The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 15, 1902, Image 8
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.3 W. L. BASS, Esq. -V
Mrs. Victoria McCatchen, of
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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
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?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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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 ^
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in Irom some of the first checks
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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
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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. <
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Efforts pre being made to apprehend
Hollovvay and also to seure
something in return for the
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ot give publicity to the methods
eing pursued.
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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
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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.
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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.
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"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
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Is alwavs supplied with Good Horses a
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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
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NEW GOODS!
ce you of the quality of our goods.
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and Notions.
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