The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 17, 1897, Image 1
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i VOL. XIII KINGSTIIEE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1897. NO. 17. J
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. * AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL
REPORTER AND NOTED.
Written in Condensed Form and Printed
in Like Manner for the Sake
U of our Weary Readers.
Hot! H;>tter!! Hottest!!!
| The school term closed to-day.
The crops are growing rapidly.
Fruit is scarce, and very poor
m quality.
. Kead Keddick's new advertise
" tuenl in this issue.
The traius have been full of the
giris returning uum wuc^c tuis
m week.
The grass will have its innings
now and will keep the farmers
busy for a time.
?* Our base ball team should get
A . up some games with the clubs
Irora other towns.
The crops all over the country
are reported as in good condition
and looking well.
[? ^ How long will it be before
Kingstree will have an "original
b package"' grog-sbop?
Any kind of job work done at
Eflpjto the County Record job office, in
city style and at city prices.
The Greenville News of lastFriday
said that "Black river
- bream are the pride ot Kitigs1
tree."
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i The chain-gang has been brought
to Kingstree and will work the
r< als around her* for some tin.e
h;. ->* to corae.
Midnight "chicken-fries" seem
to be the favorite sport of certain
I-? a!' /*Ammnnit v*
JUUUc, llixru Ml ? ?J*T VWII.U.UU..J,
but who furnishes the fowls?
An itinerant colored printer
?> called ?il our office one day hist
^ week. lie was making his way
front Charleston to Charlotte, N.
The sheriff will make several
land sales for the non-payment of
taxes the first Monday in July
. unless the parties come and pay
. ; the costs.
* . The baseball same between the
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two local nitres last Thursday
resulted in a victory for the -reg
ulars.*' The s^ore is withheld bv
special request.
At a special meeting of the
Woodmen of the World held on
Monday night, Messrs. J. D. Dan
iel and P. B. Thorne were initated
into the secrets of the Order.
The gay and festive mosquito is
again with us for summer board
and lodging. There are a good
many of them this season and all
f appear to have been very poorly
The next examination of appli
jk cants for county teachers' certificates
will be held in the court
house rridav of next week between
the hours of 10 o'clock a.
m. and 4 p. in.
The testimony in the WattsCollege
affair is very bulky. The
investigation will cost the State
* several hundreds, perhaps thousands,
of dollars, and it is not
likely that anything will result
therefrom.
On Tuesday, July 6th, the board
BBiKrt*' * * .
of county chairmen of flop? and
King townships, together with the
connty supervisor will let the contract
for rebuilding the bridge over
Black river at the foot of the hill
Pnear Kingstree on the Greeleyville
road.
TV
St raw-rides galore.
This is June weather in dead
earnest.
rJ he rain was very fine on the
crops.
Dead our watermelon prize offer
in another column.
From all the reports, the fruit
this season will not be very
fine.
We want several more corres- 1
pondents like our Dock ,lpencilshover."
The sweet girl graduates are at
top of column and next to reading
matter this month.
The family of Mr. Joel E. Brum
son returned irom Sumter last
Tuesday night. ]
There was a game o1 base ball
between the two local teams Monday
afternoon. The "regulars" ,
were victorious.
The county commissioners advertise
that they will elect a superintepdent
for the chain-gang (
at iheir regular meeting in July.
An ice-cream festival was given
at the school house Monday night
by tke ladies of the Presbyterian
church.
1 It is said that, since the recent
heavy rains the crops have taken
new life, and are showing wonderful
growth.
Don't send off for your office <
stationery when you can get it
just as well right at home. Pat- j
ronize the County Uecord job (
office.
Fine Tobacco,
Editor County Record:
Mr. T. M. Cooper, of the firm
of Cooper Bros, of Fowlers, has
the best field of tobacco in the
county, probably. It is the finest ]
I have seen anywhere, and 1 have |
seen lots of it. Mr. Cooper Is an ,
all-round farmeras well as a mer- j
chant, and all of his crops are
looking well, his tobacco being
particularly fine.
Wanderer.
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Prizes for Watermelons.
