The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 19, 1898, Image 8
HOW THE SOUTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS
ARE TREATED.
A Letter From Mr. BristoW Giving
His First Day's
Experience.
Columbia, S C, May 14, 1 SOS .
Our company has been in camp
ten days,and the vaccina ted} arms
aragiving the boys "hail Columbia."
Our company now has 77
members accepted, and we need
but three more to complete our
quota. We expect to set these
today, and to be musiered into'he
service of the United States this
^afternoon, or Monday morning.!
As we are to be the first company
mustered into Maj Thornpsotvs in
dependant battalion, we will be i
Company A. and our ollrers will
out-rank ihose of all the other
companies in the battalion.
The boys are all more or less
anxious to le in li e battalion
that is to be sent to Tampa, and
thence to Cuba, but we do not
know any more about it than the,
ordinary newspaper reader.
The Darlington Guards seem to!
be the pets of Col. Tillman. On'
several occasions when there has'
been trouble in camp, he has s n
for our company to go on special
duty. As an instance I will cite
the following, which is clipped
from the Sunday News:
Quite an exciting tune was expcr-l
ieneed at the Fair Ground camp last
night A private of a low-country
mh.n ry command was i.rrestat ivu,
sentinel about 11 o'cluck for trying!
to break barracks, for the purpose of
making a trip up iuto town. Capt.
Anderson was officer of the day, and
oe ordered the young man placed in
the guard-house. The prisoner objected
and attempted to break away,
but some of his companions finally
got him to submit to being put in '
the guard house. About 1 o'clock
Adjt Hardin came hurriedly to the
.r ^ n
quantab oi uit* j'arjuigiuii uiniius
with orders from Capt Tillman for
the entire company to report at once
at headquarters for orgeat duty.
Within two minutes the company,
under Lieut Cox, was at Col Tillman's
headquarters and it was learned
that the private hud broken out of
the guard house and Col Tillman
had ordered the Darlin gton company
out to capture him. After thorough
search of the grounds tbe escaped
prisoner was captured and brought
before Col Tillman.
Mr. S? was given his choice of
being gagged with a bayonet or leaving
camp at once, with his belongings.
Mr. S?said be was willing to
stay in the office a prisoner two or j
three davs. but obieeted to beilnr
?J - w ,
gagged. i
Col Tillman then ordered the sergeant
of the guard to conduct Private
S?out of the camp, which was
was theu done. The young maD has
just been admitted to the Bar from
-OrangeburgCoi
Tillmrn in a few words then
thanked th? Darlington boys for their
prompt and efficient services,and the
affair was at an end.
Every ten hourfwe have to detail
a squad consisting of one,
lieutenant, one ser^ea nt, one corporal
and fifteen privates for sen-j
tinel duty. The privates have to^
walk their "posts" for two solid
hours, and it is very seldom that
a "kick" is registered.
Forty four of our men were re- 1
jected on the first examination
and eight on the last; so we now
have 77 accepted, and have lost
42, who were given transportation >
home.
The following Williamsburgers>
are now here with the Manning
guards, and have been accepted: j
M M Clark, C E Jovner. Oscar !
Kelley, John Joyner, Edwin Kod
gers, : nd Haselden. W8'
Moore has been accepted, and is a j
memb?r of tha Darlington Guards, i
!
J\lr. Duncan J Dunlop appl ied for
admission into our company, but
was rejected. The young men who
are here from Williamsburg all express
themselves as being pleased
with their treatment.
Hundreds of visitors are admit,
ted into the camp every day, and
occasionally a boy will meet a
college girl from his home, or other
friends, and the conversation
which follows is always pleasant.
1 went to Williamsburg last,
Wednesday on a recruiting tour, j
and secured seven, who promised '
to come with me; but only three
"specified,'' and one c f these left
the train at Lake City. Truly,
that doesn't represent the patriotism
and chivaltv in and around
Kingstree!
