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VOL. XIV. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 2G, 1898; : ' NO. 21.
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AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL
REPORTER AND NOTED.
Written in Condensed Form and Printed
in Like Manner for the Sake
of Our Weary Readers.
Our Prohibition Departuieut will
be resumed next week.
Mr Walter Maekhotise, of Lake
City, spent Friday in town.
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Mrs L J Barr has been on the
sick list for the past few days.
J 1J Nelson and R K Wallace
6pent Sunday at Lake City.
Miss Lizzie Dorritv, of Charleston,
isou a visit to Mrs E T Sweet.
Mr Herbert Graham, of Tim
^ monsville,spentSunday night here
with his parents.
It i? vprv nronerthat the Ala
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bama State troops should be mobilized
at Mobile.
Mr. E LWilkins, of Manning, a
good friend of The Record, paid
us a pleasant call on Monday.
Mr Jim Brown, who lives in the
neighborhood of Central, has been
quite sick during the past week.
It will oblige us if communications
to The Record be sent so as to
reach here by Tuesday a", latest.
A new coat of paint and other
improvements have much enhanced
the appearance of the house
norunied bv Mas C M Chandler.
There will be preaching at the
Baptist chim h next Sunday, 11 j
h. m? by Rev. V I Masters, the
traveling agent of the Baptist Courier.
The many friends of Mr. Louis
.Jacobs are gratified to know that
he is now climbing the hill of
recovery, and bids fair to be well
again soon.
MrD K Mouzon, of Mouzon's
dropped in Saturday; leaving us a
little souvenir in the shape of a
dollar for a year's subscription 'o
The Record.
Children's day will be celebrated
soon at the Methodist church. The
children of the Sunday school are
practicing singing and marching.
A ? - and
will be probably mako it an
interesting occasion.
We are indebted to Mr. Wilkes
Courtney, a member ot the graduating
class of the Williston Coeducational
Institute, for an invitation
to the closing exercises of
that school, which take place May
31 J une 1.
Ahnut 300 homing pigeons |
were released here Sunday morning
to return to Washington, D. C.
These pigeons have been lor smv
eral years past, sent here by the
.National Federation of Homing
Pigeon Fanciers.
Messers. C M Mason, of Man
ning, and W T Wilkens, of Fores
ton, spent Saturday in Kingstree.
These gentlemen were on a"prospecting''tour,
and may decide to
open a large mercantile business
here.
The Greeleyville matterjhas been
thoroughly discussed in these columns,
Both sides have been heard
from, and we do not think further
discussion would be of interest to
the general public.
Misses Louise Gilland and Daisy
Kennedy will please accept our
thanks for invitations, from the
former to commencement at Converse
College, June 3-7; from the latter,
to a piano recital at the Columbia
Female College, May 2.7.
(Other Locals on page 8.)
DEATH OF COL. BARRON. I
Clarendon Loses A Prominent Lawyer
And a Valuable OitiZen. I
Out town was shocked yesterday
(Tuesday), when news caine that j
Col. B. Presley Barron had died at '
his home in Manning on Monday
morning. lTp to this time we have
been able to gather but few,
particulars concerning his death
except that he had been sick but
a few days, and the end came very I
unexpectedly, it was only last
Tuesday that he left Kingstree c
apparently in the lull enjoyment
of health and spirits. Following i
so quickly upon this comes the in- q
telligence of his death as a mournful
commentary upon the uncer
tanty of human lile, forcibly nn
pressing upon us the fact that we j
know not what a day may bring |
fort h.
Although a resident of Clarendon
county, Co! Barron was a familiar
figure in this county, having .
spent a portion of his early life 1
here; and for many years he has
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had a law office at Kingstree, where
a partner looked after his business
interests. His death is deeply felt
by his many lriends in thecounty, 11
whose warm and heartfelt svtnj a- 1
thy goes out to his bereaved family ^
in this dark hour of affliction v
Anoutthe year 1858, Mr Ba rron v
came from York county, where lie c
was born, to clarendon county,
and for a year or two he remained there
engaged in school teaching. v
He then came to this county and ^
continued teaching near Indiantown,
studying law at the same
time. During this lime,he mar- \
ried Miss M A Snow den, a daugh- j
terof Capt. John Snowden, of In- h
diantown. s
At the breaking out of the war,
he went to the front in acompany a
fromIndiantown,as3rdlieutenant, j
and during the four years'struggle. s
he did good service as a gallant f
soldier. When the war ended he t
formed a partnership for the prac a
tic of law with Col. J G Pressley, (
ot Kingstree; and Air Barron went v
to Alanning to take charge of a ]
branch office at that place After a
a short period of married life his
wife died,childless, ilemarrieda c
second time Miss Alice Wither- r
spoon, of this county, who with s
seven children survives him. e
As a lawyer, Mr iiarron always j
did a successful practice, and was t
widely and favorably known in
his profession: as a man he posessed
that charm of manner that
gained him many friends and admirers.
