The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 16, 1897, Image 1
VOL. XIII KINGSTRL E. SOL I II CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1G 181)7. NO. 30. |
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AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL
Ci REPORTER AND NOTED.
Written in Condensed Form and Printed
in Like Manner for the Sake
of our Wear.' Readers.
2*. Bend your own paper; pay for
it. Dojft he a dead beat.
Briefs and arguments printed at
the County Record office.
Tl>?i tilalo ic K;in<r With '
Ip. uoriginal package" shops.
|j?; Uur joy would be full to overflowing
if cotton would jump up
|gjj to about 10 cents per pound.
The office of the County Record
is now in the Sweet building, op
posite M J Porter's store, on Main
6treet.
Some of our farmers say that
thecoiton crop will not yield as
well as was promised a few weeks
I Very little interest was taken
in the Congressional election in
K* Kingstree Tuesday. It was an
unusually quiet day.
The circus next Tuesday wi'l
doubtless brim: a larger crowd to
t town than has been here for
mauy a day.
Mr H G Askins and Mr Cordes,
of Lake City, rode over to Kingstree
last Sunday afternoon on
bicycles, returning Monday mornfc
:?Jng.
\ Dr. S P II El well received a
I telegram last Saturday announcing
the death of his grandchild
the infant of his daughter, Mrs,
Stokes, at R?s**ville.?
Cotton continues to come in in
big Jots, but very little of it is
brought up town. The buyers
stay at the depot, and most of the 1
bales are carried direct to them
there.
Especial traveling auditor of
the Atlantic Coast Line checked
up agent Graham's books Monday.
The Auditor said it was a
in ii>. apuii I>/,.iL-c tunl in
|pir<i>ui r ?w ^1/ *??v *y\?v7uo <?\ J-*\ ?*
such excellent shape.
A j>rotr?e<ed meeting will be
commenced at the Baptist church
next Suuday and will continue
through the entire week, Rev.
Ohas. A Jones, of Muliins, will
. be here and will assist the reular
pastor in the work.
Miss Maud Wilson, of Marion
" spent Friday night with her old
t school-mate, Miss Bessie Kelley,
and the two went over to Manning
Saturday to attend the marriage
r of Miss Marv-Anna Davis to Mr.
Archie Barron.
S| Mr. T Emile Arrowsmith came
near meeting with a serious accident
at the depot one night last
week, while jumping upon a
- moving train. Fortunately he
only lost his shoe, which alone
save J nis 1001 irom ut-iug tiusncu.
Rev. J W Kramer, who was
once pastor of the Baptist church
here, but who is now living in
Wilmington, N. C., will c ruluct
a meeting in the Mingo neighborhood
next week, and is expected
I to preach in the Baptist church
b here next Friday night.
EpV A special to the News and
Courier last week said that Edvar
Purvis, the negro who killed
flagman Blackwell, had been
convicted or murder in the first
degree. lie will pay the penalty
of his crime at the end of the
hangman's rope, and it will be
only his just deserts.
A Strange Purchaser
Must lie or she he who can road
this ail. without l>ein<; impressed
with the values we offer. A larjrel
line of 3G inch-wiile eashineres in
all shades, only 20c per yard. A
beautiful line 28 inch worsteds in ;
all shades, only 12'jC |x?r yard, a !
nice line of dress worsteds 2G inches |
wide only 10c, a lar<;e line of Her.-'
1 riettas in all shades, 42 inches wide
j at 2*?c per yard, heavy black stornV
j serge for ladies sKiris, incnes
I wide, all wool, only 4<>c per yard '
I a large line of ladies doth.54 inches
| wide only 50c jk r yard, in all shades<
j black briliiantine skirting, 25c 50c j
and 75c per yard, a beautiful line!
of bright plaids for making ladies
wasit only 25c per yard, same goods
Isold last year at 40c per yard, a |
large line of all wool dress flannels, j
?>6 inches wide, in tan, green, navy,;
light gray, dark gray, and black,!
only 25c, we have a large line of I
velvets, silks and ribbons suitable
to trim every piece of dress goods
we have. We will send samples on
application.
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1UUI9 MM llir VU9II.
W. E. JEN KIN SON.
Manning. S. C.
Willi tlnf preseut circulalian ol
[The Comity Kecord and that con
stant !v increasing don't you tiiink
an ad. wonid pay you handsomely?
