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I VOL. XIV. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3,181)8. XO. 9. j v.- \ v '* ' ^n9H IP Of IMSI. ^Baught by our local bRTER AND NOTED. ^K^ondensed Form and Printed ^ e Manner for the Sake our Weary Readers. Hwonday will be saledav. Backbone ot winter has not ren broken. N > rt adjourned last Thursday ie court officials took another unt Friday. T? A Smith nn pr:in??plist IHucted open air religious ser Bs here several nights last week. Biss Essie Benjamin is spend gome time with her sister, ft. W. R. Buie, in (rergetown. Miss Mattie Pendergrass has to Florence to spend a while t!? her sister, Mrs. George StackThe chaingang has recently jeived several recruits as fc result of the term of court just sed. f ^^ Miss Rosa^irshniann, of Char J^Hston, who has been visiting the ^Hlisses Jacobs, returned home HP Miss Alma Kelley has returned ^Hrom Sparanhurg. where si e has attending Converse^ C? oh^gggpny>f continued ill health. b Referen^^the^fldvertisement B of the county supervisor will show I that the board of equalization will mee* in the court house on Wednse day. March 8th. j Price, the white man implicated . In the Pos'on-Turner-Ureen kill-1 I ing, has surrendered to the author ities at Georgetown and will dj>9 ply f~rbail before JudgeGary thi* I week. | Mrs. Alice Pendergra*s, who has I been ill lor so many months, has F sufficiently recovered to be able to travel, and has gone to Florence to spend some weeks with her daughter at that place. The Georgetown . Times publishes the names of all its sub scribers who pay their subscript ions. Wonder if we did that if it would have any effect upon our delinquents? The artesian well at the jail been completed. A flow of H nnfe water now runs through th< f entire building, both stories, thus giving tbe prisoners fresh water at all hours. We send this week all our Lake City papers to Scranton. Those of our subscribers who formerly got their papers at Lake City aud who now want it sent to some other office than Scranton will please let us know. ! Miss Lyndon Lee, of Sera--ton, was in Kingstree last Monday. Miss Lee is one of 'he mast popu. lar school teachers in Williamsburg county, and is one of the most proficient. She has many friends in Kingstree, all of whom are always glad to see her here. Wp are very sorry that our sub scnbers at Cades, Scranton and the coun try offices''starred" from those offices did not get their Rec ords last Thursday. We had them all in the postoffice here before seven o'clock in morning, bui for some reason they did not get off on the 8:30 train. In the course of the next Jew Jays we will send bills to eVerv subscriber who has not paid'his subscription to the Record. We hope that all who receive tells will be prompt in remitting. W3 have received several responses from those to whom we have reeeutly sent bills. * THE GRAYSON CLAIM. Representative Kennedy Tells the Part he Played in the Matter. Editor, County Record:? In yonr issue of last week you cpeak of Mr. W. W. Grayson's claim 1 for loss sustained through the failure of the Rank of the Caroliuas. I made every effort to get. a bill through in 1897 ro reimburse hint. ' I A commitr?e was appoinieu iu >isa Kingstree and report the case this 1 seesion. I waited on the chairman e of tbe committee several times during o the past session. They reported too p late to get a bill through the Gener- li al Assembly, and, I regret to say, re- c ported against paying the claim, by o the advice of the attorney-general. (. With all these facts against the ^ claim, I got an ameudment attached e to a bill to reimburse Mr. Grayson. (J After a lengthy and heated discussiou c it passed the House by three major- 0 ity. I tried my best to get a parliameutarv "clincher" upon it. In this (j I failed in consequence of those opposed to the bill tillibusteriug. ^ At the night session a reconsideration was moved aud carried. After ^ a warm aud protracted discussion the bill was iudetinately jmstponed. I ^ tried to get an amendment to the * amendment, and failed by onlv two ^ V votes. a I did all I conld for Mr. Gravson. c believing his claim just, and the x State will yet have it to pay. * W. H. Kennedy. ^ ^Iiidiatitown, S. C, ii ?Vr; ? DEATH OF MR. J. B. SALT^RS. a H Untimely End of a Good Citizen of ^ Williamsburg County. Mr. James B. Suiters died Inst j ( Sunday after an illness of only three, davs, suffering with that fatal disease, pneumonia. Mr. Suiters was an excellent gen! tleroun and a good citizen. He was: ~ i ! possessed of many admirable qmili-j ties, atid he had the enmity of no,N one, '* I' I His wife was a Miss MeOoflough,, e and she. with several children, stir- s vives him. jc Yhs News Around Harpers. 11 Mr- McE Uogerson, who has bretf S spending some time with relatives ti here, has returned to his home at n j Carrabelle, Fla. " T rt Tr .i. ?..4. (1 JUT. J. 1U Illlieuu nc ii tu vcvigctown yesterday ou business. 