The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 21, 1897, Image 1
VOL. XIII KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1897 NO. 35. ^
' MINOR UUL MATTERS.
AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL
. REPORTER AND NOTED.
Written in Condensed Form and Printed
in Like Manner for the Sake
" of our Weary Readers.
There was preaching in the
Baptist church last Sunday afternoon,
instead of at night, as usual.
Mr. S Jacobs, agent for H Rosenthal
& Sons, has an und" in this
issue. He is selling "original
packages."
I,
The hardest people on eartli for
an editor to please are those who
borrow the paper from some of his
subscribers.
Mr. M F Heller returned last
week from the west, where he had
been to purchase stock for this
season's trade. See his "ad" in
another column.
The Edgefield Advertiser says:
Look out tor an early frost and a
. .hard winter this year; hickory nuts
and acorns are unusually abundant
this year.
Several of our young ladies enjoyed
a 'possum hunt with the
young men one night last week
, They were much delighted, and
want to go again.
Misses Benjamin & Jacobs call
attention to some new things in
the millinery line in their adver
tisement this week. Twill pay
the ladies to read it and consider.
Th* board of federal election
commissioners met in the court
fionse last Tuesday and tabulated
the vote in the recent Congress
ional eleef/on. Only 231 votes
were polled in the county, and all
were for Mr. Norton.
^ .Several of our subscribers in
EtJ..
different parts of I he county have
resjionded to our urgent calls for
subscription pavments during the
past few weeks, but we would
like to hear from alt.
The little nine-year-old son of
Mr. B B Chandler suffered the
misfortune of breaking Iris left
just above the ankle, caused by
falling from a barn. The little
fellow is doing very well now,
however.
I The Comptroller general requested
Auditor Hanna to represent
him in the annual settlement
with treasurer Rollins last Monday
but owing to the illness of sheriff
?l? ?1> 1 h.vj u_
JUillilCl (lie 6ciurn?ciii ikiu uc
postponed. As Mr. Rollins has
started on his official fax collecting
tour it is not known just what day
the settlement will be made.
t
Thomas Williams, an ebony
hued youth of the Johnsonville
neighborhood, is entirely too fond
. of cotton to suit his neighbors. In
fact, his desire to possess an enor
tnous amount ot the staple caused
him to break the eighth command-1
ment last Thursday, and, being
caught in the act, at the suggestion
of Magistrate L L Ard he will
faithfully serve his county by
working on the public roads and
board at the "Britton House" for
thirty consecutive days.
The following prisoners, nil col
ored, are in jail awaiting trial at
the November term of court of
general se?sions, which convenes
Monday Nov. 1st: Henry Davis,
charged with assault and battery
and attempt to kill; Mack Cole,
the same; James Stoney, cow
stealing; William Sinsrleton,
housebreaking; Geo. W Pinckney,
selling whiskey. Besides these
there are several parties out on
bond, a complete list of which we
could not obtain, but will publish
before the term convenes.
We Lead Others Must follow.
We are offering a beautiful line
of ladies cloth capes front $1.50 to
$5?a beautiful 'ine of ladies
plush capes imitation seal skin
from $4.50 to $7.50, it you fee
these goods we know you would
he pleased. The largest line of
ir^nf o I o/l uiC o U t 111 r a ?\ o c. n/1 nif Ontc
i;v i?u?vo, % iinui ^iio anu niimncotton
and wool undervests to be
found in this part of the country.
Our ladies Jersey ribed, satin
trimed with pearl but'ons at 25c
is (something that can't be beat for
the money we ask for it. Our
line of ladies dress flannels all
wool and 36 inches wide at 23c
per yard can't be beat for the
price. We have this line of goods
in all colors, we also carry a beautiful
line ot ladies broad cloth 54
inches wide, all wool at 50c per
yard that usually sell at 65 and
75 per yard. We also carry a
I 4. I! - / I . A1 I A .
complete line 01 mines ores* p'i?u>
all the time and will be triad to
send samples on application. All
of our fall and winter millinery
is now in and pattern hats are now
oil display.
Yours for the cash.
\V. E. J EN KIN SON.
( Manning. S.C.
HUMPHRIES?CHANDLER.
A Pretty Wedding Ceremony at BenSon.
Rev. R W Humphries, one of
Clinton's bright young divines,
and Miss Florence Chandler, one
of Williamsburg's charming young
maidens were united in holy mat
rimonv Thursdav. the 14th inst..
at the residence of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J B Chandler,
at Benson, S C, Rev. P II El
well, of Kingstree, officiating, after
which, at 5 o'clock, an elegant
supper was served.
