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?-?.?? ? ? .?~^B :?\--- v^^===M^^m ' - ? r~r-': - . v- ,,. j *m' VOlyXlV. IvINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1898. N0-^V ^ ~ x \ * ' ?i . m" .1 ' 1 V \ ww ililii. AFFAIRS CA'JCHT BY OUR LOCAL REPORTER AND NOTED. Written in Condensed Form and Printed in Like Manner for the Sake of ourWeai*v Readers. i/K)ks wintry now. v Colds are prevalent, t Did you borrow this paper? These are bracing mornings. W^k Now for an express office withreach. H Keep your eye ou the County BH T! p/virii We had a little snow Sunday morning. Our delinquent sub.-cribers are H ?lo? ly dropping in. The time is ripe for the delinH^^^Buent.s to settle arrearages. Hm^HNext Monday will besaledaj, clerk will make one land ^premature with your |^^^^^^^Kvork. Cold weather voo expect to keep up county affairs if you do a paper. subscription of The Record continues to grow Brema-kable ^ ^^^BlVople from adjoininr counties K^oiiie to Kimrstree 10 uuy siock. HflHr This is tliechca|>^st and (test mar HH ket in thissection of the Stale. -Our n'ofm ^ not 4,4All the news pail of the time" or -Part of the news all of the time,'* but ?*A11 of the new* ai! of the time." The bill exfeuding the time for the payment of taxes saved quite 9 number of Wiiliam?b.ir?ei> ironi having to pay the penalty. The at ention of to.vnslup pen sion boards is called to the nonce <>t the chairman of the county board, which is published in this issue. ' .1 We have it and you want it. k What is that? Why, the news, of course. Send in your dollar and get it 52 times a year fresh from the viw. ? ? The county supervisor is havin<: an artesian we 1 bored at the jail. ^ - We are glad to see this, as it will give the prisoners good, pure water at all times. The present cold wave alU have one good effect. It will sc;r\ the %ap back towards the roots oKt he trees, and sotne peach trees tmd a!rea V taken on that suspicion^ look abojt the buds, as if they were ready to burst into bloom. Work has been commenced,and is well uuder way, upon the ad tdiiions and improvements to Harris Hole!. Another story is being added and the building will be a good deal longer than it is now. Wheo completed the building will be one of the best and handsomest iu town. \ The railroad company recently . in m fkffina ul I |^i? ill ?ri^iapu i/iuvc av v?uv H miavsach an office will be put in BL at Scri^nton, Walters and Gourdiu* H at an e*dy day. This will be a great' convenience 'o the people of the comrrttHnties ol the respecj^B live stations, ancK^io doubt all will be glad that Ibey net y have means of ins'antly communicating with the outside world. Go to Dr. W V Broc^ingtohu for your fresh garden seed, onion ^^^B sets, etc. I A PECULAR SHO tlNG. A Bride of Eigli: Day* Accused of Wounding Her Husband. >v Insinuation concerning a pe culiar shooting reached here Sa1urdav. It was only last week that the following local appeared in our columns: Married, by Mr. II. M. Burrows, notary public,at the home of the bride'* uncle, near Fowler,on Jan. lft. HftS, Mr. George McCalister to Miss Ida M. I.urrows, all of Williamsburg county. Even before the papers containing the item had been sent to our readers, the groom was shot, and he claims that his bride of eight days commit ted the deed, and Magistrate J M Eaddv, of Jay, ha? sent Mrs. McCalister up to the circuit court IV r trial, the is now under a twt-hundred-dollar bond awaiting triai at ;he coming term of court. The tacts as obtained are as follows: Mr. and Mrs. McUalister were going home from a | neighbor's lust Wednesday night1 traversing a foot path through the woods. Mr. McOalister was eight or ten steps ahead of his wife. Without any "arnmg, a pistol shot rang out and the n.nn fe'i. Mrs. MeCalister ran up to hitu and asked what the trouble was, and her husband told her that he was shot,and accused her of shooting hiin. She profHtted, but her husband swnie out a warrant for her, and the Magistrate hold the woman. There seems to have been no m live at ail lor the wo man'* shooting h r hu-band, it she did it at all, and opinion is widely divided as to whether she did it or not. T W \Vo?>> st-. d at Dr. W V BrocklnutonV. Good Work by .h? CK. 