9 i v The farmers are preparing their ^ f lands for planting. Mr. W. S. Camlin, Jr., hilled a ^ hog that weighed 434 pounds gross. Several farmers lost fencing by t the recent forest fires. v Miss Ellen Boston, of Cades, after b spending a week here with friends (and relatives, has returned to her n home. t Mrs. T. G. McDonald, of Trio, is n spending some with her parents at .ll this place. Jitn. 1 ; m h Spring Bank Items. 1 Owing to the inclemency of the a weather, Rev. S. E. Bishop did not 0 fill his appointment Sunday. 0 The people of Bethel church met Saturday to clear away the rubbish t fiv>m niinreh vard. a Mr. II. P. Epps, who has been 1 clerking for E. C. ilortou, oil Sautee, v has come home for a recreation. s Miss Eva Wheeler, of Workman, j was the guest of Miss Lillie McElveen Saturday and Sunday. f Married, last Wednesday, by I lev. S.E. Bishop, Mr. S. K. Moi^ou to Miss Lillie Thomas, all of this conn- j ty. Apple Jack. ," t The County Record $1 a year. 0 I * - * . ; i is if nor. i iECEN T DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HORRIBLE A^FAiR. , I he Inquest Continred.?The Investi- ; gation of the Postoffice Inspectors. ?Deiectives at Work. Still the perpetrators of I lie lorribie crime at Lake City are ;nkno\\n. The matter has been 11 I he same uncertain condition ver since the morning alter I he n-L. A* ccurrence. ine ^umiiurc uclartment has taken the matter in and and has otrered $800 tor the onviction of each and every one i the mob. The reward of the Srovernor of South Carolina still tands, and someone will surely arn it ere long. The deed was ne that no decent people can ounfcnaiire, so there will be no ibstacle thrown in the way ot the tficers who try to ferret out the aystery. It is thought that secret service sen are now at work on the case. Post office inspectors Moye and luila were at Lake City several ays last week investigating the flair. Our reporter interviewed >oth of thcm^while there. Air love has been detailed to many as<-- ( : interfering with the mails ! < .< negroes were mplicated it * he iias a pretty thorough now ledge of how such people uterl'ere with "Unc'e Sum.*' lie ays that the crimes of white men gainst the United States are a real deal more frequent than hose of negroes. The negro, as face, is afraid to interfere with lie mails, wnile white men are omewhat bold. The inspectors left Lake City aturdav night When asked by i County Kecord man if his inves- t iga ion was at an end, Mr. Move j ai<): uWe!l, no; nor will it ever ?e?at least not very soon.'" Futli-! r interview followed and in sut>? lance Mr. Move said: *~The | lain) that Baker was incompetent is exploded l?y the fact that, 0 mam hJding a first-grade teach i r's certificate Ironi the State of ouih Carolina can be im-oiupesnt. He might have lacked busiess ability, but lie was not inompelent. The matter of color id mot come up at Washington khen Baker was appointed. He ras recommended by prominent, esponsible men. Webster,! hrough dioin all appointments are made jr this State, recommended him, s did other prominent, influenial citizens. The department i as not aware of the fact that Ba;er was not a resident of Lake /ity ait the time of his appointnent. He was recommended for he position and what was more latural than for the department o think that he was a resident of he place. I have letters from lim that are as well written as hose of any other business man. 'he capitalization, the pnnctation nd the grammatual construction ii them is as good as that of any tie else. There were no protests iled at the department at (he ime ot Baker's appoi tinent, and it the time of the killing the proests against his holding the office cere under advisement at Washngton. He had been shot, his as istant had been shot and one of lis offices had been burned. The lepart merit could not retreat unlet tire. A summary dismissal -u ! not be had. Baker m ust t..vt iin opportunity to defend limse'f. Had the mob that kill n1 and burned Baker only exer:ise l a little patience the re might # + i > ' ' i v . i mm ^ ~ ~ ?; I not have been any use to kill hitn in order to rid the place of anobj noxtotts postmaster. If the charges made against Baker had been sustained he would have been removed. J am in no uav a negro's man, but they are citizens of this Uni"n and as such are entitled to all the privileges of citizenship enjoyed by white peo- 1 pie/' The coioner reconvened the jnrv of inquest last Saturday in the tobacco warehouse at Lake City, and several witnesses were examined. Solicitor Wilson was present and a.-sisted in the exami nation Inspectors Move and Bulla were also present but took no part in the proceedings. The only ib u evidence brought out at theinq m>: Saturday was the tes j 1 ?