Maj Thompson's battalion will
t lw. 1V.-1 ir>irtAn HilOV/le !
tV/UI j/UOC liiv^ \ J U H l V4
the Sumter Liidit Infantry, the
Governor's Guards (Columbia)
and the Manning Guards. Govern
or Ellerbe has appointed Mr. W
E Gonzales adjutant ol'Muj Thomp
son's battalion.
Tiie companies are all formed
into a batta ion for dress parade
every afternoon, and tiie parade
G reviewed by Col. Tillman. As
soon as the parade is dismissed the
companies are marched back to
barracks and, after the roil call,
are dismissed till time for supper
Tlw. I .. . ]?
1 lit* iiwui :> rti u <15 ivrveille,
0 ;i m.; breakfast,8 a in;dinner,'l:00
p. m ; Retreat, G p in.;
supper, 7 p in.; tattoo, 0:G0 p m ;
taps 10 pm.; Three hours suit tl.e
boys ven well, and they are punished
if they are not pre:-ent at
every roll call, unless excuse i.
Lor is J Rustow.
? ? ? p?
Why order a collin or casket
from t lie city when I am prepared
to furnish them at prices that will
pave you from 40 to 50 per cent.
My line is complete in all sizes,
front children's up. 8. M. Askins,
Lake City, 8. C.
The largest assortment, of men's
straw and lelt hats ever seen in
Lake City at rock bottom prices,
at 8. M. Askins, Lake City, 8. C.
Mr. Brunson Slandered.
We clip the following from The
Sutntei Freeman. This letter was
not intended by Mr. Brunson for
nnhli/vifinn hut vvai fiimnlv nn
expression of thanks to Mr. Miller
lor defending him.
Kings tree, S 0, May 10,1S0S.
E. E. Miller, Esq.,
Sumter, S. C.,
Dear Sir:?I wrile to thank you
for delending me against the
slanderous statements of Mr. Appoit.
I am in such a position
that I cannot reply through his
sheet.
1 lived in Clarendon about six
years. At that time it was necessary
to do much political work to
oarrv the election Democrati .
and I was active in every can paign;
not only going myself, but j
putting a red shirt on each of my
hands that I could indu-e to ride
a mule in the parades. In this
way I became conspicuous, and
Mr. Appelthas attributed my zeal
to carry the election to a desire for
oflice. Once during the six years
I was voted for in a preliminary
primary, held in the Salem section
of the county for Representative
and was the choice of the
Salem people, but was(although I
had filed a pledge to abide by the
result of the primary) never aj
candidate before the oeonle of the!
whole county for any office.
I was never nominated for any
office, (except as above) never
voted for to fill any office, and
never intimated to a living soul
that I wished to be be elected to;
any office.
I had about as much business
as I could attend to of my own ;
without meddling with office,
Yours sincerely,
Joel E Bkunson.
What has editor Appelt to say
to Mr. Brunson's statement of facts?;
And we want to remark here that
what Brunson says is a fact, is a
U.,., .c* rn.rl.rJ
Kitt. tlvV UWIJCdl 111(111 t ? I1U
knows him will.testify to his being |
a lover of truth and a man of char
acter?towering high above tiie
pitiful political coat tail swingers,
who have infested the State of late
vears.?Sumter Freemrn.
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He Likes the Prohibition Department.
Since there lias been a Prohibition
department iu The Record it a
has been one of the most interesl- b
intrparts of the paper to me. I b
was disappointed when The Re-, b
cord came this week, lor on turn-:y
ing to the Prohibition pa<re I s
found nothing on the subject ex-ja
cept an article against it. |b
Brother Prohibitionists,this will a
I
not do. While some of our boys11
away fighting for the Ireedom of c
Cuba, let those of us who remain s
be no less valiant in seeking to ?
free our dear South Carolina from o
:
the worst toe our country has ever [
| known. I know of no one who :
would deny the fact that whiskey :
I is the greatest enemy of our land,
but our men have got so deeply
down in that old rut ot, "ITohibi- |(
tion won't prohibit,''that many of ^
them seem unable to see out of L
| the top of it,
The thing for us to decide is'
1
| what is right and what is wrong, I v
I and then, "tin the right though the j ^
| heavens Tall." c
j It prohibition is carried at the ^
j next election (which I fully ox- i u
j peef.) it will not pu|#an end to: ^
| whiskey drinking and selling any ^
more than the laws against uiur-i
der and ihell have put a slop to)
j killing and stealing; but one thing i j
is certain, the law will be right!