Only the family and near relative'*,
including Prof, and Mrs. JS
DLesesne, Capt. and Mrs. Jno. E
Scott, Mr. and Mrs. H L Grayson,
Miss Mary Grayson and Mr. S M
Wolfe wereih attendance.
Rev. Mr. Humphries is originally
from Union, S C. In 1S91 he
went to the Presbyterian college
at Clinton where, at the age of
nineteen, he graduated among the
first in his class in the year 1895.
and though too young to be admitted
to District Conference, he was
authorized to administer the gos
pel, and sent to fill the unexpired
term of the late Rev. R A Few on
the Indiantown circuit. Mr.
Humphries is gaining the high
estimation of his churches and
deserves credit for one of his'
years. Ilis bride is one of the
most popular and charming of
Benson's fair maidens, and everyone
wishes the youthful couple
many years of happiness.
"W."
When Mr. W. J. Hill, the dispensary
inspector, was here about
two months ago he enjoyned the
dispenserv authorities from paying
into the town treasury any
more profits of the institution
until a final settlement had been
h-ad with Mr. K. K. titutts, the
late dispenser at this place, and,
as a result, the town has not received
any funds from that source
for some time. In a conversation
with Mr. Hill a few days ago he
statexi to us that about enough
money had aeeiued to pay the
amount over drawn, and he
thought that the town would
again get itsshare of the dispensary
profits after November 1st. A a
the town seems to be badly in
need of funds we hope that Mr.
Hill is correct and that the exchequer
of our municipal government
will soon bs replenished.
Do not miss the change of taking
your family to tl;e 6tate Fair.
V
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it cuff sii.
THE TOWN STILL SUFFERING IN
THE POSTOFFICE MATTER.
New Buildings Going up.?Plenty of
Cotton Buyers.?Personals
and Other Matters.
Editor Hill, of The Times, spent
Sunday in Jhirlington.
Mr. R V A skins, of the Sard is section
of Florence county, spent Sunday
visiting friends and relatives
?? K i u i\lo/>o
?i uuo I'uiW/i
Miss Virginia Prosser spent Saturday
in Florence.
Win. David Shan% late editor of
the Lake Ci:y Times, hut now on
the force of the Ilartsville Messenger,
came down Saturday night and
spent several days with his friends
here.
It J Severance, one of the A.C.
Line's most popular telegraph operators,
came home with fever Tuesday
night. We are glad to report
that he is again up and will soon
be ready for duty again.
Our young friend Charlie Joyner,
who for the past six weeks, has
been down with malarial fever, is,
we are glad to say, on the road to
rapid recovery- Charley has a
host ol friends who will he glad to
see him again at his post behind
the counters of Maj. S M Askins.
Dr. T B D innant has in his family,
as governess, Miss Sara Parkam
of Oxford, N. C. Miss Park am is
a beautiful and accomplished young
lady and has already a host of
friends in our little village.
The school at this place is in a
very flourishing condition. Prof,
Acker man now has enrolled seventy-three
pupils. Miss Ada Rush is
his assistant and she is certainly
well fitted far the position she so
ably maintains. She is giving universal
satisfaction.
One of the best sermons ever delivered
from the Methodist pulpit
at this place was preached on Sunday
the 10th inst by lie v. S J Bethea.
This is Rev. Beihca's fourth
year on this work and according to
Methodist custom he will be detailed
for another field next year
The loss of him as a citizen and
minister of the gospel will be much
felt by his mat y friends here and
all over the circuit.
11*-. v...? r....- l.
? U Jiwui truuu nriv
and yet cotton is bringing a distressingly
low price. Jt seems to
us that theyinight boom the market
and let the farmers realize a
little more on their cotton than they
are doing.
There are now four handsome
residences in process of erection
in our town. This speaks well for
the place. Somebody must be
making money. Ooe of the residences
under rapid headway is that
of our young and popular physician
Dr. J Glide Fulmore. What's the
racket uDoc ?"
Some persons in our town seem
to be very careless in the way of
distributing poison with which to
kill worthless dogs. One of the
dogs that got some of the poison
was the handsome and valuable
'Ley" belonging to S M Askins.
Loy was a very amiable and inof
J ~ AU, U U ?
If UHlve mm uiuugii in? gin iiiv
poison we feel sure it M as not intended
for him: Yet this shon's
what carelessness does. Who
knows hut what some little child
might have gotten it.
Our jmstm aster,who.by the way,is
as black as ebony, still continues to
hold forth in the little negro hut on
the outskirts of toM*n. That is
Lake City's postoffice. It is
jus' about one hundred and fifty
yards from the boundary line and
right in the edge of a swamp. This
is a shame and an imposition on
the citizens and ;iange should
t be made for be>iu. tee situation of
the postoffice, the present incumbent
is no more competentfor the
position than an unborn babe.
