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VOL. XIII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST ,12^ 189^- ^ ^ ^ ^ j minor m jnb. i AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL j REPORTER AND NOTED. Written in Condensed Form and Printed in Like Manner lor the Sake E of our Weary Readers. I It is very probable that the jj| / Kingstroe base ball team will po to Cheraw to play two games next H week. m. ?v The books of registration for the town election will be open next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday * No one will l>e allowed to vote || unless he holds a registration certificate. ? K' ? Examinations will be held here - tomorrow for the vacant scolarshiDs occurring in the Citadel I the South Carolina College and Winthrop. Nearly three days were consumed by the board of control in "taking stock" at the Kingstrec dispensary. The board is composed of Messrs. H. O. Britton, W. H. Campbell and W. D. Fitch. The teachers' institute that is to be held here lroin Aug. 23rd to 28th, inclusive, promises to be one ofthelarg?st attended county institutes that, has yet been held in the State. It is the earnest desire of those in charge that every wmte tcacner in me county win I attend. The attention of our readers is called to the advertisement of Wofford College, the celebrated Spartanburg educational institution. The high opinion entertained for this seat of learning is ?o general and well merited that cqranient as to its claims for patronage is scarcely necessary. ' We have received the announcement of the South Carolina Baptist, an eight-column, four page paper which is to make its first appearance on or about Sept. 1st. The paper will be published at Lake City, with Rev. A. McA. Pittmau as editor. As iis name implies, the paper will be devoted to religious matters, and will be strictly Baptist. We wish it every success. There is a movement on foot to (have the lady teachers entertained at private residences during the five days of the teachers institute. Already accommodations for abont thirty teachers have been arranged, and it is hoped that the citizens will entertain ail of them. The superintedent of education has requested us to state to those who can entertain one or more that they would confer a great favor if they would let him know of it at once, or leave names and number that can be entertained at this office for him. It is gratifying to learn that the crops of our county are in excel lent condition, and the outlook for a splendid harvest is bright- Tobacco curing and grading is pro gressing finely, and the quality of the leaf is reported by those who , know as strictly tine. Corn is doing well, and the cotton plant, though not particularly large, is - heavily fruited. If the season continues propitious, and judging from present conditions, when our farmers at the end of the rear cast GjH?Jc up the results of their work they Pjjtlj will find that the much-talked-of returning prosperity has begun to return. The County Kecord hopes ^ that every body may exclaim a ft few months hence, uIt is well!" Summer Goods at Cost. A large lot of yard-wide percals in a variety of styles, well worth loc per yard; we are closing at 7c. A large lot of Agra Dress Linens, 31 inches wide, sold everywhere at 10c per yard; we ask only 7c. 40 o-yard patterns of shirt-waist silks that are well worth 40c per yard; we are closing at 2ov. 1,000 yards of shirtwaist calicos that sold at oc per yd; ..... ....... a l ? V ill* ii\/n i/iv/r'iiij; <11 "i\ A UI tiuii* ful lino of imported organdies that sold for 85c per yard; we are now selling at 25c. We are also offering some splendid bargains in white goiKis, both plain and fancy. We have not the space to ennumerate them, but just write for samples and see for yourself. In our inilinery department we have some great bargains in ribbons, laces and silks, and a lady can buy a hat trimmed in any style; dressed at almost her own price. We wish to call the attention of the ladies to our closing sale of oxford ties. In some of the lines the sizes are broke, but what we have we will sell at cost. 5on cotton sheets at 20e each, or #2.25 per dozen. They will hold 250 lbs. of seed cotton. Yours Truly, W. E. JENKIX30N. Manning, S. C. Miss Carrie Solomons, of Sumter, is visiting the Misses Jacobs. Miss Agnes Tal'.evast, of Dock, has been visiting Miss Mabel Harper. % Mr. Jakio Phillips, of CharlesIon, is spending some days in town. Mrs G. T. Bui lard and Mrs. E. Donath have gone to Cheraw to paitavoI troiiKre ^pciiu ?c?ciui n no. Rev. J E. Dun lop requested us to state 1 hat there will be services in the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock as usual. The following is a list of ad vertised letters for July at the post office here: Augustus Brown, Edward Fulton, Miss Ada Hale, Miss Edna iiyman, Mrs. Ilanna McCutehen, Miss Julia Pendergrass, Miss Lair E. Pendergras, Miss Jinnie Staggers, Mrs V. F. Sco!t, Miss Maria Wallace. A meeting of OampPreslev,U.C. V., was held on SatnrdayAug. 