The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 22, 1897, Image 1
VOL. XIII. KINGSTREE SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY22, 1897. ^ NO;
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AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL
Ky , REPORTER AND NOTED.
k . * Written in Condensed Form and Printed
jr?;> in Like Manner lor the Sake
of our Weary Readers.
Clean up around vour premises.
Are hot: pens conducive to the
? ' health of a town:
Mr. M. F. Heller made a trip to
P Charleston last week.
Mr. William Gourdin spent
El-s Sunday in Kinjrstree.
It is against the law to throw
wa'ernielon rinds on the streets.
Read the bridge notice of the
county supervisor in another column.
Miss Annie Thompson left Friday
for a month's visit to her old
home.
Mr. F. 0. Withers, of the Col
umbia State, was in town a while
? last week.
l'he Rev. W. S. Martin and
b family, of Charleston, are visiting
relatives in Kincstree.
fMiss Marie Dunlop of Williams
burg County is visiting Miss Wylrna
Wall.?Marion Star.
Mr. Joel K. Rrunson's family
has returned to Sumter for the
remainder of the summer.
A Sunday school will be organized
at the Presbyterian
church next Sunday morning.
Dir. McP. McL. Alford, of Bingham,
is spending some days in
town, the guest of Dr. D. C.
Scott.
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m i_ _ r t? _
fro!, fl. 1. COOK, 01 ruriiiiiu
'/ Z'f " University, Greenville, ?S. C.,spent
? ? several days here last week iu t lie
, V interest of his college.
Mrs. JT. Sullivan and children
? will leave this morning for
| Pelzer, where they expect to visit
fDr several days.
Miss Kate DuRant, of Sumter,
spent several days in town with
Miss,Anna K'well last week. She
is now visitintr the Misses Bell,
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1.. . out at Fowlers.
There was a race between Mr.
W. W. Graysos bay mare and Mr.
P. B. Thome's bay horse last
r'. Friday in which Mr. Grayson's
nag was victorious,
-t" A special meeting of the board
jn of county commissioners will be
held on August 2nd. See the adEJk
^
vertiseir.ent of the county supervisor
in another column.
Mr. J. H airy Lesesne. of Manning,
came in with the campaign
party last Thursday night and
spent Friday in Kingstree with
his brother, Mr. C. J. Lesesne.
Mr. Lesesne will represent Clar
endon in the fctate Senate next
vear.
& The county chain-gang, under
the efficient supervision of Mr.
I J. S. Howie, has been doing some
good work on tie Greeleyville
toad, just accross Black river.
When the job is completed that
part of the road will be in better
condition than it ever has been
before.
Mr. W. R. Funk, who was
'
awarded the contract of rebuilding
the river bridge has not yet
* begun the work though he tells
us he will have the work completed
by August 20th. He says
he is preparing the material, so
as to be able to place it in position
within a short time, lie
pyy - does not expect to have the place
impassable more than ten days or
M:-k -two weeks.
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Wholesale Slaughter of Dogs, j
A clog supposed lo have been!
{suffering from hydrophobia candied
no little excitement in town
I last Monday, lie went all over
j town fight ng every dog with
which he came in contact. Finally
a party of young men caught and
killed it at the residence of Thos.
j M. Gilland, Esq., late in the af
ternoon.
The rabid canine having bitten
several dogs belonging to our
citizens, Tuesday was a regular
slaughter-day" tor ihe animals.
Early Tuesday morning the town
marshall went around town kill
ing every dog that had been bitten
the day before. He drew the
line at none, where the owner
said kill him. Several very valuable
dogs were shot, while it
was a good riddance to kill others.
About 'fifteen in all were killed.
It is still doubtful in the minds of
some that the strange dog was
really mad and, as a result,
some of the dogs that were bitten
by it were not killed.
Base Ball Last Friday.
The Indiantown base ball club
played a frame with the Kind's tree
niMelast Friday which resulted in
an easily won victory for the
latter. For six innings the local
team kept the visitors from making
any runs at all. In the fourth
inning Gilland, of kingstree,
struck J. Ervin, of Indiantown,
on the jaw with a pitched ball
knocking him down and inflicting
a painful wound. This seemed
to rattle the pitcher and he became
uwild,'* allowing the Iudiantownclub
to make nine runs.
