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/ _ __ _ VOLNVL KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER L RIOO. NX). 43 m*~-xrym 'jrmt-w ?? * !iiwi?i.gr gnT mrmrm mmm mw.n.L.*i?Auui iu?umjiti ?bbb?B?pjfpwpysw?iwBB??? at???c ? iii % mmmmeannmmmmtmmnmm ? e??nwmnm nawwwwmwMBWmfatrnammaaammmmBaparam.amtwewmam "y_ Positively Ifo Few Display Advertisements "Will be Received, or Old Ones Changed, Later Than Tuesday Morning. ' IHIifM iiffl. AFFAIRS CAL'GHT 3Y OUR LOCAL REPORTER AND NOTED. Written in Condensed Form ar.d Printed in Like Manner for the Sake of Our We;rv Readers. A number of our people from all pari- of file County are taking in fhe tai? this week. j t- J... *a..n,yllnv on ncmrl npcro.! cM'tlll V IIUUUlvi , vi ...n. died at tureens last Tuesday. lie, cl timed to be over 100 years old. , Mr. Mason C. Branson was in I own Tuesday representing that excellent little daily, The Florence Time*. foi:gieP!?nan William Elliott, the democratic nominee of the! 1st district, was in town Thursday night and Friday. ! Miss Lillie Wilder, of St. Stephen^, is visiting her sister, Miss f tilotrp-J nil 1", lUi, II1C <K.O?>iJl lili; lieu ivivgi?|>u i operator at Burr'a hotel. Slate Constable J. Dupra APsbrook spent several days in townj this week. W'e have oot heard J of his locating any illicit liquor. | Miss Rath Manson, of Clinton, passed through town Monday on her way to Iudiautown to take charge of the school at that place. .James Nelson, a negro convict on the chain-gang, escaped Tuesday while on the way to dinner. Up to ?his time he has not been recaptured. j Dr. Snider announces that lie 0^ will be absent from his office on 1 the 1st and 2nd ot November. lie anticipates being at the State Fair ou ihese two days. i'rof. Ralph Epps has gone to Marlboro county to teach the Rrownsviile school. Prof. Eppsi is a fine teacher, and will give hist natrnns a first class school. Mr. J. K. Gourdin, of Gourdins,1 was quite sick several days last week at the house ot' his son-inlaw, Dr. VV. G. Gamble. Mr. Gourdin has since recovered, and isj %ible to be out again. Rev. R. W. Barnwell filled his: appointment Fiiday at the Episcopal chapel. On Sunday morn-! ing and evening Rev. G. T. Gresh am preached in the Baptist church. Clerk of Court Grayson requests us to notify second week jurors that on account of the adjournment of court their presence here next week will be unncces sary. * Messrs. Gape;, Oliver <fc Co., are moving into their handsome new brick building and to emphasize the fact have increased their advertising space. They are reliable progressive, and up-to-thetirues merchants. Read what they have, to say in this issue. Tuesday morning Capt. W. II. .JK.Qnnedy lest on the street fiom his pocket bills amounting to about $200. A negro woman found the fnmiev and with it in her pos sesion silently sped away to her home in the coun^ try. She was seen in the act J *ot picking it up by an honest old nejrro man, wlio reported the fact toy diut ot a warrant in the hauds ot'Constable Lemmon Capt. Kennedy received |lt>0 of money fueed^y night. a j Tuesday is election day. Remember every Oemocr.it is j sworn to support the nominees. ? i Miss A. Wise has returned to her home in Charleston alter a visit to relatives near town. Messrs. Sol Till, Isaac Appelt and EO Horton were over Sunday (rom Manning on pleasure bent. I Miss Matlie IVnderirrass. one j of our most attractive and popular young ladies, returned from Florence Sundav. Cadet J. W. Hawkins, of the Welch jseck lligh School, is home 1 or a few days on sick leave. lie is gelling along nicdy at school and is well pleased with 11 artsvide. Rev. W. W. Rocket, the negro Republican candidate for Congress in the 1st district, spoke 1o a erowd of his ilk Saturday, lie was followed by James Tharpe, Z R. Cooper and others. The following jurors have been drawn from this county for the United States Court, which convenes in Columbia the first Alon! day in December: Grand jury? John T. Nelson, Samuel W. Frierson, James F. Peterson, P. D. Cockfield, T. E. SaIters. Mr. J. C. Bell presented u-s with a huge potato one day this week.) This mammoth tuber weighs 7U pounds and measures 21x27 inches. Another instance this of what Williamsburg soil is capable when [cultivated by a master hand. Mr. j Itell lives twelve miles ueiow Kingstree at Indiantown postoffice. Mr. L. E. Hut