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VOL. XIII. KING SIR EE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18,1897. NO. 39> |B iiiy EE AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL REPORTER AND NOTED. HBtar * Written in Condensed Form and Printed in Like Manner for the Sake of our Weary Readers. See I he Clerk's andSherifTs sales H 1 in (his issue. Our merchants will soon he re ceivin; Christmas goods. Capt. John A Kellev attended court in Georgetown this week. We have had frost several mornings duiing the past week. Job printing in the latest styles 'l'.iva at ( Uo Pitlintv Record ot fcce. IK ye ping of Thanksgiving i turkc 1 , heard all over the I and now-r day*. I Two foreigners with a bear "bad the crowd" on our streets last Saturday. Mr. Clarence Jacobs, of Chary leston, visited his parents hAe last Sunday and Mouday. The Chrysanthemum, the queen of the tail flowers, is in all its glory, and is blooming beautifulKessrs. W R Scott and M H Jacobs have become full fledged 8tcck dealers. See their animals next to Mr. Louis Jacobs' store. Messrs. Willie Holleman and George B ristow, Mrs. K T Sweet and Marker Emmet Graham visiti?* td in Greeley ville last Sunday. K*Master Marion Sauls, a son of Mr. J W Sauls, broke his arm at Thome's gin one day last week. |L Lr. \V V Brockintoil attended l.im. w S ! 1 . The State fair is now a thing of the past and all eyes are turned to the t'lieraw fair which is to pgl take place Nov. 2*2nd io2Gihin Bab*- elusive. Buell & Roberts, of Charleston, fife;. have a new advertisement on the eighth page of this issue which ?-ii i? . ? _.i?. a Ill win pay muse ?uu uu smippiujL in thai city to read. Messrs. Joel E Brunson. \V R Funk, Dr. VV L Wallace, Bev. and Mrs. W D Moorer and our editor have gone to Bethel, to attend the 8outh east Baptist Association. Among the visitors who attend ed the "Bop" given last week at the Kingstree Hotel were Miss Sallie Rush, one of Blavkville's charming young ladies, and Mrs. Dr. Aiken Rush, of Charleston. The traveling auditor of the At K??5V r~ lantic Coast Line was in Kings tree last Monday, conducting: the transfer to our new agent, Mr. E L Whitehead, who arrived last _>? Saturday night. The JtUv W. 1). Moorer preached in the Baptist church last Sunday morning to a large congregation. Mr Moorer is very popular wiih his *'flock" and they all are glad .-v that he has regained his health Mr. Frank Nelson, now ol r Charleston, lo.-d his little son, En gene, aged aoout 9 years, last Saturday. The little fellow was well known here. He died from scarlet ;V- fever. It seems strange that Governor JCllerbe has not issued a Thanks giving proclamation. Does he think the people of the State have nothing to be thankful for? And are we wholly dependent upon President Mckinley's proc1.?. mat ion? uSC OK V,"V. , .1MlA/fT t V/rr V 73 . IC 1 Mr. A P Taylor, of Chester, is in Kingstree. \ County and township commissioners should read the supervisors notice in this issue. Messrs. Lesesne & Epps, always up to date, have gone into a new departure in advertising. Their illustrations that will appear from week to week in these columns are very catchy?as are the prices of their goods. Mr. Flelcher Uogan and Miss Mamie Lesesne. of Greeleyvilie. were married at the home of the latter Sunday morning. Nov. 7lh; by Kev. Air. Nolan. Miss Lesesne it a daughter of Mr. Charles Lesesne and has been very i'l lor some time, and the physicians thought that she was near death's door. The young lady was to be married to Mr. Hogan pretty soon, and it was decided to unite the two young lives before one of them should cease, so the clergyman was sent for and the ceremony performed while the bride was ou what was thought to be her death bed. Since her marriage she has grown steadily better and is now fairlv recovering. It is the sincere wish of all tha friends of the young couple that Mrs. Hogan will soon be completely restored to her usual good health. For good mattresses, see Klwell An Enjoyable Occasion. A very enjoyable hop was given at the residence of Mr. Louis