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* XIV. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, J^NEARY-U 1808- / yQ-4
ia of in iihJ
AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL
REPORTER AND NOTED.
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Written in Condensed Form and Printed
in Like Manner for the Sake
of our Weary Readers.
A
The physicians ere vacnnating
scores of people now-n- ays.
Mr. 0 J Lesesne recently made
? 54 a trip to Darlington and BenneltsI
vil'e.
B Mr. Sam. W. Wolfe left last night
B for Tampa, Fla., where he will ri-side
K in future.
B Mis^Mnllie Wise has returned
^K home after a pleasant visit of two
months to Charleston.
H Rev. S P Fulton, will preach a'
^B Indiantown church next Sunday
B morning the 30th insf.
Mr. EL /Wnth has moved l?i>
^^^^Bfamilv to Er.Nptree, and is occuthe
^M^-mc recently vacaMr.
Suiters Montgomery.
^^^^^^^ vanrreiist J A Williams has
IK promised to
|^^^K^^Bing at Kingstree, beginning
^Bt the first February. Let
can from far and near
ana hear the convene a
H^fl^^H'lie Columbia papers speak in
complimentary tones of MrI
v(ie<ir<:c McCulcheo's argument in
mm (he recent society debate al the
South Carolina College. He repI
I resented tlie Euphradi*n society
H Miiitl w?s on the affirmative side of
the quern*, "A public officer is
justified in bestowing patronage
as a reward of political service."
Mr. A J Smith had quite an
experience with a tramp last
Saturday.' The fellow was very 1
insolent and rode and Mr. Smith
?*
told him to leave the vard. ihis
the tramp refused to do, and]
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made for .Mr. Smith with h knile.'
Mr. Smith's wins came to their
father s rescue,and gave the tramp
a pretty severe thrashihg with
sticks, finally forcing hitn to leave
the place.
Mr. Sam P Fulton, the Pre.-by
? teri.in mis ionarv from Japan
lectured to a large congregation in
, the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning and evening. In the
' afternoon he lectured at Union
church. In the ev'cnidA Mr. Fu1
ton gave a very inftfreqling lecture
on a missionary's first exp^ience
in Japan, ihe customs ami Irubiis
of the Japs. \
Garfield Walker ha? fallen under
the iron hand of justice. Om^ ^
day last week this son of linmr
pnrloined a sack of groceries from
the cart of a Lake City negro, and i
Magistrate .J B McCutehen advised
him to assist, the ehainirang for
about twenty days,. Hie iliastrtoua
mourner had enough consideration
for the owner of the
v property to leave the ox and cart
where he found them.
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f t^uiie a commotion was crcaietL.
\!i Kings tree last Saturday by the
r^K?rt that a genuine,well develo.
ped v^se of smallpox was in town.
The physicians were a4l at the
drug stoee of Dr. D C Scott ex
amining a yt'ung Mr Brown, from
near Central church, and the r W
M VHS gentleman had
^ smutipox The runfWr soon reached
the Kecord reporter, who a?
once made his way to Dfc Scott's
to find o :t the truth in theN jnat_
ter. Dr Scott said that the <Us_
ease was only chicken pox, anal
that all the physicians who. c\
| amiaed Mr. Bro?gi pronounced it
PIEiRfcEDSY CUPID'S D^RT. j
Two fcretty Mai rieges, One ot Sc:ar-;
ton .*?nd one at Frien-tfie'd.
On \Yt tine-day, the 19th of
Jauaary, a pnodly" number of
friends and relatives tnet at ihe
home ot the bride's father to witness
the marriage scene of 5It?
Hester Brown, of Florence <*oun-l
fv, 11? our \Vi]!i?ni>1>iirg: friend,
M i I 'res*oij Brr w n.
The many Jiitnds assembled
were held in expectation 1 ill ihe
hour hand of the clock had pointed
lo eight, when the bridal party
luanftd in solemn, double-file!
possesion as follows:
Mr. Arthur Brow n and Corinne
Brown, Mr. NVado Baddy and Miss
Ella Hinson, Mr. Louis Lee and
Miss Ella Graham. Mr. Sammie
Graham and Miss Lin hie Lee, Mr.
