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' VOL: XIII KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1897. NO. 40. ^? ??? I MlfiGRlOffliitlS. AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL REPORTER AND NOTED. Written in Condensed Form and Printed in Like Manner for the Sake of our Weary Readers. Today is Thanksgiving day. Turkey every where today. feifc. * * The schools are closed todav. Just four weeks ti II Christmas cfr . Lots of folks out burning today Miss Nellie Bristow is visiting at her home in Florence. Hog-killing time, but not many being killed. No service was he'd in the Baptist church last Sunday. All the stores in town are closed today, Thanksgiving day. * Miss Mollie Wise is visiting her sister, Airs. Brown, in Charleston. sis-? A good many peojde from this countv are attending the Cheraw V O fair this week. Kr The weather has turned a great deal cooler in the past tw?| days. Air. P A AHsbrook has moved j i his family to his plantation, near Ind iantown. K&2 Mis a Bessie Kelley will teach in Miss Bristow's place at the Acad emy tomorrow. T'ue Younjr Men's Soc'al Club Will give a dance at the residence of Mr. Louitf Jacobs tonight. rat Rev. R W Barnwell of Florence BEKi * , ' will conduct services in the Epis copal Church next Sunday rnorn. in?r at 11:30 oclock. Kftl rw We are indebted to the Pope Manufacturing Co., of ilnrtiord Conn, lor one of their beautiful! desk-pad calendars for the yearj 1S98. (The Ep wort It I.cuprite save a "tacky party"a! the residence of Dr. S P II El well last Tuesday jtighl. A very enjoyable evening was spent bv those who attended. F . Nr. A D Epps, who has been clerking for Wallace & Johnson for a poo l man? years, left Monday night for Charleston, to enter the Charleston Medical college. R'r; _ ? T*?e Countv Record, the largest * and best paper ever published in in Williamsburg county, from now fill Jan. 1, 1S99. for $l,cash. Subscribe now and set the paper f free for five weeks. Among the Williamsborgers who were elected delegates to the Baptist State Convention by the ; Southeast Association last week were the following: Revs. A! McA Pitfman, W D Mooror, H Fj Oliver, S T i ussell. W P Holland. A E C Pittman, J M Weaver and f/ H C Haddock, and Messrs. B U Myers, Edwin Harper, B F Brockinton, Jr., J M Thomas, L J Bris low, J G McCollough, R P Rollins and E R Lesesne. These will leave for Rock Hill next Wedncs. dav to attend the convention. Mr. I I Joel E Brunson was elected a delegate to ihe Southern Baptist Convention % inch meets in Norfolk, Va., next May. Cotton is low. b>:t prices a] Reddick's Racket Store are lower. J?or the next sixty days Reddick will sell his large stuck of shoes and men's hats at COST and his cplendid stock of clothing at greatly reduced prices. Come and see that I atn doing what I say I will do. II D Reddick /i .: V\C-.ie " t. /\ Thanksgiving services will be' held in the Methodist church this! morning at 11 o'clock. i Wanted, at once, a copy ol j McCJilTs History of Williamsburg j ; District. Apply at this olliee. '1 he town council is having some good work d ne in boxing j some of the most important street ! a ....:.. \ UI <11II?. Members ofthe Royal Fraternal Union will please make payments for November to the treasurer j rior to Tuesday next. Mr. C J Epps, who is now a student at the Charleston Medical College, visited relatives here this week. Woodmen of the World are requested to make immediate pay ! ments to the e erk lor November dues At the request of *ome very j prominent Masons, we publish on another a long article on "December duties/' which will no doubt be read with a greal deal of interest by all meniber> of that fraternity, tt1- .i.? ? ?r !.. rui tllf JJIJI J.?usr If I JilCrMlV IIIcreasing our ever-growing sub senptiyn list, we will send the paper to anyone till January 1st, 1899, for one dollar. This offer is on y to new subscribers?that is, those who are not now taking the Record. Sub.