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f __ Mr J A Scott spent Sunday at Salters. Rev H D Bull officiated at Florence Sunday. r?nlv nnp nnhlic sale is to be made % here next Monday. Hon R J Kirk of Florence was in i Kingstree* Saturday. V Miss Cora Thompson is enjoying a P stay at St Petersburg, Fla. ft Next Wednesday will be the first P day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday. DrW L Taylor is occupying his new offices in the Nexsen building. Dr Wilmot McCutchen of Sumter visited relatives in town this week. Miss Sue Gibbes of Camden has been visiting her niece, Mrs Louise Gilland, here. Mrs Nannie Trenholm of Raleigh, N C, visited her niece, Mrs L C Dove, here last week. Mrs H A Miller and sister, Mrs Edward Sauer, spent Monday in Charleston visiting friends. Messrs J J Morris of Lake City and W C Rollins of Rome were welcome callers at our office Monday. TT-:-~ mill Ko HoM in thp Uliiuu ociyiwo tiui mv mv.v Presbyterian church next Sunday night. Rev A E Riemer will preach. Mr H A Altman of Morrisville attended court here thiB week as a juror and gave our office a pleasant call. Mr and Mrs H A Miller and family, accompanied by Mrs Geo Stang and Mrs Edward Sauer and daughters, spent Sunday at St Stephens. a Mrs R W Crosland left Friday for Colombia to join her husband, who has accepted a position with the Black-Fraser Motor Car Co of that City. . Rev W H Mills, of the Presbyterian church at Clemson College, occupied the pulpit of the Presbyterian chnrch here Sunday at the evening service. Mr R N Speigner and Miss Martha Jenkinson, of the faculty of the PPr Hemingway Graded School, spent the week-end at their respective & ~ homes here. Mr H A Meyer was in Charleston .s Monday to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law, Mr Charles A F Ceil^ rard, who died at his home in that city Sunday. | rt. Hon J J M Graham of Cades was a caller at our office Monday. In conversation with us he said he did not sanction the county government law recently enacted. Auditor Montgomery is busy computing the value of the assessed property in Williamsburg county. It # will probably show a considerable increase over last year. Services will be held at the Epis; v} copal church next Sunday at 11 a. m., with holy communion, and 7:30 p. m. Ash Wednesday morning prayer and sermon, 11 a. m. Miss Amanda Edwards spent last 'week in the vicinity of Hemingway and Johnsonvilie in the interest of her home demonstration work. She returned here Friday afternoon. The ladies of the Episcopal church served a tempting dinner Monday in Mr W V Strong's new brick building on West Main street. A tidy sum was realised for the benefit of the church. The meeting of the Civic league and Library association to have been held this afternoon has been postpaned until 4 p. m. Monday. The meeting will be held at the school abditorium. Prof W B Magginis of Winthrop . college will address the teachers at the school auditorium here at noon Saturday, and at 4 p. m. at the same place he will address the patrons of the Kingstree school. The Farmers' Mercantile company of Leo has been commissioned, with a capital of $2,000. The officers are: John D Hanna, president; S D Han* na, vice president; E D Hanna, secretary and treasurer. u:.. U Llliue miss Lliaijf Ul Vlti mvvui t v lough was at home Friday afternoon, | 1 February 25, from 4:30 to 5:30 ' o'clock to a number of her little ? friends, the occasion being in celebration of her eighth birthday. Services will be held at B'nai B'rith synagogue Sunday evening by \ Dr Jacob L Raisin of Charleston. The subject of his sermon will be: "Are We Not Brothers?" Mr David Silverman will render several violin solos on this occasion. Everjone t welcome. Mr T F Weathersbee.who has been under treatment at the McLeod infirmary for some time, returned to his home at Johnsonville this week. ?Miss Georgia Stackley, of the faculty of Union High school, Rome, spent the week-end with her parents . here.?Florence Times, Rev P S McChesney preached a special sermon to the Ladies' Mis- j sionary society of the Presbyterian ! church in Greelyville Sunday after- j | noon. A large congregation was | t present, and Mr McChesney's dis-i | course on the subject of missions was highly interesting. Mr L D Rodgers spent several days in Winston-Salem, N C, last! week. He reports that the 1915 to-1 bacco crop is still being marketed there at good prices. The opinion among tobacco men there, Mr Rodgers says, is that the price of this year's crop is going to be unusually good. Mr Ira A Calhoun, local agent of the Southeastern Insurance Co, has distributed throughout the community a lot of fly swatters. These lit tie affairs serve two purposes,killing flies and advertising the Southeastern Insurance Co, but certainly the more noble of these purposes is killing flies, for by this much sicknqfs may be averted and many lives saved, since the fly is a recognized carrier and disseminator of filth and disease. Mr T E Bsggett has secured the agency for the Chevrolet car in 1 Williamsburg county. This