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fV'* ' ' ' ' -V . < , - <** '* ' Vl > > ' "$ ' 1 I - -4 ' VOL. XIII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1807. NO. 10.;'. j HEMS OF LOC.ft INTEREST. A COLUMN OF NtWS PICKED UP AROUND TOWN -f . And Put Into Short Paragraphs For Quick Reading By Busy People. Mr. (J. W. Arms went to Favetteville la>t week. Mr. W. I). Bryan, of Greens, was in town on Tuesday. Mr. H. G. Askins spent a day or two in Charleston recently. T. M. GilUnd, E-q.. spent a day or two in Charleston last week. A heavy rain fell last Monday, greatly benefiting the young corn Mr. S. II. Bissonette, of Charleston, was in Kingstree last. Monday. Mr. O. M. Gordon, of Newton, (la., is speudiug some time in Kingstree. The ''Memorial Day" exercises < promise to be the most elaborate < ever seen in Kingstree. It is said that Mr. P. B. Thome lias one fhousaud logs in the water 1 near his mill on Black river. Mr. J. P. Nelson is ncweniploy* ed on the Lake City limes, in place of Mr. Pritchard Mo;dv, t t . { wjio has gone off on a visit. Mr. W. 1. Lowell, of Indianapo lis, Ind.,s}>ent several day in town ' last week. He has gone to assume I the management of Capt. D. R. Smith's lumber mill, at Smith's < Mills, S. C. We have had charge of the 1 Record just a month and have ad- 1 ded over fifty nev subscribers to our mail lists. We feel encoura- < i ged at this, and hope to do better 1 {luring tfie month, of May. Mr. Herbert VanKeuren, postot SkmitKo \I illc ti'ic in Biiaoivri u v viuiiiio mui^ ? ww ??* 'own a day or I wo this week. Mr. ( * YanKeuren and his two little children Grant and Grace, had ( just returned from a trip to Char leston. Supervisor Chandler nerved the chains for use on the chaingang last Monday. The chain is long enough to accommodate a dozen law-breakers, and a squad ' " will doubtless be organized next , Mohday. i F. Barron Grier, Esq., who recently moved from Kingstree to Greenwood has been elected city * 4Vvm f hat lAiitn M r HiMor I UllUl IICV lUl uiat.iun ii. iui> unvi Lhas a host of friends Kingstree all of whom will be pleased to know that he is doing well in his new field. Messrs. Thos. M. Gilland, of ( Kingstree, Thos. Wilson, of Salem, < and P. A. Willcox, of Florence, joined Mr. W. N. Royal, of the Atlantic Coast Line, on a pleasure trip North yesterday. The party i is traveling in a special car, and will be gone about ten days. Messrs. G. S. Barr and II. A. V . Graham have completed their telephone liue from the Coleman I House to the depot, and the 1 , 'phones are now in operation. Messages are transmitted at the nominal sum of five cents each, with unlimited time in speaking. Mr. C. C. llorton, representing the well-known firm of M. Drake <fc Sons, of Charleston, made things lively and pleasant around the Coleman House several days during the past week. Mr. Horton has quite a number of friends around Kinstree, all of whom enjov hearing his "yarns." * . i;. I - t DECORATION DAY. Full Text of the Program of the Exercises for that Day. The committee in charge of the "Decoration Day" exercises met Tuesday. Mr. Jacobs was elected chairman. It was decided to hold the exercises in the Court House on Monday, May 10th, at 4 o'clock p. m. After the exerci ses in the Court House the aduience will march in a body to the ? ?4. cemetery near me river wucre the monument to the soldiers stands. The graves of Confederate soidiers in the cemetery where the old Presbyterian church stood will be decorated in the morning, the following committee being in charge: Misses Mable Harper and Bertha Epps, Mrs. E. C. Koger and Messrs. G. P. Nelson and S McB. Scott. This committee is requested to meet at the cemetery at S nVlock a. m. on that da v. The committee in charge of decoration for soldiers monument etc., in the afternoon is as follows: M'ssis Maymie Jacobs, Bessie Kelly, Anna ElwelJ, Beulah Nel son and Sallie Wilson. It is very desirable to have a large crowd present and we hope the ladies throughout the county will save up plenty of flowers for the oc