The - ecord is closely read by itsj
[ subscribers and from every qnar
ter words of good will and encouragement
come to us which bring
to our sanctum great pleasure for
the present and much hope for the
future high success of this news
[paper. What success has been
[attained in the last six months by
j The County Record, ve are free
say has been accomplished with
out any outside bossism to direct
its course or shape its ends. Many
a little newspaper has pone down
| under the pernicious influence of
(.some conceited boss whose dis
| pleasure it feared to incur lest it
be cruelly crushed without the
benefit of clerpv.
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A Deserved Promotion.
Friends of the Rev. James 65.
Brockinton, formerly of this county.
and sou of the late W. R.
Hrockinton, win be pieaseu to
learn that he is now co pastor of
theClasson Avenue Presbyterian
church in New York, with the
Rev. Joseph Dunn Burrell, his
class-mate at the Union '^.eplogical
Seminary. The Clfeion Avenue
church is one of the largest
and most progressive of the denomination
in that city. The
church and chapel have d seating
capacity of nineteen hundred, and
there are twelve hundred Sunday
school scholars. Its contributions
last year were fifty three thousand
dollars. It also supports two
mission churches with pastors.
Mr. Brockinton went from
South Carolina to long Island. N.
Y. thence to Brooklyn, and from
i there received a call to the Clasi
ison Avenue church,
i Bethtehem Institute Proeram.
The following is I lie progiani to
I)# observed at the Bethlehem
Sunday school institute which
meets at the Cedar Grove Baptist
church Oct. 2nd:
Review of the last quarter's
Sunday school session, by II C
Haddock.
History connected with the
ensuing quarter's lessons, by Edwin
Harper.
Best methods of teaching the
lessons, by A McA Pittman.
Best method to interest the
older people and induce them to
take part in Sunday school work,
by S T Knssel.
AY I* Holland.
wsHiinn
HE WiLL REPRESENT THE SIXTH
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.
Wh'la The Returns are Incomplete, the
Polls Reported Indicate Mr.
Norton's Victory.
The second primary lor Congressman
came <>11* last Tuesday
>? ?wl ? raei()f
iiuu or1 a irruti v uui . i ii
oral James Norton was selected
as the Democratic nominee ios
Congressman 1'roin i tie Six: i i
District. Ilere is the vole by
counties.
Norton .Johnson
Clarendon, 540 845
Darlington, 582 74(J
Horry, 809 (151
Florence, 481 571
Marion, 1,200 070
Marlboro, 804 577
Williamsburg, 281 109
Total. 4,283 8.009 j
Of course, the Republicans are
very apt to liave out a candiuale
in the general election in October,
but Mr Norton vjjil be elected, as
a matter of fact.
Who will succeed Norton in the
Comptroller (icneraPs office?
Among those already mentioned
for the position are Sheriff l>rad ;
ham, of Manning; OhiefClerk Derham,
of the Comptroller's office;
Count v Auditor Koton. of Soar
tanbnrg; Auditor Wise,of Aiken:
former Auditor Hopkins, of Columbia;
ex Auditor W II Law
renee, of Dariington.
Cotton brought 6) to 6|cents on
this ma.ket yesterday. Wo will
give the quotation, corrected by
Mr. John Snow, every week.
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Picnic at Mingo.
A lingering thought, in the
min's of our young i>eople is that
of the moonlight picnic given at
Mr CD Cook's last Wednesday
outsit IICcllS (lie IV" <11111
Jar between in our neighborhood
and when one has been attended
its pleasant recollections are hard
to erase. It was a moonlight
picnic indeed,for the moon was
nearly full and there was no
clouds to mar the beauty of the
scene. The place was admirably
suitedVo the occasion and indeed,
everything was coducive to enjoy
nieut. During the first hour
after the crowd arrived, the vfiiin?
people coupled off and s'rolled
back and fourth across the lawn,
or seated themselves in I he shade
of some friendly oak or some tence
corner, and then hidden away
from the eyes ol the crowd, they
told?we don't know what. Thus
the time passed pleasantly until
supper was announced, and what
a repast it was! It reminded one
of a weddiog supper and it cer
taiuly would have done justice lo
1 1 Tl.n
Midi HIIU UCtilSIUll. X IIC CVlllmittec
on entertainment, spared
no pains in trying lo make the
ciowd enjoy themselves and eat
their share, too. The time alter
supper was spent as before, and
what t>oy would not have enjoyed
a half night in the company of
such pretty young ladies? The
old saying is that ''distance lends
enchantment to the view," but
we think the moonlight must
have lent it that night, for the
gir's looked sweeter than we ever
saw them. As a general thing
most of the pretty girls of a coun
tv are found in the towns, but we
..h.?llrt.> ??a nttit tAirn in t lio o I o
UllctllCIJ^G an ? III" 11 ill HIV uiuiv
to show a prettier set of girls
generally than Mingo h?.s. As
midnight the crowd withdrew to
; dream of the occasion we all wish
could be enjoyed again.
