Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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L4 W jAI A. . k. , ^*^&^x4ee*i?4&4K4t i | y>b Work motto:f C*T |a-A /| -<fo ^ \J|fJf gA gS J%| 0v ?oimtU Kccort | ~J I "Cheapness, Neatness fc yF|ly VlJL/'^jj JLI IjLjLII jgLV f /1/ Ll IT \ 1A I THE PAPER AT 1 Jfl * and Despatch." \ C^li ^ * # j gives the news. I VOL. XIV. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1898. NO. 36. 1 mi us of mtsi AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL REPORTER AND NOTED. Written in Condensed Form and Printed in Like Manner for the Sake of Our Weary Readers. Miss Mary Fergnrson, of Charles ton, is the guest of Mrs.D C Scott. Mr. W T Wilkins was in Char leston Monday on business. Rev. A B Earle and family have returned from Pauley's Island. Mr. W S Moore, u member of the second regiment, is home on a ten days' furlough. Mr. Eugene Iiirsch is spending a few days in town with his par en*.s. Mr. Clarence Jacobs left last wee? for Suminerville, where lie lias accepted a position as salesman. In some sections cotton is said to be sprouting in the bolls on ac count of the long continued rainy weather. Do not borrow The Record. By doing so you cheat the editar out of one dollar. It's cheap enough at that Drice. Subscribe for it. 4 Mr. Walters Montgomery is with Messrs. Lesesne & Epps, where he will be glad to have his friends give him a call during the fall and wiuter season. i'rof.C W Stoll came in Sunday and remained over Monday, during which time his many warm nai'A Viim o a-olrnmp trnm 11 IVliun vv iinu w ?i vivwmiv under the equator. Evangelist Williams, with his lent and a band of workers,will begin a meeting here next Wednesday. Everybody is invited to attend. Kev. W H Hodges passed through town Friday on his way to Manning to resume his pastoral duties, ? i _ . _ * alter spending several weess ai Indiantown. Mr. A C Bradham came over (his week to take charge of the sales stable of Messrs. Bradham & Thotnas, which is now open and ready for business. In ouroccount oi Mrs. Benton's death last week it was stated that she was Mr. Sam McClary's daughter. We were misinformed as to the relationship, Mrs. Benton hav ?? if % * ing oeen i>ir. Jicoiary s sisier. Decidedly the best hotel in Charleston for the price is theCal houn. The rooms are pleasant, the attention excellent and the rates as reasonable as can be given lor first class service. Notice their card in another column. As stock leed the German millet is hard to beat. A J lew days ago Mr. M F Heller gathered twenty two-horse wagon loads ol forage from acres of this milletHorses are very fond of it, too, olten preferring it to oats or corn. Messrs. Thomas & Thomas have opened up their sales stable for the fall and winter and are now ready" to serve their customers. They have on hand a fine line of buggies, wagons, harness, etc., which will be sold at prices to / suit the times. Give them a trial / One of the oldest and best equip ped institutions of learning in the hm' State is the College ot Charleston. m under rresiaent nanuoipn s aoie ' management it hag awakened into new life, and the advantages offered there are unsurpassed by any college in South Carolina. Read their advertisement this week. All kinds of printing done iu first cla6s style at our job office. Bill heads, letter heads, programmes and posters printed on short notice. Wedding invitations and visiting cards engraved artistically. All kinds of legal blanks for sale. Give us a trial order. We have asserted positively time and time again that we would not publish communications unless the name of the writer accompanied them. Initials or a turn deplume are not sufficient. For this reason we could not publish this week the article signed "J A B.'' No matter what you write or how oiten, give your real name. Last Saturday afternoon Mrs. M J Porter, while walking in her yard, stumbled over a bosrd and fell, strikiiffc her arm with such violence as to fracture the bone. A physician was called in at once and the limb properly dressed, so that now Mrs. Porter isin a fair way to regain soon the use of her arm. Mr. W B Logan, one of the handsomest and most successful salesmen on the road, is now in the employ of Messrs. J L David & Bro., of Charleston. This popular house is headquarters for all kinds of gentlemen's furnishing goods. Up to date in every sense, the line of goods they carry, for quantity, quality and price, is unsurpassed by any in the city .Look out for their advertisement next week in The Record. Mr. Peter C Gourdin left on Thursday for Davidson College, N C, where he will pursue a cour.