casion. _ Let everybody bring flowers and the committee will have an^easy time. A special invitation is given to all old soldiers i / their families and Iriends to be present and help make the exercise a success. The Lake City Light Drago? n are expected and will fire a salute jver the graves. It is hoped that the stores, will all close in time to give the clerks an opportunity of attending. The programme, which vvi 11 be very interesting, and will not detain you more than an hour is as follows: Calling to order by chairman; Opening prayer, Rev. W. 1). Moorer; Song, "America,'' pupils of Kingstree Academy; Declama tion, Mr. S. M. Wolf; Recitation, Miss Mildred McCabe; Recitation, Miss Florence Jacobs; Song, "Red White and Blue," pupils of the Academy; Declamation, Mr. Edwin Hirsch; Recitation, Selma Thome; Recitation, Miss Barbara Jacocbs; Declamation, Mr. Louis Oilland; Song, "Swanee River," by seven young ladies; Orator of the dav, Col. J. E. Dunlop. D. Cannot be Withheld. The following extract from a letter from a subscriber in Bennettsville sneaks worlds for our efforts, and shows appreciation of our attempt to make the County Record worthy of the praise of its readers. We have received quite a number of letters similar to this one, and we take this method of thanking our friends for their words of encouragement. Here is the extract referred to above: UI cannot withhold my congra tulations on the improvement you have made in the Record. Under your management we have a paper that does credit to the county. Although not a resident of Williamsburg at present, I always think of that county as my home, and am deeply interested in anything that conduces to her prosperity. Wishing you the success that you merit, I am," etc. AH the lates styles in job printing can now be done in The Couny Record office. si iniffl. THE SLAYERS OF THE TWO ITALIANS NOT YET CAUGHT. Nine Ne^res Have Eeen Arrested Up to This Writing, But all Have Been Turned Loose. Nothing definite lias vet devel oped in the case of the strange Italians who were so cruelly butchered near Salters last week. As to who the murderers are, and their present wherehouts, is now just as much a mystery as it was when the crime whs first discovered. suspicion still points to the Davis negroes .but nothing has yet been seen or heard of thein. Even if they were caught it would be a hard matter to fasten the murder upon them, as no one knows any thing about the men who were murdered, and, therefore, could not identify any article that may be found in the possession of the supposed murders, as belonging to the Italians. The three negroes who were ar rested at Lake City last week were given a hearing before magistrate J. G. Lifrage last Thursday, and set free. Jailor Britton, in the absence of the sheriff, telegraphed the Charleston authorites that if the negroes were wanted there to wire him and they would be held, not having heard from there, the deputy let the boys go Thursday eve ning. Three negroes were arrested Thursday at Fayetteville, N. C., < on suspicion of being the mur ? tiers. They were on thei? way from Timmonsville, this State, to Selma N. C.,and were "nabbed" en routr. I Sheriff Daniel and Mr. Cannon, of Strawberry, in whose store the 1 Davis negroes did so much firing about two weeks ago, went up to < Fayetteville Saturday, but Mr, i Cannon failed to identify the prisoners as the Davises. In fact, < the negroes proved where they i were on the night of the tenth, when the shooting at Strawberry occurred, and on the seventeenth, the night of the murder. Thr^e other negroes were arres led at Lanes and locked up all night in a box-car, but were set at liberty. While looking over the field of the murder last Sunday, some Sailers gentlemen discovered some clothing hangihg on a tree and some on the ground only a short distance from where the murdered men's bodies were found. There was also a kind of a camp, at least, the ashes from a fire, and chicken bones near the clothing, indicating that a camp had been made there. This discovery only