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^"* _ ^HBt Ccuutb llctorrl _. _ m fc'VKKY THURSDAY AT KIS ^ I^^HOUIM Bristow, AND H^^^^^Hscriptiox advance, vdnee advance, ^ B^B^KXTS on liberal Rifide known no money to Agent*, except ^^^^^JBHrejcprem authority. Thursday. Feb. 24.189S. the lake CITY mORROR. The recent post office tragedy at tLake C'tv is without a parallel in the annals of crime in this State. ?The facts in the case are published on our first page, and they tell a. ale of unprecedented cruelty and horror. \ That the patrons of Lake City postoffice bate been imposed upon since Baker's appointment is true, but that fact was no excuse for so ? Wanton a crime as was committed The deed was that of fiends in hdman form and the perpetrators of it should be brought to justice ES: ' J*' ' * ? f and made to suffer for their crime. Even if the postmaster was ob n noxious, that was no excuse for the the shedding of innocent blood, and there can be no question that innocent blood was shed for the little infant and the other children of the postmaster, nor hit wile, were responsible for the negro being in the postoffiee. There were scores of other ways of getting rid of the incompetent postmaster besides the one resorted to. The mob that killed him could have done a much "neater"' job than it did had a little comI* - \ /mon sense been used. There was bo necessity of killing the infant and perhaps other members of the family, and maiming all the feat. Io fact) there was no use to kit! the negro at all. Lawful means could have been resorted to and would heve been successful. Baker should have never been appointed postmaster. He was not a resident of Lake City. He . was incompetent and disrespectful. He was very offensive to the pa(mnB nf kia ftffipa The mattpr huit ... "been repeatedly brought to the at 7* tention of tho-epthoritiesat Washandlbe people had been y repeatedly refused relief. But all tills, however intolerable it may ', have been, was no excuse lor the . - crime. The assassination was *mhcot justification, and the perpetrators should be. and we hope will be, punished to the ex ? tent of tbe law. The action of the mob cannot be condoned t)V decent people and < the horrible crime will forever re1 main tbe darkest blot upou South Carolina history. _ " Since publishing the articie con g cerning the refusal of the Legisla lure to reimburse clerk of court |> Grayson, it has been brought to our attention that the Legislatute ft^o years ago reimbursed the clerk of Florence count}', and ihe last session of the Legislature re imbursed the treasurer oft hat coun < ty. while it refused to reimburse; clerk Grayson. The mo'iev lost; ^ - by the Florence officials was lost; by the failure ol the same bankj that caused Mr. Grayson's Joss It does seem strange that out o.! four officials who lost county funds ! . by the failure of the same bank, i Mr. Grayson should be the only j one who if made to pay the lois. I i t * . ' fe;f'V>v \". ... \ ... v WE PAY THE PRICE. ; We wish speak a little to-day concerning the spirit of up-to-date | journalism displayed by Tub County Rkcohi) in the matter of the Lake City post office tradogy. As soon as it was learned here Tuesday morning that the postmns! ter had been assassinated, we de? j ! epatccd a rei*?rter to the scene, and . in a few hours ho had interviewed | the surviving members of the post. : master's family, and had learned | everything that could be obtained concerning the affair. Our representative arranged with ' a correspondent at Lake City to J telegraph Tub County Record ! any and all developments in the case. Lust uight we telegraphed to a newspaper reporter in Columbia for latest developments, and we will Hscoop" the daily papers this morn, j by giving the latest news of the affair throughout the county. When our busineas men reach . their places of business this morning, they will find The County Record waiting for them there, being several hours ahead of any other paper. When there is news to disscuii' nate, our subscribers can ulway count upon Tiie County Reuori to publish it. imlimroi. AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL REPORTER AND NOTED. i Written in Condensed Form and Printed I in Like Manner for the Sake of our Weary Readers. Mrs George Stack ley, of Florence I is visiting relatives in town. A printing office is no place for I loafers.' Enough said. 