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BBG9sBbhb9BbhBHK5^f % s****?* tf ?\y\ ilTofto: 'ft ^ ^ v' J .* ^a ft ra 1 _*&**/ m J^ W r-A bt^W .^dw-^n ^sr .-j''T^ i! County 2\ccorb *ij, i / S* ?v't*?fl I *s | E^^in ^'f ?-< H &$-Jr ^ # *5 :j a ,* ; V- v - ' Lk 1 k h %? m & .ti 4 v-v LI ;. > Pi? h pi a feg ?\ \y ffi Ell PI i$ # ?? U urhMnnPV Ma^rpcc t* \ ' i* 1 M ' ' ? J tp* ! J * ' jjtf f-.M M ?1 ra f-i fed :4 j fi M / $J / $*3 ?3 {'? fc5 il I THE PAPER THAT ft | .r;^;;; | )^f^4* <3 ^ *| i VOL. XIV. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24,1898. NO. 4 7. IKffl. HSjf HilERESr. AFFAIRS CAUGmT BY OUR LOCAL REPORTER AND NOTED. Written in Condensed Form and Printed in Like Manner lor the Saks of Our Weary Readers. Important change in railroad schedule. Several bird hunts will amuse the boys on Thanks giving. Editor Kilt on, of Lake City, spent Wednesday in town. Wouldn't you like to have the World Almanac? Lead our offer. By puttingon train No. 51 the Columbia papers reach here at 11 a. m. instead of 9 p. in., as formerly. Our Thanksgiving tinker came in promptly on time. Tiie Record's **ads" get there every time and no mistake. Send in your guesses at once. Remember the time expires December 28. Be sure to send an swers to this cffice. Mr. A 1' Taylor, the {oiliest of insurance agents, is in town look - ? rv i i in<; alter the interest oi me riueiity Mutual Association. Miss Nellie Bristow is the iiuesl of her friend, Miss Bessie Keiley. Miss Bristol is pleasantly remembered as one of the teachers in the academy last session. The local lod-re of colored Odd Fellows celebrated their first anni versity yesterday with a parade W. 4,'oU^vvcd by addresses and mns.c in the afternoon and a social at night. Kev. .J. F. Flynn, of the So ;th Carolina College, preached at iiie Presbyterian church las! Sunday afternoon, and Rev. A L> Earle iiiied the Methodist pulpit at evening service. The South Carolina Annual Conference<>t the M K Ciiurch. South,convenes ai Greenwood,^ C. on Monday, December 5.1 SOS. Re duced rales will be given by the railroads for the occasion. The merehant who argues that it does'nt pay to advertise reminds us of the man who proved that the world does'nt revolve, bv placing a pumpkin on a stump and watching it all night, basing his calculations on the result. We are requested to announce that the stewards of Kmgstree / \f L /?!\ni?nl\ Cont k i 1 I vilviiis ji. u. v ii hi v. 11^ uiMim, .w?i? hold their final meeting next Saturday. at the parsonage, at II o'clock. It is very important that every steward be present. A vocal and instrumental concert given atthe#'ourt house last night by ''Professor" Clifford, a blind musician, attracted a s:rall audience. The admission fee was ou'y ten cents and those who attended were very well satisfied with their investment. Mr. Isaiah Tisdale, a popular rvt-i t> rr firmor rtf fho Ronsnn con. T U U li 1 * I4IV. I VI * 'IV OVA/ / tion,'eaves this week for Willacoochie, Ga., having deeided to cast his lot 111 the Empire Slate of the South. While we regret to see such young men leaving, we wish him a prosperous future in his new home. Mrs. E. A. Ransom, accompanied by her husband, who isspecfc ial staff correspondent of the X. Y. Sun and World, at Jersey City, N. J., is on a visit to relatives near A t 4 . J f * - A I _ . J . ine i/iarenaon nne in tins cuumy. Mrs. Ransom is pleasantly rem 'inhered-'as Miss Minis] jimmi*; Iter tritnds and riajuaintanees of' 1 hat _/ section. AR30R DAY AT LIBERTY SCHOOL. A Programme Prepared, But the Rain Interfered Editor Count>i Record: AltJioti'iii Friday was unfavorable for I he celebration of Arbor Day, some few were present. The |u u^i <i tii me* ua^uiiiii ^ ! ; liere is one of the papers prepared ! lor the occasion, which von tn iv j publish, it you deem it worth the space in your valuable paper. FLOWERS. Who of us have not felt a de j j light in beholding Nat ure, smiling ; ! in her sweet dress oi May roses?; How many artists have essayed ! . in vain with palette ami paint to I cojiv the patterns of beauty which : nature has delineated Ironi Iilv bells i hawthorn dales and violet beds! I Poets have caught the spirit ol their language and given us as a 'result the sweetest verses ever penned. The crimson, blushing maiden rose, they tell us, has caught the wooing whispers of j the stalely maple; the lit tie bright eyes of the periwinkles sparkle with a knowing brightness; the little ukiss me quicks*' pop up with a laughing bohiness; while | the jonquils stretch their long j necks in utter amazement; and I the bntter-cups nod in delicious SMtisiaetion. What a world ot innocent life a poet finds among the [flowers! And may we not see ev j er varied shade of the rainbow j reflected in their tinted cheek :; In them we find Nature's subtle j I molding of all shapes known to j - i l \ .. 