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j VOirxVI. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25JiH)0. NO. 4% i Positively No New Display Advertisements Will be Received, or Old Ones Changed, Later Than Tuesday Jttorning, loci MlOf ITEKST. AFFAIRS CAUGHT 3Y OUR LOCAL REPORTER AND NOTED. Wr'fU?7.>.Cftr.dcnied Form and Printed 'in Like M.-.n^er for the Sake of <?ttr Wearv Readers. Mr. F. S. W ill, of SjrARfon, was an ?own Tuesday oil business. The Nf ason*, of Giurdins have jnn.Mini^d 1l:ni< new Lodiie. Mrs. Bea?ley, o! Augusta, is visiting her in ?ther at Goardins. Miss Li!a Mell-iy, of Foreston. is visiting h-V sistf.r, Mrs. Clark's ?n. Mr. Robert Pitts will farm with hi-* brother this year near Gourilins. Mr. Alex. LT-oughton of Sumter is on a visit to friends in Gourdins. Miss Irr.ia Nettles has returned home aftt>r a very pleasant visit 4w Sumter, The farmers of Goardins are preparing lor a large truck busiH3S3 this year. The weal her his been very inclement tlie past week, rain and log predominating. It is said that several new enterprises will be launched here in the near future. Mr. L. D. Nettles has accepted ? position with the Atlantic Coast line at Lanes. Servi -es were held in the Bap list church Sundiv evening by the pastor, Ilev. Mr. E.ison. The Social Club gave one of their delightful affairs last Friday night at the Coleman House. Mr. Herbert II. Van Keuren and son, ot Smith Mills, were in town a lew da,\s this week. Grever Cleveland and his par ?. cot Mfiiml linmA filler a I J ill' ? t I VVUi IJVVt WVIUV ?< %? w suseesslul hunt at Georgetown. Lumbermen took advantage of the recent rise in Black river, and a large quantity of timber has Been moved. Shad h \s appeared on the Osorgetovvn market. So far the catch is small, and the prices are pretty high. .Representative Gamble is at home on iiidclimte sick leave. We wish him speedy recovery of his health. Mr. Ililliard Olarkson left last Tuesday for Atlanta, where he will take a course in the Atlanta B isiness College. Mr. George Piltman, late ol Georgetown, has returned to Gourdins, and will Keep dooks ior Ii. 11. Pitt man. Mr. Bryant Myers, the popular young business manager of Mr. li. il Pitt man at Gourdins, spent lust Sunday in town with his parents. Rev. Mr, Dun lap, the pastor, being indisposed, Rev. Eason preached an acceptable sermon in the Presbyterian church last Sunday Morning. The attention of ou i readers is calied to the advertisement ol'AIr. D. E. Grant, who has opened up at the old Racket store. Give him a call. Pedestrians experience much difficulty in getting shout town at. night?the moon refusing to shine; and the town lamps too far be-, tween. Let us have light. We would be glad if our correspondents through the county, would favor ks with items reguularly. We need the news fioin everv community in the county. sad vow can kelp us very cnaterially in th.is way. The Dewey Eauie, Rev. W. II. Ririon. editor, which moved irom i | Lake Oily to McColl, in this caun! iy. several weeks a^o, has made another wove and settled down at Latta, Marioa-county, where the paper will be published in the future. Pee Dee Advocate. Hon. Joel E. Bruusou passed through town on his way to Kins-, tree from Columbia, last Saturday. He went to Columbia to participate in a meeting of the leading prohibitionists of the State. lie was enthusiastic over the prospects of the cause, and said there i would be a full ticket nominated, and what is more, it would bei elected ?Sumter Freeman. The funeral services of Mr. Joseph E.Brockinton were conducted at the Williamsburg Cemetery at 12 o'clock on Tuesday by the lie v. \V. S. Martin, of the Methodist Church, alter which the body was taken charge of by Knights of Pythias of Lake City Lodge and j the the Masonic Lodge of Kings-, ; tree for interment. These beautiful ceremonies wore celebrated before the large ami sympathetic , audience present. About 3 o'clock Monday morning, Mr. Ilingold Thomas, ol'MouzonV, lost his dwelling by fire. The lire originated in a room in which the lamily was up quite late with a sick child. Everything was saved with the except-1 ion of that which was in the room that