Who raises the largest water '
melons? In order to decide this j
question to the satisfaction of all i
we have decided to offer a prem- 1
ium to the person who raises the I
largest melon this season. Our |
proposition is this: To the per <
sou who brings us the largest
melon this summer we will give ,
one year's subscription to the
County Record. Just think ot it!
Besides gaining the reputation of
being the raiser of the largest
watermelons you get a copy of
the County Record every week
for a whole year.
In addition to the foregoing,
we also offer a year's subscription
free to the person who first brings
us in a ripe melon this season. If
you are already a subscriber 10
the County .Record, your subscription
will be "shoved up" one
year from the date of its its expiration.
Don't allow this opportunity
to escape, but get a
whole year's subscription for one
melon. Of course we are not
partial to melons, but our editor
and entire staff are very fond of
every kind of fruit. Don't let the
melon offer keep you from bringing
in fruit.
The Columbian Encyclopaedia
is one of the very best on the
market. Very few, if any, equal
it. ?radv.
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BRIEF MENTION OF PEOPLE YOU
KNOW AND DON'T KNOW.
Those of Our Citizens Who are Visiting
at Other Places.?Our Visitors.
?Other Mention.
Mr. C. W. llill, of Lake City
was in town last Saturday night.
Mr. Prit chard Moody, of Lake
City, was in Kingstree last week.
J. Z. McConnell, Esq., went to
Manning on a business trip last
rhursday.
Magistrate J. G. Lifrage, of
Walters, paid ns a very pieasani
visit last Thursday.
Mr. Walter. Steel returned to
liis home in Rockey Mount, N.C.,
las' Monday afternoon.
Mi ss Mamie Lesesne, of Santce,
and Mrs. Itichbourg, of Dillon, are
risiting Mrs. M. J. Porter.
T. M. Gilland,Esq., of Kings! ree,
paid this city a flying visit Saturevening.?Florence
Times.
Mr. P. A. Allsbrook has moved
into the cottage just beyond Mr.
M. F. Hellers livery stables.
Mr. J. P Nelson had his right
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iianu very paiuiuny nun uuim^
ihe Raseball game last Thursday.
Miss Louise Gilland relumed
last week from Spartanburg where
she had been attending Converse
College.
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Miss Addie Montgomery, who
has been visiting in Georgetown
for several months, returned to
Kingstree Saturday.
We are indebted to Mr. C. W.
Wolfe tor an invitation to attend
the opening ball of the Harris
Lithia Springs on Tuesday, June
22nd.
Miss Florence Benjamin, who
has been teaching school in Georgeown
county, is in Kingstree and
ivill spend the summer with the
.IllPniK
Mr. W. S. Moore, of Blakeleys
spent several days in Kingstree
this week. Mr. Moore played on
I he "sciub" nine in the base ball
^ame Monday af ernoon.
Edwin Seward, a colored man
who has been living in the Blooniingvale
neighborhood, was brought
into town a few days ago and committed
to jail as a lunatic. He will
be carried to the State Hospital
for the Insaue, in Columbia, in a
day or two.
Mr. J. P. Sha w called in to see
last Saturday, aud told us that
the lower bridge had been entire
Iv rebuilt and is now in condition
for passage. This will be good
news to the hundreds who have to
go several miles out of their way
in order to cross the river.
Among the graduates of the
Columbia Female College last
week was Miss Ivah Epps, who
stood well-up in her class. Miss
Epps is one of the literary editors
of the college magazine, and
many of the very best articles in
that journal were from her pen.
Johnson's Chill and Fever
Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure. It cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
24 Hours.
The Columbian Encyclopaedia
is undoubtedly the finest on the
market. Look out for Rev. Mr.
Willeford, the agent, who will be
around next montji.
A PROSPEROUS SCHOOL. |
Close of the Regular Term of!
the Kingstree Academy.
The regular annual school-term
of the Kingstree Academy has
been brought 10 a close. There
is no doubt of this being the most
prosperous term ever held, which
speaks well for the board which
selected Mr. E. O.Dennis and his
able assistant. Miss Dickson The
? ?Kyv1n?.r.Kit\ u> 10 o 1 riAct )\lo
MJiiumraui p ? ao auuwoi, uvuvi?.
that of the previous year, ;he
exact number beinir 90 pupils as
airainst 50 f01 the year before.