Jesse Carter and Miss Fiorina Tart
Mr. Eddie Brown and Miss Janie
Brown encircling the preacher
and Hymen's chosen couple.There
t he bride ami groom stood under
an evergreen arch, from which
was suspended a good luck signal
? a horse shot*?and listened most
attentively to ihe original and
beaulilul ceremony of Rev. Mr.
Oliver; then with a mutual promise
they became man and wife.
The congratulations of the
many friends being fairly over,
supper was announced. Repairing
to the dining room, which was
literally filled with floral docorR
ions* grodies and bright-faced
waiters, we all partook of the
wedding feast, and felt like saying
as the apostle, %lIt is good lor us to
be here." Hymen, the God of
ma riage was unselfish in his gift
lor on the following evening,
I hursCa;. the iiUth, auother queen
of a Williamsburg home whs
crowned by I he wedding ceremony
ot Rev. T A Evans which ui.it-d
Mr. B B MeWhite, Jr., to Miss
Anna, the youngest daughter of
Mr. William Myers.
Thus it is, those natures hall
like dew-drope on a petal sway to
the same sweet air of love "slip at
once all fragrant into one."
"Jack" "
A New Firm.
Messrs. () E Griffin and E i.
Smith have formed a partnership
and will conduct the livery business
formerly owned by Mr. Griffin
and the mercantile establish
nient formerly owned by Mr.
Smith jointly under iht firm name
of C riffin & Smith.
Mr. Griffin recently moved here
from Clinton, and is recognized as
t thorough business man. Mr.
? ?- - .f :
J^NllTU is a Ita.ive o: ? i ;
boi^g a son ol 5!r. A J Smith, and
h> bears a very enviable reputation
asvH boviness man. The new
firm has our best wishes.
^ttant.on. Cotton Growers.
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A special meting of the Cotton
Growers' Associatiou of Williamsburg
county will he held rn the court
"house at Kingstree on Thursday,
Feb. 3, 1898. As matters of importance
will come before the Asso.
ciation, a full-attendance is urged.
J J M Graham, J r.,
President.
J Davis Carter
Secretary.
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I am now prepared to furnish
cottonseedn>eval in any quantity,
by the ton or carload. Parlies
will do well to make their con
tracts early,
GEO. 8 Bar*,
Agent for mills.
The Cuunty Record $1 a year,
H81111 BIT]
WEEKLY REFORT OF THE DOINGS
OF THAT Pb OSPu. OUS TOWN.
Our Correspondent Sends His Usual
Interesting Letter to The
County Record, ,
MIsp Mario Siop,of Red Hill, Va.,
is pom nfsLtant teacher in the Lake
City High School. She is a graduate
of Stanton, Va., and comes hirh 1
ly recommended in music and the
other branches. (
Miss Ida Rodgers, who has been I
visiting at Nlanning and Pine wood i
for several weeks, returned t<? Lake (
City Friday night. Her many
friends are glad to see her on our
streets once more.
Megsrs. George ITaselden and
Durant Simmons made a flying {.'
visit on wheels to their homes near
Johnsonville, last Sunday.
Dr. A H Williams, who is now
attending the session of the I egislature,
came home Saturday morning
to spend a few days.
Mr. P M Moody returned irosn
Darlington Thursday, where he had
been doing job-work for Mr. BO
Bristow for abont ten days.
A carload of'fine mules for Willimns
& Green arri\ed herefrom
Atlanta Friday night.
Hon. J H B'aekwell left for Columbia
Friday nignt, where he will
spend sometime attending to the
duties of his office.
On Wednesday evening, Jan. 19
Mr. Henry Odom, of Darlington, S
C, and Miss Sue S'uckey, of this
town were happily tnarrieil, Rev. A
McA Pittman officiating. g
Some scare in reference to the |
smallpox was shown here the first |
part of the week. Quite a nujnher y
has been vaccinated, and as a result
of this there are some sore *
arms among those who have thus f
taken the precaution. c
The wheelmen here have become s
somewhat alarmed by the report 1
that the municipal authorities here c
intend at their ij^xt meeting taking t
steps to prevent them from riding (
on the side walks. The sentiment
of those who ride bicycles is decid- 8
edly opposed to such action on the J
part of the Intendent and Wardens !