The game was cot very interest
ing, but there was a great amount'
of applause. The vi iting team
was made up as follows: McUuichen,
W., Bamhill, Hanna, J.,
Ervin, K., Daniel, McCntchen, J.,
Ervin, E., Ervin, J., Epps. Jn
the fifth Hanna, D., was substituted
for Ervin, J., who had been
hurt by a pitched ball. The following
score tells of the game b>
innings:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S 9
Indiantowo-0 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 2-12.
Kingstree -4 5 1 2 3 2 0 17 *-34.
A CARD.
Editor County Record:?
The time is approaching for the
election of municipal officers ot
the town of Kingstree. It is important
that the electors of the
town should select worthy and
competent men to administer the
affairs of the municipality. I
respectfully suggest Mr. Edwin
Harper for the office of intendant.
lie is a practical, energetic and
enterprising business man, acquainted
with conducting large
interests; a man of good judgment
and clear economical views
as to how the funds of the town
should be expended, and the
order and welfare of the people
subserved. When the ticket is
made up let Mr. Harper's name
be at the lTead of it.
July 20.1S97. Merit.
There will be an eclipse of the
sun next Thursday, July 20th, visible
all over the United States.
It will be in the form called annular;
that is to say, the sun will
appear as a ring of light around
the outside black body of the
moon. The eclipse begins at 8:31
and ends at 11:12 o'clock a. m.
Impure water is ino^t common
cause of typhoid fever.
1 OWN li|
THE SIX CONGRESSIONAL ASPIRANTS
IN KINGSTIJEE.
A Gcodly Crowd at the Court House
to Hear the Harangues of the
Candidates.
The Congressional campaign
meeting was held in the court
house here last Friday. About
200 persons were present and aH
of the speakers were given a
respectful herring. Every candidate
was given some applause
;it rlfwp of his address, and
one, Bigham, was frequently intern
pted by el iters.
Promptly at 11:30 o'clock
chairman Kennedy called the
meeting to order and introduced
as the first speaker
1!0N. JAMKS NORTON.
Mr. Norton said he wished to
discuss the i sues that effected the
pocket book of the people, and
they were the tariff and silver.but
first called attention to the fact
that four candidates accused himself
end Mr. Johnson of being
over-ambitious; as having good
oflices and aspiring for higher
ones, lie said John L. McLaurin
did not resign his office as Congressman
until he had a com mis
sion as Senator in his pocket, so
it was not necessary lor him to
resign as comptroller-general in
order to run lor Congress. If
defeated lie would accept the
result with good grace and would
work right on for the Democratic
party. He is not a lawyer, but
two-thirds of the Congressmen are
lawyers, and that is enough. He
then touched on the tariff slightly.
Said it should hear equally on all
sections. He favors a graduated
license so as to make taxes equal,
lie then attacked the Uniteil
States Supreme court on its income
tax decision. He said that manufactured
tobacco was taxed six
cents a pound, and he did not
favor it. It takes between four
and a half and five hundred mil
lions of dollars every year to run
this government, and that is two
much. He l'avors import duties,
and high ones.
FEri> D. BRYANT,
of Marion, was the next speaker.
He complimented Gen. Norton
on his manly speech. He said
we all agree on the silver question.
He cannot see where the
free coinage of silver will remedy
all our evils, but is willing to try
it. The north and east, he said,
are against the south and west.
The Republicans have a majority
in Congress and we can do nothing
until that is overcome. We
are mistaked when we advocate
protection, said he. That is a
Republican doctrine. He >loes
not favor absolute free 'rade. We
cannot get an equal tariff, so it 1
is useless to try. We should not
be in position to be charged with
being Protectionists, but should
be above suspicion. Too much
importance is attached to the
money (question. We must iigni
on some other issue. He had
never sought office before, lie
had served his country in war, but
his country had never honored
him. He does not oppose the
free coinage ot silver, but we
must study the question more.
Watch out lest the west gets the
best Oi tne south on the silver
question. We must be cautious
in trying new things. Let everybody
vote as his conscience die
tatcs.
d. w. m'lauri.v
was the next introduced. As he
was feeling badly he spoke only
a short while, lie attacked Mr.