car is favorably known in this and other States where it has been offered for sale, and Mr Baggett will be glad to demonstrate it to prospective purchasers. The first shipment will arriye within the next 15 days. This car sells for $527.00, $590.00 and $790.00, equipped with electric lights and starter. The notice published in The Record of February 17 by Mr C W Baker, farm demonstration agent, with reference to velvet beans brought in orders from all over the county, which enabled Mr Baker to secure 1 these valuable beans at a reduction in cost for those ordering them. The beans have been shipped from Alabama and will probably reach Kingsthis wppIc. In this connection we will add that if merchants or business or professional men want to reach the people of Williamsburg county, there is no better way of doing so than through the columns of The County Record. IN THE SOCIAL REALM. Delightful Entertainments Given Here the Past Few Days. One of the pleasantest events of i the season was the reception given Thursday afternoon by Mrs Hugh McCutchen in honor of Miss Martha i Crittenden of Shellman.Ga.the guest of Mrs R C McCabe, and Miss Theo < Gregg of Sumter,who is visiting Mrs < Louise Gilland. The feature of the i occasion was guessing conundrums, the answers to which were found in . objects in the room. There were ( ties for the prize, a beautiful box of note paper, and in tne cut' miss Selma Thorn was the winner. The guest prize, a dainty apron, was presented to Miss Crittenden. Vocal and instrumental music by Mrs L W Gilland and Misses Selma Thorn and ' Sturgis added much to the pleasure ! of the occasion. Two delicious courses, salad and sweet,were served by Mesdames W T Wilkins, Thomas 1 McCutchen and W V Brockington. ' Those present were: Mesdames S P Harper, R C McCabe, W V Brock- j mgton, Thos McCutchen, W T Wilkins, L W Gilland, Misses Martha Crittenden, Theo Gregg, Belle McClary.Ada Brockington.AgnessErckmann,Belle Harper, Louise Cunningham, Quinette D&ntzler, Sturgis, Sarah James, Lizzie Heape, Cornelia Plowden.Mary James Britton, Selma Thorn, Lula Brockinton. Friday afternoon Mrs W N Jacobs and Miss Selma Thorn entertained the B<x>klovers' club at the former's home on West Main street. The j guests were received by Miss Thorn and ushered into the library, where i, they were presented with booklets |, in the shape of a teapot and asked j to name "twelve brands of tea." ] All answers were req aired to end in j thfet word. For example: "The tea of the religious?pie-tea (piety)." f This unique entertainment was keenly enjoyed by all. The prize, a teapot, was won by Miss Louise Cunningham. Tempting refreshments were served. The guests were: Mesdames Belle Blakely, W I Nexsen, W L Taylor, S L Brown, Misses Bessie Harper, Louise Cunningham , and Selma Thorn. Miss Ada Brockington charmingly entertained Saturday afternoon in ? ? ? ? I 1 aL _ honor or ner ieiiow-memoers 01 me faculty of the Kingstree High and Graded school. The guests were pre- | sented with bottles,which they dressed with tissue paper to resemble j dolls, each representing a different ( character named. Miss Mary James | Britton won the prize .for the best ] dressed doll, a bottle of perfumery, , while Misses Selma Thorn and Theo j Gregg received special mention. Rec- . itations by Miss Louise Cunningham J and music added much to the pleasure of the guests. Dainty salad and sweet courses were served. Those ; present were the same as at Mrs Hugh McCutchen's reception.together with Mrs W W Holliday and i Misses Bessie Harper and Mamie Jacobs. SPRING TERM COURT GENERAL SESSIONS DISPATCHES A LARGE AMOUNT OF BUSINESS HERE THIS WEEK -THE CASES IN DETAIL, The spring term of the court of general sessions convened Monday morning at 10 o'clock, with Judge J W DeVore of Edgefield presiding. Promptly at 9:30 all court officials were at their post of duty and ready for the dispatch of business. The new grand jury was empaneled and elected as their foreman, won w lj cryan 01 oryan. In charging the grand jury, Judge DeVore very clearly emphasized the importance of the oath taken by the foreman and each member of the body. Tljjs oath was the very foundation of the court's work, he said. It bound each member to strict secrecy as to their deliberations and discussions of the court's business in the jury room. The oath enjoined secrecy for the purpose of making them fearless in the performance of their duty. They were the guardians of the people, Judge DeVore told them, and they should not be afraid, or hesitate in reporting to the court any and all violations of the criminal law. They were supposed to look after the welfare of the county, calling their body together at any time for the investigation of anything that may require their attention. They should appoint committees who should acquaint themselves with the laws pertaining to the several officers of the county, and they should 9ee that the law was carried out. It was their duty to look after the roads and public schools of the county, as he had found in many instances that