There were ten boarder.? this year
?that is, ten pupils from the country
who boarded in town and at
tended the school. Last year
there was but one teacher except
for three months. Next year
there will be three teachers. An
other roon will be added to the
school building during the summer,
and there will be three divisions
next year instead of two
as was this year, and one last year.
This certainly speaks well for
the school. We do not hesitate
Jo assert that there is no school
in the State that can make a bet
ter showing. The regular school
J term islen months. As usual, the
< annual school picnic will be given
| at Kinder's grove, about one
mile from town, tomorrow (Friday).
To this, besides the scholars,
all the patrons, (heir friends
and the friends of the pupils are
cordially invited to attend. Of
course, the older folks will be
expected to carry baskets.
A AAmonnnrtunl r\f tlia Harts.
4l V/UI 1 wOJJUIlUVyUV U? I MV MW* ?w
ville Messenger gels off the following:
A gentleman told me the other
day that it was customary lor him
to chew :!0 cents worth of tobacco
a wee!;. I suggested to him to try
the tobacco cure. He said he had
tried it. and the first two weeks
he ate up $1.50 worth of the cure,
and the next two weeks he used
10 cents worth of candy, 5 cents
worth of chewing gum, 20 cents
/IrAtxo an/1 i /lantc
W'JIIII Ul IWll^u uuu V VVU?W
worth of peanuts per day. During
these two weeks he said he also
consumed 2 large rubber erasers,
ate the lubber tips from 14 lead
pencils, chewed-up a dozen pen
holders, and browsed off his mus
tache as high up as he could reach,
lie says he is chewing tobacco
again, in Hie interest of economy.
Quinine and other fe~
ver medicines take from 5
to 10 days to cure fever.
Johnson's Chill and Fever
Tonic cures in ONE DAY.
The cummer spacnn has come
and how to keep cool and comfortable
is being sought bv everyone.
At Lesesne & Epps' will be found
a large ine ot ladies' under vests
begining at the small sum often
cents and going to the nicer qualities.
Gentlemen can also be supplied
in this line of goods. Ye
choppers of cotton need hoes that
can be had from us at the lowest
prices. We have a large stock of
shoes which we wish to reduce
before lime for fall goods to com
mence coming in and you can get
some bargains in that line. Ladies
slippers from 50cts up.
Our stock of tobacco must be
lessenel and we are almost competing
with factory prices to do it
Ye chewers of the "quii" will do
good business to < ome to
Lesesne <S: Errs.
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SEVERAL LETTERS CONTAINING
VALUABLE NEWS.
Items of Interest From Different Sections.
All Boiled Down For
Quick Reading.
DOCK
Mr. Gus Haddock lias an attack
of lever.
Master Louis Khem, is out again
after a protracted illness.
Mr. S. Ii. Poston, of Prospeqi,
attended the picnic Saturday.
Mr. Laurie Steele. ofTimmonsville.
is on a visit to his parents.
A number of people from here
worshipped at Indiantown Sun
Jay.
tt
iur. narper, ui 1 nu, a-h
da}r and Saturday with Mr. J. C.
Josey.
Mr. M. D. Mesmith, of Black
River came home Saturday with
a slight case of fever.
Mr. Sam Wilson, of Rhems, has
recovered from'an attack of typhoid
fever.
Crops ar<: growing right along.
It is said that Messrs W. E. Nesmith
and Johnson have the finest
cotton crop in this section.
We are glad that? there are no
mnv enlniMoi; ?p m 1 r PI ?1 IfOC t A
Ill Ui'llI Cj CUIVIUVO W1 UlultiM^vw ?v
report. As Bill Arp Fays, everything
is; calm and serene.
Miss Davis, an accomplished
and charming young woman of
Boston, Ga., has returned home
after an extended visit to relatives
and friends in the country.
We have enou-h rain for a while.
The ground is thoroughly wet.
The Jakes are on the rise, which
prevents good fishing.
' Children's Day" was celebrated
at Jackson's Chapel Saturday. A
large crowd was present. The people
were pleased by a temperance
address delivered by Rev. Mr.
Haddock. His discourse was inter
esting instructive. The recitation
"Tommy's prayer,'* by RuthCoker.
was decidedly the hit of the day.
