The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 28, 1898, Image 1
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VOL. XIV. KINGSTIIEE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 28,1898. NO.^ j
Ill lifi Of 111.
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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.
Mr. W T Wilkins spen t J Sunday
with his better half at Foreston.
Mr. G Herbert McClary, who is in
business at Georgetown, is on a short
visit to relatives in town.
Rev. A B Earle closed his protracted
meeting at Bculuh last 8uullllV
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Dr. W S Boyd, a medical prarticoner
ot Jersey City, N. J., is on
a visit to his old home near Suiters.
Air. J K Biggs, Road Master ol
the N. E. and Central K. R., was
in town Monday on business.
The river has fallen considerably
and the fish bite well in spite of the
fact that it is not lawful for them
to bite.
The water-melon contest is becoming
interesting. Particularly
fine were the three received from
Air. SJ Bradshaw, of Brown's.
Since the grass and weeds have
been hoed away the Methodist
church yard prcseuts a more sightly
appearance.
Mr. YV B Gourdin, a successful
vouug farmer of the Ox Swamp
section, was in town Friday and
Saturday as the guest ot Dr. Gamble.
We received a pleasnut call on
Saturday froin Mr. Miles II Pipkin,
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01 Uioominuvaiu. cie Ifjwiau |
fine peasons and good crops in his
locality.
Messrs Louis Jacobs and W W
Grayson left Tuesday morning for
I'awley's Island in quest of (lie
ozone and ocean breezes of that
popular resort.
Bv an error of the types the Slier
iffs sales were advertised last week
to take place July 1 instead of August
l.as the advertisement should
have read.
The funeral services of Miss Sue
T Keels tooL place at the Presbyterian
church here ou Friday, being
conducted by Rev. J EDunlop,
assisted by Rev. R C Bou 1 ware.
We waut the news from every part
of the county. Our correspondents
will do us a favor to send in their
contributions regularly and in time
to reach us the first of the week.
A generous gift of luscious
peaches was bestowed upon Tub
Record force last Tuesday by
Mr. Henry M Burrows, who so efficiently
holds down the office of
coroner in this county.
From all over the county come
reports of fine seasons and excellent
crops. We have traveled
through many counties in the State
and nowhere have we seen a better
prospect than _ in Williamsburg
cranty.
A meeting of the trustees of the
Kingstree Academy was held on
Monday. It was decided to post
pone the election of teachers until
next Monday in order to con
sider the applications received betore
passing upon them.
We are requested to announce
that the third Quarterly Conference
of Kingstree Circuit, M. E.
Church, South, will be held at
Bethesda Church next Saturday
and Sunday, July 30 and 31. The
Quarterly Conference will convene
on Saturday after religious
services at 11 o'clock. All officials
are earnestly requested to be
present,
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Mr. W J Hill,State Dispensary
Inspector, on last Monday examined
Dispenser A O Mouzon's
books and checked up his accounts, j
After a thorough examination the
books were found to be in good
shape and every thing about the
ollice satisfactory.
The bright and attractive faces of
the charming young lady teachers
attending the institute are enough to
cause a wave of sadness to pervade
the hearts of staid old bachelors, and
a lingering regret that they cannot
be sehool-boys again.
Mr. II D Roddick, with characteristic
enterprise, is building a
third store between the two in
which lie now does business. The
new store will be used to contain
tne large stock of furniture that
Mr lleddick intends to oiler his
customers this fall.
The teachers' institute began here
last Monday under the management
of Professors I lam by and Brown.'
About 40 teachers have been enrolled
and much interest is shown in the
daily exercises. A full account of
the institute will be given next week.
Miss Florence Benjamin has
been visiting Mr. Jacob's family
during the past week. This attractive
and deserving young ladyhas
been teaching in Georgetown
county for several years past,
where she has achieved the success
that she well merits.
Mr. A Poindexter Taylor, who
so successfuly represents the Fidelity
Mutual Life Insurance Co..
has been here for the past week
looking after interests of his company.