'n Gang. The work done by the chain gang on the mail leaning in ijivelevville is worthy of note. The road bed lias been thrown up above hitrh water mark, and it is now in better shape for travel than it has ever been before. At places where the water usual! v runsacrossthe road, bridges hav# been built,or will be built at an early day, so there will be no more trouble from water running into the buggie* when a freshet come* down the river. The work of elevating the road has been done under the supervision o' Mr. ' S Howie and was directed by Mr. B B Chandler. It the mad will stand the test of the usual spring freshet* it will lie a lasting memorial to our worthy supervis V ?. /\ Up-Town Telegraph Office* The Western Union Telegraph Company has granted us an uptown telegraph office, and it will be established w ithin a few days. The estahiUhui'-n* of this office wiil be a fjrea' cm. "nience to the business mv. 01 t.e wu, and thayks a:ec;ie Mr. (icorgeS Barr for and it was owing to his efforts almost entirely that the con s<*nt of the company w as obtained. The office will be in the office cf Barr's Bo'el, which ts a central part of town and easy of access. I The poles are already up and the wires are now being put up. For Sale. [ ____ One hundred bushels of King's latest improved cotton seed at tl per bushel. In lots of five bushels i or more, 75cts a bosh el. T^rms. N cash with order. Apply to \ W O ItlCH, > Courdin, .S. C. \. e* , litis liB ilffy. WEEKLY REPORT OF THE DOINGS OF THAT PROSPEROUS TOWN. t Our Correspondent Sends His Usual Interesting Letter to The County Record, Several eases of La G rippe are reported in thin community. M .*s. Bass, of Friendfield, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. It D Rol.in*. Mr. \Vm. Thomas, of Hebron section. w as seen on our streets last week. Mr. j S Howie, superintendent of the county chaingang, spent Sunday here with his family. Messrs. Durant Simmons and George HasolJen, from near Johnsonvdie, are here attending the High School. About two weeks sinee a literary debating society was organized here and the following officers elected: ii W Acker uiaft, president; J A Green, 1st vice president; li E Morris, 2nd vice president; It W Wilson, secretary; R F Joyner, monitor. A b< ut thirty names were enrolled for membefchip. A cornuiittet was appointed to draft a constitution and by latcs, the same to be sub nittedat some subsequent meet ng to the uio nbcrs for ratification. The purpose of the society is to train its members in speakii g and writiug English, ana also to teach them something of parliamentary laws and rules. The outlook is encouraging. A protracted nioetisg is in i>rogress at the Presbyterian church The meeting began Friday ni^ht. Jan. 28th and will continue until Sunday. Rev. Fulton, of Japan, is assisting Rev. J E Duniop. Mr. Fulton's address on the Missionary work in Japan today was utiiq ie!y interesting. lie began by rayingI lhat up to !>v>h no eheisiians were : ever alloweJ to eirerJapj.n. At; every X roads and pul.'ie place bulletins were posted on which were written orders prohibiting christians from entering Japan and from attempting to introduce the christian religion there. Now* the sentiment of the Eujpirt with refercnee to missionaries has been largely i hanged, and those who wisli to may go to Japan and preach and teach christian ethics unmolested and unharmed by the natives The government has indirectly recognized Christianity in many ways. i Ima ?? > ko 4 W. lo I iiik>in 4 1%.. I t Uiic >% n.i mm* 1111 war tetweeu China and Japan the christians were allowed to distribute Bibles to the soldiers every morning just as they were marching to the battle field. lie further said that they had received much encouragement in their work. Therenrenovv in Japan ?t>out 80,000 christians of the Protestant faith, the various denominations, Presbyter>aii, Baptist Methodist and Episcopal being represented. Mr. Fulton ^aid that the christian church had much for which to be thankful,^ and to feel encouraged, but that \ there were some discouragement^ ni.d hindrances in the way of the gospel. He believes that Christianity will finally conquer Japan. (He closed his address by admonishing all christians to stand by th? faith and to unite their efforts in supporting the missionary work in its plan for propagating the gosp? 1 Un foreign fields. Altogether, Mil Fulton made a fine iinpiessionl ard his words of incouragement <pd truth will be an incentive to greater elforts in the missionary wuitk on the part of christians. I frank Slieiw cod was do win town to-day, the I'rst time since [he had his tussle. with cholera morbus. He say 8 he drove thirty miles after he was taken, and never ratne ro near dying in his life. After thi.4 whan hegoesoutin the county lte will take n bottle of Chambe* I.iin'slColic, Colera a?d Diarrhoea Kerned A with him.?- Missouri Valley (Iowa) Tiines.For sale by Wallace & Johnson. ^ 1 Fird-class job printing is The Oouktv Eicohd Job Cn^hj PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. A Column of N^ws Concerning People of Kingstrce and Elsewhere* Evangelist Williams has raised his tent on the lot. next to the Coleman Hotel and is conducting meetings morning and night. Mr. S K Mouzon. Irom Monzons post office, shot and killed a large wild turk'*v last week. The bird weighed ltf pounds and the beard measured S$ inches in length. Mr. W H Edwards, who now c "iid'icts the Tiinmonsville Enterprise, visi'ed friends and relative heie lusi *>etk. Mr. Edwards lias been suffering considerably from a vaccinated arm recently. Mr. Edwards was accompanied to Kings!ree by bis