7th, Commandant D. E. Gordon in the chair. The object of the meeting was staled by the presiding ofticer to be the election of a sponsor and delegates and alternates to represent the camp at the reunion to be held at Greenville on the 26th and 27th inst. The fallowing were unanimously elected? viz. Sponsor?Miss Mamie E Jacobs Delegates?D E Gordon, Louis Jacobs, J A Kelley, T M Gilland, E II Kellehan, J E Dun lop, Edwin Harper; Simon Poston. Alternates?T K Wilson, J P Mouzon, J as. McCutchen. S J t?i? i~? r n-.,? n \t 1 ilV 1U1, VJ U Ml unci in, ij jv ,u Byrtl, J M Thomas, J C Josey. The board of control last Saturday took charge of the dispensary. Mr. A. O. Mouzon, of Greeleyville, was elected to succeed dispenser H. R. Stutts, and that gentleman took charge of the business Tuesday. In going over the stock, pre paratory to turning over to Mr. Mouzon, the board found thirteen cases empty, with the wire seal cut, but which were beneath piles of full cases. Of these Mr. Stutts told us he has no knowledge. Mr. Mouzon, the new dispenser, has been dispenser at Greeleyville ever since the establishment of the dispensary at that place, and never once has there been anything wrong in his accounts. Mr. 8. M. Bfadshaw was elected to succeed Mr. Mouzon at Greeley ville< j bI i] ii. KINGSTREE'S CHAMPIONS WIN THREE MORE GAMES. | Black River and Indiantown Go Down Before Them and Lake City I Forfeits a Game. I The Kingstroc base ball club has i won three more victories during the past week. Last Thursday ihe team played the Black lliver nine with the usual result. Blackwell pitched a good game for the visitors, but was poorly supported * I? ^-1.1 V Ivnlt/im Oil I lie IIV1U. J\llipiiv-*.-3 uniin i was Gilland and Jacobs, and was a good one. The came of base ball between -. I the nines of Kings tree and Lake Uity scheduled to come off last Friday was not played, the captain of the Lake City team refusing to play unless certain men on the local team occupied certain positions. Of course the Kingstree club refused to be dictated to by the captain of the vis ting team, and after waiting for some time the home team took the field a ml the umpire called "play ball." No batter showed up and the ball was pitched over the home plate as required by the base ball rules, and the game was forfeited to Kings tree by a score of 9 ;o 0. On Tuesday the local club went out to Iiidiantown to play the ' rub'' with that team. Our boys were smarting under their defeat there two weeks ago, and went out determined to win?and they did. Both sides did some heavy batting, but the score will tell the tale. J. IJanna did some excellent work in left field for the In diantown side, and won much applause t>y jm.s clever caiciiiugf of "flies." Neither Gilland or Daniel pitched as good a game'as usual, - and the infield errors by both sides were nutneious. About' seventy-five admirers from Kingstree went along with the nine, and "rooted" in a great way. Out of a total of twelve games this season, Kingstree has lost only two, which is a good record. The Kingstree correspondent of the News and Courier, under date of Aug 7th, said : "Dispensary matters are still un settled here. The dispensary is closed up to day. .Mr Stutts, the former dispenser has turned over evrything to the board of control and Mr A O. Mouzon will tafe charge Monday morning as a new dispenser. There is a good open ing here fnr an "original package" store, and if some men of the right stamp would open hero and sell liquors at fair prices they would get the trade in this line. People here are disgusted with the name of dispensary and would like to see the whole thing leniov ed from our borders. MouzorJ the newly appointed dispenser, is no stranger in the business, as he as he has been keeping the Greelyville dispensary for several years, and has always kept evrything correctly. This seems to be the principal reason for his promotion. MrS M Bradshaw has been elected in his stead to run the dispensary ai GreeJyville. Mrs. Henry Burrows died at her home about ten miles