* ?" I [ \l,-,rri< ;in.l < 1 II1WI \ IM lUtn-'l fj " 41AIFIIIW V...V. . W T A skins. The former swore j he heard an unusual amount of j travel, in vehicles, on horseback and pedestrians, between the hours of nine and eleven o'clock on the night of'the murder. .Mr# Askins testified that he heard two squads of horsemen pass his residence between mpinight and day light of the fa'al night goingTn a direction opposite the postolfice. He said that irom the noise made j he estimated the number in each ; squad at thiily. After all the witnesses had been examined, coroner I.iarrows again adjourned the inquest, until ^atutday, March : 19th. Air. Hurrows charged Ihe j . -- i- ii / i jury 10 set'K jui iiiuiKiiiiuvii mm could be gotten and instructed them to compel the attendance of! witnesses- At the hearing on the : 19ih. solicitor Wilson will again be present and will handie the witnesses. Mayor Chas. M. Kelley, of Lake ; City, received the following an-j otrymous letter Saturday morning] postmarked with st..mp H Chicago, III., Feb. 23, 1 SOS: - Chicago I!!., Feb. 23, 1S9S. "To the mayor of Lake Citv.N. C.! "My dear sir:?Having read an j account in one of ti.e morning papers of the lynching of a negro postmaster it eomuels me to full fill ii.v oath as president of this Association, We the members of tbe A. C. P. A. A. have devolved that on or about March 1st we will arrive in Lake City, S. C. about 100 strong and armed to the teeth. We do not intend to spearman \vonu h or child till we have avenged the murder of Baker and his child." It will be noted that tbe letter was Tery poorly written and that irnra ni * ccft?*l !*afl TIlP IIIC WWIUJ* TVC1V III OCJ'VIIVV.. letter was enclosed in an envelope of I he Virginia hotel Chicago. Piominent citizens thins that the letter was written by a crank, and took no notice of I he matter. i A rumor reached Lake City Inst Friday night that the negroes ol' Kingstree were banding together for the purpose of marching on Lake City and burning the town. The white men of Lake City at once put out guards on every road leading into^he town, ana ail night the town was guard ed. It seems that the colored people of Kingstree did have some kind of a meeting, but no one left here for Lake City. The town of Lake City was guarded again on Saturday night, and no doubt will continue to be for some time. Ladies in Lake City toid our correspondent that they did not sleep at all Friday, night. Their husbands were on duty patrolling the town, and the ladies [(Joxuinued ou page v-i i * '/* r i / - - l e; , BB JMJOTIfllJ A VERY SHORT DOCUMENT IS, FILED. The Paper Contains but Few Recom* mendations and They Are of M inor Importance. The fi ;il report of the grand inrv u-:?> fl'pil lust Thursdav. It \v;is unusually short and contained very few recommendations. It will be found in full below: To Ilis Honor Judge Ernest Gary: The grand jury begs leave to report that it has passe 1 upon all bills given them by the solicitor, and all other matters claiming our attention. The fact has been brought to our attention that the supervisor has neglected to publish the report af the claims audited at the January meeting of the county board, as prescribed by law. We think that our worthy supervisor has given us satisfactory reasons for the non-publication of the re port, and he can to all concerned. I lie report wi.l De puonsneu in a few days. We have examined the jail and and find it well kept. We find that ilid walls of the jail are in very had condition, and recom mend that the much-needed repairs uu looked alter at once. Liter in the year we will ex amine the public olfices. ilere we wish to return our hearty thanks to his Honor for his able and lucid charge given us, thereby enabling us "to see more clearly our duty as grand jurors. B F Brockinton, .Jr., . Foreman. The Epworth League. " ? .li ^ lne regular mommy mccmigui the Kpworth League will be lielrl aL lhe JMelliodist parsonage next Tuesday night. The following is the program lor the literary part of the meeting: Short biography of Sydney Lanier, Lev. A. B. Earle; selection from Lanier,. Miss Bessie Kellev; vocal music, Mrs. A B. Earle; ''Hopes and Memo ries", by Paul Hamilton Hayne, Mr. C. J. Lesesue; "Unc1 Edinburgh Drowndin'T by Tiiomas Nelson' Page, . These meetings of the Epworth Lea^e are very instructive and ente^aining, and are verv much enjoyed by those who at tend"! hem.TheLeague at this place has made rapid strides in the way of growth and development in the past three months, and it. bids fair to rival the best in a small town in the State. A full attendance is requested at the meeting Monday night. Thte town election to fill the vancancv in the board of wardens caused by the resignation of Mr. Louis Jacobs was held last Tues day. A light vote was polled the total number cast being 35 Of'these Mr. George S. Barr re ceivedlSand Mr. H O. Britton 17. Someone cast a vote for Mr Britton for intendant, but, ot course, this vote did not count. Had the vote counted, the election would have resulted in a tie between the two gentlemen. ' Persons having linen to send to a steam laundry will please leave same at Ban's Hotel. For Sale. One hundred bushels of King's latest improved cotto4 seed at #1 per bushel. In lots of five bushels or more, 75cts a bushel. Terms, cash with order. Apply to w G Rich, Gourdin, 3.C. We have killed compeii' ' l ' y i fill J \i: r- '< ' '.fvifflH /-:- ? / ': <: / >-s / ... .ffift jffBl n..i..Jt! wreai "i We have declared war .. i upon our competitors^ <1 and intend to keep it It will soon be spring1 and we will begin to I receive || NEW SPRING 4 To make room for our l new stock we will sell goods at prices thatonr J competitors cant reacfa. | 'Is Gall and see us. tasit & is, Klngstree, S. C.