Bryan': {'or beinjr on a nejrro ticket
in 18'JO. Mr. Bryant explained
that I is name was placed there
without his knowledge or con
sent.
McLanrin?That is his side.
Bry mt?That is the truth.
McLaurin?There is another
side. You are to jud?e by the
election returns. He then said
that Bryant and his iriends had
rrailed This was denied l v Brv
ant. McLaurin said that it would
not do to send a man to Congress
who woti'd run on a ticket with
negroes. Johnson says voted for
Haskell. lie, too, is dangerous.
Here an interesting colloquy occurred
between McLauriu and
Johnson. Johnson said McLaurin
was on slippery ice. McLaurin
said Johnson was a bulldozer. This
Johnson denied. They disputed
lor a while Johnson having the
crowd with him. McLaurin then
said he had been a lot of good in
State matters and would be a
good man in Congress. He had
helped estabhshClemson and Rock
Hill. Mr. McLaurin only spoke
IS mi'nntoc rnuArvintr fht? rest, of
his time to be used at the close of
the meeting.
j. e. f.li.krbe
was t he fourth speaker. He said
he meet his bosses in the people.
He had no understanding with
any man. Js running on his merits.
Is willing to discuss issues
squarly and leave out personalities
and let the people make up
theii verdict. Bryant had said
our representatives were bought
up by northern men.
Bryant?iNo; 1 did not say tnatEllerbe?McLaurin
and Tillman
can never be bought!
Bryant?I said some Southern
Senators. I meant they had been
charged with being bought.
Ellerbe?That's better, lie then
went into the money questionTariff
must be side tracked till
after silver attains free coinage.
We are naturally free traders but
we have been whipped several
times. We must give protection
on c^Jain things so as to eliminate
the tariff, and then we can
win on silver. Some people last
fall voted with the Republicans
because they would piotect their
industries. We must give them
1*1 ....mi a i.
protection UIIU lll^v will mill
us on the silver question. He
does not favor national* banks, but
wants the Government to lend the
f armers money at the same rate it
does to corporations. He at tacked
Johnson, saying he has been solicitor
for nine years and has three
more to serve. Norton has a good
job, and so has McLaurin. They
do not possess a monopoly ot the
brains of this District. If they
vant :o go to Congress let them
esign their offices. He closed by
urging all men to vote for the
most able man.
T S RTOII4M.
ex-State Senator from Florence,
then took the floor. He said he
concurred with all the others on
the silver and tariff questions, and
is running on his record. They
have all held office save one, and
yet they did not tell anything they
had done, so the presumption is
they have done nothing, said he.
lie then asked if Mr. Norton was
"in court''? That gentleman had
retired, so Mr. Pigham wanted him
sent for. While waiting for Norton,
the speaker said he would attend
to some o; the others, and
at once jumped oil Ellerbe. Ti::.-:
gentleman, he said, is running on
I'Cotitiuued ou 3th pu.Se,!
ill M ill
SEVERAL LETTERS ONTAINING
VALUABLE NEWS.
Items of Interest From Different Section,
All Boiled Down For
Quick Reading.
Scranton.
Master Ilarvey ByrJ is pros
traieu wiin lever.
Mr, L. L. lliusou is spending;
this week in Marion.
Mrs. C. M. Lee, of Dillon, is
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visiting relatives in this community.
Miss Linnie Lee is visiting
friends in Darlington.
Several ot our citizens attended
the campaign meeting in Lake
City Saturday.
Mr. II. L. Lee is at his post of
duty again after a week's ab
sence.
Mr. J. P. Nelson, of Kingstree;
was in town the latter part of last
week on business.
Mr. V/. II. Scott is teaching
cr>hrr?l npar Mr. \V\ P. McGill's.
Rev. E. Z. James has accepted
the public school a Prospect.
Mr. Tom Johnson, of Sardis,
j spent Sunday with his brother,
Capt. E. S. Johnson, of this place.
Mr. Johnson was accompained by
his daughter, MissSallie.
The Misses Bostick, of Florence,
county, visited Miss Lilly Graham
last week.
Rev. Mr. Clyde preached a very
impressive sermon in the Methodist
church Sunday morning. He
is carrying on a protracted meet
ing at St. Paul this week.