adds mystery to the whereabouts of the real murderers, as this woodland was every bit searched last wtek, and these things were not seen. Among the articles found on the ground was a white shirt, bosom upwards, which was not soiled in the least, This indicates" that the articles were placed there Sunday morning, for had the shirt been exposed to the night air, the dew would have left mlirks on the stiff bosom. Then, too, there are num hers of hogs in the wood?, and it stands to reason that, had this shirt been oh the ground for any grdat while the hogs would have soiled it. A careful survey of the immediate vicinity of the murder, and two empty shells from a Winchester rifie were found. One of these was mashed, as if some one had stepped uj>on it, or a hog had bit it. These shells are now in the possesion of a Kingstree gentleman, but nothing is proved by them/ as they will tit any Winchester of a '32 calibre. \ V 4B&. v V, Dr. Elwel! iN Charleston. The Rev S. P. II. Eiweil delivered an oration before Camp Sumter, U. C. V., at Charleston j during the celebration last week, '/he Charleston dailies spoke in glowing tones of Dr. El well's ad dress classing it umong the foremost. The Charleston Sun. in speaking of his response to the toast "The Women of the Coiiv federacv," said: UA grand move inent, which will inake his namej historic, was that of Dr. Elwell to"| plant a monument to The Women of the Confederacy. As Col. Zimmerman JJavis, a unanesion ian,seconded tiie proposition so heartily, let Charleston be the place where this memorial shall lie planted. Charleston initiated the war, let it be the site to mark where its greatest and the most glorious work done in its behoof, i Let the women of Carolina at once organize in that direction." Among the other speakers at the gathering at the Masonic Temple were Judge J. H. Hudson, Gen. C. I. Walker, Itev. John Johnson, I). D., Rev. R. C. Hoiland, D. D., Mr. A. Walter Taft, Dr. J. Somers Bui6t, Mr. H. W. Comer, Jr., and Mr. Yates Snow den. Hotel Arrivals. The fallowing is a list of the arrivals at the Coleman Hotel for the past week: L. C. Wootten, J. B. McCutchen, J. Levy. M. J. McManus, J. W. Josey, J. D. Daniel, W. L. Monta- 1 gue. H. J. Adams, J. C. Langford, W. 0. Dorrity, F. B. Danlzler, A. S. Willeford, J. Q. Lifrage, B. P. Bariou, W. T. Lowell, W. L. Wil liams, (J. 0. Horton, A. O. Ligon, E. B. Cooper, W. A. Cooper, B. E. Clarkson, N. T. Pittman, E. S. r% 1 1%. L1..4 4 Iff! T oauis, ju ocou, ixiisb ijum i uuc, Miss Mary Highsraith,W. D. Shaw, C. M. Gordon, H erbert Van Keuren, Grant Van Kenren, Miss Grace Van Keuren, S. W.? Mills, S. H. Bissonette, W. D. Bryan, E. W Wilier. Ask the sheriff what "Pride of Darlington" is. For sale by W, G. Elwell & Co. The Medicine Law Again. Editor, County itecord: The act No. 337 passed at the last session of the General Assembly reasd, "it shall be unlawful for any person to travel as hawkers or peddlers from place to place in this State and to sell, or offer for sale, any medicine, drug or compound, to be used as a curative." The act is absoutely prohibi tory, and no license can be obtained. Following the above is the penalties for violation of the act. Law. Indiantotvn, April 26th, '97. The Rev. A. S. Willeford, oQ Charleston,' was in King9tree last week in the interest of the Columbian Encyclopedia. The Columbian is one of the very best encyclopaedias, and Mr. Willeford j found no trouble in placeingquile a number in Kingstree. He expects to return to Williamsburg in a few months and make a thorough canvas of the entire county. Why send off for your job printing when you can get it done just as cheap and get as good work right at home? Patronize home industries and get the work on shorter notice". Give us a trial. v * ' ^ HH8JH H. REGULAR.WEEKLY LETTER TO THE RECJRD. Our Correspondent's Report of the Doings of the People of This Thriving Village. John l\ Nelson made our town a visit this week. Capt. I'l S. Johnson lost a val liable mult* a lew thivs ago. Miss Lilly Scurry l as Returned home from a