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'sss - --i cou ^MiiiiiUiiUiUlUUlUUiUiUUi I lirSiliiifl <h lr. cUar^e of .3 W. L. BASS, Esq. -V Mrs. Victoria McCatchen, of i> TMcihiKf in f n vt* n J^Urilll^UMI, 13 MCiUII, ... ........ Messrs. T. M. Gillsnd and R. J. Kirk attended Judge Gaskin's court Wednesday, being engaged i in a civil action. Miss Sue Severance came down j from Florence Sunday and spent! the day with relatives. R. K. Wallace, Esq., ran up! ;from Kingstree one day last week for an hour in our town. The editor of the Record was' with us a few days ago on business in connection with his paper. Mrs. E. A. SutclilTe, Mrs. Emme | .'Bass and Mrs. Mattie Fulmore were among our visitors to the exposition last week. Kev. J. E. Rushton assisted in the funeral services of I>r. Pate, ot Flortr.ce, and pronounced the eulogy over the deceased C. W. St oil, Esq., was in out) town a short while Friday on his j way back toXingslree In .n hold-i ing a reference in the case of Wm. j R. Singletary, bankrupt. Mr. and MVs. C. S. Gandy, now ?. i i> nlhftnrn M (! Sun .. i'lUVU.... ,-j - ?i;.v with ihe parents of the latter in >11r city. By the way. Mr. 'Uaniiy will return to the Scran-: ton office soon, lie having beenj sent to G'hadbourn for the trucking season only, Mr. A. C. Belk and Mrs. Mittie McCutchen, relict of the late William McCutehen, were united in mearriage on the 11th instant. 'The ceremony which was witnessed by a large gathering, took j place in the Cameron Methodist] church and was performed by the pastor, Kev. Calhoun. Miss Ollis Gaskins, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 6. T. I Gaskins, died last Sunday after-j noon about 5 o'clock, after a lingering illness ol several weeks. She was just budding in'.o woman-] hood, being about iifteen veais ofj age. She leaves a father, mother j and'several brothers and sisters, i Our sympathies are wjth the be-; leaved ones. There is trouble anions some of our strawberry pec pie and a good i deal of it. The mittei is really serious for many, as the trouble is a money one and they are ill ' able to bear a iinanciai affliction. In some instances it amounts' .almost to the loss of entire crops. 1 I They are now anxious to gel the j cause of all this trouble into | trouble, though of a different kind. .Briefly as may be we shall ex-; plain the situation. At the opening of the season a J man appeared her-; giving his: name II. (J. Hoiloway. of i'hila delphia, and claiming to bi aj member of the nnn < ;' J. ]) /kerning <fc Co., fruit and'produce com-1 mission merchants of thai city, j liollowayspc.t last season here! soliciting shipments ofheirics and made the acquaintance of our people. Hence, when lie returned j this spring he was no. regarded as a stranger. Tins, in connection with the laot that l>ic last j'ear's dealings showed up noihingcrooked, no doubt assisted Mm mater-1 rally in winning the confidence ol I -our citizensi id working the! ?ame in which it appear: that hej ? * vi ' ' W. - > <; : v- itmrnmtmnmmmmmmmtw NTY NE1 aaaaUiaauaaaaaiaaaaaaa raked in several hundred dollars. ,' He induced a number of berry p growers to enter into a so-called < contract purporting to sell to J. b U. ? leming iv lo. ineir enure crops r of berries grown tiiis season at n $2 25 to $2 50 per crate cash on j b delivery of berries at depot in, marketable condition and said * firm agreeing lo take the season's * crop at the prices named and pay * tor same as each lot came in. * This seemed to the larmers a contract very much to their advan- si tage and had it been binding on V Fleming & Co. and were they reliable and financially responsi- a ble, all would have turned out s well tor our people. There is no r doubt good money in berries at