The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 13, 1900, Image 1
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VOL XVL KINGSTREE, 8. C.~ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1M, jm NO. 50
r Positively No New Display Adv-rtiseraenis Will be Received, or Old Ones Changed, Later Than Tuesday Horning.
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AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL ..
REPORTER AND NOTED. I
Written in Condensed Form and Printed
in Like Manner for the Sake of
Qjr 3usv Readers. *
Mis. M.O. Toulon and daughter,
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o' il'c. were registered til
Birfs Fn-.te! Saturday.
M-r-s. VV. I\ Hawkins left Mon-J,
day t<s visit peiat-i-es at Gieele\v:i13
a-nJ Manning,.
Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Gamble
and W. W. Grayson. Esq.. visited
tiieCilv by the Atlantic this week.
Miss Adele Kellehan, of St.
-Stephens, arrived in town last
week to spend sometime.
Miss Etta Wilder visited her
rf'on.t Af'.j Til tin (tiinnirii'ham al
% S.idi.tntmvn hist Saturday, returning
Sunday afternoon.
i I
Mr-. E Donatli, wb? has -been
spending some mouths at Red
Springs, 1?. C.. returned here lat?ti
wvek'ie spend the winter.
Iter. W. S. Martin preached
Sun lay m irriing at the Methodist
e'mreli, and Rev. G. T, Gresham
'SI ied the Baptist pulpit Sunday
-evening.
We are under obligations to
Congressman James Norton for
placing our name with the director
of the census at Washington to re eeive
the census bulletins as they
are issued,
j In ihe Atlanta Constitution of
November, 28, among those who
passed successfully the examina
4ion before the State board oi
.pharmacy, appear* the name of
Mr. John Epps, formerly of this.
town. Tuis entitles Mr. Kpps to
te registered as a licensed apothecary.
Through the courtesy of our 1
young friend, Mr. A Ibert G Eaddy,
a member of the graduating class (
of the medical department, we <
have received an invitation to be
present at thQ commencement
exercises of the University of the
South, at Sewanee, Tenn., which ,
take place Thursday, December
20, 1900.
Mr. W. P. Hawkins fakes i
pleasure in announcing to his
friends and patrons that lie lias (
ju?t received at his stables a fine
lot of sixty horses and mules?all ,
good stock and broken to work;also
another car load of the justly fam
on* Rock Hill buggies. He cordially
invites all interested to call and
'look then:, over. (
We take p'ea-ure in announcing
by request that there will be
a ktcob-web party" and hot supper
at the residence of Dr. Cov- 1
ington Lee on the evening of Friday,
December 21, the prtceeds
of which will be applied to the
school house. The public is cor'
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UliiliY 1IJVIICU iu uc uiv.othi..
Why spend $50 or $U0 to put
li?:htnin? rods on your house when
lor $1 to $1.50 ;i hundred dollar.per
annum you can buy a policy
in ;lie Equitable F.'re Insurance
Co., ot Charleston, which will insure
your dwelling apiinst li^htninu
as well us tire without extra
charge?
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Mr. Louis Jacobs is in Charleston
(his week for a lew days.
Mis. I). K. Smith passed through
town last week, returning to her
home Ml Smith's Mills alter an extended
visit to New York.
Wanted, copies of The Record
of November 22 and October 18,
11900. to complete 'ile. Any one
'laving these numbers will confer
k favor by bringing or sending
tiie-m to this office.
-Comptroller General J. P. Derham
was over Wednesday fromj
Columbia, making his annual settlement
with the county supervisor,
auditor, superintende-nt of
education and treasurer.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Van
Keuren. of Smith's Mills, and
rlanguter came through to#n
Tuesday evening going to Charleston
to do their Christmas shopping.
They will remain several
day in the city.
JS. charter has bees issued.to
' The C. W. Wolfe Publishing
Co," to publish a newspaper at
K.ingstree and Georgetown, !3.
and conduct a general printing
business at both places. The cor/
perators are O.W. Wolfe, ot Kingsi-rea,
and P. A. Wilcox, of Florence,
S. C.
Richard Graves, one of the
three negro prisoners who broke
iail last week and escaped, was recivprured
at his mother's house
tKe-r Smith's Mills last Sun lay
night. by Deputies Lovitt and
Leminon. The prisoner was
promptly brought back to jail,
where he will have ampie leisure
before the next term 01 coiwi w
reflect on i lie hard Jot ol" the transgressor.
