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0^ VOL. XIV, KiXUSTREE, SOl'TH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, U OUST 1*. is<* NO. 23. |
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AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL v
REPORTER AND NOTTED ,
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Written in Condensed Form and Printed '
in Like Mar.r.c" for the Sake I
of Our Weary Readers.
Several new candidates tin*
week.
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Kev. W II Kirton,of Lake City, \
paid us h call yesterday. (
.Mr. i\ l riuman. 01 uourain s.
was in town Thursday.
Visitors in Kingstree always
speafc well of its excellent water '
Mr. Edwin 11irsch went over to (
Suiters on legal business last Monday. ,
Bead Wilkius* advertisement in (
another column. . t
Mr. W II Singletary has with- 1
drawn from the Senatorial race.
Mr. T M Gilland's friends are '
glad to see that he is well enough
to ride out.
Mr. Joel E Brunson and his \
daughter, Miss Margaret, left last 1
Thursday for a stay in Sumter.
Representatives of several fe- s
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nidie colleges nave \is:tea x\.nga
tree recently.
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Mr. and Mrs. Iiaudv Ilollorr.an,:,
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of Greeleyville, spent Sunday in ' |
Kingstrec. <
The county campaign has open- *
vd and there can be no other entries '
into the rnc? lor county oilicea.
. Mr. E G Jacobs, of Macon, Ga., |
is spending a few weeks in town
with his parents.
IJorn, unto Rev. and Mrs. W I.) y
Moorer, on Tuesday, August lb, a .
a m.
As this is election year, those wh ) c
dctsire to kt*ep tip with the campaign ^
would do well to subscribe to Tun .
County Kkcokd.
Mr. II B Morris, of Trio, looked f
in on us last Monday. Before t
leaving town lie became a p'tid up
subscriber to The Record.
Mrs. D C Scott has returned to ?
Kingstree,after a visit to her sis- (
ter, Mrs.C KDavis, of Frieudfieid. 1
?Reform Advocate.
Cotton is opening very rapidly, ^
and soou the market will be over
llowing with the staple product ot t
the land.
Mr. Olin Epps and Miss Elise r
Carwilo have both accepted the *
positions to which they were re- 1
ceutly elected in the Kingstree
Academy. i
Rev. R \V Barnwell preached
his usual excellent sermon at the \
Episcopal chapel on last Sunday
morning There was no preaching
at the other churches.
The crops ot the county have \
snrfered severely trom the wet !
weather which has prevailed dur- i 1
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ing the past few weeks. From all
over tho county come complaints
of too much rain. ,
% Mr. W T Wilkins moved his (
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family here from Foreston last:,
Thursday. Their uew home is at ' ]
the Brockintou house, on Railroad j
Avenue. In behalf ol the town we :
cordially welcome the new-comers |
among us. i
The following recruiting ofiieers |
were here on Tuesday to muster
in the Second Regiment recruits
from this county: 3!aj. E J W.m
namaker,Lieut. J W Culler, Sergt. j
R F Woods and Private J J. AIj
Iv. 'i'wentv six recruits were ex i
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amined,of which mumber thirteen
were mustered into service, the
remainder failing to pass the
physical examination.
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Belure the opening 01 thy next
ichuol term soine repairs should be
nade 011 the academy building,
several blinds nie missing, tne
"eace is out 01 repair and a goneril
over hauling oi the premises is
aeeded
'! ho merchants of I\iiiirstroi* will
loon begin to receive their lull
:oo'.L-. Look out for their tail and
viator announcements m the
Comity Record, The livo mer
rhants always patronize our u l
veriising columns.
Sergeant L J liristow will renaia
in Williamsburg county for
;evera! days yet, ami those who
lesire to enlist with him would do
veli to communicate with him at I
nice. Letters or telegrams ad]
Ia him u f vviil
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each him promptly.
Rev?. \V II I lodges and wife, (J
" Clarkson and wife, and (I W i
A'addeil parsed through town
Saturday evening on the way to
ndiantown to visit Capt. W li
vennedy and family. The party
ire bach from Paw ley's I.-huid,
vhere they have he-en spending
leveral week? quite pleasantly.