-e cl instruction preparatory to en tering the law department of Washington and Lee University, Va. While we regret to lose Mr. Gourdin as a citizen of Kingstree, we feel gratified that he is laying such a sure foundation for tho future, and, in common with al! his friends, we wish him much success in his undertaking. The belated returns of Oak Ridge precinct cam.} in Thursday, too late to be counted. The tol lowing is the vote: For Congress, Elliott, 36; the (Senate, Williams, 36; the Legislature, Graham 35, Wolfe 32, Gamble 29; Kennedy 9; Supervisor, Chandler 1, Bradshaw 1, Baldwin 3, McCants 31; Superintendent of Education, Lesesne 19; Montgomery, 17> Treasurer, Rollins, 35; Cooper 1; Auditor, Hanna, 36. Had these returns come in time enough Mr. Rollins would have had a majority over all hie competitors. We have sent '1 he Rkcokd to many of our subscribers for a whole year without receiving a cent for our trouble. The season is new at hand when money will be more plentiful, and we want those who owe us to come forward and pay up. Don't wail for a bill. You know whether or not you owe for the paper. We have indulged many of yon when we needed the money, and we now expect some return. It is impossible to run a paper without money. Call at the olfice and get a receipt, or send the amount due by 1* O order, check or registered letter. I still keep on hand the famous "Virginia" and "Derby"stoves and the extra ware to fit. These stoves always give genuine satisfaction, and are guaranteed to please. S. M. Askins, Lake City, S. C. if MSI Id FARMERS A COTTON GROWERS' CONVEN TION TO MEET IN COLUMBIA. Every County is Requested to Sem Delegates?An Attempt to Raise the Price of the Staple. The following important call "fc the cottou growers of South Caroli na" was issued \esterday. I have been requested to call i meeting ct the cotton growers i> meet in Columbia, S C, on Tuesday September 20, 1898. It is requested that every county in this State send delegates to thi convention. The county organization in eacl county is requested to meet and elec delegates. Where it is impractica ble to call a mass meeting, the coun ty presidents are requested to see t it that a delegation comes to th State convention. Where there is n organization those interested an most earnestly requested to co-oper ?1 A??L? af AAI1 /?t l3il f I ate ** l til tlie tici rv ui ev/iii t VI ct*iv county, the clerks being hereby re quested to interest themselves, a least to the extent of seeing tha their counties are represented. This meeting will take steps tha will be of inestimable benefit to ever cotton grower in this State. The Hon. Hector 1) Lane havinj died, his successor has been named bv election of Col. Maxwell, of Lou isiana, to fill said office. At a conference in Memphis a committee from each State was ap pointed to negotiate for money whereby liens on the present croj would be taken up and the bulk the crop of this year held off for 61 or 90 days, and perhaps longer which, it is hoped, will force preseu prices up. The big crop that it now predict ed is liable to depress preseut prices The producer has the key to the sit nation if he cau be iuduced to ac as a unit. Send delegates from every com inanity, and let them discuss plan in county convention for this crop also for the next crop, and sent county recommendations to the Stat con ven tiou. Every daily and weekly newspa per in this State is respectfully re quested to give publicity to this call and to assist the cotton growers ii this undertaking. The importance of doing some thing to relieve the present depress ed prices is urged as the reasou fo calling the convention at so early date, Let every cotton grower inte est himself enough to see