S'he metchants of Georgetown
are showing tlieir appreciation of
The County 1\ec.oi;d by patronizing
its advertising column?. We
caki-especial attention to the "ads''
i>t Messrs. II. Isear & Son and
0. -L. Ford, both of whom ate reh'*hlp
and wide-awake merchants.
ilessrs. Isear Son make a specialty
of tine clothing, while L
Ford can't be beat on fancy groceries.
To prove this assertion
E?ive them a trial.
Our sedate and dignified Lake
Oily correspondent grows somewhat
light and frivolous as the
festive Yule-tide approaches..
Nevertheless he gets up good
reading matter, and we are much
gratified at fhe rest he puts into
the work. In all his writings it is
evident that AJr. rsass has an eyc-ingle
to the interest and advancement
of bis town?and that is the
sort of correspondent we want at
every post office in the county.
The jury room, which lor a
number of years has - stood by the
side of Thomas & BradhanTs stables,
was bodily moved last
Tuesday to a position a little in
the rear of the court house on the
southeast side ol the square. The
work was done quickly by means
of skids and a pood force of men.
lhe ad van tape of the clnnge of
position is the lessening of insurance
rates both on the jury ro,?tn
Mid ihe bushlinp to which it stood
at close proximity.
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'l'wo dancing bears and their
T?go attendants caught t he crowd
lor a lew nickels Saturday.
Colon is quoted to-day in the
local market at to 9?, according
to grade. For seed $13 the
ton is offered.
The JRhoda Rova! Shows drew
i crowd to town last Weduesday.
For t he price of admission,
twenty-five cents, the exhibition
was fairly creditable.
Mr. A. M. McCall was called ;
home Wednesday by the sad in- ^
telligence of ti>e death of his sister,
a young lady of sixteen years, at i
Florence. Mr. McCall has has
many sympathizing friends here.
Mrs. Miggie Alford, of Maxton,
N. (/.. is visiting relatives in town.
When she lived in Kingstree as
Miss Maggie Brockinton, Mrs. (
Alford was one ot our most attrac >;
live and popular young ladies. i
Our esteemed townsman, Capt.
John A. Kelley, who has been
seeking rest and recreation at
Glenn Springs fpr the past three
weeks, returned home Tuesday '
night mucii improved t>y nis sojourn
at t-hut famo-us resort. Capt. '
Kelley reports having spent a
quiet but pleasant vacation, and ,
seems in better health and spirits
than he has beer, lor a long lime, '
which is very gratifying to his I
many friends. 1
A Sudden Death.
Last Thursday evening, about
7 o'clock, Mr. Frank H. Arrowsmith
was lound dead, sitting on
the steps of his room. Mr. Arrowsmith
was about 58 years of age
nid hurl itppn in rinnr lw?:ilth tor
"t,y* I
sometime./ vet no one thought. 1
thai his end was so near. He had 1
been a resident of this county for
a number of years, and at one
time was engaged in the mercan- 1
tile business in town. He served |
four years in the confederate army i
-_j i. j 1 u;t. if
anu uau a guou ?ai iwin-i. *aio
wife and ihree sons survive him. ,
The tuucfial services were conducted
at tlie Williamsbury Cemetery
Friday afternoon by JKev. W. t
Smith Martin. *
Mortuary.
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Died, On Monday, November,
12, 1900, at the house of his father,
Mr. L. D. Bryant, near Sultons, S.
U-, S. Eddie Bryant, aged twenty
years.
The barber always tells a liairraisins
story when trying to sell
you a bottle cf tonic.
Now i^> the lime when you can
afford to insure your dwelling or
place of business. Call at this
office nndget a policy in the Equitable
Fire Insurance Co., and von
will be protected against losing
in a single night the property you
have acquired by years of hard
work. If.
If you want a 1'iano or Organ j
write to IS. O. iSrislow, Darling !
on, & C.
All a man has to do m order to!
beinetue lainous is to do the public. |
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Grand Sale of
CUT PR
beginning this week we have announ
Sale, and will continue it till December24,
annual stock taking, and want to have ju
possible.
We wish to say to our Williamsburg t
rare bargains in store for them.
Special Reductions
and Sho
And we can suit you from our large stock tc
tosh Cape Coats at unheard of prices.
We have the praise of selling the Re
pocntry, and to sustain this \Ve must keej
Hamilton Brown. Battle Axe and JuJia M
Iced lines, warranted by the manufacture!