Jocobs last Monday. The dance was given in honor of Messrs. M H and Clarence Jacobs, who eel ebraled I he twenty-first anniversary of their birthday. Mr. Clarence Jacobs now lives in Charleston, but came tip to he present Monday night. The dances were kept up until about two o'clock. At twelve o'clock supper was served?and a delicious nieuu it was, too. The crowd present was large and all had a most pleasant evening. Among those present we noticed: Mesdames Gilland, Gamble Brockington; Misses May and Mag Flagler, Lizzie Fpps, Lola Shaw, Bessie Kelley, M i Id red Me Cube, Addie Montgomery. Mag Scott, Essie Benjamin and Etta and Mamie Jacobs; Messrs. John and Van Epps, Willie Nexsen, T J Brown, S M Wolfe,'i M Gilland Edwin Hirsch, T E Arrow mith, H G Askins, J Epps, W M Nexsen, Willie Holleman, G A Bristow,Eugene and Lucius Montgomery. W R and J T Scott. 0 W Si oil. Troy and Eugene Flagler, F G Goudin, J W Arms and H T M Clary. Dressmaking in the latest styles by an experienced and competent dressmaker, at Elwell's. 1 will pay highest prices lor good sound, dry cottonseed delivered to me at Kingstree. GEO. S. BARR, Agt. Go lo El well's lor good furni ture; cheap. Just received: 1200 bushels pure Texas rust proof oats, to be sold lowdow n at S. M. Askins, Lake City, S. C. The County Kecord $1 a year. " aim m b mi. I THAT'S THE CAPACITY OF BRUNSON'S LUMBER MILL. A Plant cf Great Capacity.?A ThreeAcre Lumber Yard. fc'ome weeks ago we mentioned the fact that Kingstree po>*essed | some manufacturing establish* ments worthy ol more than pass ing notice. Among tlie largest of our establishments is the Black (Jy press Lumber Mill, owned and operated by Mr. Joel E Brunson. one of the best known mill men of the State. Ilis lumber plant is situated on Black river, below the town of Kingstree, and right on the North Eastern railroad. A special side-track puts the rail road cars right at the door of his drv-kiln, and he loads the lumber direct from the yards. The In 111% bervards comprise something over three acres, and there is now more than three hundred and fifty thousand feet of lumber ther-.Sev era! tram roads are used in trans porting the lumber to various i _ . - r I? A jJHIlS Ol (lit; VHIU. The plant is fitted up with a 60-horse power engine built by the Erie City Jron Works; a number 3 double saw mill made bv the Lane Mfg. Co., of Montpelier. Vt., that will take a 36 inch board;'a Gang edger, taking a 30 inch board; a Gang lath saw wi'h a capacity of 20,000 laths per day jniul other modern appliances having a capacity of .30,000 feet of lumber, besides the laths, per day. Mr. Brnnson moved this mill here from Sumter about three years ago, as he found that he could get better limber here, and at a great deal less cost, hie ships a good deal of his lumber to his sash, door and blind factory in I Sumter, and there it is made up. rhe principal timhe's used in the I mill are black cypress, maple, ash oak. gum, hickory and pine. The dry kiln is 18x90 feet and takes 40.000 leet of I umbel. When everything is running on full time twenty rive men are employed. Mr. Brunson has 1,500 acres of timber land in what is known as JLawrs swamp, and from this tract he gets a good deal of his logs. The cypress is gotten further up the liver and is floated down in r.ifie Throo mon ahmil one hundred losrs and it usually lakes about four days lo make the trij* down the river with the raits. At the mill there are logs pens with a total capacity ol over live thousand logs. A log haul 125 feet in length brings the 'ogs from the water to the mill. After going through the main saw the edger and the "butler," the lum ber is carried to the yards on a tram car. There is alwavs great demand for the stulf, and it com mauds a good price. Mr. T E Hinson, Jr., who recently moved here from Sumter, assists Mr. Brunson in the management of the mill. There is a probility ol Mr. Brun '<on moving his door, sash and Hind factory here from Sumter next spring. He is now contemplating the move, and is looking for a site for the plant. This is as it should be, for