these prices, net, and for the en- j, tire crop. But Holloway did not go into the a/fair lor his health * a _ 1 ?2 *. # nor in oruer 10 ueueut me men ^ with whom lie was dealing. These growers brought their berries according tojhe term of the so-called contracts and delivered them to Hollowav, and, i v received in exchange therelori checks 011 Camden National Bank, 0 of Camden, N. J. bearing the sig-, e nature oi J. D. Fleming Co. as| makers. These checks were 111 turned over to our local bankers'!] lor collection. One at least passed ' through the Bank of Kingstree.ip A f^w others were forwarded by j I different parlies. Ketunia came j ^ f L. in Irom some of the first checks ' 1 a ~i ,1 ' * uius Jssueu anu suuncu jmyuilui i j all right. The game went nier-jn ri!y on, Holloway getting the j a berries and the . growers getting; b the checks. Friday brought the,' awakening. Thursday night Hoi- j' loway took the train for Charles-; ton in company with Culbreth, p another fruit solicitor. On the train Holloway revealed to Cul jy breth his (Holloway's) intention f of not going back to Lake City, id Culbreth returned on the first! tram and reported what he had;! learned from Iiollowav. Inime-ifi diately suspicions were aroused ^ that something was wrong. Tel ejrrams inquiring after the checks n that had been forwarded were f sent iu a linrry. Soon returns! began to come in. They were, iv "payment refused,'' and "pay- h ment refused by order of J. D. t Fleming & Co". This seems to !1 have been his method, on receiving the berries lloJIowav issued t I he checks and then, unknown tola the holders or the checks, notitied 4 the Camden National Bank to refuse payment. An effort was made to capturejg the man in Charleston but the!,. 1 *effort did not succeed and he t went north on the Coast Line No. 32 Friday at term on. Besides the ! j checks mentioned lie trot ofl' a por- I lion of a car Thursday for which he . f did not even give checks. The losses wil! amount in the. aggregate lo about $2000.00. We 1 have personal statements from 1 j victims which statements toot up, i losses of 11778.12. We have I I heard of others of which we have; j no authentic report. The heaviest losers are: j W. F. Kennedy, I64S.76. I: J. M. Kennedy, $499.53. S. E.Floyd, $320 25. M. M. Rodgers, $12S.25. C. S. Graham, $ 82.40. The person? who have been 1 fleeced arc worked up over I he i ^ matter, most of them are poor men?none are rich?and such ' blows are serious. < I . ws. I aaaaaaaaaaaaaiaaaa^ Efforts pre being made to apprehend Hollovvay and also to seure something in return for the i ^ r t U a f erries, uin iur rt'itsoiis mm uui eaders will readily inler we can ot give publicity to the methods eing pursued. ^vwvwvwwwwvwwvww Scranton Snap Shots. j wvwvwwwwvwwwww Mr. Wall, of Marion, is spending: [>m? time with her son, Mr. P. S. Vail. Miss Ozella Woodward, a pretty nd attractive young lady of Waraw, X. C., is visiting Mrs. R. B. 'annon. C. W. St oil, Esq., of Kmgstree, '. L. Wilcox, Esq., of Florence, nd W. L. Bass, Esq., of Lake Civ, were here Friday on legal usiness. Mr. W. A. WaP, Jr., of Marion, pent last week here visiting his ncle, Mr. P. S. Wall. Mis. R. B. Cannon, Miss Ozella u...a n f..?imar I.pe and (heis are visiting the Charleston xposition. The oat crop is almost a failure ( a this section in consequence of he protracted drouth. In reply to a joint letter from he business men of Scranton to ieneral Manager Ken ley, of the Atlantic Coast Line, asking for letter passenger accommodation*, lr. Kenlev writing that No. 7S, he morning passenger train going orlh, will stop here on signal Iter the 25lh instant. This will ie a great convenience to our leople and one they very much ppreciate. Mr. Gilbert A. Evans, who reided near