'lilies, mortgages, bonds, noles, | liens and other law blanks at the County Record office. The recent rains were very much needed, and no ooubt the farmers all welcomed the showers Attention is called to the call o the commandant of Camp Presslev which appears in anotbed column The taxpayers of the county have paid up their taxes unusually well this year, so says treasurer Rollins. Mr. B F Brockinton, .Jr, one of the grand jourors who held over | from last year, was elected forei man ff the grand jury. The county superintendent ol i education conducted the ezami| nation of applicants for for teachi ore' /inrlilioulai; in llit> onnrt knncA V I O V \ KJIJVniVO 111 ? IIV VWUI I UVUDV last Friday. The supervisor has requested ; us to say that the letting of the bridge at Bass's bridge, Lynches river, on March 2nd, will be at 10 | o'clock a. m. | Col. U W Boyd and Judge iThomas H Spain, two prominent ! members of the Darlington Bar, j were here upon professional busii ness this week. The me-nbers of the Bar arrang| ed a hunt lor the Judge, solicitor and stenographer last Tuesday Thejofficials all seems to enjoy the , outing very much. | The bill providing for three supervisors of registration having been passed, Messrs. \V G Cantley andCharles Lesesne have been appointed to serve with Mr. J J Buddy on the board. We have recently, sent out a good many bills lor subscriptions to The County Record, and we will, in the next few days, send mil ntllur.' WU OK) All 1 If LUnjliinv VU V W'MVI CI ?? W HIV WIIIJ CV IIUllI^ bills to those of our subscribers who have been taking the Record for the past year and who have never paid anything on their subscript ion. We would greatly appreciate a remittance from everyone wtio is in debt to the paper, and we hope t hat we will soon be favored by those who are in debt to us. I *; .v' a. - ** V" . ?: r i hi en THE NEGRO WHO WAS CHARGED Wll H Bt.NG AN ACCESSARY (To The Killing of Mr. Philip Poston Last December Goes Scott Free. '{ The following account of ?he trial of the negro Green, who was i . . ;charged with being an accessory i to the Kiilingof constable Philip Ponton last December is taken j front ' he Georgetow n Tim? s: Thursday morning, lite case against Abram Green, lor murder, ! was called. Waller Hazard, Ksq.. | appeared for the defense, but an nouneed that one of his important > witnesses was absent. The solici tor agreed to admit as true what ! this witness woutd prove, viz: tha* Constable Poston had never legali ly qualified as an officer, ?fcc., and ,{the case proceeded. Oitr readers ;jwill remember that Constable I Poston and a Mr. tiarmon, of i 7 i Williainsbuig County, arrested a . | negvo by the name of Sam Turner, on the 23rd Dec. last; that the . prisoner a-ked the privilege of go , io Price's store, near the county line, but in this county; there they ' called upon Price ?o assist in mak, ing the arrest, the tiefcro refusing , to go with the officer, back itno Williamsburg county; that Price declined to assist them; that these two men had a scuflle with their prisoner, when the constable was 1 killed, the prisoner badly shot and afterwards lynched. The State, | in the trail on Thursday, put up witnesses to prove that iliis man Green, during the scuftle, rushed to the rescue of the prisoner and struck the constable a severe blow on the back ot his head, whichwas enough of itself to produce death, J although the constable had al ready been shot five limes. 5>ome of ihe witnesses testified to seeing Green advance with the billet 01 wood, but no on? knew anything of the blow on the Iftad until they were preparing the dead body oi the officer for bur a',when the back of his head v.as discovered ail mashed up from the effeets of Ihe b.ow given by Green.Dr.Hemming way testified to the wounds produced by the pis toi shots, and Dr. Johnson swore to the concussion of Ihe skull, caused by a blow from a heavy bludgeon of some kin 1. Tt?e remarkable part about ihis whole difficulty is Ihe fact that young Harmon, who went j with Constable Post011 to make the the arrest, had a loaded pistol in his pocket, and while his friend Poston and the -negro prisoner , were exchanging about ten shots between them^ this man Harmon never touched his gun one time- , whereas, he might have ended the : battle by one well directed shot! ( All day yesterday the court was 1 engaged in hearing the witnesses for the defence. Dr. I sen) an gave expert testimony as to wounds, etc. Rev. Jno. VV Farrar, a northern , evangelist or missionary, testified as to Green's good character; hesides which, several neighbors, j friends of the accused, tesified in I lys behalf. j Mr. Hazard addressed the jury i in the alternoon, and was lollowled bv Solicitor Wilson.' Thev I both discussed I he legality of the | arrest, and ran over the main | points of the evidence. During i the course of his argument, Mr. ; Hazard defended the character and i repuation of Mr. Farrar, who had | testified to the fact that he lived jin a house in Georgetown with a , colored woman, and who said (hit he generaly "bunked" with the (negroes;. Mr. Hazard hough it very hard that any one should | take offense at Mr. Farrar and his | methods of dealing with the "poor 'negroes" Mr. Wilson said, in rei ply, that the only reason why he | was inild on the old gentleman j j was because of his gray hairs, but j he thought Mr. Hazard should let j old man Farrar and all his ilk se- j * A verely alone. j The Judge then charged the i I J ? i v T * i <*. jnry-a* to the law in a dear and j explicit manner, wlu>n he ju v re'iied io consult, ami were slid! in t iifir rc.