he now has to , ship his lumber to Sumter to have it made up, while it could be done here just as well. Wo ear nestly hope that he will decide to move the plant here, for it would add another to our inanu fact tiring concerns and one that would bring dollars iulo our town, South Carolina College Life. Editor County Kecord: Our college opened this year with most flattering prospects. The enrollment ran up to 192 against 102 for last year despite lhe extremely low price of cotton and the corresponding business depression. Homes in every part of the Si ale are represented, and Williamsburg, as iimihI, has her ml! quota?five boys, two seniors, one junior, and two budding fresh n.en. Mr. L B Sailers and Mr. George McCutchen will receive their de plornas this year; Mr. W L 31cGutchen will get his if he stays one year besides tnis, and Messrs. L W Gilland and \V K Brock in ton will piobablv get theirs in 1901, if nothing happens in the meanlime to check tlHr upward pro gress. They have not yet been put to a real lest of their powers, t>ut this test will surely come just before the Christmas holidays. We have three examinations a year, one before the Christmas holidays, one in the latter part of March,and the other at the end of the session, in June. This is contrary,to tie usual custom of having two each session. We have of course, the daily recitations, the examination being intended to give a comprehensive grasp of the whole ground covered. I mention this because ot the promi iicut place examinations hold in the thoughts ot ail students, especially of freshmen, and more especially of freshmen who ^ave busted"' once or twice. The juniors and seniors U3uallv have fair sailing?:he wrecks come in the freshmen or sophomore year. The two literary societies of the college are the Eupliradsan and the Clariosophic, the members of which are rather clearly divided between the low-country and the up country, respectively. All 6f the low-country counties are Euphr.idian with the exception of Charleston, wlitch is Olariosophic. The line however, is not as clear Iv drawn now as il has been in the past. The societies are a mrst mportant factor in our. college life. Through them alone are we able to cultivate our speaking qualii ies? I he college offering no eourre in elocution, nor does it in any way directly aid us in this part of our development. Mr. George McCutehen was elected one the debators to rep resent the Euphradnn in a contest with the Clariosophic society which will take place about the middle of January. Mr. W E Brockinton has been elected one ol the marshals at this contest. The senior class recently elected Mr. L B Salters its historian and Mr. Geo. McCutehen jts orator for the class celebration next commencement. The football season ends with Thanksgiving day. Heretofore we-have been confined during the winter months to indoor sports. Our new President is, however, thoroughly progressive 011 this line, as well as on others, and he has the co operation of the most of the faculty. Hence we may reasonably expect to have a sys tern of field and track athletics instituted such as they have in most of the progressive colleges now-a-days. Stu: ext. Columbia, S C, Nov. 15th. Shoes as good as any, as cheap MjlfP MAY BE EXPECTED AT THE NEXT MEETING Of Camp James McCutchen, U. S. C. V. on December 6th. The meelin:: of Camp James Md-utchen, U. S. 0. V., lo b\ held on the nijiht of Monday, Dec. 6ih, will doubtless bo a jrrand affair. Several addresses will le made by men who did noble service f; r the Confederacy on the field of battle, and itis expecteu that many will be present. The Camp wants to enroll the name of every son and grandson of a Confederate veteran who served his country honorably, and we earnestly hope that they all will be present at the meeting. It is not intended to exclude any one, but everybody in the county is cordially invited to attend, and lend a hand in making the meeting a grand successCommandant Grayson will pub Iish either next weeK or rne ween followingtbe names of the veterans who will address Jbe