-wribe at once;! get the Record every week from now till January 1, 1899, lor $1 cash. , I Ti% m eel mi or ' amp .rames MeOutchen, U S 0 V* to be held ; Monday night, Dec. 6th, in the court house should be, and no i doubt will be, largely attended. ! Several prominent speakers will be here; an invitation has been i sent to Coi. James Armstrong, of ! Charleston, to address the assemblage, and it is thought that he I will be here. Among the other i speakers will be Col. J E Donlop I and Dr. S P 11 El well. 1 A letter just received from Col i Armstrong says he will be here. i The Southeast Baptist Assocation j{ convened at Bethel church last ' Thursday morning. A full attendance was present, and > verv 1 . \ f interesting meeting was nau. Sermons were delivered by Kev II F Oliver, W P Holland, and ( Dr. T M Baity. . ( The attendance was so large on ' Sunday that, the Ohurcli would 1 not accoiwd te more than half the visitors, so Or Baily preached to a large congregation in the grove in J iront of the church .n all quite 1 a large contribution was raised. 1 Mr. Joel E Brunson was elected 1 Moderator o! the Association, and Mr. B F Broekimcn, Jr., of Rhems was elected treasurer The Associaton wiil meet with the Lanes ehuroll next year. Furniture! Furniture! and mattresses, at ElwelTs. . Camp Pressley Attention. , The following communication received by the adjutant of Camp James McCutchen, U. S. C. V., speaks for itself: Dear Sir: Your invitation to Camp 1 Pressley t ? be pret-ent at your < meeting in the o< urt house Mon- i day night, Dec. Gih, has been received, and is hereby accepted. Please announce the fact through ilie County Record and pub:i>n a , i cail to the members to meet with !' you on that occasion. }! D E Cordon, Commandant, i E P MosTGOMmv, Adjuta* t. Camj? Presslev will please take ( notice of the above and govern | itself according!v. v-* ? J-.-...-I"-* Ir YOU HAVE NOT RETURNED YOUR PROPERTY YET. j ComptroMer Eptcn Cites the Law as to Merchants' Returns?The Penalty for Non-Compliance. Cotnl roller-General Epton is a ft vr the merchants of the vSiate "with a sharp slick."' He funis so few of I hem complying with I he law that he has issued a circular letter to the auditors and sunervisors of the sev ral conn lies instructing them to enforce j the statute which provides the manner of assessing those merchants who engage in business after January 1st, each year, in his letter to auditor Hanna, MrEpton quoted section 229 of the revised statutes 1893, which defines merchants, which reads as follows: Section 229 (177): -'Any person who shall at any time in this 8:ate be engaged in the business of buy ing and selling personal propel !y or in selling personal properly j consigned to hi in from any place j out of the State, or property not the prudii -t of this State, consign ed to him from any place within State, shail be held to be a merchant.^ Then follows the mode of tax a lion and the duties of auditors, with instructions to enforce the law. It is said that original package dealers come under the head of merchants as described in thei' above quoted section. 1 Supervisor Chandler also receiv- ; eh! the following letter which speaks for itself: 1 Dear Sir: Your attention is di : reeled lose lion 209 (218) revised I statutes 1S93, which is as follow?; ulf any person, corporation or | firm shall commence any business in any county ot this State after!he first day ot January in any year, ( the capital or property employed j in winch shall not,have been prev . iousiy listed for taxa'iori tor said jounly, and shail not within 30 j lavs thereafter make such report6 . % 1 * to the auditor of said county, as , reauired in section 267. he or l hey ' * ' shall forfeit and pay I he sum of , MOO, which shall be collected by j 51 viI action in the name of tfie { county supervisor and shall be ( paid into the county treasury for he exclusive benefit of the county } ind process in such case may is ( sutf out of the court of common j ideas of the county in which bus j iness was commenced, directed to < llie proper ofiiceis and be served in any county of the State." { Your compliance with the pro visions of this section will oblige, j Respectfully, L. P; Epton, Comptroller-General. If any merchants in this county ( who have commenceu business j this year have not complied with j the above statute they had better lookout. ^ j ^ Thomas & Bradhatn will be s found al their eld stand in Kings i tree from Oct. 1st with a nice lot g id horses ready to fill the wants ol t their frien is and patrons. We g will also h? ready to collect lor s stock sold iast season. We ex peel to do some business here and will sell at a pi ice to insure satisfaction. '1 h.inkiny onr friends for ; i i past favors and assniini: themj, hat we can do heto-r ly.hem < han ever before, we soocit an early tail. THOMAS & lliiADUAM. i J* T.