A kind an 1 affectionate
husband and father, and a consistent
member of the Presbyterian
church at his home, his death will
be deeply leit in his town, and
leaves in the hearts of his grief t
stricken family and friends a des- ]
olation which can be healed only a
by Him who makes the dead to live c
again. f
A T?I A Tkrofl P.Aimtioe ?
Nearlv two years ago Joe Miles, }
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white, escaped from the jail at this
place, where he was awaiting trial
for cow-stealing. No sooner had he
got away than he stole a horse in 1
Florence county, taking it to George- ^
town connty and trading it. Soon j
he was arrested for trading a stolen r
horse, which charge was proven, and t
Miles was sentenced to three years <
in the penitentiary. His term has '
just expired, and Mr. Britton, the
jailor, has brought him back here
to await trial 011 the original charge x
of cow st; ali":g.. 1
The wheels of justice move slowly,
but sometimes they get there.
LATEST W
Summary of t]
Reports to the C
(Special Telegram? to
It has been ollicialiy confirm
)iter, Florida.
A semi-official report has be
ooped up in Santiago harbor.
Martial law is needed at Key
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sr, was muruereu lasi mgiu. mc
[ue!l dssturbancos.
Russia, Greece, Venezuela,'
tare neutrality.
Lieut. Jiemza passenger 011 I
vey West as a spy. He had fifty n
ocating mines and torpedoes.
President McKinley called ft
ernoon.
Invasion of Cut>a to be dela
s for Schley to hold Cetvera at S
lavana and Miles attacks, trans
mailer warships.
CABLEGRAM F
MANILA. May 26. Secret a
inchanged. Strict blockade contin
n Manila. Foreign subjects fear
aers, and they will be transfern
rar in the harbor. Agmuildo, tin
ras brought here from Hong Koi
avelry, and may render service tlu
VILLIAM E. GLADSTONE DEAD.
'he Great Eng'ish Statesman Sinks
Peacefully to Rest.
On Thursday last, at 5 a. m.,
Villiam E Gladstone, alter an j
llness of nine months, breathed;
i? Inst. Thefollowing is a brief)
ynopsis of his career:?
Of Scotch ancestry, he was born
it Liverpool, England, on Dec. 29,
S09. His father, John Gladtone,
had accumulated a large
ortune in trade, and gave his son
he advantages of a fine education
it Eton and Oxford. In 1S31
iladstone graduated at Oxford,
vinninga "double first,1' that is,
eading his class in mathematics
md the classics.
In 1832 he began his political1
:areer, being elected to Parlianent
as a Tory. After this he
teadily rose in power and infill;nee
till 1845, when he resigned
lis office, because he did not like
he attitude of the Government
owards the church. In 1853 he i
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igain emeieu puuiiL nit no
ellor of theExchequer, remaining
n office, except for a shori time,
ind steadily growing in favor unit
1869, when he became Prime
Minister. lie remained in this
>fiice up to 1873, when his parly
vas defeated, and Ire withdrew
rotn public life. He again became
?rime Minister in 1879, and with
t short interruption, remained in
>ffiee until March 3,1894, when he
inally retired to private life.
Mr. Gladstone was a warm ad
nirer of Jefferson Davis, and in
L862,delivered a pauegyncon him
u Parliament.
He was offered a peerage lor
limself or his wife by Queen Vicoria,
but refused the empty honor.
\s a statesman, Gladstone stood
vithout equal among his contemporaries;
and his gentle, kindly
lature trained for him the love of
he whole civilized world, and
jnshrined him in millions'of hearts
is "The Grand Old Man."
Keep Cool!
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Twill saII me dnrin? the summer i
it the ice-house near R. R. crossing j
is cheap as it can be bought any-1
tvhere including freight Give me i
i trial- i
WARREN MONTGOMERY. |
AR NEWS.
ie Telegraphic
lounty Record,
The County Record.)
ied the Oregon has arrived at Juen
receive! that Cervera's fleet is
West. J J Dercey, expert machin
local police force is insuflicient to
I'ho Netherlands and Canada dehe
Panama, has been arrested in
ine charts of American harbors,
)r 75,000 more volunteers this afived
no longer. Asserted plan
antiago, while Sampson bombards
ports of troops to be guarded by
ROM DEWEY.
ry Navy, Washington: Situation
ued. Great scarcity of provisions
an outbreak of the Spanish sol?d
to Cavite by the fureign men-of
e rebel commander-in-chief, who
ig, is organizing a force of native
it will be valuable.
DEWEY
The Academy Picnic.
The King tree Academy celebrated
tne close of the present ses*
son by a picnic last Friday at the
grove in front of Mr Win Kinder's
house. The pupils, with their
parents and friends, made up a
goodly company, and long belore
Phoebus in his fiery chariot had
half completed his daily circuit,
the woods resounded with shouts
oi laughter ana ine noisy exuuerance
of "playful children just let
loose from school."
The enjoyment of the occasion
was by no means confined to the
children, however, as-n.anv of the
"grown up" folks can testify.
