The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 12, 1897, Image 1
VOL. XIII. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST ,12^ 189^- ^ ^ ^ ^ j
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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.
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It is very probable that the
jj| / Kingstroe base ball team will po
to Cheraw to play two games next
H week.
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?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.
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? 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.
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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;
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? 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.
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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
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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<
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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
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Oil I lie IIV1U. J\llipiiv-*.-3 uniin i
was Gilland and Jacobs, and was
a good one.
The came of base ball between
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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.
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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
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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 '
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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
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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. '
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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.
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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
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'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
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