Directly in front of Sheriff Daniel's
residence ami right in the centre
of the town is a ditch in which
wafer has been standing for almost
the whole year. The depth of the
water in the ditch is from twelve
. . . /v'v
to eighteen inches, as green as |K>ison
and in a continual boiling state.
This speaks very badly for our
town authorities and It seems that
f i
they never intend to pay any attention
to it. Why is this? The
authority is vested in them to at- i
tend to this matter and they
should either have the ditch cleaned
out or tilled upland that immediately,
too. Let some action be
taken. '
I
Tribute of Respect.
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To the Officers and Members of i
Kingstree Lodge. Mo. 91, Knights
of Pythias: I
Brethren:?Your committee ,
appointed to draft suitable resolutions
upon the death of our
brother, S P Brockinton, respect '
fully report as follows:
lie was born in the upper part
of Williamsburg county, S. 0. J
where he lived till a few years i
ago when he moved to Kingstree' <
and engaged in mercantile busi
ness.
To his parents,liis brother, wife
and children he was dutiful and
faitblill. His genial disposition ,
won many friends, and when our
Lodge was organized his name
was among its charter members
He was elected one of the Past
Chancellors and attended regu
Iarlv the meetings of the Lodge
>o long as his health permitted.
Though a member for so short <
a lime it was easily seen that .the
true principles of the order
would be upheld by him in his J
future life,had it been the wiii 1
of God to spare him to us. but our I
Almighty and greater power, to
? 11 ri . 1 1 ,
wnicu an rrue ryunans uow in
reverence, decreed ot herwise. We <
honor his memory, and to his re i
lations we extend our heart-felt 1
condolence. 1
Resolved?That, these resolutions
be published in the County
Record and a copy be furnished
the family ot the deceased.
Respectfully submitted, ,
E C Epps,
G T Bulla rd,
W V Brockintox,
Committee.
Kingstree, S C, Oct. 11th, 1S97. 1
Thomas & Bradham will be
found at their old stand in Kingstree
from Oct. 1st with a.nfce lot
of horses, ready to fill the wants
of their friends and patrohs. We
will also be ready to collect accounts
for stock sold last season.
We expect to do some business
here and will sell at a price to
ir sure satisfaction. Thanking out;
?(
friends for past favors and assur- ,
jng them that we can do better by
t iem than ever before, we solicit
and early call.
Thomas & Bradham.
Atlention VeteransThere
will be a meeting of
camp Pressler at Kingstree, S C,
on the first Monday in November.
Members are earnestly requested
to be present, and to come pre
1 ^ - aL 1 J
pareu 10 pay ineir annual dues.
D E Gordon,
Com.
E P Montgomery, Adjt.
I have just returned .from the
West with a lot of fine horses.
Call and see them before purchasing.
Bargains in good work animals
and fine buggy horses.
Another carload of buggies just
received. Prices low.
M F flFLfcER
Do* you wish to see the progress
the farmers of our state are making
in diversified agriculture?Ifso,
visit the Slate Fair in November
j ..it Ss&felm&t&iUtStiS
II III II PHI U
A COLUMN OF LOCALS ABOUT
PEOPLE YOU KNOW
And People You Don't Know.?Some
are Our Own People and Some
Are Not^
Sheriff Daniel is quite sick at
his home in Lake City.
John A. Kelbv, Esq., went
lown to Charleston on professional
business last Monday night.
Supervisor Chandler will attend
the meeting of the Supervisors in
Columbia during the Slate fair.
The Charleston Post of last Fri
lav said: aMr. J <1 McCollough,
at' Kingstree, is at the Calhoun.''
Mr. W W Grayson was able to
jo to his office last week, and is
now attending to his official dulies.
The many friends of the Rev. W
D Moorer will regret to learn that
he is, quite sick in Charleston,
where he had gone upon a bridal
tour.
The family of Dr. R J McCabe
returned from Atlanta last Sunday
night, and is occupying the
house almost opposite Mr. Louis
I i/.nKu
Dispensary inspecter W J Hill,
r>f Spartanburg, was in town last
Monday ami made a final settlenient
with dispenser Mouzon in
the matter of the Greeleyville dis
pensarv, and also checked up his
hooks of the KTiiirst ree dispensary
The inspector says that he found
fi e books of both dispensaries in
excellent shape and that it was no
trouble at all lo settle with Mr.
Mo'uzon Mr. Hill went to Dar
lington from here.
DIED
At the residence of Mr". John
A. Scott, her son, in Kingstree, S.
U., on Tuesday, Oct. 10th, 1807,
Mrs. Eliza Scott.