She is only ten years old, and the
recitation comprised thirty-two
verses. Her gestures and delivery
was perfect. Everybody ate
a big dinner and the day passed
off very pleasantly.
It has been suggested to your
corespondent that every old sub
scribej to your paper secure one
new subscriber, doubling your
circulation list. The gentleman
making the suggestion said thjit
the Record had improved so much
he though that would be a mark
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of appreciation on ine pari or me
old subscribers, and that he believed
in encouraging the efforts
of the editor of our county paper.
1 think the suggestion a good one.
Let every old subscriber to the
Record secure one good new subscriber.
All can easily do this and
I know the editor will appreciate
it. lie is giving you a good news
paper cheap, and see that it goes
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in 10 every no me hi me tuumj.
Blue Steele.
(We certainly appreciate the words of
the nlmve paragraph, and would indeed
1h; ylad if every present subscriber would
act us a new om?Ed., County Record.]
Why take Johnson's
Chill & Fever Tonic?
Because it cares the
most stubborn case
of Fever in ONE DA Y.
The County^ Record, $1 a year.
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INDIANTOWN.
Crops are small in this section.*
Corn is small and a bad stand; in
the low bottom lands the' starid
is very poor. "Bill bugs" are
plentiful, from* two ttf six bfeingr
found on one stalk of cbrn: My
theory isthat they deposit their
eggs in the stalk Just below the1'
ground, and it remains* there'"un^ :M
til the following spring-when the'1 T
bug is hatched out. Anot6'erv
th^orv is, t hat if we pittt u?sthe"
corn stalk in the winter and' burn'' 3
taking care to destroy tfid'rtbbJ"bf!
the ?talk, we will not hatfh' ae7' ]
many "bill bugs''?'at least I** _*[
propose to Iry it. * '
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Nesmitlr'
lost their infant on the 7th io&t.
Your Dock qnill drifer"
error when he says "notobaCccf" i
is found below Lake City." Cot.
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Jas. McCuthen plants aboutn
twenty acres and Dr. J.
ningham four.
Capt. AV. H. Kennedy and^
Messrs. R. D. Gamble and It Ff ]
Haddock^ have pretty* srahds of-*
cotton.
We are having plenty' dt' riffd*
at this writing. BT '
BLAKE LEYS." t f ^
Please favor us with these frbiii* -
Blakeleys?Georgetown raftr&ftl.1' ji]
Crops in oar neighborhood are'
looking fine since ihe recent*
rains. ' * ' \"
I liave traveled over a good*
portion of the county, and Mir. ?.
It Rowel 1 has the finest fieidof^ a
corn I have seen any whetft;
Dr W. D. Rich had thtft&eet'J
patch of watermelons I haVe see?lF<V^
any where and we will help bita"
eat ihem by the Fourth.
Mr. W. S. Moore, who had* hieefty
teaching school a? Blakeleys for '?
the past four months, brought it* .
to a close last Ftidav, the lltb.
Miss Lillie Cunningham, the'
well known teacbe^ of Indian- ?
lown, is visiting her relitivet, Dr.and
Mrs. W. M. Rich. fMr.
T. A. Blakely,' the wall-'
known merchant of the Georgetown,
has made a great improvement
to his dwelling and nicely M
fenced in his yard. .
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The Rev. N. T. Noland cama^
from his home at Lanes^ to assist
Mrs. T. A. Blakley in laying off
a geometrical flower front.
We have been enjoying several $
fish fries at Sims1 Reach Bridge
right receutly.
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GOURDINS. .
The farmers of this section gen* :<j
erally have good crops and have
been blessed with delightful
showers of rain since last Saturday.
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A very delightful picnic was
given at the residence of Mr. Ws
D. AlcClnry last Tuesday. Bar- ' ,
becue, chickens, hams and other
things were in abuodance. The*
young folks of Newmarket were'
present and Lanes was also rep*
resented. Buggy rides and dancing
was the order of the day*. The'
evening dance began at 8:30 jind'
was kept up until 2 o'clock a. mtThe
masic was furnished by McClary
& McCrory.
Our neighborhood is all healthy
at present. There is no sickocas
around here that I know of. > '* '$1
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