< a; when we went to j press. No one seemed to know when the jury would agree; a mistrial was looked lor. Georgetown, Feb. 18.?Court ad- j jonrned here today, concluding with [ the Poetou-T timer nmrde.* case, which has attracted so much attention in Georgetown and Williams burg counties. The jury decided iu a few minutes on a verdict, in which the negro, Green, was fully exonerated. It will be remembered that, had it not been for th* quick action of this county in claiming Green us its prisoner and bringing him away from the scene of excitement he would very probably have been lynched by a voilent mob. This is truly a lesson fraught with grave and serious warning.?The State. Lake City Newsy Notes. Mr. M A Thomas, who lives near Cades, was in town during the week. The Legislature having adjournI)r A H Williams returned to his home Wednesday night. Dr. J C Fulmo?e has moved into his ni\v residence on East It It Avenue. Miss Carrie Kirton, who is teaching at Perganios, spent Saturday and Sunday at her home. Mrs. J C Fulmore, who has been visiting relatives in Charleston for the paist week, returned Wednesday. ? The bell of the Methodist church has been taken down. It is hoped that a new one will be purchased soon. Mr. T P Driggers, accompained by his son, Archie, of Bethel, Florence Co., was In our town on Saturday. > There was quite a pleasant sociable given at the residence of the Rev. A McA Pitt man Friday night A goodly number of boys and girls aiul wime young ladies were present The amusements of the evening were social games, music and conversation. All present seemed to be in the best of spirits, and after remaining until a late hour, went on'their way home rejoicing. JOHNSONS CHILL AND FEVER TONIC Cures Fever In One Day. The brush and currycomb are far less used oil cows than they are on horses, yet they are quite as nec. essary to the animal's comfort. Who has not seen cattle rubbing their sides against a fence or tree or their backs under some over, hanging limbs-? It adds to their i* A 4 ? L 4 I. .1 1 ! 4 comiori 10 ruo inem uown, ana n draws the blood nearer the surface, so that the animal is warmer. Wilh the same feeding a wellgroomed cow will keep in good condition when she would be scrawny and rawboned if no regularly curried or brushed. Consumption! I Will SCOTTS EMULSION j j cure consumption? Yes and J J [ no. Will it cure every case ? J ; j No. What cases will it cure I ? then ? Those in their earlier | [ stages, especially in young | i people. We make no exag- ?! gerated claims, but we have | positive evidence that the I early use of x Qrnft'c Fmiilcinn 2, Icfvvh cj unuiaivn | 1 of God-liver oil with Hypo- % phosphites of Lime and Soda 11 ; in these cases results in a % [ positive cure to a large num- $ | her. In advanced cases, how- % [ ever, where a cure is impossi- % j 1 hie, this well-known remedy $' ! should be relied upon to pro- % \ long life surprisingly* % JOC. and $1.00, all druggists. V l SCOTT a BOWNE, Chmists, New York. 9 j / } ' ^HB9HH| of erphy^^^^^HQ^^H 1?tIi . *. ii "I'I'i.v iiu jmlgc tor Willia.m ;hur?^H^H|^R a final discharge as cxeciuo^H^H eMate of II. \V. Brown. A.Bkou^HH Feb. 21,189ft. rxecu^^MI Ladies Who ijuiiefl From any con)plaii)t peculiaj^H their sex?such as Profuse, ful, Suppressed or Irregular JV^HI struation. are soon restored health by V Bradfield's Female Regulator] It is a combination of remedial ' agents whicb have been used With tfoe greatest success for n>ore than ! 9S vonr* and known to act ID8<li? fically with and on th? organs of Megstruation, and J3pj recomrgcnded for such compialots \ ogly. It gever falls to give relief agd Ulwlfetf { restore the health | of the suffering / Wr womar). It should! iL 156 taKeg by the j vW i 'iVvsM ^ust budding fJi' I [ Iwjj igto womanhood | ffaV wheg Megstrua-| if' '~~aticn 14 Scant, Sup- | ^ pressed, Irregular ^ or Palgful, agd, all delicate worgeg should use it. j as its togic properties have a wog-1 derful igfluonce ig toging up and ! streggtbenlng the systeig by driv- i ing through the proper channels | all impurities. "A daughter of one of my customers mined j menstruation from expoen/a and cold, sad on l?i .4 _t^. (./. irrtT IHK ?? UCI UVMHI WM wwywww; . wrecked, until she was twenty-four years of age, when upon nyr recommendation,she