0 t
and only those who break this law!
U
will be responsible for their own I
w rong-doing.
Is it right to allow men to flood ;
j our land with this hell-bom stuff!
j which is sure 10 en>nare our boys I1
land make such slaves of them ^
; that nothing less than the grace of ^
I Almighty (iod is able to free
j them again? v
I All agree that the thing is a 1
great evil and must be controlled. '
We cannot allow our bovs to be 0
made drunkards cf unless we cat)! t
j get some good out of this evil. J'
None mu.-t be allowed tD follow j t
this business without giving a j"
large per cent, of the blood money |11
into the public treasury. Others jc
say:' .No imiivival. should be allow* ved
l o tio I lie business; ihere is too r
I much money in it to be monopo f
lized. We will make our Stale 1
bar-keeper and let her deal out ldeath
to her own sons and get all
all the profits.'
I reverently say: Way God
have mercy upon, and open the
eyes ot any christian (?) so blind H
as to think this right. Uetter far
allow men to raise rattle-snakes,
7 e
ai d allow them to run at iarge by
! ....w.i. ii.n ...,i.iw.!
jjiMMi;; iiiuv.li jiiiu nic puuiJt ^
treasury. The snakes would destroy
the body only, wliile the
whiskey destroys both bodv and ^
soul. Any man who would argue
I that it is right to allow whiskey
sold lor a percentage of the profits, ^
might as well argue that nieni^
should be allowed to steal all|P
thev olease, so long as they pay ia
w
the State a part of what thev
, c.
steal.
I feel that I would like to say!
more on iiie subject, but I would >
rather hear from others, who;*
may be better able to discuss I he 1 ^
subject. My chief object forj11
writing is to appeal to Probibi-j*
4- -.11 A 1. _ 4 .. A A. !
sioihsi s an over me coumy 10
come to the front and carry on ^
this fight bv discussing the sub-1
? f : r<
ject in all its lights through The i
Record, as our worthy voung
7 ' !
patriot y> r. Louis J Bristow will)
only be delighted for them to do !
A Straight Prohibitionist.
(The Prohibition Depatrment is j
not dead; nor will its sleep be of!
long duration. Mi. C J Lessesne
finds himself unable to edit it longer, j
and until we secure another editor j
tins department win ne onutteu; in j
a very short time we hope to continue j
the department as usual. "Prohibition"
is mistaken as to there being
an artic'e against Piohibition in last - "
week's issue Editor County Record, 1
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Kilnruit .??..? .... ... ..... < .iki'Ari'U. fc
Candy Cniliariie. cure constipation forever. s
lO^.s-c. IfC. O. C Nil, ilriye'vu wfoad inooei. J
An old habit is stronger than a
man's right arm. Fortunate the;
man whose habits arc good ones.
1111
Progress of the Wa--, ?
May 12: The gunboats Hudson j
nd Wilmington, and the torpedo
oat Winslow entered Cardenas j|
ay to attack some Spanish gun-!
oats. At a distance of 3500
ards the Spanish boats opened fire,
upported by land batteries. For
n hour the battle raged, when the
oiler of the Winslow was shot
way,and it was with greatdilficnly
that she was saved from being
nnfnrpd. Thp Winslow suffered /
everelv, five heinjr killed and five i \
rounde l out of a crew of a crew j
f 13 men.