Camp at its December meeting. The election of permanent officers will take place that night, and everyone who intends, joining should be present to have a voice in the selection of them. A special invitation has been extended Camp Presslev, IJ C V, to b?? present, and there will no doubt be a good many members of that camp there. The young men have entered into this matter with a firm determination to make it a success, and willi (lie co operation of those who are at all interested a success it will be. A New Game Law. The Columbia Register- says book agents niay be killed from October 1 to September 1: Spring poets from March 1 to Junel; scandal mongers April 1 to Feb ruary umbrella borrowers August 1 to November 1; and from February 1 to May 1, while every man who accepts a paper six months but when the bill is presented says, kkI never ordered il,v may be killed on sight without reserve or relief from tvalualion <t appraisement law?*, and bii'ied face downward without benefits of cler^v. A whole man * 9 anoth er t name for a heal Yy ^ ^ fhy man One VJg? / ol the prime A essentials of health is clean rfd&l\^ne8S* 'l'he Watifil/4rW> flrst s*el' 'n ff?this direction A; is a clean skin I pf**? * * This fact is wfell known. Not only should the outside of the body be perfectly clean, but the interior of the body as well. Clean teeth, clean mouths, clean throat clean nasal pasages, are all requisites of perfect health, The whole body, as well as every organ in the body, is lined with mucous membrane, which is even more liable than the skin to become very dirty. The most frequent of unclean mucous raembrance is catarrh. Catarrh creates unnatural secretions, even though the catarrh be very slight. In this condition good health is impossible. I)r. Hart-man has made a specialty of treating chronic catarrh for nearly 40 years. His great remedy (Pe re na) has become known throughout the United States and Canada It is certainly the best, and probaly the only remedy for chronic catarrh. Its cures are permanent. The Doctor is also the author of many books on chronic catarrh. His latest book on the subject will be sent free for a short time by The Pe ru n i Di ug M'fg Co, Columbus, O. Ask your druggist for a free Almanac for 18K8. ij It is a surprise to oar customeppra ^ to see what excellent values are offering in all our goods. Sy || The winter is almost opon 03 .1 heavy winter underclothes Our lines of ladies1, gent lemenrr?. .J M and childrens undervestfi are co8?:? ' plete. Prices to meet the stjngeniy^j ..'a You will need an overcoat for & M yourself cr your boy, aud our will please you. --- ' 'M Shoes, did you say? WelKfyealYpjS our line of shoes is especially ; iy adapted to the pocketbookof tb?e;;f ^ who sell 4?c cotton. 1 * < v^$?1 We are making a specialty Shoes, Dry Goods and Groceries^-j| "Thou Shalt ? Not Steal'*m But you may keep a good | ^ ueni ui vyur muiicji iiiiw wm?| ually goes to other people ;our own pocket by lookio^^H at the goods and prices wo .'-"J offer before .paying mord^fi ' money for the name tbiogs '$1 Don't forget our SHOES. La 1 I dies' shoes from 8oc to $#a pair. 'Jj Men's nU-irr&in and Creoles have: JlS$l advanced'15 per cent., but we are |S I still selling them at the old prices, | 11.35 per pair. ,J| Thanksgiving 1 ' H Means nuts, candy, pie,raisintf^H and a good time generally. All A j things good may pe bought from' *'v J our store. London layer raisins - ^ at 121 c c a pouud. , J 9 "A man be excused for using I E tobacco, but there will be no 5 mantle broad enough to coverWfi k, 9 the sin of using poor tob&eca-^M | jg Moral; I'm oar HLBADEV K M | tobacco, 23c n poaad. | Start a Bank ? Account. '?? If you will visit every store in | * this town (or county), and com- ^ pare their goods with ours, and "3 ? their prices with oui prices, yon. would quickly see how you ^ might actually start asnug little * bank account with the money, you can save at our prices. PLAIDS, M ^ OUTINGS, | JEANS | PANTS CLOTH at lowest prices. As good an ax as there is in town may be had from us for 60c. lai ||i.