-, . . L?k ; . - . k From the Columbia Female College. Editor, County Record: The Columbia Female College opened thi year with the largest enrollment in l? r history. One hundred and thirty-two have placed their n ones on I lie register and we are expecting several others at the opening of the spring session. Out of the hun dred ;iiid th.rtv-two, nine!y-ei^lil are hoarding pnpi!<; ?he others, trirls front the city. We have girls from almost every comity in lite stale, ami two from N?rih Caroli na. Williamsburg has given us four girls, Misses Daisy, Marge-ret. and K uiiie Kennedy- and Miss Ossie Epps. Miss Daisy Kennedy will fake her diploma in music , litis coming June, the others are members of the cophomore class. ( During the past three years ihe ^ college standard has been yearly , raised, "ml it now claims to be one of the finest institution in the , South, and not only does it strive , to educate the mind, but the | heart also. Dr. Rice, the presi- } dent consider* him^ell' the pastor ^ ot each gill who enters hi* school, j and no t'aTher could be more ; kind or more considerate. We have, besides our weekly prayer ( meeting, a Young Women's Chris , lian Association and a Women's ^ Missionary Society. The'-Helping Home" has been , erected on the eastern campus. | lor the girls who desire to do their | ; own work, and board at cost. 11; ^ is now unuer the direction oi IVof.11 b! !??., it?IIW M ! i V? Hlhliuu.^c dllU 1113 "11^. j backhouse feels much interest in | i lie girls and is ever ready to fc sympathize with them and advise t them. . { Parents m;ed have no fear for I iheir daughters tit (lie "0. F. C.v As sopn asove is taken ?ill she is 1 removed to the infinnarv, and re*. t 'fives the best attention from { Dr. Taylor, the college physician, ^ md Miss Ella Moody the matron. I The Wight man an d Carlisle v Literary Societies are both doing :ood work. Each rivals the jiherin popularity and interest I'hev meet on Saturday evenings > I ind Friday afternoons respectfully ; fiaeh member contributes somebin? for the entertainment of the [ )thers. v The Criterion a monthly tnng * izine, is published by the stu * lentsoflhe college. We feel a * >ride in it, and try to make it as j nteresting and instructive as pos- 1 iible. L s Since the opening in September, wo new members have been ad- e letl to the Faculty. Dr. Will Rice, a graduate of South Caroli1a Medical'Col lege, who teaches idvahce physiology, and Miss \nnic Fair Dickson, of our class >f 1897, who teaches Latin and Mathematics in the primary de jartment. For thirtv years this grand old nstitution has been sendinc out n n vomen who are a credit to the t itate, and it is still striving to leach her daughters to lead pure 0 ind noble lives: to live not for S heinselves alone, but for those j tround them, and to fit them- r U :?dves for the "great hereafter." c "Eisso." f Columbia, Nov. 22nd. * will pav highest prices for good " ound, dry cotton seed delivered o tue at iiiuirstree. CEO. S. BARE, Agt. 1 The County Record $1 a year. r [WIIlS Hll. THE MURDERER OF MR. BLACKWELL PAYS THE PENALTY. He Made a Full Confession of His Crime,?History cf the Deed. Ed Purvis, ilie negro who killi'd Mr. M J Black well o! this county, near JJnnu, X C, last August, was hanged for his crime last Wednesday. The execution took place near the court house at Lillington and was public. Purvis confessed his crime, and attribu# *\/-l Kit? not mil f a linnnr ru 1119 av. in?ii n? uvjuvi. 