Mr. Taylor is pleasant of
manner and genial of disposition
and wo are always g!ud to have
him with us.
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Utir sunciuin was lrnuwaie: uy
the sunny presence of our old
friend, Mr. George Mitchuni, last
Friday. We mean the adjective
"old*' to apply to friend and not to
George, as he is the youngest man
of hi" years in the county. Within
our honest palm he placed a silver
disc that emphasized the words of
1 1. ~ l. -1 T..n t >i..
kiiiuiy return nc iui.i iui me, aa^<COKI).
Several complaints have been
made by our subscribers recently
on account of the paper not being
received until several days after
the day of publication, and in some
cases not at all. We shall esteem,
it a favor if every subscriber who
fails to get the paper on time will
drop us a card stating the fact.
The kefcornis mailed on Thursday
to every oneot its subscribers,and
we want to trace up the matter
and tind out the cause of this irregularity
of the mails. Especially
do we ask that each post-master
will let us know at once if his
package of papers does not arrive
hu Priitiiv nf tt'ppt
Just received by M F Ilellcr a car
load of the celebrated Columbia and
Rock Hill buggies, which will be
sold at lowest prices for casli or approved
paper. A line stock of all.
kinds of harness is constantly kept
on hand.
Attention, Democrats.
The presidents of the various
Democratic Clubs will forward me
not later than August "1. the names
of three members of their clubs to
act as managers in the coming
primary election. This is important,
and I hope 1 lie presidents
throughout the County will act
promptly, giving the names of
their clubs and the number of ballots
needed.
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| AFTER A PLEASANT TWO WEEKS
VACATION.
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Greenville, Harris Springs and Other \r
Points Visited. No County Like u|
Williamsbjrg Personal Mention. ^ ^
Alter an absence of two weeks
wi
we are home airain and with re
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newed health and energy have re
as
snmed our duties. At the meeting
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ol the 1 ress Association, an ac- T1
count of winch has already been .
ta
given in The Rkcjjp.d, were many ,
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editors from every part ol the State
ar
and the intercourse ol these men
toi
ol the same cralt must have been ,,
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of mutual benefit. In such associ- .
at ions every one has the privilege ^
of exchanging old ideas and views ..
, _ 111:
lor new ones, and of course wno,
ar
ever makes such an exchange finds
lie
it profitable.
Alter three days in the beautiful
eitv of Greenville must pleas '
.. til
antly spent, we went to Harris
Lithia Springs and remained tiiere ^
about two weeks. The health giv.
. , . . co
mg waters ol this celebrated resort
ne
vv'pi'p iinbihwl trppiv :iml hpnllit
ami enjoyment went hand in hand. ^
In another column is given an account
of the banquet of the Dental
Association on July 14, when
about 200 guests were entertained.
This article is from the facile pen
ot Mnj. James T Bacon, the Chev- ln
alierBayard sanspeur etreproche ^
of the South Carolina press, and Pc
his description does ample justice W2
to the occasion. in'
On July 13, Maj. Bacon deliv- l'1
ered his lecture "An Old Man's ,0
Kranky Kaleidoscope" to a select
audience at Harris Springs. This
lecture is replete with wit, humor
and pathos, and is entertaining 'ai
froir start to finish. Col. Bacon 11
intends to take the field as a lect- ^r'
urer tliis fall, and we bespeak lor 1()'
him a brilliant success.
At Greenville we had the pleas- 'ia
ure of seeing Mr. 11 J llavneswortn, '>n
formerly a member of t lie bar at W1
this place. Mr. 11 aynesworth is
one of the leading lawyers of
Greenville and his domestic life is 801
complete in its happiness. By no aM
means the least enjoyable part of ,ni
our trij was the two days spent at
Greenwood, where Mr. F Barron *)a
Grier of tender memory in King4
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siree una ? iinamsourg exienueu
to us a hospitable welcome. Greenwood
is a thriving little city and jas
on every hand are evidences of 0'c
its rapid growth. It will be a mat (jc
ter of much gaatification to Mr. jn,
Grier's host of friends here to '
know that he has already reached 1
the top of the profession in hi?* !ln
adopted home, and that he so sa<
kindly remembers this county and ie<
its people.