1 .. I man. l/iii* is it if>iiit snaie;v on i g!e, another a bel! fl-wer, (?iiier- j are spurs, cups, glob"s, cones, j plumes anil leathers. | < God had a purpose in making 1 these beautiful plants. When his < son, .Jesus, entered Jerusalem, rid 1 in^c a colt, the people strewed j them in his way, saying by tins act, "we will give the most per lect pit to our Lord." This being : pleasing in Christ's sight, taught us I to decorate his house, the church. How much a person, shut n | the dreary sick room, is cheered ; by the crimson and golden flowers! ; ! From them he catches a glimpse of the sunshine and beauty of the | outside world, and he desires to go lairain aiid harmonize himself with [nature. A sullerer, lingering 011 his bed, waiting for rhe beckoning jof* angel wings, smiles with joy at i J the sight of oneof these flowers, : j which in their sweet perfume seems ' I to breathe the breath of his Savior, i A bride, as she blushinglv atproaches the altar, is never be i decked so sweetly as with flowers. And when cold hands are clas- ; ped over the pale form of a belov cd one, it is there that a simple : white lilv suggests in silence the purity of the spirit's liome above. Then do you ask me why we love flowers? Because they are our companions through joy and sorrow. Working and toiling in th?* sod. We know that they are thoughts of God. Liberty School, November lSth 1S9S. L. L. !!< Mr. T S Stewart showed us a few day8 ago several itit;c! relies of the War of S< cv i among which was t lie iast l'uil.?n-h granted him before the close of the war, and also an incomplete1 muster roM nf the 2f>. Reg.S.O.Y. !. The race ol heroes of that mig-.ty struggle is fast dving out ?nd ! these faded relics st.r tlu he it to a.just appreciation of our brave 'old veterans. VISIT TO THE FARM May Take Place the First Week That the Legislature Meets. Tiic* visit to the State Farm, which had to he postponed during Fair week on account of the weather, will probably be given bv the board of directors and Superintendent Neal during the first week oft he Legislature. The first day or two of the session, and in fact the whole week, is generally de voted to preliminary matters of legislation and the two houses could well afford to go and see what is being done. There will be no outings for them otherwise and a journey to the farm will not in terfere with le^i^la I ion and wili prove profitable to tlie State. Columbia Record. Married. Bnowx Poston On Wednesday, November 9, at home, Jay, S. C., Mr. RE Brown to Miss S A Boston, all of this county. Relmck-Thompson'-Ou Thursday. November 24, at 12 o'clock, at the residence of the bride's sister. in Clarendon county, Mr. W J Reddick and Miss Annie Thoinp son, of Kiujistree, I)r. 8 1' 11 Elwell.of Charleston, performing the ceremony. F. Ilopkinson Smith's New Stories. I* I Inn!.- iiufin Smith cnn f ri tin 1<?> * ""'I " ~ liis new story, - A Kentucky CinIcrella." to tlie Ohri.sl.nas Ladies Home .Journal. It is a sweet little omance, charmingly told by an d! 1 - ime color d vnaminy," who. in Iter way, is ;h interesting and delightI'ui a character as "Colonel t.-arter of Cartersville," another J rcation of Mr. Smith's graceful pen. Remember the old reliable fruit -tand is ju>t re-opened for the season. Everything is very cheap, us we are making a cut in prices. We also buv ail kinds of hides: Raccoon, Mink, el<\ etc. Iliuhesl prices paid. I3e sure to bring all your hides to A. M. SlNOLKTAKY, Kingslree, S. C. N?xt door to the dispensary. Lock to Your Interest. Buggies, wagons and harness going at prices that will astonish the consumer. We sell a first class article as low as it can be liought anywhere in Williamsburg county and warrant aiir goods. Our Auburn Wagons never fail to give good service. One and two horse styles. An excellent line of buggies on exhibition at our stables. Also a fine lot of horses. funiu unil (jvuinind mir otru-'lr anrl uc will tre.it you right. Thomas & Bradham. Harpers Happenings. Mr. J P Bruorton went to Pl.intersv lie List Monday on business. Mr. J J Avant attended the State Fair last week and is well pleased with his trip. Mr. Robert L Crier, after