May 12: Admiral Sampson,
ith nine of our best warships?,
I tacked San Juan de Porto Rico
lie bombardment lasted 3 hours,
nd much damage is supposed to ^
ave been inflicted upon the fori i- ii
cations around San Juun. Our M
>sses are reporte<l one man killed
nd seven wounded, besides the u
tinner's mate of the Amphitrite, *
; ho died from be ins overheated, e
tdmiral Sampson claims that he
ould have captured the town: but 6
nit was afraid he could not hold it jj
niil itiA Snuni^li fipol was dis 1 i>
iosed of. After the bombardment I a
1 11
0111 pson withdrew his lleef. *
! 4
May 13: An attempt was made j S(
o land the Gussie on the coast of 1
lavana with troops and a mm uni e
ion. A fiitht ensued in which J?
welve Spaniards were killed and
rimulorl lull f hp hindinnr pmihl
. - ^ f
ot be accomplished. *
May 14: Advices received re- '
iort the Spanish fl ?et to have
een sighted off the island of
luracoa. fj
May 14: The gunboat Nssh- c
ille, the cruser Marblehead and
lieauxilia.y crs< r Windom enter* d
he harbor of Oienl'uegos, with! ^
r lers to cut the cable between
hat place and Santiago de Cuba. s
he cable was cut after a severe jp
)altle with the Spaniards, the
nen on shore tiring upon theAmer- r
cans, who went from the men-'
if-war in small boats to cut the ja
t ? ! 1 I I
ar?ie. ine Americans nau unc
nan killed and six wounded in
he small boats, besides a number n
the ships wounded. The
Spanish loss is unknown.
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Spring Bank Ripples.
Picnics are in vogue at this season. 1
Tthe transplanting of tobacce is J
I l I ..4.^,1
UUUL UUIll[UCbCU*
The all abiorbing topic o? conver- ^
atioii here as elsewhere is the war, ^
nil some of our young men are en- ^
bused with the idea of volunteering.
Mr. and Mrs. W M McElveen and
I c
itniily spent two or three days ink
his community the first of the week i ^
Quite a crowd atteneed a picnic at j t
louzon's Bridge, on Black iuver i
ist Saturday. The day was one of (
leas lire and enjoyment, but so< n j ^
fter dinner, the roaring of thunder j
'as heard ill the distance and the | ^
rowd dispersed. j
Below is given the Honor Roll of j ^
be beautiful and accomplished Miss I i
Jessie Duraut's school at Bethel ^
I'rpshvtpnanl ehurch. for the1
ionth ending May 0. The high
verage attained by her pupils speaks ''
>rcibly of Alias Du rant's merits as a ri
.-acher, and her pations ought to!n
?el proud of their teacher. The 11
ill stands as follows: I
Miss Lula Epps, 99 ci
" Selma Burgess, 99 tj
" Fannie Epps, 99 a
" A Hie Burgess, 98
" Laura Welch, 98
" Mary Burgess, 97 ti
" Fannie Welch, 95
" Poss Epps, 95 w
" Sunnie Burgess, 95 g(
Mr. Bobbie Burgess, 9G
" Bishop Burgess, 90
Apple Jack i u!
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An OM Id ml. > !
Every day strengthens the belief of emi- i
lent physicians that impure blood is the If
ause of the majority of our diseases.
?wenty-five years ago this theory was used I
s a basis for the formula of Browns' Iron i
Jitters. The many remarkable curee effected J)(
y this famous old household remedy are j '
ufficient to prove that the theory is correct. qi
Jrowns' Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers. j
If the sun was inclosed in a mass cn
: ice 60 feet thick it would be one
iinite in melting it. {
:ash dry !;
GoodS r
StorEd
l contented throng of people surg- r
1 and out of our Store all day long 1
nth a look of satisfaction that has
ron for this Establishment its well ^
arued popularity. There are all j I
rays rare bargains to be found in I j
s various Departments. These i"
re some that we believe will inter- j
st you: I j
New goods this week, j t
dozen Black Sailors at 2.V. ! J
down White Sailors at 2.">e. *
dozen Colored Sailors at 04c* j I
) dozen White Sailors, ilelle Crown.
L 2tkv i I
i cozen iiiactv MiiH.r, j.ciie >. rown, i ^
t 200. ! I
dozenFino Fancy Sailors, same asj
tM at r?(K*, at 2.V,
dozen < hip Hats at 90.
dozen <'hil> Hats at 0r>c.