wife. Tlie following Williamsbnrg boys have been honored by the Euphradian society of the South Garclina college by being elected to filj !he officers opposite 1 heir names for the present term: L B Sailers, vice president; George McCutchen, literary critic; Edwin Hirsch, Gustos Forum. Mrs. Sam P Fulton entertained a large crowd ui ladies and chii dieii at ilie rresoyterian enurcn Friday afternoon, lecturing on the worship, habits and works < I the Japs. Mrs Fulton made her lecture very im< resting by dressing i ? the picturesque costume of the i Japs, singing their hymns, recit ing a prayer in their language and/ exhibiting the beautiful lancy work, the idols they worship anil many other curio, it ies of th<r Japs. 1 Rev. \V. D. Moorer has given up\ the pastorate of the Kings'reeI Baptist church and has moved to | Charleston. This will be received\ with much regret by Mr. Meorer'sj many friends in the county, and, in fact, throughout the entire Southeast Association. H?$ work here has been lor the cause of Christianity, and he has made hundreds of 'riends. lie is an earnest and forceful preacher, and his efforts to do uood have been crowned with suci.es^ His departure means much to the Kings tree church, in which he has done such an amount oi real upbuilding work. Notice to Pt nsio" Boards. Township Pension Boards are requested to meet the county board on Monday,next, 7?b ins.t; if unable to meet the board they will send in their new applications, together with sdch recommendations as tiiey desire to make. Louis Jacobs, A?'t;ng Chairman, C' i.O v Pension Hoard. ,fli$ Motto. ! The folhfwing is told on a cer ! <ain voting editor who went to see his best gj/rl: ?be had yawned six times, lobked at the clock four times, arid pretended to be half asleep three times, but the young editor who was calling upon her was so finch in lore that he did not ol?rve these manifestations of weKness. At length she said: *Mo.<^Kews papers have mollos, have^H they?" "Some have." one?""Yes." "What is it?'j^^He are here to stay." "I cot^^Hre sworn it was something of^^Hkind," she said with u sigh silence was resinned. ^Btll supply of liens and bills on hand at the Cuuuty office. IK County Record $1 a year Ion fan lib: TWO HUNDRED MEN G|T1 EK1D FORVTHE WOR-J nr? t Th? Rope Thro4/n Over th# Lir {rBf a Tree and Vhe Body Ridded Wiihl Bullet##/ The negro wlL) and ^'e .Mr. Dick Cox haa ?V|:X his doom. The nollowi^fc^ter^i the Record froni Iianna^^B^oe tells the tale: I The negro who murdei^^*^ Dick O x was/captured Thi^^^L and brought w lavage, the ht^Pl of Mr. Cytf Magistrate Prosser was sen^for, as he issued the warrunt forithe negro who was accused of breaking into Mr. Eaddy's store at Savage, JS C, but as the mur 'er occurred in Marion conn ty, Mr. grosser agreed to deliver the negro to the proper authori lies over Hie river in Marion on the cluyrge of murder. The/ constable took him in charge, but before reaching God trey's/ ferry the negro was de manded by a crowd. And the only/thing remaining to relate the proceedings of the unknown par ties/ was the riddled body of the defld culprit. /'the n^gro acknowledged the Uilling. and stated that he had rieen going in Mr. Eaddy's store lor the last three years, by raisi: g a board underneath, and supply inj: himself with everything tiiul he needed. Greeleyvilie items. At I he recent town election Mr. EG ^'aiad was elected Tnten lent and Messrs. C R Burgess and iR H Roper Wardens. The old officers declined re-election, preferring the quiet and repose of private lift* to the thankless laboie of public service. I The Mallard Lumber Co. are preparing to occupy new territory, ljhey are building a tram road on I ne south side of the Central Eril r<lad and as soon as (he Kail road C<V. can make and place a cross inAover liieir track, the Lumber Col will be ready for running their <r?h) engine out some distance. Th<Hy have already consucted a pari of their road, pushing the cars* loaded with material out by hanfll. This necessitates a great deallof extra troub'e and ex pen e Jmt will save valuable lime in the end. 1 Tha trustees are having the new school building painted so we wi'l hive a neat and showy "seat of learning." p* Mrs.I Love who has been on a visit tft the family of h4r uncle, Mr E (t Mallard, return^-to her home ih Wilmington, $ C, last Monday!. \ Missed Matlie Roper andj*[?!la Graham'are on a visit to tn *iam uy ot it is Kopcr. : i \ The public scf?^c6 terra ' will close wiih next week, but*, theprivate school willv.cdfftinue till June. | V. X B. } ?1?*. ; I am now prewired \to furnish cottonseed^jeal in day quantity, by the ton, or carload! Parties will do wejll to nuke their'con tracts Q^rlyi * j Geo. S Bark, Agent for mills. \AAa ntftH AT ONCE?Bright YVcin tCHJ ?OTng man to hand e our celebrated,Lubricating Oil and Greases.Salamand expenses. Enclose stamp for particulars. 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