need one bottle of BredffoltPa Female Regulator, completely reatorinc her to health." J. W. Hsu.cms, Water Valley,Uiaa. Tmc Braopicld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Qa. eoca bt au. druggist* att $1 RCA eOTTLC. It is estimated that North Carolina mills are consuming annual Iv 50,000 more ba'es of cotton than are produced in the State. Johnson's Chill and Fe* ver Tonic is a ONE-DAY Cure. It cures the most stubborn case of Fever In \ 24 Hours. \ The name California, derived' fmm t hu ii?n iinanicli ivurdu t !ji1_ i ienle Farnalli-i. e, Hint furnace*wis give" bv Corfez in the year !5-35 lo the peninsula now known i i- Lower Cal fornia, o| which he wast lie discoverer, 011 account of its hot climate. Whooping cough is the most distressing malady, but its duration can be cut short by the use of one minute cough cure, which is also the best known remedy for croup and all lung and bronchial troubles. Wallace & Johnson. An immense meteor, followed by a shower of meteoric stores, fell near the big sand butte about twenty miles southeast of Duboise, Ind., last week. The concussion was so great that it caused a perceptible vibration of the earth, j which was distinctly felt within a radius of twenty miles, and was al first supposed to be an earthquake. " , ? I rnH S a a a w v-r ? ? w CHILL AND FEVER TONIC Cures Fevei In One Day. The revenue men are laughing at the trick played on one of the deputy collectors by an Orange County, N. C., distiller. The latter wanted a new still, the old one being nearly burned out, and could get a new one fpr $15,00 He removed the cap and other pnr'.s of the old still and then got $10;00 from the revenue men for informing as to where it was located. Thus he got his new outfit for only $5 00. What pleasure is there in life with a headache, constipation and i billiousness? Thousands experience them who could become perxtly healthy by using De Witt's Jttle Early Risers, the famous little pillsl Wallace & Johnson. The Countv Record $1 a vca.* - i <> thoBn^^^BB^^BB|^^B niscB ThB ou* u m a Offered and iBBB^^B ofB^BlHHB lie has any be t)ii>tiik?r^B^^^H^^BB^^^^B generons iiBH^^H^HH^^H^B tile in laijoratorios from the Don't until^H^H^^^B^^^I | Address t >octor, gi poxtottice address, rending this article iu Record. WNTED?TIUTST\\^B^^H|M and active gentle dies to travel for res|H)p<ih[^^9H^^^H lished house in Willamsburg^H^^^^H ty- Monthly $65.00 and Position steady. Reference. vH^H close self-adcjressed stamped ope. The Dominion Compai^BH| Dept. W. Chicago.?3Mon. Agents Wanted JS? B new wall map of this state, 28 x 42 inches in size, five colors, on heavy i paper, and with tin at top and bot- MB torn. With index of towns on bord- B^fl er showing location on map anjL-JHH population figure. Sells at-apftp- ^^^B nl:tr price. Se-d 50c ami get sum- fl plcand terms frr county agency. | Rax i), AicNali.y & Co., Chicago, 111. Wa ntpH AT OXCE-Bright it an vou,,g man tohandle our celebrated Lubricating Oil and j Greases. Salary and expenses. Enclose stamp for .particular. Address, ckfscent oil co., Minneapolis, Minn. Q|? T\JflAAAAA W la Hi l/luC(tww? l I . . , 'J For the speedy and permanent cure of tetter, salt rheum and eczema. Chamberlain's Eye and Shin Ointment is without an equal. It relieves the itching and smarting almost instantly and I its continued use effects a permanent cure. It also cures itch, barber's itch, scald head, sore nipples, itching piles, chapped hands, chronic sore'eyes and granulated lids. Dr. fair's Condition Powders lor horses are the best tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge Price, 83 cento. Sold by Wallace & Johnson. CITATION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ... V COUNTY OF W ILUAX8BUKG. By E. M. Smith Esquire, . Probate Judge. WHEREAS W W Grayson, Clerk of Court, of Willinmsbtyg Co, ban made suit to rn?> to grant nun letter* of administration of the E?tate of and effectr of Josh B Chandler these are therefore to cite and admonish all nml singula? ' >the kindred the creditors of tliet said Josh B Chandler, deceased, that tney lie and appear before me. in the Court ef Probate, to be held atKiug-tree S. C. on March lOtli after publication hereof at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. 'Given under mv hand, this 8th day of Feb Anno Domini, 1898. Published on the 10th day of Feb 1898 in the'County Record. fc. M. Smith, 2t. P. J. W. C. Bridge To Let. The chairmen of the boards of toWnship commissioners of Lake and Lee townships will meet the county supervisor at Bass's Bridge, ejrS Lynches creek, on Wednesday March 2, 1898, at 1 o?Icock a. m. ' ^ for the purpose of ietting-the' contract for building bridge at that place. . , B.B. CHANDLER, County Supervisor J. J. B. Montgomery, / 'Clerk. " M / v C?