Cowards, died last Sunay from the effects of measles. Ir. Evans was an industrious oung farmer and a good citizen, lis wile and several small chilren are left to mourn the loss. An election was held here last 'uesda.v toelect an intendant to ill out the unexpired term of W. i. Sinsilelary, who resigned some line ago. Mr. R. B. Cannon was he successful candidate, Mr. Lanar Lee was elected to fill Mr. Iannoirs place as a warden. LTnder the new schedule which /ent into effect Monday we now lave a daily mail between Scran011 and Sardis instead of tri-weeky as heretofore. More Axon. filmic 1 ; W/cc/c^r/z/c vf/nto, | Kev.T. H.Harrison preached to i large and attentive congregation iunday morning at the Baptist hurcli. In the afternoon he filled he Methodist pulpit. The tragic death of Mr. \V. Ii lolleman is sincerely regretted iere. Mr. Holleinan was an em)love of the Mallard Lumber Co., irid t'.v his death the company las lost one of its most trusted rorkmen. Mr. K. H. Kellehan, of Kingsree, was noted on our streets kfondav. 1 Mi ss Rosa Brown is critically. ? * ' Miss M. A. Tobias, after spen^ng some days with her ki-ndretrin Planning, has returned home. jjk Swamp1 Fox. Cow anc: Hog Feed. We have 0:1 hand Corn and Wheat Bran, Chops, hominy, eed middlings, Cotton Seed Meal and Hull* and will keep hese all the year round, BARK k Co. i "We have or nan ! a ear load of B them linger Ion er uierefore We Pass Up The Don't quarrel with opportunity, bi last. All the standard makes, such as dock,E nger, Barber and It. E. Jones. We make you practically a "-'^enl -?OCR LIVERY DEP Is alwavs supplied with Good Horses a j i. stio W I J it ' jk. v_^ v_x >. . Lake City HEW STORE! " One chance is all we ask to convin Our Specialty is Millinery, Ladies a ishings, Dry Gooc Things that delight the Ladies hea STEWART Spceial attention given t<> Dressmuki lier entire stock and {,'<?*} will Mi>s Ida G Ik* pleaded to serve Iter friends and distort | DR, L. B, JOHNSON !r!izrzz!zz!zziziiiizizizizi*zzzzizzziiz*zizzz*r If Practicing Physician, ?E Surgeon and Druggist, SZ: Next Door to Stuart & Floyd., B LAKE CITY, - S. C faaaaaaaaaaaauaaaaaaa MAKE NO Mis ?GO T S- THOMAS 257 KING STREET. C. FOR WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILYE SPECTACLES if Jewelry and Watches Repa A prll 3-tf ? | Kami 1 Hardw* 1 ? Ames' Engines and Boih X DeLoach Sa (gj Contim /S5\ VK/ ? @ Complete Line of Machii ?. , ' XX Also, Tobai jgj For which we are now pi ? Corresponds I ? ? KAMINSKI HAR ?. a ' Georgetow Mch 17 3 mo @ UliGIES, and can't afford to let Profits to You. tt come now and buy while they Hackney, Taylor ?fc Oanady, Hay t of half the profits if you buy now 'ARTMENT ' nd Stylish and ServicaDleVehiclefi :ey & co? i, s. c. NEW GOODS! ce you of the quality of our goods. ,nd Gents' FurnIs and Notions. ,rts at prices that can't be heat. o, tit nvn CX. ? JUV A J**, - . s.c% n<: and Millinery* Having ."old us . Rorigers. who is in our employ, will lers at our >t.ore. mmwmmnwmmwiu* ; Pure ('hem' ioalf* and .Vied i vine*. ?f If Pnlciiiaud iiou>>e< n>l . '"reymralioii*. A I I rj ? kitt?l? of OrngrftNt*' Sundries 'I'oilet lie- 12 qni?it>-x- Fancy Perturnery and Flavoring Kxtracls A No Pari* krecn, t.ardeu Needs- ^5 Cold and Refreshing Drinks, Of every kind. Nod a 1?nter.l'o4'a('ola. Klc.. ^ and n line lino ol'Frc.h ^ Fruit*.FancyFaudie*. ^5 I 'I'ohairro, Ci^a ? and --o ' Ciaarctlex. iUUiiUUUiilUiUUUUUUil^ TAKE! 0? JR.& BRO, BAKLESTON, S. 0., R WARE, PLATED WARE in ninMe IU ULUUIVU. ired by Expert Workmen. > t ? n^rvi ?. ire Co., J its. - ? ? rs' @ w Mills. ? ? ental Gin Co's Gins, ^ (8) leryand flill Supplies. ^ cco Flues, jc JC ? epared to accept orders, ^ ice solicited, ? ? _ ? DWARE CO., ? ? " s-c ? A ?>:?:@:@::?,@::?:?::?:@ H 1