The crops of tho up country .
yield to ours in every way, and it
is really refreshing to behold the m<
luxuriant growth of corn and cot- be
ton in our fields after seeing the de
short, crooked rows through rocky
soil and along barren hill-side in
some of the upper counties. In
the fertility of its soil and the hospitality
cf its people we are more ]0j
than ever convinced that old Williamsburg
stands second to none. ^
Slapped Shafter's Face.
lie
Sylvester Scovel. a special cor tr<
respondent of ! he New York p.
World at Santiago, upon the sur ^
render of that city, committed an
act which would put an anarchist t:l
to shame It seems that this 1?
reckless journalist wanted to take br
part in the ceremony of placing ra
the United States flag over the hi
City llall. This he had no right ca
to do and was ordered away by ^
the guard, whereupon he walked
up to Gen. Shatter and slapped u
his face. He has been placed tin ^t
der arrest ami will be expelled er
Irom the iilund. lx
TWO MORE ARRESTS. If
S. Howie and Van Epps Charged ^
With Obstructing Officer.
Att account was given in our
st week's issue of the attempt of
I'Clayton, United States dep- v
y marshal, to remove Early 1'
?e from the chain gang upon a
lit ot habeas corpus, and the ret
sal of Mr. Howie to release Lee,
he did not consider the instru ^
ent drawn np accordingly to law.
le next step in the matter was *
ken to day (Tuesday) when Chief
puty marshal E Brooks Sligh ^
rived here armed with a warrant ^
r the arrest of .J S Ilowle and
an Epps,charge ! with "obstruct ^
resisting and opposing" v r
avton in the lawful discharge of
ft
s duty. These two men, who
e in charge of the chain gang j
ar Johnsonville, will be arrested .
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day and taken 10 Charleston to
swer the charge brought against
em.
.Mr. Sligh went about the disarge
of an unpleasant duty in a
urteous ana gentlemanly man- 5,1
r that cannot fail to be appreued
by all the parties concernin
the affair.
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Stole a Pump. c
On last Thursday some one stole jj
e handle and plunger of a pump S(
tl?e school house yard near Mr. 'j
J Smith's house. Suspicion v
>ints to a man who passed that j
ty early Thursday morning.driv- j
g a large horse in a wagon. /
obably the traveler saw a chance g
take as much of the pump as ?
needed and availed himself of y
o onnortunitv. The track ot the _
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tgon and horse was followed as n
r us Mr. J M Nexsen'sstore,where d
wus lost sight of. Upon the j]
onnd near tiie school-house was h
and a three-inch harmonica. Not t|
ery man who carries around a a
rmonica and blows ii is a thief, s!
it the tact would not help him a
th a fair minded jury. t;
The trustees of 'he school are
anklul that the robber left a
ine of the pump and the well, h
d they are willing to return his n
.isical instrument and pardon si
e transgressor it he will bring p
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Death of Miss Sue T. Keels. a
Miss Sue T Keels died at Salters 0
>t Monday morning about 10 ^
dock at the home of Mr. J M ^
>ok, whose family she was visiti.
Miss Keels taught school in s<
is county for a number of years
d the tidings of her death wil ^
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Idea the hearts of many who (
reived their primary instruc- e
>n under her tutelage. A large
clo of relations and friends 0
jurn her loss. Miss Keels had s
cii in uui a icw uajo uciuiu iici
ath. a
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A General Smash Up.
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Tuesday morning Mr. A 1' Tay- ^
r, agent for the Fidelity Mutual
fe Insurance Co., accompanied by
r. I) C Scott, examining physician,
ove out to Mr. K T Parker's near ^
?(
:re to write up a policy. While
msacting their business at Mr. v
irkei's, both horses were left in *
out of the house, without being N
ken from the buggies. Mr. Tay- c
r's horse, becoming frightened, '
oke loose from its fastening and '
n into Dr. .Scott's buggy, causing 1
3 horse to break away also. Then '
,me a mad race down the road, the I
)rse8 running parallel, with the I
hides still hitched to them. Both ' t
isrsries were wrecked and the ownc?o
s came in about dark, driving a
wowed horse.
in. up urn
-IOW THE BOYS ARE FARING AT
COLUMBIA.