Bchools were apparently run for the benefit of the teachers instead of the children, and that the people were not paying taxes simply for the accommodation of a few teachers, but for the education of' their Children and that it was the duty of the grand jury to visit every public school in the county, to see that they are properly conducted and taught by competent teachers?also to see that school trustees do their duty. Judge DeVore made it plain to the jurors that the duty of passing upon bills handed to them from time to time by the Solicitor was a mere matter of form and a minor part of their duty, but that their duty was continuous, so during their term as grand jurors they should be on the alert at all times in the interest of the county and their fellow-citizens. At the conclusion of the Judge's charge,Solicitor Stoll gave the grand jury 17 bills of indictment to consider, and of this number 15 true bills were reported. MONDAY'S SESSION. The first case disposed of on the opening day was that of Adam Cooper, a young negro charged with housebreaking and larceny. It was shown that the defendant had broken into the seed house of Messrs Cooper Bros and stolen therefrom a quantity of cotton seed. A jury found him guilty and the sentence of the court was two years in the penitentiary or a like period on the public roads of Williamsburg county. Cooper was not represented by counsel. Meyers Plowden, Fletcher Welch and Waitus Matthews each plead ? 1 ? gUlliy LU lllC UIB1KC Ul iiuuscuicaning and larceny and each received a sentence of 18 months on the chaingang. Jas Dunmore plead guilty to two charges, housebreaking and larceny, and was sentenced to 3 years at hard labor on each charge. Snow Graham, a one-eyed darky with a little bunch of chin whiskers, plead guilty to an indictment charging him with obtaining goods under false pretenses and was given his :hoice between three months on the :haingang or the payment of a $60 fine. Jas Hiram, an old negro from the [ndiantown section, was tried for violating the dispensary law and acquitted. Represented by LeRoy Lee, Esq. Elbert Thomas plead guilty to the :harge of grand larceny,, stealing a bale of cotton, and the court fixed bis punishment at 18 months on the ^hflincanc. Eddie Anderson plead guilty and ?ot a sentence of twelve months for assault and battery with intent to kill. M S McFadden plead guilty to an indictment for obtaining goods under false pretense and was sentenced by the court to one year's imprisonment at hard labor or pay a fine of ^150. This negro, it was shown,had obtained about $500 worth of goods from various^nerchants by giving a mortgage to each over the same personal property, worth about $100. Four of these mortgages were given to Kingstree dealers on credits ranging from $40 to $100. TUESDAY'S SESSION. John Wilson plead guilty to two indictments charging him with lar 1 ceny of !>ve stock, whereupon the ; court sentenced him to four years ? 1 t'.vo years in each case ?imprisonment at hard labor in the penitentiary or on the county chaining. George Scott, indicted and tried I on a charge of assault and battery 1 with intent to kill, was found guilty ; of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and the court ! sentenced him to nine months on the : chaingang or pay a fine of $75.00. Isaac McUrea and Mattie Ann Cunningham plead guilty to the charge of adultery upon the advice of their attorney, LeRoy Lee, Esq, who also requested the mercy of the court in their behalf. The judge sentenced them to one year in the penitentiary or pay a fine of $100,all of which was suspended during good behavior except $12.50, which each would be required to pay. Sam Nelson, indicted for the larceny of live stock, was tried and found guilty. The court sentenced him to serve one year on the chaingang. The defendant was represented by R. K. Wallace, Esq, while Solicitor Stoll was assisted by E L Hirsch, Esq. The most important case to come to trial at this term of court was that of the State against William Colon Patterson, who was indicted and tried at the fall term for the murder of Lizzie Wilder. At the former trial the jury failed to agree upon a verdict and a mistrial was declared. Substantially the same evidence was brought out at the trial Tuesday, which took up the attention of the court during the greater part of the day. Both sides of the case were well and ably presented. but. as this paper stated af ter the previous trial, the evidence against Patterson was so conclusive that there was a slim chance for his acquittal. The jury after being out about 30 minutes returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation to mercy and accordingly the court sentenced Patterson to life imprisonment. WEDNESDAY'S SESSION. Nathan Brown, one of a trio of darkies charged with murder, was tried and convicted of manslaughter with recommendation to mercy. Judge DeVore fixed his puniament ateeven years in the penitentiary or on the county chaingang. The defendant was represented by G M Beasley, Esq, of Gourdins. The rule issued last