visit, io Georgetown. Misses Linnie Lee and Azelia Baker, of Liberty,' attended church here Sunday. Miss Beatrice (iraham, of Kiri?s tree, is spending some time with relatives at this place. Croquet is in vcgue now. The >oung ioTk find it a very pleasant way to while away the teng wear}' afternoons. Miss Lizzie Sanders, who is i m/tat* T <iI'a r nant I I llf* iicai uu vu j) ^ pvm last Sunday with her sister, Mrs. B. 0. Whitehead. Mr. Tom Johnson, of Sardis, Florence county, visited his J>roth er, Capt. E. S. Johnson, of this place, last Sunday. Mr. Johnson was accompanied by Mr. Willie Weaver. Mr. Winslow Wright is haviug his new residence on Main street ' painted, and when the work is 1 finished it will be one of the most handsome and attractive buildings in town. Rev. Jarrott Baggett preached, in the Freewill Baptist chnrch al' this place last Saturday, Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night. Good congregations greeted hTriJ at each of these services. We had the pleasure of attend- ( ing the meeting of the Literary Club at the Union school house last Saturday evening. We enjoyed it very much. The querry was well debated and the other features were thoroughly entertaining. C. Have you seen the Columbian Encyclopaedia ? It is a "daisy." May Ladies' Home Journal The May Ladies' Home Journal uniquely reflects the sentiments and spirit of spring. "In An OldFashioned Gardeu" fairly emits the seasonV fragrant flavor, as do other contributions in prose and verse. Hon. John Russell Young recalls the notable incidents?fetes receptions and pageants, etc.?of General Grant memorable tour of the worlds, and'ex-President Harrison gives highly interesting glimpses of the President's home and life 111 an ariicli on "The Domestic Side of the While Iiouse"the concluding oce of his admirable series. Edward W. Bokedito rially presents the really practial side of the crusade against the slanghterof birds for their plum age, and forcible protests against the pernicious habit of spitting in public places Are miniscent article by Mrs. Raymond Maude. ' My Mother as I Recall Her," gives some delightful g'imp es of the personal side of Jenny Lind, especially of Iter home life. We havs a lot of old babbit metal on hand for sale at 10 cents per pound. The County Record. The County Record, $1 a year. . ,s Beautiful Roses. ' Upon returning from a short railroad trip Hie other morning,' tired and dusty, we were -fery ... agreeably surprised and much delighted to find a beautiful bou-*, quet Df find rose's on our desk." The flowers were of the "Marechal* | Neil" and ' Grace Darling" varieties, and attached to the bunch1 was a card bearing the name of Mrs. Louis Staekley. It filled our - > heart with joy to know tlidt we v were so much thought of by a' * member of the fair sex to prompt her in sending in so excellent a1 donation, whice filled our office 4 with its fragrance, and made us for a time fonret the trials and* r. tribulations attached to the life ? of a country editor. Mrs. Stackley has q'aite a* rium-" bfer of varieties of flowers, and" there is not a more thorough flor ist in this section than she. The' roses sent in are of the very fi nest varieties known and our appreciation of them is unbounded. Philosophy demeans" itself' by stooping to uses,said thfe old Greek/ But what falsd philosophy, arid1 k r\ itt i n.iAiioiofnnl aw ilk' 1 tiA vmiaaIi 1 iiimt lutuuoioicuw niiu uio j'lauu' cal thought of this'day!' 'However/ "the pendulum of human powers from age to age sweeps through' $ the same art" and every age has j its inconsistencies. What man %j can be called consistent who' dries "hard times" and scarcity of funds while he throws of jialribtism and public spir t enough to order goods from another market at a' ' greater co3t than be can bdy them1 from Lesesne <fe Epps, at home. | They will sell you dry goods/clothing, shoes, straw hats, groceries' and farming implements, which | are well bought, at lowest prices not to utterly disregard cost. 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