Court will convene on Monday,
Nov. 1st, Judge Witherspoon
presiding.
1 will pay $9 per Ion for good
<ound, dry cotton seed delivered
lo me at Kingstree.
GEO. S. BARR, Agfc.
Chronic Malaria.
The symptoms are: cold sticky
sweats, -tired out feeling, chilly
feeling aiternatiug with hot flashes,
coated tongue, baa breath, dizy
head dull headache, loss of appetite,
heavy. unrefreshing sleep
ringing in the ears brown moving
specks before the eyes- Of coarse
no one has all these symptoms at
once, but they will come, one after
anohter, making the victim
hideously miserable
The remedy is Pe-ru-na. This
remedy quickly restores the appetite,
when new blood is made
strength returns, refreshing sleep
new courage and good nature
comes back, one by one. Life is
worth living again.
Send for free book on malaria,
writen by Dr.-Hartman. Address
The Fe-ru-na Drug Co., Colum
bus Ohio,
9
.
How to keep the boys on the
farm? Take him off of it occasionally
when such on opportunity as
the next annual Sta-te Fair presents
itself.
There are more people in this
country who .'might properly be
termed a congregation of bad habit's
than angles of light and mercy
J
For a number of .years thss ,
community has felt the need of a :
complete stock, where one coq1d ;|
be pleased in a pair of first-class*?
dress shoes. Lesesne & Epp* :M
have recognized this need and li
have just laid in a large line of j
fine, as Well as cheap, foot wear. '*
The new tarijF laty" Will fceot ; *
no ice" with the man wanting a ?|j
good axe, if he will but come tor;J y
Lesesne & Epps with only 60s i?|
and buy one of their "silver vic-tj? J
torv." They anticipated this ljrs^S
and bought a large supply. |
Until it is thoroughly in froduc- J ^
ed you get as a present a whi(#J 2
metal tea spoon with eVerV caketv| ;
of Borax Soap you buy fron* j |
Lesesne & Epps or a table spoom^ |
with every two cakes, only 5c*Ji' ^
"Sockless Jerry" coufd afford tcf|| ^
dress wun nis peers u ne Knew * g
the prices at Ltfsesne & Epps'%
was only 12?c a pair for the sama^fjj
sock that sells at 25c elsewhere, y II
More good cutting and $
whirling can be done wtth a poclr^g:E
et knife bought from lesesne
Epps than the same mondy
purchase elsewhere. * j|
?# ' Bmt
A chew W Lesesne & Epp?*?,fs
ulied Apple" or "W, S" tobaccofjj
produces that air of ease and dom|i
fort that the obstainer can
,dream about. .#j|
Your needs are supplied, mH.|
tastes gratified, satisfaction' gitren^;-!
and vou eo awav better- off wheilli m
you trade with Lesesne aad"j|l
85c, $1, |U<>>, $1.20-, 11.35, aoJfl
$1.50 are some of the prices
Lesesne <t Epps are offering good? ||
substantial, dressy ladfes' shoe*M||
A good hat is an impfoYfaffCpg|u||
of a mans dress. The latest sfjIeiM^
are sold by Lesesne and Kpp*mEt|
the lowest possibie^prices. y _ m
When you need shoes, cloriiing^S3
dry goods, groceries or anvthfairai|a
in t he line of general merchfcndiso^jj
call on Lesesne and Epps. m
The present price df cotton
offset in the price of goods *IiesK|^j|]
they are bought from LesesaeMfl
The most fasCi<fioinr body om|H
be pleased in shoes at Lesesne Afvyjll
Epps and at sach prices as to de--|^
lxo other place in Williamsboigra |
Co. to get your needs spppHed^J
and at less cost than at Lesesna^p
Five hundred pptmds .ilrtsCIJ
chewing tobacco just arrived ?ht]|I
Lesesne & Epps. "Our . leadcdkjSj
leads at 5c a plug.
$3.50, $4, or $5 will stand oflT^ |
the winter's chilling Masl i^in 1 ...
vested in a suit of cloths at)! J
I Lesesne & Epps. |
You get a sole and body that ^ J
will stay together when you bay *|| |
pair of shoes front Lesesne
A juniper water bucket wit^g|
two bras hoopss for 20o at Lesesn#^ |
Come fo Lesesne & Epps vn^j J
be better sliod for less, raeney(J than
you ever paiji shoeing. ?
That 16ozr. baT of soap Lesesne
& Epps are selh'n? at 5c is |
stunner to competition, |
Comfort can be had the coide*t)3 J
night, when Lesesne & Epps afgkJSJ
selling comforts at 50c, 75 and fl^ggl