Pounds.
1 he Municipal Election.
j The election for intendant and;
'wardens lor (he town or Kings-:
free look place last Monday, an 1
even f him* passed oil* very quietly.;
Very iifile interest was taken in :
i flie election and only 40 votesi
! were cast. There were several i
!
| SC?l 11 t*ri Og .(> mil nc seen j
: hy the following result, T1 e vote I
! stood:
For intondeni: II II Kel'ahan, |
3U, Edwin Harper 7.
j For wardens: I) C Scott 43,
I W L Wallace 45, Louis Jacobs43,
' II II Motizon 28, James Harper
15, W II Funk 2. and one each for
James Tharpe, (i 1* Nelson, JA
Kelley. (i S Hair, J T Sullivan,
J T Nelson.
y4
So our town officials for the
next two years will be II II Kellahan,
intendant; W L Wallace,
I) C Scott, Louis Jacobs and II H
Mouzon, waadens
In sneaking of the election "G.
S. B." in the News and Courier of
; Tuesday said:
Everyone in the town is rejoicing
over the election, The ticket
is composed of sound business
men of ?he place, men of recognized
alii lily and sound financial
standing; men who are looked to
! to give new lite and business at"
Iiviiy to Kingstree, restoring confidence,
building up the waste
places, putting tlie town on a par j
withe its sister towns, making I
I
such improvements as its means j
warrant, and that will ultimately i
lead to tiie establishment of facto ;
ries and other branches of industry I
that would cause immigration toj
set in and the place to grow,
making it, as it deserves to be,
one of the most desirable places to
live in the State.
?r: . I
jvilipi.Te ikij> as j;wti 9UHUIIII1Iling
back country as any town in
the State; and it' we oniy had a
McCall, of Lennettsville; a Finlyson,
of Cheraw; a Coker, of
Uartsville; Steele of Georgetown ;
a Levi, or McLeod, or Rigby. of
Manning* in connection with our
own enterprising merchants, (f
whom we are justly proud, Kingstrie,
with her natural facilities,
would soon be niost favorably presented
to the pnspective investor.
$9 for Cottonseed.
1 will pay $9 per ton for good
sound, dry cotton seed delivered
to me at Kingstree.
GEO. S. BARK, Apt.
Gold Versus Life.
Men are at present risking their
lives lor gold. There is a stampede
of eager martyrs to the in
hospitable country of the Klon
dyke. Many will perish from
cold and hunger. Not one quarter
of the people who go there
will ever return. Not one-half of
those who do return will return
any richer than they went. They
will notonlv endanger their health
but their lives for thesakeof gold.
And yet everybody says that
health is more precious than gold.
The thing which restors health is
therefore, more precious than
gold. Pe-ru-na restors health, |
cures all forms of weakness, all
forms and s'ages of catarrh, builds
up brokendowr. constitutions.
ri* 1 I- .11 a i
Drinks new me oacK 10 an most:
who have become prematurely
old. The latest and best boot;
ever written on the subject of
female diseases, will be sent free,
to women only, for a short time.
Address ihe Fe-ru-na Drug
Manufacturing Co., Columbus,
Oh 01.
an IB! NOTES.
A COLUMN OF MATTER FROM
OUR SISTER TOWN.
Many Signs of Prosperity.?a Drunken
Convict?Persona!
Mention.
Kilito-. Coun! v Record:
Not having noticed any report
from our town ol health and beautiful
trees lately I thought I
would ask a small space in your
valuable Record for a report. We
are not content to stop at speaking
of the trees alone, which
beautifies our tcwn, but we speak
of some improvements that are
going on and more being talked
of. Mr. PS Wall's new store is
nearing completion which will
add very much to the appearance
of that potion ot town: it
will, when completed, be a hand
some buildiog and much credit
will be due the builder, Mr Z. W.
Woolen for the neatness of the
work. .Mr Solon Kvans has in operation
a new saw iniil, grist mi l
and gin which adds greatly to the
business interest and to the convenience
of the farmers. A high
school is now being agitaled here
Rev "Biilie'' Hicks is working it
up. he says he is meeting with
encouragement and by January
next we hope to have the building.
Now we would like to remind
all ot our neighboring friends that
we need i heir money and words of
encouragement i.i lehalf of this
school. A more heaiti.v place than
vScranNmran lot be leiind in the
. .....1 .? -I i .1? -1 ?!._
1 ?;*?! ! >1 IHMM HI I II? Cl?t>5 I llctl
we speak of is aoal<s<>!ntpnecessity.