June against Sheriff George J Graham by Judge Mauldin, upon complaint of J DlGilland.Esq, of Florence, was heard by the court and discharged. This matter.it seems, grew out of the alleged failure of the Sheriff to comply with certain orders directed to him by Mr Gilland concerning the seizure of a cash register then in the possession of one Mr Gowdy. flnwHv Rnrcress was tried UDon a charge of assault and battery with in cent to kill and found not guilty. With the termination of the above case the criminal docket of the session was completed and the court adjourned sine die. SPECIAL NOTICES Wanted?Chickens, geese, tarkeys and eggs. Best price paid. W N JACOBS, opposite Farmers' Supply Co's. 2-24-tf For Sale?Two Duroc Jersey sow pigs 3 months old, thoroughbred. A $25.00 check gets them. T E Arrowsmith, Kingstree, S C. It For Sale?Tract of land consisting of two hundred and seven acres of which about thirty-five acres are cleared, about two miles from Trio,' known as the Southern portion of the Kelley tract, recently the property of A W Graham For terms apply to The Peoples Bank ofGeorgetown. 2-17-4t Lost?Strayed or stolen, during January, one small red heifer, about ten months old, unmarked. Reward if returned to owner. F K Graham, Kingstree, S C. 3-2-2t Wanted For Cash?All kinds of old scrap iron except old grate bars and stove castings. Will buy in any quantity. Kingstree Manufacturing & Construction Co. 2-17 Wanted?For cash 1000 cords of round pine poles four feet long, from six to fifteen inches diameter, free from knots or other defects. Kingstree M'f'g & Construction to. 2-10-tf ? Wanted?missing nuun.a?mmcs having books belonging to the library of the late C W Wolfe, or books borrowed from him will please return same at once to this office. Among those missing are "Men of Mark,' "The Dark Corner" by Zack McGee, Vol 5 of Guy de Maupassant's works and one volume of 0'Henry's works. Some of these books did not belong to Mr Wolfe, but were loaned by him to friends during his illness and were not returned. For Sale?Finely ground Phosphate Rock. Prompt shipment for fall, winter and spring. Write for prices to McCabe Fertilizer Company, Charleston. S C. 11-18-tf Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drive* out Malaria.enriches the blood.andbuilda op th?(v?. I un. A true tonic. For adnlte and children. 50c Fine Healthy C Convi Simple Inexpensive Remedy Checks Early Tendency to Constipation. About the first thing impressed on the young mother is the necessity for regularity in her baby, which brings up the question of the most desirable laxative for children's use. Mrs Jesse Richardson, Philpot, Ky. says she has used Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for the past year and that there is no medicine in the world like it. She writes, "My little son, William, Jr, just loved it because it is so pleasant to take, and everybody talks about his being such a fine healthy boy." Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a compound of simple laxative herbs, free from any opiate or narcotic drug, and is the standard remedy for constipation in thousands of homes throughout the land. Drug stores everywhere sell it for fifty cents a bottle. Get a bottle of this C C Wyche, a member of the Spartanburg bar, has announced his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. Mr Wyche has always been a supporter of former Governor Blease. NEEDLE ^g||M l i THE Camel of Extravagance h through the eye of the Nee means waaia, ana wusie 1 CESS. The person who spends his lessly, will naturally NEVEB, sn? EEATION, not excess. The money killed for him. Be MODERATE wi BANK OF WI * Scott-Loga (Succmiori to M ;, Wholesale Grocers ai Call and see us befc 1> Flour, Rice, Meal, Grit: bulk. I Cotton Seed A Corn a Now located in the to W. T. Wilkins' old sts 1 Prepari g' We are prepared t( ' S everv want in any li] ?5 trial will convince yo ^ quarters for |; Flour, Rice, Gr Lard, Canned | Highest Prices Paid I I SPRING Kingstree, i # hild incing Evidence. WM. J. RICHARDSON, JR."* excellent remedy and have it in the house. A trial bottle, free of charge, can be obtained by writing to Dr'W B Caldwell, 454 Washington St, Monticello, 111. / The passenger steamer Maloja, a 12,131 ton vessel belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental line, struck a mine and sank within half an hour off Dover, Eng, Sunday. More than 40 persons were drowned or killed. ^"CAMEL^. j iX]m^d\ j ia Jk: as absolutely no chance of passing idle of Success. EXTRAVAGANCE s the NATURAL ENEMY of SUOmoney immoderately, lavishly, reekseed. The secret of snccess is MODprodig&l very rarely has a fatted calf ith yonr money. GUARD it well. LLIAMSBTJRG 11 Company | r. R. Scott A Bro.) I _j n?m ? do rruviMuu iticilucwu >re you buy Meat, Lard, ? \ 5 or anything wanted in 1 \ < deal and Hulls (, nd Hay Nelson Block, next door I md. 5 - * vV O ? '? ?% jdness!f ) take care of your S ne of eatables. One g; ?u that we are head- gj its, Meal, Meat, | I Goods, Etc. 'or Chickens and Eggs | i <& gee! South Carolina j \; t