that hi section is represented. Convention to meet at 8 o'clock j: n. ? l _?i:J III. VUIiCOpUUUCIIUC BUIlUiLCU. J C WlLBORy, President of Cotton Growers' Asso ciation of South Carolina, Colum bin, S C. SHOT IN COLD BLOOD. Theodore Godfrey Attacked by Drunker* Negro. Theodore Godfrey, who belong to Capt. Anderson's heavy artillery, was shot on King Street Charleston, last Tuesday afteri .1 I l noon oy a uruuKen negro kuowi as "Cracker Henry." The assault was most cowardly and unprovoked, as the soldier was un armed and the negro shot hin merely because he proteste* against the negro's cursing in tin hearing of ladies. The bullet tool effect in the abdomen and Godfrey is in a very critical condition The nesrro eluded all his pursuer c I and escaped. It is fortunate i'o "Cracker Henry'' that Charlestoi is not a lynching town, or he migh be in a short time the principa figure at a coroner's inquest where the verdict explained tha the deceased came to his deatl from exposure to a rope. KINGSTREE V S INDIANTOWN. A Picnic and an Exciting Game of Ball. The Indiantovvn base ball club, accompanied bv a number of their d friends, came up last Friday to cross bats with Kin^stree, and a picnic was given in their honor at 0 the grove near Mr. Harpei's. There the morning was pleasantly spent and at four o'clock both clubs repaired to the baseball ground and 0 the game began. The home team ' was not in good form somehow, and Indiantown had the advantage from the etart. The game s was characterized by heavy bat^ ting on both sides and a good t man terrors were made. At the end of the ninth inning thescorestood 20 to 21 in favor ct the visiting 0 club. Much noise was made by *!__/, M t-.iL ~ ? J L i e me "rooters on uom siues, uui 0 the best of feeling prevailed. e With such a crowd of pretty - girls to witness their playing, it is 1 not surprising that tiie Indians - should be on their, mettle and do t their best to win the game. Our t boys accepted defeat gracefully, feeling that it was not so bad aft tor all, as the fellow said when he )' threw a rock at a cat and hit a candidate. ? Mr. James McCntche*:, as umpire, ' pleased everybody by his impar tial rulings. 1 A Sad Bereavement. The uncertainly ui human life a is impressed upon one editing a f newspaper more forcibly perhaps 0 than in any other field of work. Scarcely a week elapses but we t are called upon to chronicle the passing of some soul into the - great Beyond. This week it is our > sad duty to tell of the death of ~ Mrs. Ervin Snowden, of Cedar 1 Swamp, who died on Thursday evening, Aug 31. Mrs. Snowden had been a patient sufferer for 8 months, and long before her death '' it was plain that her days were numbered and that ere-long she must fall a pray to that ghastly scourge of humanity, consumption. Mrs. Snowden was the wife of I Mr. W ]) Snowden. She was about j 45 years old and leaves a large family of children motherless. She had been a member of the Ce i. dar Sv^amp Methodist church for r many years and she met the last a e?emy with a christian resignation, r born of a humble submission to the s will of God. It was the writers pleasure to know Mrs. Snowden > many years, and her life as wife, mother and friend was most exemplary. " A large crowd was present on " Friday afternoon at the church of which she was a member, where the funeral services were conducted by Kev. W II llodges. a ? Election Notice. s . A second primary is hereby ordrred to be held on Tuesday, Sept. ' 13. The same managers will serve, or get some others to act in a th^ir places. Managers can write tickets. The following candidates will be voted for: Governor, W 11 Ellerbe, C G 1 Featherstone. .1 Secretary of State, M K (ooper, e D H Tompkins. Superintendent of Education, * W A Brown, J J McMahan. Adjutant and Inspector Gen J eral, J VV Floyd, E M Blythe. r Railroad Commissioner, C W i Garris. H R Thomas. t County Offices, j Treasurer, R D Rollins, Wm. Cooper. ? County Supervisor, B B Chandk ler, H P Baldwin. A H Williams. Co. Ch.. \ HI J?