Me.-s - aclnnaa Bros promise a
potion of llie lumber for thia
bui ding and we heard a prominent
gentleman say a few days ago
that he was satisfied that Mr Thos
Wilson, of Salem would come to
our rescue in the way of lumber.
Mr Solon Evans will also contrbute
some to 1 his cause, those who
will contribute will be helping the
poor and lending to the* Lord
Much to the surprise .of the people
generaly, Furman Harris, colored
who was convicted at last term of
court ana sentenced to two years
on the county chain gang, paid
Scranton a visit last Saturday night
and spent Sunday getting up a pe
tition to the Governor asking his
excelency to pardon him. It is said
that Harris was drunk Saturday
night and made threats upon certain
white men of our town. Now,
Mr Editor.who has the authority to
grant such prviledge to crimnals?
This matter will very likely be
looked into at the next term of
court. A largely signed petition
has been sent the Governor ask
ing that he would not pardon Harris.
Mrs Sarah Ludlani, of Georgia, died
here at the home of her brother
Mr Winslow Wright, Sept 4th. The
remains was taken to her old her
old home near Whiteville, N. 0.,
for interment. She came here to
A I - 1 A. I I A
vissi ner nromer aooui two wechs
previous lo her death. She was
sick when she came.
Mr. J F Stokes' little son Willie
died the night of Sept 8th Mr
Stokes and family had been away
from home and came home a distance
of about twelve miles that
day, a few hours after they reached
home the little tellow took sick
and died that night night.
Misses Minnie and Lnla Bvrd and
Mr (je -rge Lee left a few days ago
to attend the Hartsville school.
Mr Myers (iraham Jr has been
quite sick for a few days but L
improving. W.
Ingratitude ?
is unworthy of any man and ]
should be condemned, while grati* \ \
tude is a beautiful virtue and should ; j.
be cultivated by all. We would be yungrat(*ful
did we not express our j |g
appreciation of the generous patron* /Ijj ^
age we have received for the peat y( ^
two years, and put forth our every
effort to merit its continuance. -Ji
m in
for the business we have done:;?
we have tried, aiKl believe we havifr'is 'k
succeeded, in giving full value 'for 2 *
every dollar we have received. .
WE ARE 1
NOW fl
OPENING I
up a large assortment of geeda^S. J|
and are in a jwisitjou to olfer yoa^lt;J|
: greafer bargains than ever before. ^ J
U oi IM . M
were bought early, in the m^| Jg
mer, before the enactment of tta'gf. |2
new tariff law, and we propose 2 -'M
ing the benefit of otu* purchases .M
IF'Irst ;J
" we invite your attention (oomI | m
of the largest and most beauttfnl^;^
lines of shoes ever brought to
town. Our assortment.rjw
Ladies' Shoes 1
ranging in price from S6c
can't he beat iu tha State, aid cotri" "*:M
rics satisfaction to the heart of every" \ Jw
purchaser. Then it may jmrpdas^'-J
you to know that 'r'Jffli'-'a
lit b Mm I
for thb money t hat Is ^
tured in America is from a Soflll#! ;|S
Carolina milt. Wo have a
stock of this and can self'a paft&?|
ladies'" hose, seamless, wafimilifgg "Ja
fast color, and the same number of;-|l
stitches as the imported which Sd$?|| J|
ICn fum fnr 9Cr i ? 1
I Ob, IN Mm i
Also children's, and the hat ..
hose for gentleinen at the
price. We haven^t jot ? complete ^ ^
tofMMK i
but we hare many thhyjs to ndl- i J|
uie muies, uuu 1 ocn|fVi||H^H 1
homespuns and all domestics. 1
Gentlemen, don't buy yemr < f;
until you have seen out* stock.-?;^B
It was l>ought in New York last v-|
May for fall delivery, and we tie j
selling it t he cheapest you eTei*?aw. "
To escape for a long time the U|& 5 y
tariff duty on . . 1 \
tin a Mic I
generally, we bought a stock af ' |
axes large enough- for this town tW J jj
'carry, and when you need an as ']
come here and get one of the ii
for 60c. We have built our renntn> -^B
TOBACCOS I
by giving the best quality for r:
the least money. Our stock is large ^9
and well selected. We will (baags,^
fiir advertisement from time to J
time, giving you prices, but forthe JM
present, here is the place for
groceries at smallest cost, and we .Ij*?
extend you a'cordial invitatfoe to ~f*jL
come and investigate. 1
We are for the cash. J
Very sespectfolly, - Jflj
Lai Ha |