Hack Cashmere Skirts at 90c.
Hack ('ashmare Skirts at $1. # (
lack Serge Skirt" at #1.
And other New Goods. :l
We are selling a nice, fashionable c
'ancy Sailors at 09c, worth ."JOc.
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-urniture r
Department. I
Solid Oik, 10-pieee Bed Room Suits j s<
rom $ i v u> $w. i<?
Hookers atie Chairs cheaper than a
ver before.
Hive-foot Extension Tables $3 50- ^
Kitchen Tables from >1 5o to $1 75.
10-piece Toilet Sets $-2 19.
knottier lot of Window Shades from T
lie to $1. 7
6 by 4 All-wool Art Soars at. $7 75. ,
We have a large assortment of Art
quares of various sizes- and beautiful '
atterns. n
We have a big stock of Mattings and H
re selling at ole prices. i
3uell & Roberts, a
s> S7S n
Corner Cannon Street,
Charleston, S. G. . -
A pood sized waler-moccasin j
vas killed last \v?ek near the
Uc >rd ofilce.
f
Mr. Louis Jacobs, Jr., of Char t
estnn,is on a visit to his parents <
it this place. ^
i
A fish-fry was given Judge Watts |
esterday by the members of the ,
?ar. ''Pine bark stew" was in evi- j
ence, and all who attended enjoyed jc
hemsebes.
Our water supply is being increas-1 <
d by another artesian well, which is; 1
eii.g bored at the Baptist church, j8
Ir. W P Godwin, of Lake City, is j
he contractor. }<
A copy of The Kindergarten, a ; 1
riirht little paper published at j
'harleston, ha3 been leceived at
'
bis office. As its name implies,
'lie Kindergarten is devoted to
he ii.t.Tests of children, tub
ciri pi ion price 25 cents a year.
Lddress, Kindergarten Monthly,
harleston, S. C.
Mr. Louis J Bristow arrived
ere from Columbia Wednesday,
emaining over until Thursday
ighf. Mr. Bristow, who holds
iie office of 1st sergeant in 'he
tarlington Guards, was on a re
? . . j
rutting expedition, ana carried i
ack with him Messrs. W 8 Moore t
nd Duncan Duniop, of this place. 6
Plenty of work and a good digesou
is a good remedy for the blues.
The man who lias not an enemy
lay b.' a good man, but what is he
x>d for?
A very large proportion of the glass
set! in the United States is made in
ennsylvania.
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To Cure Conaiipntloii Forever. I j
Take C'.iscurets Candy Cathartic. 10c or Ma. '
C. C-C. fail to cure, druggists refund uiuuoy ^ 1
The monetary unit of Spain is the 1
?seta, which is worth 19 cents of 1
1
ir nioncv.
c
Prophet Totten savs "all ^reat oc- 1
rrences happen in even years.'* ?
hieh is very odd.
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ATLANTIC COAST LINE.
forth-Eastern R. R. of S. C.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
Dated Dec. 20. 1S97.'
TRAINS GO I NO SOUTH.
No. 35.*
iPHve Florence 3:25 a. m
?eave Kingstree ' I
irrlve Lanea 4:40a. m
.eavo Lanes 4:40 a. m
irrive Charleston 6:20 a. in
No. 23.*
,oave Florence 7:45 p. m
jeave Kingstree 8:55 p. m
arrive Lanes 9:13 p. m
jeave Lanes 9:13 p. rr
arrive Charleston 10:50 p. m
No. 53.*
iOnve Lanes 7:15 p. m
Lrrive Charleston 9:40 p. m
TRAIN'S GOING NORTH.
No. 78.*
.eave Charleston 5:28 a. m
Lrrive Lanes 7:05 a. m **
,eave Lanes 7:05 a. m
/eave Kinjrstree 7:23 a. m
Lraive Florence 8:25 a. rn
No. 32*
.eave Charleston 5:17 p. m.
Lrrive Lanes 6:53p.m.'
jeave Lanes 6:53 p. m.