The wheelmen constitute about \
ninety percent of the men, and*; j
they think that t!?ey have a right!
to be considered is the matter.
They don't object to. some restrictions
being placed upon them: but ?,
they do think it would be unjust
for them to be debarred the use of
the side walks. No- serious accident
has ever happened since the 1
use of wheels Was introduced here,
and such radical changes do not
seem at all necessary. Now then
this, the wheelmen help to pay
the taxes which ane appropriated
to the improvements etc., of the
town, and they think they should
reap some benefit ^oni the town
in being accorded the privilege of
using the side walks under proper
restrictions.
IVstoffioe matters tire still in a
muddle. The inspector spent several
days here looking after the
office; but uo definite action, as yet
has been taken. For altoufc a week
no mail was put off here, and the
inconvenience to the business men
caused l?y the suspension was con-,
Uolr>.> D XI io
MUn *iimv jl i iu.j ia nun ^
keeping the office in raie school
house by the colored cliurch. He
sends dut mail once a (Say. The
office is now closed at 6l>. m., and
the mail which comes inl at night I
is not distributed until the next i
morning. Besides, he hardly ever ^
has any stamps on hand, tHose who ,
need stamps must needs kro else- "
whereto get them. As a nesultof
such earlessness, the peoplet many
of them at Fast, send and get their
mail from the Scran ton po.4(toffice.
It is reported that after February t
the 1st postoffice here will bd kept j
by a white inan, that Baker will j
still retain the position as poj-fmas- }
ter, but will have nothing tto do :
with the keeping of the otfic*, except
to visit it quarterly to >nake/
out reports. Such a changui^vei
think would be acceptable lul
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TH E TRESTLE WAS ON FIRE.
Damage to the Railroad Bridge Over
Black River.
' What might have been a terrible
catastrophe was averted by
the violence of the engineer on
ihe northbound vestibule tra il
last Monday night. The woodwork
ot the trestle w:js on fire
when the vestibule reached it,and
a considerable portion of the
bridge had been burned. .The
pncineer seeinir the fire. stODDed
his train und an examination of
ihe trestle was made The crew
r>f the train put out the fire, and
ihe train crossed the riv<?r very
lowly. When the depot was
reached the train slapped and the
iirent, Jlr. L C Dove, was sent
for and informed of the tire. The
ihe trestle force was sent for and
ihewcikof repairing Ihe bridge
tvas soon under way. The mater
was, of course, reported to
headquarters. The northbound
vestibule's schedule time to pass
lere is 12:40 a. m. and it was on
line. Ihe southbound vestibule
passes here about 5 o'clock a. m.
and it was delayed very little bvi
he fire, as the trestle free ha<I
he bridge about repaired when
hat train arrived J
The lire is supposed by the'
ailroad officials to have be/en
aused by a passing train, though
hnre has been some talk off an
ncendiary origin. The scAith)onnd
mail train that passes /here
it o'clock p. m. was the/ last
rain to cross the river pyior to
he discovery of the fire, aij/d that
vas about four hours before the
-estibule reached the trestle. The
ire may have been caused by
mals of fire falling frjnn the
ou'hbound mail, or it may have
lAPii I ho ivnrt nf srtmo itiicr>rp:>n t
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>i) mischief bent. Several of!he
i tubers were so badly Mimed that
hey had to he removes and quite
t number of the ties were burned.
The prompt work ofI the trestle
orce prevented any dfelay in the
r.iffie, only one tra^ln oeiog deav
ed.' j
DEATH OF MR. DAVID ELLIOTT.
He Passed Peacefully Away Last
Saturday.
Mr. David Ell/ott died at the
esidence of his) brother-in-law,
dr. Edwin Harpjer, early last Sat
irday morning/ He had been
lick for severnl months and the
;od was not unexpected.
Mr. Elliott was born in Horry
loucty about seventy years ago.