from Kingstree early last Sunday morning and the funeral took place at the cemetery here the following day. Mrs. Burrows had been in bad health for some time and her death was not altogether unexpected. Before marriage she was Mrs. Maggie Duke. She leaves a husband and several children. i A Card. Editor County Record: Some bosom friend has attempt-j ed to draw me fr >m my shell, and [ has offered my name n? a eandi j date for warden. Perhaps in times past I have led this friend to the front, and he now wishes to do me a like favor. I (eel very grateful to him for his expression of my ability, but I cannot allow my name to be used. 1 would suggest, that even' man register according to law, and that a mass-meeting be call to nominate a ticket on a gooc, economic platform. Our taxes bear too heavily upon us, and yet we can easily reduce them. I am fully persuaded that the town be run upon certain ; revenues, without a levy upon any profession or business, and this, I I claim, ought to be done. i W. L. Wallace. i l The St. Stephens correspondent 1 to the News and Courier sent in 1 the following article to that paper * last week, which mav be of in .lerest to some of onr readers: ' Great excitement was caused here 1 last night by the attempt of a 1 negro. P. J. Dingle, claiming to be 1 an evangelist and hailing from Williamsburg County, attempted ' to abduct a fourteen-year-old 1 daughter of Frank Darby, another ' \ nPtrrn ,,v h* " It is claimed that Dingle has a ' wife at Greeleyville. He "ship 1 ped" the girl off to Bonneau's tie- ' pot. to avrlit his coming, but tire y ira'e lather, accompanied by sev- ' eral of her uncles, went in hot 1 pursuit, armed with shotguns etc. y They found the girl at a house in ' Bonueau's, and brought her back. [ Her paramour escaped, having J been informed in time. 1 LYNCH. J Dr. T. R. Kelle.v is reported 1 very sick at this writing, we are * in hopes he will recover soon. 1 ? The farmers are feeling very j anxious about the rain. August ^ is the month when they need it ^ abundantly. There are certain sections in which the crops are failing now. The continued heat dries up the moisture that is in ground. If rain does not come in a few days, both corn and cotton will be damaged considerably. Mr. J. C. Lynch is contempla j inghandling the "fleecy staple" this; season very extensively, ihe | hum of the gin will as usual be | heard until a late hour of the , night here Mr. Lynch is also , constnu ting a large ginning es- ( tabljshment at Cowards, and will ( give entire satisfaction. , Some of our old soldiers are I still waiting and wondering why ' it is they don't receive their f en uirvri mnimv frnMi ihp Stilt P. TIlPV OIUIl U1V/I4V r in/in %MV -vvw-w. . .. - J seem to think it a very strange J thing that so many delays are ] caused. I Your correspondent has been ' informed that a game of ball is on the card for one day next j week between the Lake City and ^ SandIJill teams. The teams are , pretty evenly matched, so a good exhibition of ball playing may 1 beexpected. The game will ! e J gin promptly at 4:30 o'clock. Prof. E. J. Smith spent a few days in the community of Ilyman last week, on business. -'Factotum." Educate To or Bowel* With Cmctreti. I Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. : 10c, 25c. If C.C.C. fail, druusisus refund money. ' mi! ic in ii TWO NEGROES MEETTHEIR DEATH NEAR HERE. Tom Trimble, of Staunton, Va., and Willie Gibb3, of Hartsville, S. C., the Men. Train No. 2d, south bound, kill od two negro mon on the track about throe miles above here last Wednesday night. The negroes were both strangers to these parts and no one knew them. It is said by some who saw the remains of one of them that he was teen here in company with mr?f linr t?til Intr rnlhttiT Wofl uncrloir morning. The engineer did not report iiny accident when he reached, ;\ingstree,aiid nothing was known liere of the tradgedy until ThursJay morning, when section maslej Sett came to town and made [lie lact known. We at once lispatched to the scene, but not much could be 'earned at that Early hour. The sight presented trasan awftil one. The first thing that met one's gaze as he reached he spot was the dead body of a egro man, with a great, ugly i.ole in the top of his head, the :odv lying in a cramped, bent roNoition In- t tw* r\f ho tror?lr | n/.