Some good work has been done
>n Main Street with n mowing
machine. Many a tali \vcc*l has
n't the dust and some of the grass
>n the side-walks has been hood
i\\ sv. This is a move i'.i the right
lirection, and we hope ere long to
ee the shabby, nnkcir.pt condilon
of the streets much improved,
jot the good work go on.
Mr. Silas Bonnds has l>egnn
vork npon the d veiling of Oapt.
>V II Kennedy on the lot adjoinng
l)r. D C Scott's, and the
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miming w.ii re rapiuiy pusneu k?
ompletion. Mr. Timmons is also
>oring an artesian well on the
iremises. When completed, this
landsome residence will make a
ine appearance in that part ol
own.
There arc a good many small boys
ironad town who are confirmed cigtrelte
smokers, and their vocabulary
)f profanity is something alarming.
rVo believe there is a law against!
ielliug cigarettes to minors, and it
houUl be rigidly enforced. If these'
joys are confirmed smokers and
;we;*rers at ten, what will they be at
wenty years old?
In section director Ihui.rV weekly!
Top report this week, the f< 'lowingJ
Tom Mr. J) X Johnson, of C-hnp- j
nan, this county, was incorporated:
'The corn crop is about made and is
ibou* the average, while cotton has
ailed wonderfully from the inces uiit
rains; peas also injured, rice,
!Ugar cane and sweet potatoes doing
.veil, fodder stripping delayed"
La'd To Rest.
The tunera! services of Dr. J W
daggers took place at tlie Wiliaimdmrg
cemetery last Monday,
lis death having occurred on the
l?re<*o*i;nir day .it 'ho home of Mr.
W I'McGili, where he was 011 a
risit.
Rcroie the wr.r )>r Staggers
was one of th* largest slave owners
of this <' >nnt\\ and many of
>nr older citizens yet remember
Ins boundless hospitality and the
lavish style which he maintained.
AH of his lit'.-, about so vent yI
wo years, was spent in tier conn
iv. with the exception oJ a few
years h? was in 'ie.xes, and his
lasi years have been p. sr.a at!hhome
of hi:, son, ('apt. William
Cooper, oi'Indianrown.
Mr iAtnrv Withtiraw^
I hereby u:v . notice to ?ho voters
(,1 '!i?- cm:;' ly ov. v.t: ?o con 'iji'f'i
! *?!','fh, I i.:u*o th'ciuotl
!o vv-t'ulra .v my camlkiacy lW the
State Senate.
1 hanking my frien?ls for past
favors, I am. Respectfully,
W R SlJJfJLETAKY.
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r I RSI GUN OF THE BATTLE IN
Williamsburg county
The Would-be Officials Address the
Sovereigns and Incidentally
Solicit Votes.
Tho opening meeting of the
county campaign was held in the
Icourt house yesterday. All 01
the candidates but one was present
ami addressed the small crowd
of sovereigns who assembled to
hear the issues of the day discussj
ed. There were probably seventy!
live or one hundred people in the
spacious court house to hear the
nineteen gentlemen who are aspiring
to office speak, and they were
well entertained.
Dr A LI Williams county chair
man, called the meeting to order
then proceeded to announce ids
condidacy for re-election to the
State Somite, lie was sorry that
his competitor had withdrawn
from the race, as he believed in
rotation in cfficeifthe people desired
it. He did not intend enterI:?
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Ii^". iill; iuct* uii> vrui a*. a:i, ?-*u?
,>o in responce to numerous
letter? and petitions urping him to
run. The greatest issue before the
people, he said, is the question of
Prohibition, lie is u thorough
Prohibitionist, but does not see
how a prohibitory law can be success
fully carried out, and therefore
he favors the dispensary a?
tho best solution of the liquor
question at p resent.
The chairman then intrduced as a
legislative candidate,
.7NO. 0 GRAHAM,
who said he had no Ucu t and
dried'' speech to deliver. lie
asked re election on his past leg
islative record, lie always votes,
he said, according to the dictates
of his conscience. lie believes in
supporting the higher insiitutions
of learning, but wants the county
public schools to have a larger
share of the school lunds. He
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VUtVJU iUl llltj \jl\2lU5\JU, VUIIU^C ttj>propriatior>,
but believes that il
can be be conducted on a cheaper
basis. He favors the fiveyear-term
convicts being sent to
the chainvang instead of to the
penitentiary.
c w. woLre
was next introduced by tho chairman
and was greeted with applause.