^eave hmjrstree
Arrive Florence 1 8:15 p. m.
No. 52.*
,?avp Charleston 7:00 a. m
Arrive Lanes 8:32 a. in
* Daily.
Daily except sunclav.
?*<?. 52 runs through to Columbia via
'entral It. K. of S. <'.
Trains Nos. 78 and .'12 run via Wilson
nd F. yetteville Short Liin and make
li>>" connection for all points North.
Trains on C. & 1). It. It. leave Flor
nee daily except Sunday 8 45 a. m., a r
ive Darlington 9 18 a. in., ChorawlOSO
. m., Wadesl)oro2 25 p. in T,eav-? Flor
nee daily exirept Sunday 8 25 p. m.. ar
ive Darlington 8 50 p. in., llartsville 9
*0 p. in., Jlennctrsvilie 9 21 p. m.., Gib
mi 10 00 p. n . Leave Florence Sunday
nly 9 55 a. pi , arrive Darlington 1027
in., Flartsville 11 10 a. in.
T no....... CnnUui. fi_
UrilYC VJll/.H/U UilIJ* CfUCpi/ k'VIUIrt* U:35
ft. t?.Beniietlsv?ll <> :59 a. m
rrive Darlington 7:3o a. m.
eale Ilartrville daily ezrept Sunday
:00 a. tn, arrive DarlMgton 7:43 a. n?
?ave Darlington 8:55 a. m. Leave
1"h(! 'shoro daily ezcept Sunday .3:00 p.
i. I'heraw 5:15 p. nr, Darlingtwi 5r29
i. in. arrive Florence 7 :<M) p. m.
,eave Ilartsvi 11 Sunday oelv 8:15
. m., Darlington 9:00 a.m., arasve 1
Florence 9.02 a m. "
J. F. DIVINE.
(i??n'l Siin'r
ETIQUETTE OF STATE.
Jlfcld RnlH of Precedence Govern the So?
clal Kventa of the Admiuintratlun.
"The wife of the president njabea
ird returns no visits. The wife cf
he vice president pays first visit
inly to the wife of the president,"
vrites Mary Nimmo Balentine in an
llustrated article on "Women of the
United States Senate" in The Woro?n's
Homo Companion.
"The wives of senators make first
rails on the wife of the president,
he wife of the vice president, the
vives of the embassadors, the ladies
if the supreme court and upon each
ither in the ord^r of the length of
lerviee of their husbands in the een?te.
Tho wife of the vice president
lolds receptions on Wednesdays,
lAliinot r? o tt hnroiico Vi Of hliahilflH TO.
i member of the president's cabinet,
vbile the day of receiving for seniors'
wives is Thursday, between
he hours of 3 and 6 in the afternoon.
These receptions begin after the 1st
)f January and continue to be hekl
intal Lent begins. Some ladies oberve
the day for receiving all the
inie congress is in session. Tbecusomaiy
preparations for holding an
ifternoon reception are to station
me man at the drive to open and
ihut carriage doors and call cariages
and another at the ball door
o admit callers and take cards.
The hostess roceives the visitors
itanding near the door of the enonrl
io fli'out!0(l in fl hioh
iauv.0 in VI* vuw.wv. . v. 0~~
lecked gown, which may otherwise
>e as elaborate as taste may dictate.
Visitors may be announced by name
othe hostess by an usher or may
ipeak their names themselves.
"Any person is at liberty to make
he visits at the homes of senators,
md all persona are cordially revived.
Those leaving cards expect
heir visits to be returned. Resident
ind nonresident sightseers whocal)
vithout introduction of any sort
lo not leave cards. A large proporion
of the official folk owe tirst calls
o the ladies of the senute, the ladies
)f the cabinet, the wives of foreign
ninisters and the wives of the mem>er8
of the house of congress. These
ire termed 'duty calls' and must be '
?tnmpil in nerson. A woman whose
lusband is in the 'upper house' can
)6 quite as exclusive as any lady of
irivate position if she so deeira
Che women of the cabinet could not
lose their houses to the publio,
lowever much they might wish to
loso." _