Prof. H. T. Cook, of Furman
L niversity, spent Sunday in Scrantop
Prof. Cook is traveling in
the interest of I he University. He
is an affable gentleman and an
able educator. We were pleased
to meet him.
Magistrate W. J. Sturgeon was
arunscd from his slumbers Sunday
night to tie the uGordian
knot," the contracting parting
being Mr. Alex Graham and Miss
Ida McCutchen. Mr. Sturgeon
readily accommodated the happy
couple and sent them on their way
rejoicing.
Hon. J. M. Johnson, of Marion,
addressed a small crowd here
Saturday night. He was called
on unexpectedly, but was nevertheless
"equal to the occasion"
and made a j ood hit. He confined
himself principally to national
issues and made a splendid
speech. He was given a close and
respectful hearing, and his auditors
seemed well pleased with
what he said. Mr. Johnson has
many warm friends here who are
anxious to see him go to Congress.
The Book <fe Toy Co., of Darlington,
makes a specialty of base
ball and other sporting good?.'
Orders left at the County Record
office will receive prompt attention.
The announcement of Winthrop
College appears in this issue. All
young ladies who anticipate attending
an excellent school will
do well to read it.
Mr. D. J*. Bradham has withdrawn
from the Congressional
; race, as will be seen by his card,
which is published in another column.
S. C. College Entrance Exam* 3
inations.
There will be held at each Coon-. >
ty seat in the State on August
12th, under the direction of fho
County Superintendents of Educe- |
tion, an entrance examination for
students male and female,' who \
may wish to enter the dou'th Car- <
olina College.
This is done for the convenience
of the students, to save time andf
?
expense, and above all (6 gjte op^;
portunity to any applicant!
may fail to pass any part cft (ber tf
examinations to retfietf A
j?:? 11? ? . i. . t eAJ.sLULl!le?*l
uuring uie muuiii ui ocptciuv^i)
and to try the examinationat the
college Sept. 28-29, when the osu- I
al entrance examinations arelield.
The applicants will be informed , 3
by Au6ust 26th how they- have ^
passed ami what they hfeed id
study further. /
At the same tithe and plabe*
competitive exarfrinatioife will be }
held for Normal Scholarships, twcf.
of which are awarded in ea&i conn-... $
ty in the State. These' carry withf|j
them the remission of fees 10 the "
amount of $50^
A Correction. w-IJ
Editor Coanty Record:? > k-sB
We are sorry that yporJDjOaSs
correspondent was so far awW?f|
wlien we returned from' Black
river, and also sorry tbat lie heatd?>:
a fa.'se report as to our base bait'
game. Hie'said oar boys'took**;-;
sick; but we were ap . freak
when we left home. 'Let the cor ;
respondent go with'us next tiaaef.?
and make a'fair report to' theia^
per. After we did nof ptajr ball - :
the Black River toys wanted to ^
mix up and play, and upon oar refusal
to do so they told casta*
leave their giounds, bat we did? ;
not do so^ 4 . .
Biici |
Editor County Record^-"
The Black River base ball" cioiT ^
has noticed an error in your Dock; *
correspondence last week, and we
wish to correct it. The BlackfJQ
Miogo boys were invited to play a* -.
game at a picnic and on the <
grounds jthey refusedtoplay,' tSy^
ing they would much rather fight -A
than play ball, bht we had mbc^J
respect tor the ladiee than' tok;
fight there. . L - ; '' jjflB
L. M. BoocnrrrE.
Johnson *s Chill and #W
ver Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure. It cores the mmi
stubborn case of Fever h^M
24 Hours:
j
Senator Clark, of Wyoming, i? t
making arrangements for a ,h*ft?j
ball match between' the Hods* $
and Senate, to take place when |
the tariff bill is' in conference. ?
The game will be played' 6tt the b
bail park at Washington abn the J<5
? ka rloirnliut tACAIIMi ti
prtHJcrtrud n in uv uv w?v\? > .
charitable purpose in the District
of Columbia.
Johnson's CbUtan4 /V J
ver 7qH/c is t ONErtMT Ij
Care, ft cures the MH
stubborn case affUtf lM
Hoars.
As a sign of the times it is i?^l
teresting to know that the j5ra-J|
ate has refused to place the Bible j
Si* * { '''
on the free list, but it is belie*?l
that the conferees will take tW
tariff off playing cards.
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