the fire originated. No insurance. It is a heavy lo^s and we sympathize with Mr. Thomas. A K-in/l r\t t lir* ttni^liirpcfinp Gypsies^ have piiched iheir tents on llie outskirts of our town, and are ready for business. The credulous maiden now has the chance to have her fortune revealed bv, one ot the famous Romany people. Expert horsemen will have have a chance to try their ju lenient against the slickest horse a n. Tt?n I litueife III UIC luuuu^, i nc van i]? is visited daily by iarge crowds o!' people. Goto Dr. \V. V. Brookington's for Woods' Seed?Fresh. ] -251 90 The inability of General Otis to bring the Filipino war to an end has given rise to the story that hostilities are being prolonged to carry out the political schemes of the administration. It is said the idea is to administer the crushing blow to Agiunaldo during the heat of the presidential campaign thus arousing patrioism to the , point of voting for Mcliinley. 1 A Death of Joseph E. Brockinton. ' The people of this community were startled and saddened last Monday morning when it was an-( nounced that Joseph E. Brockinton was dead! He died Sunday night. He was in Kingstree on Saturday previous to h'? death attending to business, and seemed to be improving from the attack of typhoid lever which he had in the summer. Up to the hour of his death lie did not complain,, but. was cheerful and hopeful, lie retired earl v. and awoke about.! ten o'etocfc in a paroxism of pain at Ins heart which continued until, he expired, which was less than, hall' an howr IV ow the time he was stricken. The physician (who did not reach him until alter he was dead) says he died of heart dis ease. , Deceased was the eldest son of the Jale Dr. John F. and Mrs. E. B. Brockinton, and was in the 471ii year of his age. Alter finishing Ihs education at Col. Coward's Military School at Yorkville, S. C., he early manifested a dispo-, sit ion to take uh active part, in the public affairs of his county,: and no citizen had a greater influence inshapirtg public sentiment ma.: lie successlully exercised. Alter the death of his lamented father, who was sheriff of the; county at the time, he was appointed to tiil out the unexpired term of three years, and was sub sequently elected for two successive terms, Iiis administration of the office was marked by efficiency and fidelity to duty, and gave general satisfaction to the people, lie was a big man physically and had large ideas about business, which he managed with great energy and consummate ability. Lie was a pioneer in the utilization and advancement of the modern modes and methods of farming, as ids well regulated farm now attests. His personality was pleas ant and attractive, and few men had.such a hold on the affection? ot the people; but in the brightness and buoyancy of his comparatively young life death has^ ^i : i i.: i- - ii.. uiu.meu in in jui uiu gi<i\tr, ui.vi and there to-day, amid his ancestors and relatives, he sleeps un(!er his native sod in the solitude of the tomb, with nothing to disturb its quiet save the gentle breezes that are singing requiems to his memory. Williamsburg Light Infantry. All of the members of the Wil liamsburg Light Infantry and those who contemplate joining are IiornKv orwril f r\ ntPAt fit t llP Court House on Friday, February 2, at 7:30 p. in. W. W. Giuvson, Captai n Meeting at Scranton. Editor County Record: i'lease give notice through youi paper that tliere will be a meeting at Scranton next Saturday, January 27th, in the interest ol the cultivation and sale of tobacco. All interested are earnestly soliei'cd to attend. B, C. Whitehead. Emulating Stonewall Jackson. <jtrrw:!ed Confederate veterans will stnilegrimly but triumphantly at tireftews that the British authorities have appointed Lieut. Col. Henderson, professor of military history and biographer of Sionewall Jackson, on the staff of Lord Roberts. Col. Henderson has had no practical military experience. The avowed reason lor his appointment is has familiarity with tire tactics and metlwlsof ''01' Jack." in other words, the English are doing their best to reincarnate and enlist in their service the Confederate leader by employing the man