spending the past year at Smith Creek, Florida, returned home last Monday. Mr. Thos. Brockinton, of Smith Creek, Florida, is here getting up hands for Covington Bros. News is scarce now. Every hody seems to be attending to his own affairs. Best wisher, to you .Mr. Editor, and also to The Cot xtv Rkcord. Jim Daxdv. illif ii MR. T. M. M'CUTCHEN, OF It* DIANTOWN, DIES SUDDENLY. ; A Gloom Cast over the Community b the Death of a Good and Useful Man Sketch of His Life. Quite a gloom was cast over on town and county on the 17'h.whe it was announced that Mr. T. M McCutehen, of Indiantown, ha breathed his last. Mr. McCutciie ! Usui oeen in laiiing neann lorsom lime, and while his clealli was nc wholly unexpected, jet he die suddenly. Mr. McCutchen vva | 71 years old and had some a (lee lion of the heart. lie was i King*tree on Monday last attenc ins to his duties usual. Som time during Wednesday night h became ill and his physician, 1): D.O. Scott, was summoned, but h grew rapidly worse and died belor 'he dcctor reached him. Mr. McCutchen was a truelyp i of the South Carolina irentlema of antebellum days. He was tli eldest son ol Mr. Hugh RleCutch en and brother of the late Co | James McCutchen, both of Indian town, this county. At the begin ning of the war of I860, he vclui leered and went into the war, air served as a true soldier, shirkin uri dntr lipinnf uoiindod spvora times and surrendered- only a the end. After the war lie came hom and devoted his life to agricultur ul pursuits, farming beinir hi chosen profession. In 1S7G M MoCutchen was elected count, auditor, which position he heh for several years and he has eve since been connected with the of (ice until his death. Mr. MoCutchen was a man u many noble trails of charactei He was an educated man and on oi rue oest rea i men in me coun ty. lie was known bv proiriinen men throughout the 8tate. II was unswerving in those path which lie considered to bo th paths ot duty, never faltering o shirking ins conscientious convic tuns. Mr. McCutchen was a! that goes to make up a true pa triot, a grand man and a pure, up right citizen. He was a tru friend and will be sadiv misse* throughout the county. He wa a devoted husband and father an leawa a wido v and seven childre to mourn his loss. He was a lifelon Presbyterian, being a pilla of his church, and i n dder for man years in the Indiantown churcl Ilis deal h is deplored by the whol community. The interment too plac;e at Indiautown church o Friday at 12 o'clock. G. S. B. Atiention, Veterans. There will be a mentingof Cam Pres'ey at the Court house i Kingstree on the first Monday i December. A full attendance i desired,as important matters are t be considered and attended to. By order of D. E. Gordon, Commande E. P. Montgomery, Adjt. Hai' VIUi-Ku nffuroH a ri VJVJ*. imo vuviu\? ?. ?? ward ol' $200 lor the apprehenso of the party or parties who set fir to the grist, saw and gin mills ( J J M Graham, near Cades, on th night of the 12th of this month. 'J he New York World figure the cost of the war to Spain to l $435,000,000 and to the Unite Stales $215,000,000. f | j TO BE TRIED IN CHARLESTON. ' ' j The Lake City Case Postponed Until | the April Term of Court. IThegovernment has postponed the trial against the alleged Lake v City lynchers. The ease was docketed for the November term of the United States circuit court in CoI lumbia, but has now been set for II the April term of the circuit court j '* which convenes in Charleston. The Lake City tragedy is still n fresh in the memory of the people I of this city. Baker was the negro '' postmaster appointed by President ^ McKinley at Lake City. During February last, the post-office, where Baker and his family lived, II was set on lire bv a mob, and I u-lmn the family rushed out of the buildinu to vacate they were shot at from atuhush. r' linker was shot dead and every * member of the family injured. Ilis ( family was brought to the colored hospital in this city, where thev all e recovered. n An investigation was made and e it was alleged that thirteen white men of the town committed the crime, two of them turning state's ' evidence. The case was postponed by the ,j government, as they are not yet pre. rmrpil to rro on with the orosecution. il The delay will, no doubt, prove quite t satisfactory to the defendants. News and Advertiser. P REPORT OF INVESTIGATION * Of the Charges Against Dr. John C. ( r Kilgo, of Trinity College. v "We have recently received a pam- , ' phlet containing a report of the pro- J