kef t, of Greens, called to see us while m town Tuesday, lie showed us a letter from his brother, J. LI. Burketf, who barely escaped with his life from the Galveston flood, thrillitifily describing I he horrors that he and his family endured in that awful disaster. Messrs. W. II. Koyall and J. B. Bi^gs, A. C. L. officials, came up last Thursday to look the field over oeiore mauing a repuiv as iu the advisability of removing the railroad station from its present site to a point nearer the business part of town. Their visit was in response to a petition signed by the business men ot Kingstreeand forwarded to the authorities some time ago. It is understood that u ot?K Knvnll and Rio^s are in-1 clined to favor the removal of the station. At Rest. Yesterday afternoon, about 3.30i o'clock, just as our lorin? were being made up. came the news that Mrs. Virginia Lee, relict of the late \V\ J. Lee. had breathed her last. With the time and space at onr disposal it is impossible to do justice ?o the gentle, Christian woman, who for many weeks has suffered a mortal illness with meek ? imnli/>il trnct lti rcMjiiiuuuu auu iiiijjKvyiv Hum <>i her Savior, to whom her pure spirit has fled. In her death our community has sufltred the loss of one whose sweet and refining influence was leit in every circle. As a friend and neighbor there was none better; as a. consistent Christian her life has left an impress which will keep her memory sweet and hal lowed in the hearts of all who knew her; while at the portals of the celestial kingdom her greetiug will be: ''Well done, thou good and faithful servant; enter thou into the joys of thy Lord." \ ia*i: HYMEN'S Mjm BWfiH A BRILLIANT DOUBLE WEDDING (WEDNESDAY AFTERh OON. Dr. W. S. Lynch and Hoxie G. Askins Wed Misses Esther and Lily Benjamin?Gov McEweeney Performs the Ceremony. Yesterday marked an epoch in the social history ot the town when two of* our most charming and Donular vouns ladies. Misses Esther and Lillian Benjamin, were led to the hymeneal altar by Dr. W. S. Lynch and Hoxie G. Askins, Esq., the wedding ceremony being performed by no less a personage than ilij Excellency, Gov. Miles B. MolSweenev. % At the spacious and hospitable ^ome of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jacobs, the wedding party and their friends gathered a short time before 4 o'clock p. m.. the hour set tor the ceremony. Promptly as tlie hour struck, to the spiiit stirring strains ot Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream, four little tlower girls, Misses Thetis Stackley, Adelaide Harper, Ada Brockmton and Florence Jacobs, strewed the way with! tlowers. Then entered on the: arm of Mr, Loui? Jacobs, who gave' them away, the two young brides,! as rare and radiant as the bride:s| roses they wore, closely tollowedl by the happy grooms, Messrs. W. S. Lynch and Iloiie G. Asking Esq. Alter a lew introductory remarks apposite to the occasion, Governor McSweeney proceeded with the ceremony, solemnly and impressively speaking the words which made one JL>r. Lynch and Miss Esther Benjamin; the second couple then f<>ok the place of the first and Mr. Askins and Miss Rose Li'lian Benjamin Here united in the inartiage bowl 'Mill death them do part.,r The service closed with a prayer by the Governor. The sister-brides were dressed nearly alike, in white organdie, trimmed with chiffon, embroidery and lace. Many beautiful presents were received by the brideK.some of them unusually costly and eloborate. Following are the guests present: Dr. and Mrs D. C. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Mc;3ride Scott, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. LeRov Lee, Dr. and Mrs. \V. G. Gamb'e, Mrs. J. E. McFadden, Mrs. E. E. Payne, Mrs. L. B. Johnson. Mrs. Virginia Brockinton, Mrs. W. V. Brockinton, Miss Mag Scott. Miss Maria Burgess, Miss Minnie Burgess, Miss Lula Strong, Miss McOabe, Miss Kellev, Miss Mamie Lynch, Misses Barbara and Ma Die Levy, Georgetown, Misses Cell a and Florence Benjamin, Georgetown, iMiss Rosa IJirachman, Charleston, Hen, T. M.j Gil land, Capt. J, A. Kellev, Br. R J Mc'-abe, Arthur Beigarain,' Georgetown, -J, W, and Louis Jacobs, Jr., Charleston, H. T. McClary, 0. E, St. Atnand, Dr. ilicks Florence, Zollie Lynch, Foster Lynch, Maj. S. M. Askins. W Asians, A.'M. McCall, C. W. Wolle, W. R. Scott, A. A. May. The bridal party left, lor Charleston and other points ou the nine nVlnM.