VilliamSburg's NewRecruits?The Paymaster's
Visit?Roll Call?Account of
a Court Martial?Personal Notes.
Columbia, S. C., July 23.?Afor
an absence of nearly three
t'eeks from camp, I will again enleavor
to pen a letter for the ben
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Iecokd.
I left camp about the fifth of
ruly to attend the meeting of the
Itate Press Association in the city
f Greenville. Helore returning
lere I went to Williamsburg couny.
and while there secured a
number of recuits. some of whom
brought to Columbia last week,
then bad another trip in view,
lit am now once more at my usual
fork in camp.
Upon my return to camp Lee I
aund that there had been a
house moving'' during my abence.
We are now located sevra'
hundred yards farther east
nan we lormerjy were, ana nave
iuch larger tents. The new tents
no, have '-flies" and are much
oolerthan the old ones.
The Williamsburg boys, who
ave recently joined the Battalion
eem to be all very well satisfied,
'he following are the young men
tho came in from Williamsburg:
S McCullough, Jr., William J
lolleman, J Robert Cox, T Oliver
Lltman, Reese L Wise, Hugh
trong, W Pinkney Godwin, A
.ce Epps, Logan Scott, J Walter
IcElveen, McElveen, and
? Graham. These fine young
ien will make good soldiers; in
eed, they now handle their guns
i a way that shows that they
ave been taking an interest in
heir drills, and the indications
rc that it will be only a very
liort time before they will drill
s well as any men in the Bataiion.
Mr. Jnhn Joyner, of Lake City,
member of Company D, who
as been home on a furlough,says
e lost flesh while away, notwithtanding
the fact that the young
eople gave a picnic in his honor
.'hile he was at home. Private
Idwin Kodgers, of Lake City,
nother company D man, is one
f the most popular men in the
lattalion, while there is not a
ner quartermaster sergeant to be
aund than Charlie Joyner, of the
ame company.
D.ttfAYiah Uoe a
lilU uanauuu liun lilt.] < 1>??V
all team, and there is a good out>ok
lor 6ome interesting games
re long.
The boys have given up all hope
f leaving Columbia at all this
ummor and are. buying boards
nd putting floors iu their tents
nd otherwise making themselves
omlortable.
While I was away the paymaser
visited the camp and of course
here was general and genuine reoicingr
Most ot the boys were
ompletely "busted" when the
laymaster arrived and now the
broke" ones are very few. This
vas the first visit of the paymaser
to our boys, but in future they
vill be paid ofTevery month. Of
:ourse, those who were away at
he time of the visit of the paymaster
could not receipt for their
nonev ?nd therefore did not get
my. I was one of the unfortunates
jut will be paid in full at the next
ime of paying off, for J will be on
land.
The lir.-t general court-martial
( Continued on pa^eS.)
The !
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Seam.
Will Soon t
f '3m
% *'y
Be Here
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When we begin to buy fall
and winter goods. Before that
time arrives we want to sell ou*
stock down as low as possible and
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are offering
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Very Low Prices
on nearly evervthing.in otflr line*
WE have a bk ln? ,o{
SHOES
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being sold at prices fo's&itta
r r
season.
Ladies
Underve
at 5c, 10c and upvrard3. A large
line of
TM
Samplo
Pants
in which we afe offering barganw*
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\ Because of the advance!
prices on
Z>eaf
Tobacco
last season and the additional fas
as a war measure oil maBotaeterI
ed goods,, there will be no iworo
tobacco manufactured that e?n
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be retailed at 2oe per. lb. Bow-'
ever we anticipated tftis condition
and laid in quite a large stock
that we are selling at old prices?*
WE have many bargains for fbe
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ready customer,
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