3e was a very quiet, reserved
gentleman. find every one who
mew him honored and loved him.
de was married many years ago
o a Miss-Davidson, of Georgeown
county, a sister of Mrs.
idwin Hamper. She died about
wenty y/ears ago. Mr. Elliott
lad three children, daughters.two
>' whom/are still living. The ineimenbtook
place at the Presby
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erian ctenietery Sunday morning.
Married
By Mr. II M Burrows, notary
>ubli<6, at the home of the bride's
inel4, near Fowler, on Jan, 19,
IS9?, Mr. George McCalisfer to
llis^ Ida M Burrows, all of Wiliaaisburg
county.
I The Bethlehem Union.
f?he Bethlehem Baptist JJnion will
nect with Hebron Baptist church 011
iriday 2^th Jau, 1898. Churches are
eq nested to send a full delegation.
It. D. Rollins, Clerk.
,\11 school trustees of tbe county
^re requested to meet iu tiie county
mperintendent of education's office
Saturday.
La
Hfiimfti
CONSTArI-E ccx S^ArWHE
man h| wen
Over the
fy>?Tfv'e B
rna/ion
Tuesday oft' a murdM I
l-vnoheg
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ence county,near Vox^^^^HH
before. flt was very
obtain/Cautheutic inlornKVt^BaTO
it w^s at first reported that pJr.'J
D (Sox had been killed, but U was
leaned Wednesday that it'was
Mr. Dick Cox. Nothing definite
could/ be found out. We heard
first jrhat the ki ling occurred in
this county, but later it was said
thay the shooting look place over
the/river, so we at ouce telegraph
|ed/the sheriff ol Florence county
for particulars. Before receiving
a/reply from Florence we saw a
gentleman from the section where
jrhe killing occurred, and were told
/that it was Mr. Dick Cox, and not
/Mr. J D Cox,as was at first reporU
ed.
It seems that Mr. Cox and sev
era! other gentle?ne/i went to the
home or a negro who whs charged
with burglarizing a store, for the
purpose of arresting him. The
night was dark, and when the par
Iv reached the house a match was
struck. Just as the light blazed
dp the negro ran out and shot
Mr. Cox, the ball lakiog effect in
the face, ranging upward, and
entered the brain. Death was
instantaneous. The.negro fled and
has not yet been caught.
/> 1~ :iu uAMAA
vjreeieyviiic hcho.
Since we last wrote a new year
has (in:c in and quite a number of
changes have been made. \
Mr. E C Spann, who is clerking
for* the Mallard Lumber Co., has
motal his iatnily to the Nettles
place near town and Mr. Bagnell
whd lived there last year has moved
to ^jlcolu.
SdveVal of our people have gone to
Columbia to get work in the factories
and on the street railways.
Som f stay aud seem ro think there is
a fair opening for them, while others
returf. in disgust to begin another
year of farm life. I suppose the
difference in their ideas of prosperity
must accouut for the different views.
Mis s Eliza Love, of North Carolina
who h as been on a visit to the family
of her nnclf, Mr. E G Mallard,
return ed fo her- home last Saturday
mornii lg.
w _ tt.
-Messrs. xiuguu arc uo?> upciaung
the m ichinerj formerly owned by
Nixon & Browder. They run a
grist mill and will operate agin
j during the cotton season,
Rev. Mr White tilled his regular
appoint ment at New Market Merhodist
church last Sunday afternoon.
His ser mon was on the subject of
"The m stives of a highei life." It
was full of practical thoughts, with
Christ f ?r its model.
Servic are announced for -Richmond
Presbyterian church. next
Sunday i loming at II o'clf *, a. w/
We hear that the services of a re?-,
ular pastor have been securred dor
this chur ch aud circuit. /
The pcstoffice was robbed^at this
place on "vuesday^ night of last week.
The indications point to a/ thief of
no common attainments. /It is what
the policti wopld call j a neat job.
Luckily ; 'or jvostmaster Campbell
there wer i but few /stamps iu the
office aud onjy abodt 60c in money
in the dra rter* Th6re is no clue to
the thief, \ j UB,"
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