'J he story of Purvis's crime in brief is as follows: On the morning of August 12, train 35r on the Atlantic Coast Line, south-bound stopped at Mingo water, tank near Dunn, N. 0., for water. The train crew had been bothered with tramps previous to arriving at that place. Upon arriving there Flag-nan Bhckwell ordered Purvis and two other tramps off the train. In the dark Purvis, who >iad been drinking pulled a pistol ind fired at Blackweil. The ball entered his abdomen and resulted u his death. Purvis made good lis escape and crossed a river by swimming an 1 went over to the Jape Fair a.id Yadkin Valley R B vhere lie sat do n on a tie and a >assing train knocked him olf. He valked ? Fayetteville, where he vascaptured, i-he Florence blood minds were carried ihe scene tnd lraile.1 Purvis 13 miles, so he 'aid upon trial. lie was trmd at ' ho September term of Corrt at ( Jllmgton, ami sentenced to be langed October lo. but owing to iickness Govenor Russell extend i ?d the time to November 17, I vhen he paid the penalty for the ( ife he took. t Mr. Blackwell lived onlva few , niles from Kingstgree, and was veil and favorably known aii over ' his county. He was a brother of t he two vouoir gentlemen who dayed baseball here last summer, ie was about 30 years of age and ( vas not married. , i Wanted, A Girl. * i We want li young lady or a oung gentleman in every neigh>orhood to send us the news every ! reek. - We have made strenuous I fforts to secure correspondents, )ut have so far found none who vill "stick." To anyone who will end us the items of news regu .ap.ly, we will furnish stamps, sta- 1 ionery, etc., and send them, free, i copy of the Record every week. ( 'lie paper will be sent only so ong as the letters are written, xo oxgkr. Let us hear from every 1 ection, so we can make the Record truly a record of all county | vents. < healthy wo J man is a rare m sight. Such a 5 j?& woman is al fm. ways beautiful _Tfrfc- Health brings clear complex* / J Va Iam atrau S ^ IUll| licni t,TVD f irSK W ?teady nerves \ i!r? elastic step and . \ \s ' graceful niovenents. A healthy women is a wo- ' nan with healthy mucous membranes. The mucous membranes ine the whole body, organ in the ody. Th'j slightest catarrh of one f these membranes produces lanawr, shallow skin, listless eye, and weakening discharges. Mrs. Alvina lanenkrat, Ribb Falls. Wis, in a ecent letter to Dr. Hartmun, says: I was troubled for ten years with hronic catarrh. I used Pe-ru-na or eight montes, and 1 must say hat I nm perfectly cured of the des ase. ltwjll de two years next c une since I was cured, and I have iot been troubled with my oldsymp ? oms." Dr. Hart man's latest book on n nronic catarrh will be sent free to ? ny address for a short while by 'he Pe-ru-na Drug M'fgCo., Colum us, (). Ask your druggist for a free Peu-na Alraac for 1899. . - . Vi eg \ TOUGH TURKEY ^ today would hardly be approciated. As Thanksgiving corner but once a year we all want a nice jucv, tender turkey. We also want olher things to go along' ; with ihp fnrkfv. so we can trulr have cause to give thanks. J One of the best ways to be 'in, at good, thankful mood on Thanka* * giving day is to have somethihg to-" be truly thankful for. This alt the people of Williamsburg and surrounding counties havein theestablishment of Lesesnedk Eppe Kingstree, S. C. We endevor to give onr patrons the very best goods at the smallest living profit, and our sales wart ant us in saying that we havestruck a popular chord amon? the people by so doing. ' jj| 1 Si M about her husband's neck and )egged him to use node bot , "Our Leader" Tobacco. It you want first class Groee ies at nominal figures, see ua. We lave no shoddy goods. Once a nistomer of ours, always our CU8? omer. * j 'he winter is almost trpon os am] ieavy winter underclothes ar? lecessary. Don't lorget our SHOES. La. (U/*.j1_oKaa. f?A?M QKii * no iv ;.'J lie? OIIUCJ 11 VIII w ff? *9 yw * Men's oil-grain and creofes harvg^M idvanced 15 per cent., but we are t dill selling them at the old prices M .35 per pair. Our lines of ladies1, gentlemen's } and childrena undervests are com- J plete. Prices to meet the stmgency f the times. You will need an overcoat for yourself cr your boy, aud our lino wiII please you.v Shoes, did you . say?, Wellies; m aur line of shoes is especially adapted to the pocketbookof those who sell 4?c cotton. - a'. We are making a specialty of the following: r . Shoes, Dry Goods and Groceries. If you will visit every store in ^ this town (or county), antt compare their goods with ours, and y * their prices with out prices, yo? ^ would quickly see how yot|?i i: might actually start asnug little J bank account with the money ^uu cau at uur prnjco. PLAIDS, OUTINGS. JEANS PANTS 1 CLOTH it lowest prices. U good an ax a9 there is in town nay be had from us for 60c. IflB Si E?.