I!e said ho needed no in
trodmtion to the people of his
county among whom ho'had spent
the greater part of his life. lie is
voting, hut it is no lomror n crime
for a young man to bo elected to
office. Fie wants the people to
vote for the meu who are best able
to represent the county in the
general assembly. He said there
is loo great a difference in the
amounts appropriated to the
colleges and to the common, free
schools. lie cited Olenison College
which, i.e said, received, accord
in,: to the Comptroller-general's
report, 1.000 la-i year. WilJ
imin.-burg paid her portion of it
j and she hud five boys ui the
I school, and they each at an ex!
pense of riot) to their' respective
| lathers. II*' \v:!i work IV.-r Jongm
, uniUft and more efficient service in
I the free schools of the county. He
(said he f.iv . *d 1'rohihilion, but
! suen a l.r.v can't be enforced :!
! tho present time, so he favors the
ih-peusary as b ing better for th-.
State than the barrooms.
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was also introduced as a leg:sin]
I tivt: nr-pirnnt. Ho favors le-luc
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tion in taxes and biennial session.of
the legislature. lie believes it
electing all State and county ofH
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cor^ for a form of four venrs. He
c?ui iie wa- ;n favor of reducing
the college appropriations, lie is
in favor of the di.-ptmsary.
PETIi I'llF.LPS
was next announced as a candi
date for the legislature, lie fav
ors the privilege tax going to the
county schools instead of to Clem
son. iie stands flat footed upon
i In ,!i^nniip..ii-v o*..l ii nnrwii.'.'l to
rrohibition in all its phases. lie
iavors inodiiications in the dispen
sary law. Do away with the
State hoard of control, lie said,
and let the grant jury supervise
the county boards of control. If
elected ho will ''clean out the
barn*1 at Columbia.
The next speaker,
s \v gamblk
would favor prohibition if it could
be carried out. but la* thinks it
impracticable at this time. He
said the schools are run in the interest
ot tiie few, and he favors* a I
change in this. Everybody cannot j
have a school house at their very
door, but there are many ways in
j which improvements can be made.
The next candidate was
\V B M'CAXTH,
an aspirant totheoflice of county
supervisor. He simply announced
his candidacy and made no speech. |
lie was followed by
H r BALDWIN", 1
who said he was a candidate t wo
years aiioand as ho was in the
second race then he believed the
noniilo ivanfctd him nnd he was
r?r-~ ?
before them again. lie was confident
of victory, the people well
knew it took a man of great ability
to fill this office.
P M BRADSHAW,
announced his candidacy without
making ? s[?eech.
B B C1IAXDLKH,
made a vigorous speech defending
his record as supervisor. Last year
was the first year that the county
had paid dollar for dollar on its
debts, and this was during his administration.
Ho had established
the chaingang and it was a success.
The improvements in the public
roads made by the chningang were
worth a great deal more than the
gang had coat. It coat from 1? to 2o
cents a day to keep a prisoner on
the chaingang and it cost HO cents a
day to keep him in jail. He asks
re-election because ho deserves it.
J p kpps,
only announced himself'and promised
to do hi-< whole duty.
w i> owfns,
is a candidate fj?r county treasurer.
Thi? he said is his first appearance
011 the stump. He believes he is capable
of filling the office. lie has no
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H'tUlU UlU liin j'i i ? air ivv in c*i
home and ho asks the suffrage of
the people.
W J FEHRILL,
has been honored by being elected
uuditorfor two terms and he asket) to
be made treasurer. Mr N M Venters
was absent but has fiied his
pledge as a candidate for treasurer.
R D ROLLINS,
the incumbent asks re-election on
his record and merits. He is fcuided
entirely by the statutes and there
foro it would do no good to air his
views on legislative subjects, in asmuch
as he could do nothing in
shaping laws.
At this .juncture the pyrotechnics
begun awl the most heated argument
of the meeting was delivered.
WILLIAM COOI'FK
was introduced ?? candidate for
treasurer, and he .apologized for
coming before the people again hut
.->aid in- tn.d been slandered ir. the
iwit campaign and it w is to defend
hiniAi if from the charges made
against, himself during the last
campaign by the present treasurer
that he was here, ile said lie had
^ been slandered by Mr. Rollins in
th" lower or.rt of the countv fw >
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. years ago, and he now had the pr?n i
( of the falsity of certain charges
(Continued on page S.i
liii BCRuirs.
