteed by the company and no r storage charged, the cojnpany would , proceed to utilize this cotton just f as the bank utilizes the money dei posited by its customers. Taking the ware -house receipts for 400 bales of cotton, the company would go to a bank, or any other concern or person having money to lend, and borrow money upon these receipts at the current rate and current price of cotton. With this money so borI rowed the company would go into the local market and purchase other r cotton, say 300 bales, which would j be placed in the ware house. Then upon the^e 300 bale9 the company " would again go to the bank and bor5 row money and with this mcney -igain go into the local market and '} purchase other cotton, say 200 bales. , i These 200 bales would then be plac 1 ed in the ware house and upon them the company would borrow money with which again to enter the market and purchase other cotton, say 100 bales. Tnis operation could be kept up until the borrowing capaci' ty of the cotton was exhausted, but this would hardly be necessary at any time, and it would be possible ! to return the original 400 baits ' ? wnenever tne owner nmuc urmauu. 5 | A woman would ratlier break ja $5 bill than a 10-cent dish. ltyTI ; all-around, up-to-date O urg County. jj it. That's the answer you O EN! I >OST CARDS! O rooi O es?the kinds people buy. ft te ahead too! Neatness and X nliness our ambition! X >-date, that is, he fixes your X town. X x , Ice Creeim O Bveryc/av. ? and nearly every body's says Du- Sr i e well as sensible to go to DuRant's Q e people how our business is growit serves you faithfully and honestly "RANT, 8 rid Pharmacist, Q OOOCOOOOOOOO&I AHAIK5 Uf HtbtNI UAIt NOTED IN LAKE CITY MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DROP DEAI A FEW DAYS APART-A MARRIAGE-PERSONAL NOTES. Lake City, June 18:?Ret Joseph Carraway was up fron Salters last "Wednesday anc spent the day in town. A C Hinds, Esq., of Kingstre* was here a few hours Friday or professional business. Rev A W Jackson went dowi to Georgetown one day las week. On his way he stoppec over at Salters. * % if TT 1/ Aiesaames ji n morgan am A 0 Newton of Florence are oi a visit to friends in this town. McSwain Woods, Esq., ; young member of the Manning bar, was here last week on busi ness for the real estate corapan; with which he is connected. Judge Gaskins was in hi glory, etc., fishing in Blacl river Thursday. v Mr Lee Byrd, whose home i j in Florida, is out spendin several days with friends an kinfolks here and in the sui rounding country. \ Mr Fred Truluck, a brothe of Mr J Moultrie Truluck, i enjoying a part of his summe vacation with relatives in thi town and in the Bethel neigt borhood. He is a member ( the faculty of Dayton Music< college at Dayton, Va. Thi town is in the famous Shenai doah valley, which Mr Truluc : Notice To : Shrewd i i 1 Buyers. | j ; * t Our buyer has secured 1 a lot of clothing by which ] 11 will gain your trade and 'J j I you will save money, j i This year's goods and ? j latest styles, j Drummers' | ! * 1- 1 ; ^ampie z>uus. WORTH $12.00 TO $15.00 OUR PRICE $9.50. ODD COATS OF $15.00 AND $18.00 SUITS I $5.00 PER COAT. ODD PANTS $4.00 AND $5.00 GOODS t $3.00 PER PAIR. IUCESL I EMBROIDERIES, j I RIBBONS. j I I At Reduced Prices. IS.Eroal + 1 : The Bargain Specialist.: j Kingstree, :: i 5. c. : lisrhtful region on earth. ( Mr J B McCants was noted here from Rosemary the latter j part ot last week. Mr Edward Cook and Miss Emily Cox were married at the Methodist parsonage here by 7 Rev S J Bethea on last Wednest day afternoon. Mr Cook's home 1 is near this' town, while the bride is a daughter ot Mr Walter Cox of Scranton. } Mrs Eva Carraway and children are visiting Mrs Carraway's parents, Rev and Mrs A W Jackie son. j Mr H L Richey, who went from here to Kershaw about a month ago, was here Monday to see his i on/}?as Rndvard X movtl uau ?* VAIJ WW ^ i Kipling -would say, "that's another story." a. Mrs W E Severance returned j home last week from a stay of several days at Laurinburg, N C. y Mrs H Nacbman and the smallest are spending some time s in Charleston. k A protracted meeting at the Methodist church has been. g going on a week and will be continued* another. Rev M L ^ Carlisle assisted the pastor, . Rev S J Bethea, to Sunday. Rev J W Speke of Latta came down Monday and is lending his as:r sistance in the revival. 8 Just a year or two ago it was ir seldom that a full congregation IS could be secured even when 1" there were religious services at } only one church. Now with i preaching at all three of the IS white churches at the same time * full houses are at each and all. k Mpc?rs E C and G J Motley came back last week from Dur ham, N. C., and are getting t ready for the tobacco season at | the Planters warehouse, I * Mr William McCIam fs af t home from Clemson College for-" I the vacation. Mr Samuel Langston who re* cently moved here from Florida, has purchased the "Richey place" on Main street. I Messrs James and Hubert \ Prosser of Jay were in town I Monday. The latter named, i who attended the Wofford Fit ! ting school the last two years, ! is an applicant for a scholarship ! in Clemson college. Last Thursday Mrs W L Mat thews who lived a few miles from here, dropped dead. Mon day her mother, Mrs Alex Cook, died in exactly the same manner. There was no evidence of anything suspicious, but it was a strange circumstance that both [mother and daughter shou d so die and within a week. W L B. , CAPTURED IN GEORGIA. . Lake City Murderer Will be Brought Back for Trial. Deoutv SherifF W D Fitch, of I ' Williamsburg-county, was in the city last night going to Columbia to secure requisition papers from Governor Ansel upon the governor of Georgia forEdistow Rogers, ali^as James Rogers, a negro charged with murder. Rogers killed Patrick Glasgow, cQlored, near Lake City in 1904 Sheriff Graham located Rogers, some six months ago near Atlanta and he was arrested in Atlanta last Thursday.?Florence Times. Surveying. During the next few weeks I -hall glad to make uppointments with persons needing a competent surveyor. Laurence H McCvllouoh, Surveyor, Benson, S- C. - ', . Vc* t v. ? ,; r,