_ BOYS!, THE SECOND REGIMFNT TO BE 1 RETAINED IN SERVICE. I How the News Was Received in Camp. --Fate of the Fir-t Regiment Camp Notes Camp Fitzhugh Lee, Sept. 4 "The second is to remain in service!'' The above is the joyful news that brought into caniD Satur day night and in a lew minutes it was known all over the white city. There were jells and cheers from some and fervent "Thank Godi,? from others. With but very few, if an\> exceptions the new? of the official order of the adjutant general saying that the second South Carolina regiment of infantry and the battery of heavy artillery would be retained in service was received with gladness. It had been rumored in camp inai our regiment vas soon to be mustered out, and there was much anxiety felt amon? the officers and men, but the official order relieved all of this. Just where the reg:ment will go is not known. It may be kept here till spring, or it may be sent to some post or garrison in this country, or to one of the islands. All is mystery to the officers here, but the fact remains that the reg iment is to remain in the service tor some time. The first regiment is to be mustered out. Capt. Fuller, the mustering officer, received orders to this effect yesterday. The first has been ordered back to Colum bia to be mustered out. Col. Alston and Major Earle, of the first regiment, are in the city now trying to have Governor Ellerbe exercise his influence in their behalf, but Lieut. Col. 'J illman is in Washington with a petition signed by over seven hundred of the inen, asking that the first be dismissed, and Capt. Fuller yesterday received the* official order for the dismissal ot the regiment. The rainy weather of the past two weeks has been demoralizing, but the sunshine has again brightened the laces of the men of the regiment. The Williamsburg boys are all delighted at the idea of seeing service on some of the islands, and I Unef K o f tliaw tlM 1 1 nnf 1 Hlfi A. IIUOI 111(11 llltj n in uvv vv v??w appointed. Private John J Powers, who enlisted with ine from Trio, says he will ?0 into the regular army, if there is any attempt at mustering out the second regiment. There is a strong probability of our regiment being moved to Sum merville, within a few weeks. The regimental parade this afternoon was witnessed by several hundred or a thousand people. The regiment drills extraordinary well now. L. J. B. Editor County Record:? Permit me through the columns of your valued paper to thank my friends for the very flattering vote given me for magistrate in the late primary. When a man or his menas sloop to carry an election by lies and slander, neither is fit to be chased by the hounds of hell! Very respectfully, J It Brockintox. The most complete assort- | ment ot men's,boys' and children's I clothing from the cheapest to the best, at S. M. Askins', Lake City, S. C. - J* V J* .-J H To be ungrateful is unworthy of any i man, while gratitude is a virtue and ^ should be cultivated by all. We would be ungratefal did we not ex- j press our appreciation of the generous patronage the people of Williamsburg have given us, and put M forth our evei-y effort to merit its continuance. While we are thank- A fill for the patronage given us, we have tried, and believe we have succeeded in giving our customers full value for every dollar they have spent with us. Having just opened * ja up a large ):3e of '"m FALL AND y ^3 WINTER | GOODS ' ' 1 of the various classes usually % kept in a general stock of merchandise, we are in a position to offer you better values than we have e^Sr done before. Our stock of Shoos is large, complete and cheap; our line of men and boys pants, jeans, underwear etc. is larger, completer, and cheaper, and since the war revenue has not affected the price of Tobacco V" we had in stock onr supply is large, complet, and cheapest. We still have a few boxes of our famoris "rr-% 5c. a plug * ' Tobacco wbicb we will sell at old prices until it is out These seeking bargains must come early. We invite yoi to inspect our stock. Our announcement will occupy this space for two weeks, after which time we will use the local columns and give you prices from week to week. We invite your patronage and promise to make it to vonr in tereat to purchase your needs from us. 4'S Yours truly, Lot & It. i'- leeBI - '-.'^ 'i / i -,? v t~ :$M