The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 12, 1900, Image 4
The (Ecoinig "ftecond
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY AT
KISQ?TR?E, S. C.
J-ULl Jg ..JUl^ Ji 'l-Illf JL J - -i
C. W. WOtFff,
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THURSDAY;, APU1U i2, IS0O.
Disastrous floods are reported
in Texas within the. past week,
I Up to this time more than fifty
lives have been lost and millions
oi- dollars ot property destroyed.
The scene of the.chuaas? is southwestern
Texas, including the city
of Austin..
i ~
DkEWEY AS A DEMOCRATTS'hen
Admiral George Dewey
o,..
returned irom.aiifpnu tmv, uw..3
v crowned with the laurels .of a
/
jreat^aval victory, he was interviewed
by various newspaper cor
respqnjk^njs, and his chauces as a
presidential possibility thoroughly
discussed. At that time he declared
most emphatically that
nothing would induce him to enter
politics,, and this .drclaration was
accepted in good faith. At that
time, too, it was stated' on excellent
authority that he was a Republican.
and had always- voted
that ticket.
Since then the admirai.has several
times figured in the public
prints. Fjrst,. he accepted, the
hpuse .bestowed upon hie;.by an
odir.irinp. hut uncertain public,
and showed his delicate apprpcia
tion of the .gilt by suggesting that
it be fitted and furnished according
to his taste.
Quickly following came his marriage
to Mr3. Ilazen, a sister of
JLqfcn II. McLean.of Ohio a Democrat.
Thep the deeding of his
h.ouse-~the gift of tl;e., public
to her; and, influenced perhaps
by the storm of criticism aroused
by this act, the re-deeding ?! the
property to , the; Admiral's son.
This incident did much to lessen
the enthusiasm ot the puonc towards
the object of ihejr hero wor
ship, and his running,for the Presidency
as a Democrat is a still
greater anti-climax. It would be
passing strange it the Democratic
party should ceser.t William Jennings
Bryan*. iU logical candidate,
ror the popular ideal of an hour,
who, on the authority of the
Washington Post, has said that
%iin time of peace a Democrat is
a ..damned traitor and in war a
limned coward."
- V , ..... *
A Trip to Krngstre?.
The editor of this paper had the
pleasure of visiting Kingstree this
week in the inierest of Col. Elliott's
candidacy. Mr. Barnwell
w;entupand addressed the citi{
zens in the Court house,, introduc!
;??t Kimcolf tn the oeoDle, and
"<e , ,
naade a speech ir* which he only
spoke of himself aswl his. eandidacy
without touching on any of
i the issues of the carvp?igi>. It
was salesthiy is. the countv, but
ery few cut of town people were
present. The towa of Kingstree
is almost unanimously in favor ot
Col. Elliott, and; the reports received
from the ocountrv, through
those present frona other parts of
J t'he county, show a raost favorable
condition ot aflairs for hrs campaign,,
and the best informed men
conceded the county to him by a
large majority, and in fact! it is
the generaj belief in Williauiwburg
that Elliott will carry every precinct
in the county..
( Williamsburg i& not suf5eri??g
I from any dearth of candidates.
/ There are seven canctodates for
I clerk ol coast, aive for sheriff five
for superintendent of education,
and : s many for the other offices,
with a few exceptions. Great interest
i? being taken in the congressional
race, and the voters of
Williamsburg seem to be thoroughly
posted on all the questions
involved in. congressional. State
; andjiational politics.
The telegraph.operator at Kingstree
is Little WilJie Barr, who is
eleven years Mid two mouths old
This remarkable ehild takes and
sends messages with the ease of
an expert, and when, receiving a
message, takes it. on. his typewriter
| as fast as it is sent, lie is the
i youngest telegraph operator in the
rcounjxy. When he was examined
he was given a message of,, oue
thousand words to send to Columbia,
and he ticked out a message
"in*good si)ape and rapidly, without
^breaking" or stopping but
once, which is a good record even
tor a veteran. He keeps the records
and acccur.Jp. of his office
ani| stood, the examination, satisfactorily
in regard to the rules
!..tintia nf tliA pfimnnnv
illlU I CgU v? >?V>
and the laws relating to telegraphing.
lie is by actual comparison
: the youngest operator in America,
and probably in the world; i-le is
the son of Mjr. UeotgeS. Barr, who
is proprietor of Bart's Hotel, x*q
one connected with Hie hotel is, a?