* train amidst the rnftit hearty congratulations of a large number of friends who saw them off at the station. At a i4hot supper' near Boggy Swamp Inst Wednesday night, two negroes, Jim McClary and Billy Chandler, got into an altercation and Chandler cut McClary pretty badly about the throat. As a place for practice in the manipulation of razors the hot sapper still leads the proeessioi} gmong the colored population. / 4 * L . RIGBY'S Bit It will Pay You i ^ L) ? uvi ? i^ia K r\ t*> I u rvemcti iucf During the next f<-w weeks whtfn "VhercV good goods cannot can no ZEEIgrlo^'s ZE offers yor. always good reliable goods a carry the largest a?<l fiesliest stock of ( We ask you to examine qualities and c that if row do this vour trade is ours. I J y DRESS GOODS'] Mack Crepons, l'laids for Skirts, Finis Brillia.i tines, Serges, Zibilines and Cost and Fancy Ooods, Silks ami Velvets, Di Shoes for Ladies. Mi< Tne fatuous BATTLE AXE and JE warranted, and beat the county for stvb Still another lot of that Solid shoe for " * . r> Gentlemen, our Mammon itrown snoes ai Our Ready-ma at We have always teen firm tetievers i Department is stronger this eeason than Good Men's Suits from .$4.49 to ' Good Cloth Overcoat at $4.99. NICh: LINE OF RUGS AND M. AT ROCK BOTT GROCERY EE The best and purest stock of Gro towu of Mai Buy your (loods where fair dei Where you get the best assortr THE OLI) RE S. A. R 2vdarLn.iri.gr The Welsh Necl Invites your patronage for 1. Healthy location; pure artesian 2. Thorough course ot study uuaei y. Elegant new doomitoiies-" se.p* nearly 120,000. 4. Teachers with pupils every nigli o. Teachers tive in dormitories wit < . Mechanical department under a 7. past success a guarantee f j session. 8. Hoys under military dhScfplirie. 0. I.ow rates; board (7.50 pertabntl ing use of instrument, For illustrated catalogue address, WELSH NECK HI (HI SCftO* d. W. 44AJ Fall Styles in Men There are some new departures i which we shall be glad to post you as chant tailor effects are faithfully and ready-to-wear garments made by L. A N. Y., and which we alone have on sal them, for they well illustrate rue iouy Oxford and Cambridge will be as j season. Many neat effects are shown suits. The Covert Cloth Overcoat ton We recognize that there is a great car point to cater to all. In this we are gi inentof fabrics and patterns produced Careful dressers are urged to insp ready-made, and to see for themselves ise them satisfaction at an expense of h for custom made clothing. If you wisl order I will make same from $10 to $">0 =%? UTe "1- it GDI 224 King St. Opposite Acade Sole agent for the Ifamilton-Carhu made. The firm that is making union Mail orders promptly atui ded to. i ' . 3 STORE. i i landise is offered at prices at whiefc c be purchased, that Big* Store t the lowest possible prices. We Irv ?0<xls of any house in Manning. lOmpare prices. We are satisfied OtR DEPARTMENT heel and Pebble Cheviots, Mohairs, nine Goods, Granite Cloth, Novelty ;ess Trimmings, etc. 3sss and Children, L?A MARLOWE Slwes are fullv i > laSies, worth $1. 2, at e he very best, from $1,50 to $3.50. de Suits id Overcoats. u stylish dress. But our Clothing . ever before. kid ft* PAT ?/?? A1TIXGS FOR THE FLOOR OM PRICES. IPAHTMENT. ceries and Canned Goods in the min?. iling prevails; nent, all popular priced. LIABLE* IGBY. - - - - 3. C. l ur^lS^Xl^j i nigii ouiiuui the folR)\vling reasons': water oh cathpuS. competent instructors. rate 'for boys and girls, costihg t during school hours, h pupils. mipetent Instructor. >r the future, 108 larder* last Ik Tuition ifciisie, iflclud 7 1 i 3L. HARTS VILLE, S. C. INKS, B. 8., M. M. P, Principal. 's Clothing. n both suits and overcoats, oft fully u.s desired. The sXCeii merI completely reproduced jn the dler, Bros, & Co., of Rochester e. It would do you good to seo of paying merchant tailor p-ices. popular this mil as they were la>l in stripes, checks and plaids for 11nu(\s to be a strong1 favorite. iety of tastes, and We-' make it ft ; eatly helped by the large HSsorTbv the "Ad!ei^>hotise. ect our shoVing of high t'las* how it is possible for us to pronV lalf what they have b -en paying 1 m suit or an overcoat made to each; and guarantee a tit. 5r?wffl'? HE CLOTHING HOKE. my of Music Charleston, S. C. ,rt Overalls, f 1.50 per suit, union made g<K>ds popular in this ciry i Oi v