The young ladies were there in
all the loveliness of their spring
attire, and their swains cast upon
them more than "sidelong looks of
love," we are quite sure.
It was an ideal picnic day, a
trifle warm, it is true, but with the
summer sky undimmed by a single
cloud a day when it is a delight
to wander through dale and
dell, to pluck fragrant cowslips,
with pearly dew upon them, and
listen to song of blithe birds in
their leafy bowers.
Tito nf'tornnnn was well ndvano
ed when dinner was announced.
The excellence and variety of the
cumeestibles, which that intererting
part of the programme included,
are past mention. Suffice it
to say that the proverbial 1 ospi
talitv of Kings tree was amply sustained
in every way. Ice-lemon
ade was in much demand, and the
supply never failed. It was long
toward evening when the crowd
dispersed all apparently well satisfied
with the day's outing.
Those Missing Packages.
Again come complaints from
Docks and Greeleyville that The
Record has not been received at
those offices, Docks last week and
Greeleyville the week before.
Somebody is at fault in this matter,
and we shall complain to the
P. 0. department to have it in
vestigated. We mailed both ol
[these packages at this office, and
the postmaster remembers having
sent them off?now who is to
| blame?
CAMP LIFE m I CUPlim
VACCINATION MAKES MANY
ILL.
First Sergeant Bristow Gives a
Glimpse of The Rough Side
of a Soldier's Life. ,
Columbia, S. C., Ma}' 19, 1 SOS. ,
During the past week I have
experienced the rough side of camp
life to a sma'I extent. Shortly
after we arrived here, all of the j
men were vaccinated, and, among
others, mine "took" promptly, and '
in a few days 1 had a pretty 1
"game" arm; in fact, my left arm
was pretty sore. I cut off the i
left sleeves of all my garments ex- |
cept the coat, (and the latter I did
not wear at all for several days)
and carred my arm entirely tare.
Imprudently enough, I went out 1
in the rain in this condition and, (
as a result, I suffered intense pain.
My arin was swolen to twice its '
| usual size, and the inflamation
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spread irom me suouiuer uuwu
well below the elbow; lever set in
and 1 was pronounced very sick.
I lay on my mat tie.-*, pot poor s
fare and suffered from inattention. s
In the course of a few days, how- r
ever, I was better, and I ?rr in a i
faircondition now. While my arm t
still gives me a great deal of trouble 7
and cause a deal of pain, it is a j
great deal better. (
Our company has been mustered
in about a week now, and all the
boys are satisfied. They are drill- I
ing right along and can walk post '
like old hands at the businss. We
have had a number of sick ones. \
their illness being caused trom j
vaccination; but they are all re- t
covering.
The Manning Guards are quartered
right next, to us, and quite
a number of Williamsburg boys '
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are in that company. Besides the
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JLI (I illttu i j i i oovo i iiv * vi* v<>.. ....
is debarrel from getting a pass for t
tour days, and if a man is absent
from a drill, he is given double
duty. Our roll calls are at 6:30
o'clock a. m., 6 p. m., and 9:30
p. m. The drills are: Company
drill at 7 o'clock a.m.; battalion 1
drill at 7 p. m.
Our command is no longer (
known as the -Darlington Guards"
but as company kiA," Independent
Battalion, S. C. V. We are
expecting our new uniforms and '
equipments every day. We are
now wearing old uniforms and
using our company guns.
Messers.J. H. Blackwell. W. R.
Funk, B. B. Chandler, and J. S.
(Continued on page 8.)
ones x mtnuiuucu iasv wccn, mi.
Dan Cooper is now an accepted
member of this command Mr.
Preston Cooper enlisted, but was
rejected on account of weight.
Mr. Duncan J. Dunlop seemed
determined to enter the army, in ^
spite of his vouthf'ulness; so he
returned the other day and enlisted
with the Manning Guards, hav- 1
ing grown in age two years since '
the previous week, but was again
rejected by the examining officers.
As the Darlington Guards is the
only company at this camp that
has been mustered into service,
our bovs are not allowed the privi- 1
leges that some others enjoy, but
have to live strictly within certain
bounds. Quite a number of the
boys when feeling a little bad,
would get out of walking sentinel
posts, but now the surgeon decides
who is able to do duty. Then, too,
if a man is uuable to do duty, no
pass is allowed him till twenty
four hours after he has returned to 1
duty.
T ' .? m.in miccac tho mlt PmII he
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In
every department by bayrig
your goods here. Our shelter
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ind the Values we are now offer
ng are not equalled in this part
>f the country.
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Spring Suit
should be selected now while the
itock is at its best. Settle in your
i?ind the price you intend to pay, ind
then see how well we can fit \
he figure with Silks, Satin,
Novelty Dress Good, Organdie*,
L,awns and and Fancy White
jloods.
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resell all the leading brands. If
rou have a favorite style, the chances
tre ire Lave it. \. ;
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from the cheapest? to the finest s ' >
uakes, and in every instance, qnal
iv rnnsidered. i^Uar&ntee our orioet
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