who has most intelligently and thoroughly stirdied his campaigns. This is the | highest, compliment we have ever heard of being given the military j genius of a dead soldier. If the British generals can work into its generals the brains, audacity and energy of Stonewall Jackson, and into its troops the confidence, ei>-1 durance aud patience of Stonewall 1 Jackson's uaen, the Boers may as j well surrender now, lortheEng-| lisli soldier has courage, discipline and equipment. If Jackson's men had been provided and cared for like the United States or British soldiers of to-day, and he had i lived, he would probably have; whipped the earth by now.? Greenville News. HAULING HUNTER HOME. Defaulting Auditor Scheduled to Ar-tj riued in Atlanta January 27. Thomas K. Hunter, the former! 7 i auditor of the Atianta and We.-t; Point railroad, who was recently Arrested in Morocco, is aboard a steamer which is plowing the Atlantic, and which is doe to arrive in New York on January 25lh. Unless there is unforeseen delay Hunter will arrive in Atlanta on the 27th, and will he tried, on a] charge of embezzlement.' On board the steamer with] Hunter is the agent of the United States government, who was ap-i pointed by President McKinley <<> j bring the fugitive back to this 5 country, m ?k mmrn in Suits, Overcoats, ?a: Goods Extra sized suits sized pants from 44 to 5 big reduction in order t mrip.li q? T pan "hofnrp fa" SOLE AGENTS FOE} T DUCHESS 1 GUARANTEED not to rip. If they other pair or your money hack. An* *1 50 per suit, if they rip we will give =%? H. 1 El 224 King St, Opposite Aeac Vomea as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney traAC? trexo; sipon tfe refold, cftscourages seai tesasa CRMfctra; btxtity? vigor t?*i <ke?rfirtness soon dissypear when the TcMwsys art o* <df order or diseased. Kidney tra&fe has become so prevalent thai ills tuA tmeoenmoa for a cHla to be tore affiiered with weak kid? aeyx. If the child -urinates too of tea, ii the irrfo* _vr*A& lt*S? towV ftr ^ Wham *>? /*V<nA watches as ije enhes it should fee able to cawsrcJ fee yessege. it is yd aShcted with ^^4-wettit^, Sepensd qpon ft. The tause of fee -fcfticciity is kidney trouble, arri fee first step -should be towards fee treatment cl These atnjMe^ant Wfa-Rs, This tmpieasant trouMe is due to a diseased oowfiticm of the kidneys end bladder and ?ot to a habit as Boost people suppose. Women as wefl as men are made miserable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need fee same irreat remedv. The mild and Ac immediate effect oi Swamp-Root is soon realized. It Is soli by druggists, in fifty- fMT' cent and one dollar sizes. Yo? may have a sample bottle by free, also pamphlet tell- Home ot 9wa?up-Ho?t. ing all about it. including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Bingham ton, N, Y-, fcc awe and mention this paper. * Stop, Thief! That is what you will ieel lik6 exclaiming when you price our goods after this advertisement appears. Well,we didn't steal them, they are paid for, but trom now until the new year we are goinfc to sell them at such prices as t$ make yeu think we did. By January 1st we want to sell out our entire stock of shoes and in order to do so we will from now on make such prices that the profits thereon will pay taxes, in* surance and our board like a cat eats pot hooks?slowly. Christ mas is nearly here and we want money then, for it might rain. ' We are reducing prices on everything we have and have some great bargains in store lor those who are hunting (hem. We are. overstocked on tobacco and it ? J must co. Having bought largely of coffee when the price was down we can offer great inducements in that line. Farmers, and everybody, we are going to offer you an opportunity now of buying many things you are obliged to have a little later at exceptionally Io\V i prices. Come to see us. . # & Lesesae & Epps. mm'-m ms m m Qts. Hats, Furrishing from 44 to 50, Extra 2. I am offering this o reduce my stock as king stock next month. HECELEBRATEO "ROUSERSs j rip in two monts you will get MnI the Hamilton Carhartt Over-alt you another suit free jirowa's ' 1IIE CLOTHING HOUSE, leray of Music Charleston, S. G. '^