[operator, so that Willie has full
> swing,, lie is very bright in other
I matters besides telegraphy.
Kingstree Is a grow ng and progressive
town of about 1200 inhabitants,
and the section of.-the
: county in the first district has a
i %
j i a i >\/iv.
j One aid gentlepj^n Game, t welve
I miles irom the country to se.e. the
j writer and assure him of hifeonitinued
support of Col. Elliott,
j This veteran voter was 85 years
] of age, and had voted lor Col. Eljliott
every time he had; been a
'candidate, ami from his hearty
appearance he will vote in many
primaries yet to come,
j The writer can only say, in look|
ing back on the trip, that for kind
! treatment and genuine hospitality,
<
: commend hi^a. to Kingsiree and
; Williamsburg.
| Col. Elliott had hcpcd.to.be
; present himself in Kingstrce, but
i public interests in Washington
demanded that he should remain
in attendance on his duties as congressman
rather than leave to
promote his _camjpaign. Beaufort
Gazelle.
The foregoing extract from the
I Beaufort Gazette describes the
* i
visit of the editor of that sheet
j (Col. Elliott's son) to Kingstreeon
Monday, April 2?:the day that Mr.
j Barnwell spoke in the Court!
house. The inforraai'ron importeJ
j by this journalistic- pentleman is
i .nfunoKinn K\J TP!)?nn ftf its
I CI u M iciicaniiia. ktt ..
I novelty aatl originality, and his
1 report of the day's proceedings
amusingly inconsistent. Hear
kirn: uIt was salesday injhecoun-j
tv, but very few ont-ol'-town people
were present;'' yet 4*the reports
received1 from the country
j through those present from other
; parts of the county show a most
I
j favorable condition q? aJIaira for
j his (CoL Elliott's) carmpaiga, and
| the best informed men concede
the county t? him by a large majority;
andV in faet, i<b is the geaeral
belief in Williamsburg that
Elliott will carry every precinct J
in the county."
ji J-ust how Mr. EibotS csuld discover
all this ie passing strange.
I Williamsburg is a ver-y large county;
yet r notwithstanding the fact
that there were but few out-oftown
people present, this, clever
young man gets an expression
Irom the "best informed men"tbat>
the whole county is fen his- father
and that it is the general belief
that CcJ. Elliott will carry every
precinct in?the county.
In another paragraph he adds:
i "Kingstree rs a growing and progressive
own of 1200 inhabitants,
etc." As a matter of fact there are
just 71 registered voters in the
corporate limits of the town;:and
; the enly way that we can reconIeile
this with Mr. EltiottV state
! meut is that he mistook the crowd
| from the country who had come
j to hear Mr. Bfmnwell speak for
town voters- unanimously for his
father.
' The veteran voter tcf, 33.7 we
happen t<v know, hod business
here that day, and since oniy a
few persons in,, town knew that
Mr. Elliott would be here, it in
scarcely probable that the news
had reached twelve miles in the
country.
As to Col. Elliott's carrying
every precinct in the county, the
iilea is aJbsurd,.and if Editor Elliotli
would.travel through ,the county!
a little he would soo? discover;
that lus credulity had been sadly j
i abused. The fact is, the colonel
! will h(? in hie luck if he tret-; Lftlf!
.? ... w-n , ? , .
the votes in the part ot the district'
included in.this county. This is
no vain bosst, but, from, what \ve|
;can learn from daily contact with
i
ir.eji from all over the county, it
is our honest opinion of the situa?!
tion here at the present time.
We join in the editor's regret?-!
that Mr. Elliot tVdut-ies in Wash '
ington prevented Ins meeting Mr.j
| Barnwell here; but with asecre-!
; tarv paid by the government to
i i
I write letters-upon, which he is 110U
j even made to pay postage; innu
J merable pac^agosoii seed and govI
j emment reports for distribution,
and bis, son fmd law .partner to
send in*his place he is not,wholly.!
I without representation.
j Why does a man always look
: at the face of a bride, and a wo{man
at her clothes?
iipwpjti.11.iy, II
in
11 Ul H TaHelese mmi Soai
Fmr ?o4 all I
Doe* Not Contei* Nor Other ToImi
Am* Not Injure tl
W. A. lOrlaotj a 5oa^DiiooBox,Tex., uy:
u?it we' hjktm ever h smiled. Mr son preec
the onlv CM1 Toole which a child oan take w
Price 60c. BttflWN MF'G. CO., Prop're,
newTprin& 1
The Largest and Pretties
to Lake City, now to be see
MISS IDA
Laces and L
DOO COLLAR AND THE NEW PUL1
t*r We call your attention to the lac
pox is over.