-i? JY/1 i u? i lit ciuw \/i 111^ navn^ ice downward. Around the lead whs ;i great pool of blood, a liieh had flowed from the gash n ihe skull, which was tho only vcumd on the unfortunate'man F'assingdown ihe track one soon vould see pieces of I he flesh bones uid brains of the other man. Along the road for a mile or more vas parts of the body. Ihe jrains, intestines, and bits of lesh were scattered all around. Phe front teeth were found in one dace and the jaw-bone ip another. About two hundred yards from vhere the first man was lying was ound one leg of the-second man, t being horribly broken and iruised. Further on lay the >ther leg. in the same conditiou, itill further was the trunk and lead. All the face was cut and jruised, and the brain had all been >eaten out. It was truly a hor iblv sight, and really maae one ihudder to look upon it. The men were evidently asleep >n the track, one on the side of U md the other lying it the middle >1 it. A coat was found, folded tnd lying upon a cross-tie, as if or a pillow, and was no doubt the property of the man who was sc inrribly mangled, as the other lad on a coat whm found. From papers and letters found in the pockets of the^coat it was found I:,at the negro was Tom Trimble. )f Stanton, Va. Papers in the pockets ot the other man proved inn to be Willie Gibbs, of Hartsirille, S. C. The coroner held an inquest Piursday afternoon. Dr. W. V. Brockinton conducting the autopsy. The verdict of the jury was that the two men came to their loath by being struck by tra n No. 23on ihe North Eastern railroad, caused by their own carelessness. The railroad company bought coflins and the remains of Trimble were interred in a field near where the accident occurred, and those of Gibbs were sent to bis family at HartsviJle. JOHNSON'S CHILL AND FEVER TONIC Cures Fever In One Day. i'V ^ *"*' Is '1 here Anybody Aroundl! Kingstree Like This? I Some of (he little boys abont'J here who ought to stay at home (gjlB feed the chickens and carry SI stovewood, are trying to go spark|| inn. We do not believe in dclrejS pricing the hoys and gifls of eacfe->| other's society so long as they^ think and act sensibly, neither d<r|l we look with di&ahnroh?ffi/M* - r x ? love and matrimonial alliaBaj^f alter they have reached thepl^H per age and can realise how tb^9 responsibilities of life will rest'^jj upon 'heir shoulders, but Wlkl^H we see boys and gifts. totberiBjS, their minds about such affaij^B when lilt:v ought to be thinkiojjj|l about something else, we MflU': to wonder what the world is ing to.?Guy ton News. i|j Candidate Mcliaurin' The following was clipped froffl|9 a recent issue of the Cou^B? Li ri n 10 is 8? cstl (Congress hi the Sixth There is not a Reformer if?iM .p and found not wanting He hW || been true to the people in. *v*q|;'"d pies since 1S90. Be is, able energetic, and we hope 'we see no reason* to. change; -Uhjl|j|| ocj pyui i? i i\jiii yiCU 1148(3 JSEC liSU rJ 'if ij< $ who have in the while supremacy. This ought to be enough white Democrats and trne formers. Hurrah! Cor D. W. Jlc^fl L 'SwAUffm." '|| The special Legislative COrrimit-j tee appointed at the last session Of 4 the Legislature to investigate the'S matter of the loss of *044 of pension money by the failure of the la&JJ hanking firm of Snow & Co., ce?^ to Kings tree last Tuesday night % The Committee consists of Messrs. < l. m. Gasque and J. C. Mace, of Marion; T. F. Westmoreland, of Greenville; and T. B. OWene, of Clarendon. After the failure of ~ the banking concern' the cleric djra/T the court who is ex-officio agent of*:! pension board paid out about private funds to the pensioners ..rat 1 their county, and at the last sSSh*'^ sion of the Legislature he reqOeet^S that body to make an Sppfopria* tion to relieve him and also'to'lh^E the balance due the pensioners,/^ The committee assembled at Coleman House and heard a stater'l ment from W. W. Grayson, thSb ^ clerk of court, and he will *1so. ?? procure affidavits from certain pe*s2| ties and submit them to the com-*^ mittee, which will make its report^ at the next meeting of the General ^ Registration Notice. Voters desiring to qualify the?*> selves for voting at the approaching election forlntendant and Wardens of the town of Kingstree are here- 1 by notified that the Registration < Hooks will be opened for registro- J ing voters at the court housein ^ Kingstree on the lfith, 17th, and /J 18th days of August, 1897* from if : o'clock a. m. till 4 o'clock p. R. B. LYONS, J Sup. Registration. Why send off for yotif job print- i ing when you can get it dofie jus^ as cheap and get as good WorkiJ' right at hotne? Patronize borne \ industries and get the work on ' shorter notice. Give ua^ a trial. 'j The County Record, $1 a year* g