Ladies, we are still showing pretty thi
and our prices are cnt on these goods too.
We have a Beautiful Doll on exhibitic
te some lucky person. We issue tickets, i
phase of toys we give each customer a ti
:;hanee at the Doll, so you can't lose anyth
stand a good showing at tne present
Santa Clans has always made our store 1:
i better line of
Clh-xistrdsis
This season than ey.r before. Presents fo
for the larger children; presents for the fa
for yocr be.^t girl; presents for your friend
Remember we keep all kinds of good t
Christmas cakes out of. Nuts, Raisins, Oi
Don't forget if you buy your toys from us;
Yours for fair dealing,
THE OLD RELI^
S. A. RIC
2v?a,rLnin.g' - The
narrow-minded man soineimes
makes the broadest asser-;
| The
iUlin.
?J and f
DENTISTRY!
in?? ijk)0. ,|i,65.
The undersigned, after a success'ul
practice of Dentistry for thirty- \yvoi
"our years, is now located at Kings- .$j.7.->.
ree, at the Brockinton house, rp,,c
.vhere he is prepared to do any- Junta
hing in the Dental line at cut rate
I iH
trices. Live and let live, is his' \yt>ej.
notto. No shoddy work shall pass ',
he portals of his office. Satisfae-'!
ion guaraivteed. A trial is solicited " '
Kespectfully. | SCent
A M. SNIDE It, j
Dentiil surceon. I nfre*
$JL The Fa
?lost stout u
^ into ready made
v factory tit is im |
/<^Mw\ N e seams an<*
/J 1 1 \ general makeup
/ / I \ accustomed to. 1
/ /V \ the wrong sort c
/ V r P? \ dressing up stou
l?-. | that carries the
Xjic? b ? 1 lp I securely as theii
\ ^?\y at the expt
\ J\k. ffl? Apollosofhunia
\ / jr Ing is made to ti
Nft Ei"""***!! ness on a manin
\ a, | J 9 take chances on
11 1 I I H concerns would
II \ H money in.
U U The Adler ma
\\ u We are offering
\\ 1 all shapes, at $
\\ R lined undershirt
11 H These two speei!
j) | next thirty day*
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Rochester. 224 kiugst. (
Jtr , ) Chi
ciAzzV& Ai.t? . Mail orders pror
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91 V V ?37 Mr
ICES.
eed our Mid-W inter Clearance after
which time we begin our
ist as small stock on hand as :ustoraers
that we Irave'ruanj;
on Clothing
es.
> selectGvercoats and Mhckinst
Shoes in this part of the
p the hest brands of shoes,
iarlowe Shoes ^ire ctai guaranrs.
ngs in Dress Goods and Silks.
PEEE!
in that we are goa?g to give
\r.6 with every ten tent pureket
which entitles him to a
ling by this chance ahd you
us headquarters, and we have
Q-ood.G
r the little children): presents
ther and mother, arid presents
is. ?
hinfcs to eat and to make your
tron, Mince Meat, etc, '
>'ou have a chance at the Doll.
iBijE.
aBYt
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Our Club Offers.
'County Record and the Home
rarm one year,$ 1.25.
i County Record and Thrice-a:
(New York) World one year,
i County Record and Twice-fc
: Xews and Courier one year, *
> County Record and the AtConstitution
one year,
1 County Record and Semi;ly
Columbia State, $2.25.
?en a physician is on the
of a disease he uses his diagt
Man's Fear.
don dread to take the plunge
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CIOIMIII^. 1IICJ nuj <v
josslble; they're suspicious of
utton-holes; the trimming and
-are not what they have been
Their experience has been with
if clothiifg, that's all. We art
t men right along in clothing
above label as neatly and as
tailors -ever dressed them,and
nse. V e tit the man who is
5 as well as we tH {he very
nity. "Rochester Adler" cloth*t.
Its manufacturers do busi10th
scale and can afford to
nil sorts OI OHO SIM'S l Ilil l sum 11
[ never dare to tie up their
ke sail and overcoat *10 to $2-~.
a hat in stiff and soft hats.
I.vjO, and an all-wool, fleec<?
and drawers, "?0 cents each
<1 offers are good only for th^
L- Brown's
CLOTHING HOUSE,
Opposite Academy of Music
trlest. ?n, s.
fiptty au? i ded to.
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