IIEKE AltC A FEW hoi.?:faa-ix
FIRST We are here to stay, therefore it
rotiaofe
SEOON"f* -(Mir ^shinies are all standard
one i^ba-of good (futility.
TOIKI) Our stock consists of young am
do not offlen you old' juid broken-i
FOrRTII We sell as low down as we lie
?%..f linn, him f.riii i,i n^lllf-edl to POC!
"IH UHllgli* iw * v
Tliomas 6z IE
KPSOSTRfas, "OLD
AND
Sins Talk Fire lassruce Co., $?
81 Gieos foils, 11
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IZiagrstiee
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ev. Call at the Tost office.
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t
lNlf
i'take this jnethod ol informire-j
T
the public that i'lha^O- re-opened ,
f?#t
at 1 lie Kinder stand,, and will deal j.QU]
exclusively in Fine Family Gro- fre(
ceries. Buying in large quanti- wh<
lies I ,can. get inside figures, and thii
will give my customers the bene- l'rJ<
lit of the very lev,test prices. Will
also handle fresh- Irtker's Bread ttwire
a week Wednesdays and i
Saturdays.
f
Thanking my friends for past_
favors and hoping to merit a con-i ^
tinuoflce of their confidence,.]^ am, j arc
Sespectiullvr
K. L. SMITIJ., j ^
L i whi
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Total Eclipse of the Sun. !
On. May 2S:there will be a total
eclipse of the sun, visible in North (
j America ami the northwestern Mr.<
portion of South. America, Eu- Xer
rope, northern Africa, and the | ma
north Atlantic Ocean, live path bui
j of totality runs through Mexico, Ion
j New Orleans, Mobile, Iialeigh,! an<
Norfolk and across- to Algiers, vie
being of an average wi^th of fifty (
J miles. Atv Charleston and this Col
place it will be visible from 7.13 jlln
j until 9.43. q. m. hel
t i ^
Chill Tonic 1
MlMi U Gum CtiHfp mwd 1
Malarial Troubles. a
te Stomach Kor T.ticrt the IT c aria*. I
"Ramon's RsgnUx ChillTcaic is the y
ribes itin bts/nnrtic?,?a?4 says it is ft
ithout Injury to iBe stomach. ' K
, Greeaeville, Tena. P
jffiLINERY! (
it Line Evez Brought
n at
G. RODGERS.
&?? Ti@?o
LEY BilET.H- AXI> BIX'KLKS
:t that f>H tfan^er from small
j=SEH^
AI to IT OIK RIXI5II:k?
ii our aim to- seen re your patmiik*;
asil' wkj- 'Jarraot everr
! strong Ilcrses-uodi Wir
.Ibwiv l.nvLs.
mestlv can. Year in anil yea*
k bOttOUl.
tra.d.l5.a.m,
- s. c.
TRIED."
FulSs Firs tavua Co.,
si Rt? yolk Ciiy. 1
E RESIDENT AGENT
ke n'lerations, transfers,
icellations.
torcTof JLocefi
ats is Ivept
cy Office.
i n ij i a_._i
> >> mm Mem..
2, S-CL
xlioals ami Magazines- v>vi!I beig
expense oi remitting won
DENTISTRY!
. . lUOO^.
he undersigned, after sovtess prtetioe
of Dentistry for thirty r
years, is ibovv located at Kings
*, at the Brockintcm* house,.
am )it? is nronnrod to do H11V
c,v J,v r-^i -- *
ig \n the Dental line at cut rate
es. Live and-fort live, is his
tto. No shoddy work shall pass
portals of his office. Satisfao .
i guaranteed. A trial is .solicited',
litsfawtfiilly,
A.M. SNIDER,
Dental surgeon.
Vise saws should be filed in thebivesof
the memory. .
iViiy isn't the relict of a mar*
r> dies of hay-fever , a grass
low.
Died.
)? Thursday night, at 11.30,..
*. Hesse, wife of Dr. Covington*,
?..of Harpers, S. (? Her re-,,
ins were interred at the fa
ying grounflnear Potato Ferry,
Saturday morning, Keys. White .
i Ru,sseJ| coadopting the,#?er- .
)n? Friday,. March 30, W. Dm I
Iter, of Ilebron, after a brief J
less. His funeral services were I
d on the following Saturdi&.. I