MOilE YOUNG YlcN FOR THE
UNITED STATE? ARMY
Of Course, as Peace Has Been Declared
They Will Only do Garrison
Duty.
.Sergeant Rris'ow, of Company
A, .Second S C Regiment, U S V,
has been in Williamsburg county
lorthe past week looking up recruits
for the United States army,
and lie lias succeeded in getting
about fifteen or twenty young men
to enlist. The sergeant says that
the work of recruiting is some
what hard now that peace has
been declared, as the young men
of the St ate do not care to enlist
for garrison duty only. If the
war was not at an end there would
be no trouble in securing double
the number of men tor service at
the Iront.
The recruiting officer made a
trip into the lower portion ot the
county last week, which was very
successful from his point or view,
iht- trip embraced the country
arouml Walters, Lanes, .Suttous,
Trio, Greens and Browns, and at
every place one or more young
men were found who were willing
'to enlist.
The Second Regiment expects
to be sent to the Hawaiian islands
and this will be quite a trip lor
the young Williamsburgers. The
climate of these islands is said to
be delightful and the fact that
they have but recently been an
nexed to the United States will
make the 6tay there a very pleas
ant one. There will be so many
new things for the young men
that the two years for which they
enlisted will rapidly pass away
and they will even regret that
they have no more time to spend
on the distant islands. The
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Knowledge 01 me worm mat tue
young South Carolinians will gain
by a trip to any foreign country
will be worth' a great deal more to
them than a two years' course in
any school. Even if the Second
South Carolina is not sent to Hawaii.
it will go somewhere that
will be as new to the members of
the organization as the newly
acquired Hawaiian territory, so
the young men who enlisted from
this county have nothing to lose
by their action.
The Regiment wilt soon be till.1
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ea io irs nniiiv sirengin ana n
there are any ether Williamsburgers
who desire to join they
would do well to address Sergeant
Hristow at Kingstree right away.
One thing that was very notieea
hie on the trip was the number 01
negroes who desire to join the
United States army. Mr. Bristow
says that at every place ht? stopped
there were several negroes
who came to him and tried to get
into the army. Of ceursC there
are no negroes at all in- the'South
Carolina volunteers, and to enlist
them was out of the question altogether.
It i3 true that a com
pany of negroes was onlisted at
Darlington some time ago, and
also ono at Spartanburg andanoth
er at Greenwood, but they were
assigned to the Tenth Regiment ol
imraunes and are probably on
their way to Porto Rica now.
There would be no trouble at all
in raising a full company of negroes
in this county,- bnt the government
will not accept any mor*
colored troops from this State. It
is a tact no! generally known, but
is ti uo all tin? same, that Governor
Kllerbe tendered the United
States government eight compan
ies of colored troops just after the
second call for eight companies ol
i volniifoers from tins Mate wa.<
MDiif!;*. Itiie government offi'
rials r"i';i-o ] the offer. This i?
wrong; if ill-- colored popnlntioi
desire lo eulisf. there should b(
some way provided for them t(
do 80
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; , ' xfSeason
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Will Soon
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Be Hef6 I
ptm
When we begin to' iltif falf
and winter goods. Eefoi'6 that
time arrives wo want to sell dti^
. .4 a ),/-. * .?* rv AAn^LI A' / -
aiucn. uuwu iuw <xa ^uaaiuiv auu
are offering
Very LoW Price.&
on nearly everything ifr dti'i1 line.WE
have a big lftie tit
SHOES I
-being sold art jrticefr t?6' stltt t if
season-.
LadieS
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uuuGt veaiar
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at 5c, lOfc and upward*.- A lafge'
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line of
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Sample?
Patst& '
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in Which We ate offering bargain*.'
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Because' of the advataet
prices on
Lonf 1
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Tob&C
last season arid the additional fait 9
as a war measure otr manutactilred
food's,- there #H1' he rtty faiottf
tofiaeeo' manufactured' thtfC Cat*
he retailed at 25c per. Ibi* fiow-^
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over we anticipated this* cotatfitibii1
and laid in quite' a' large stoctf
Mint we are seliintr at old DriceS
WE have rilatiy bargainafoH flitf
ready customer.
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