ceedings of the investigation of the < cliarges brought by Justine Walter 1 (f Clark against Dr. John C. Kilgo, 1 r. President of Trinity College, Dur- ! f ham, N. C., made by the board of ~ trustees of said college August 30 | r and 31, 1898. I 0 This report contains every scrap i of evidence adduced at said trial, tor get her with "certain correspondence _ and proceedings preliminary there- . II to." A careful reading of this report ; '* must convince an unbiased mind e that the investigation resulted in a i complete vindication of Dr. Kilgo, s j and the fact that the attendance at Trinity College for the current year <j exceeds that of any previous session ir in the history of the college substany tially proves that these charges, in' stead of injuring Dr. Kilgo, have re ^ acted in his favor, and he stands ^ completely vindicated Deiore me people of North Carolina. A Church Social. Editor County Record: p Please be so kind as lo give non tice through the columns of your n valuable paper that tnere will be j8 a festival at the residence of the 0 Hon. John S. Graham on Tuesday evening, November 29, for the benefit of Black Mingo church parsonage. The public is very r cordially invited to attend. By complying with this request you will oblige the writer and a host of otiier friends. B. n 0 t "Do I have to stick this stamp II e on myself?" asked a dude of the clerk at the postofHee. "Oh, no," refilled the clerk; "you couldn't ,e &o in the mail ba^s, and, besides, d that is a letter stamp, and y??u are not first-class mail matter." A GROSS INJUSTICE To the Lake City Boys for the Sake of a Sensational Heading. The State newspaper of last Tuesday announces the postponement of the trial of the X^ake City boy? charged with the murder of Postmas: er Baker under the caption "The Lake City Lynchers." Such a * heading implies the guilt of the accused, and must prejudice their case in the eyes of the public. Neither law nor public opinion condemns a man until his guilt 19 proven, and ii ill becomes this newspaper, for the sake of a sensaiionai heading, to stigmatize those men as lynchers belore their case comes to trial. ^ . ? lu Memoriam. In loving remembrance of Renaldo L. Ward, who departed tHis life on November 3, 1898,. after a painful illness, in the 20th year of his age:* , ? " '**. , * Oh t'riend! thy gentle Voire Is hushed; Thy warm, true heart is still; And on thy pale and peaceful face Is resting death's cold chill. Rest on. dear friend, thoii'rt happy, Free from sin, from toil and care; Once again we hope to meet thee, And iu Heaven thy glories share. Dearest friend we have laid thee In tile peaceful grave's embrace, But thy memory will be cherished 'Til we see thy heavenly face. FBIENDS. # Won Second Prize. The second prize in the exhibit , ' >f trolling stallions at the State Fair was won by Hon. J H Blackwell's horse, Dan Harold, sired by Harold, 413. This is the first horse entered from Williamsburg county hat ever won a priae and Mr. Blackwell is to be congratulated in the possession of so tine an animal. Though quite young this horse lias made a mile in 2:52, and he bids fair to make a fine record as a trotter. The Rev. Irl R. Hiok'? AnniiltkAlmanac and monthly paper, Word and" Work.-,.are now known from <ea to sea. We are phased to call the attention ef our readers uffche Almannc for 18!)!), new ready. It is a splendidly printed and illustrated bouk of~ll pages, and the storm forecasts and dia- \ grams and astronomical and scientific "\^ ' matter are superior to anything that has ever been seen before in a 2o cent book. His monthly journal, Word and Works, is one of the best literary, home and sci< ntitfc magazines In the coun- ? try, besides containing his monthly storm forecasts with explanations. The subscript ion price of Word and Works is $1.00 per year and a copy of the Hicks Almanac is sent as a premium to every yearly subscriber. Single coj>ies <>f Word and Works. 10 cents. Price of Almanac alone, 25 cents. Send your order to Word and Works Pub. Co., GREAT w i-i -fk *r /^nrir A ir KiiUUUTlUW SALE. <i??gg All Prices Out.J??? Now is the time for bargains. For instance: Jeans formerly at 50c, now 42? cents a yard; at 38c, now 27^c a yard; formerly at 20c, now 17c a yard. Shoes almost at cost. Prices on other goods proportionately low. Our stock must be[ reduced in the next 30 days. We have for sa'e one fine black mare mule, worked one year, A bargain .for some man with the money. Call and see at lsi& ills. k 4 ' - . > if : %