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VOL. XVIII. KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1902. NO. 21 4 ! ? \ ? , ANOTHER JAIL DELIVERY. Three More Prisoners Escape Monday Night. Mondav niuhK about 8 o'clock, another batch of prisoners escaped from the jail. The same method of exit was employed as that of Harry Green, who effected his escape on April 17, viz, rip pins a board l'rorn the overhead ceiling and scraping a hole through the brick and mortar of the front gable of the building. The implement used was a part of the brass faucet of the water pipe. A blanket twisted into a rope helped them to the ground. While the prisoners were getting out of the jail enclosure !he noise they made attracted the attention of Mr. Melvin, the guard rvKArnntiir OI I lie Cllftillgaiig, nuu piwi>i|/i>j emptied his revolver it them. Four prisoners got away, but one", less active than the rest, was captured on the raiiroad track. After {letting out. of the jail yard the prisoners?all of whom are negroes?separated, two of them running across the field by Mr. J. T. Nelson's house and the others coming through 'the gate of the court house yard, thence to the streets and down to the railroad crossing. Meantime the town had been aroused and many pistol shots were fifed at the fugitives, none which seemed to take The county blood hounds were telegraphed lor at Lake City and came in on the 9 o'clobk train. They were at once put on the trail and a posse ol citizens joined in the chase. Alter several hours the trail was lost and pursuit given up tor ilie time being. At the request of the authorities the names of the escapes are withheld from publication for the present*. No blame in the matter can be attached to All*. Britton, wiio promptly followed in pursuit of the jail birds. The escape was - * - - .1 tiue entirely to me insecure ai?u wholly defective condition of the building that is used for a county jail. Boiler Explosion Near Salters. On Tuesday afternoon about 4 o'clock the boiler of Mr. John Bryan's saw mill, located near lower bridge on Black River, bursted, injuring six people and badly demolishing the boiler shed. The accident was caused by a weak spot in the ash-pan which },.a gave away uuu umuv stuiucu i ?u men and a negro boy. Mr. K. J. Morris, the sawyer, and Mr. John McCants were the most seriously I injured, being badly scalded and struck by Hying debris, Mr. John Bryan and Johnnie McCants were knocked down and bruised but not seriously hurt. Parts of the shed and other debris were carried 75 yards away, striking a house and tearing or splintering trees, etc., around. Dr. >V. G. Gamble was summoned, from Kingstree. as soon as possible, and everything possible was done to relieve the injured. The IIicobd?10 pages, $1.00. .r THE FISH LAW. Information Sought About Vexed Question in Williamsburg County. Editor County Record:? For the information of the public will you please publish the revised fish law as relates to Williamsburg county. There are a great many people who do not know whether or not there is any fish law on the statute books. I. for one, don't know what the law is. Inquirer. | The foregoing inquiry touches upon a much vexed question. At almost every session of the legislature the fish law is changed or amended, so that to keep track of it is a matter of no small difficulty, and it is-?ot surprising that "a great many people do not know whether or not there is any fish law upon the statute books.'' The law, as it now stands, seems to be in a rather muddled condition and not being a lawyer, we shall not attempt to construe it. In 1S94 the original fish law, as relating to Williamsburg, was amended so as to read thus: cKoll nnt ho law'nl fnr nnv I person in the counties of Horrv, Marion, Darlington, Clarendon. Chesterfield, Georgetown, Marlboro, WilliamsMirg and Richland to fish with nets or gigs, or set traps, or shoot fish with any kind of gun, in any of the fresh waters, rivers, creeks or other streams.in said counties between the 1st day of May and the 1st day of September in aty year herealter. One half of all fines collected for violation of this secin I l>o inlnrmor IfUlft snail UC Maiu HIV <nawa??iva by the trial justice collecting the same and the other half shall be paid into the county treasury." Approved December IS, 1S92. Page 10G9, Revised Statutes of 1S93. This was obviously the law up to 1S9S, when the fish law of certain other counties was amended by the legislature and Williamsburs added to the other counties affected. What effect this would have on the original law as amended in 1894 we are not prepared to say. Following is the full text of the act referred to as amended in 1898. Be it enacted by tlie <leneral Assembly of the State of South Carolina, that sections 1, 2 and 3 of an act approved Febuar.vll, 1897, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to regulate fishing at certain times in Aiken, Barnwell, Darlington, Col> - J 1 leion ana uraugenuig cuuiiucs , approved December 24. 1894, and March 25, 1S96, be amended so as to read as tollows:That from the 1st day of April to the 1st day of November in the counties oi Colleton and Dorchester, and from the 1st day of. May J to the 1st day of November in the counties of Darlington, Williamsburg, Bamberg, Barnwell, Aiken and Orangeburg, in each and every year hereafter, it shall be unlawful to obstruct by any means the passage of any fish in or tn take and catch any fish from any of the navigable streams by seine or bow net, gill or fibre net. Section 2 That between No vember 1 and April 1 in the counties ot'Celleton and Dorchester, and between .November 1 and May 1 in the counties of Darlington, Williamsburg, Bamberg, Barnwell, Aiken Orangeburg, in each and every year hereafter, there shall be a close time from 10 p. m,? on Saturday to sunrise on Tuesday I morning in each week, in which it shall be unlawful to take or catch any fish except by hook and lineSection 3. That between November 1st and April 1st in the counties of Colleton and Dorchester. and between November 1st and May 1st in the counties of Darlington, Williamsburg, Bamburg Barnwell, Aiken and Orangeburg, in each and every year hereafter, from sunrise on Tuesday morning to 10 p. m. on Saturday, it shall be lawful to take or catch any fish with seine, gill net, bow net or fibre net; that in no case shall any net or seine* extend more than two-thirds across the stream, nor shall any two or more nets be used within fifty yards of each other. Approved the 21st day of February, A. D. 1S9S. Page 817, Statutes of 1898. On Wagenor Day. Among those who went to Charleston Tuesday and Wednesday to be present on Wagener Day the following have been noted. There were doubtless others whose names we were uot able to ascertain. Mr. Dove informs us that 63 tickets were sold on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McCutchen, Mr. and Mrs. ,J. F. McFadden, S. D. Snowden, Frank B.-11 tine, Edwin Harper and lour children, J. A. Cunningham, Mioses Anhie Cunningham, Mona Pendergrass, Beulah and Edith Nelson, Mrs. S. B. Haselden, Mrs. H. O. Britton, Mr and Mrs J B Steele, Mr and Mrs II M Thomas, Mr and Mrs P B Thorn, P S Courtney, C.H Baker, Dr D C Scott, Heyward and David Scott, Eugene Hirsch, Mrs W G Gamble. Mrs S McB * Scott, Mrs J P Nelson, Roland Flowers, A W Flagler, J M Foxworth, J M Eadd.v, B G Timmons, R li Gamble, S J Carter, VV S (Grayson, S W McKenzie, J W Dennis and son, J E Porter, J T Nelson, D R Snider, J B Player, W E Hanna and family, J R Oox, Lamar Singletary, Misses Mayme and Mary Grayson. Selma Thorn, Esther Gordon, Bessie Kelley, Mabel Snider, Mamie and Barbara Jacobs, Martha and Ellen Gour din, Mrs M A lioss and daughter, Mrs Clara G Harper. County Campaign Meetings. Johnsonville, Tuesday, August 5. Black Mingo, Wednesday August 6. Trio, Friday, August 8. Greeleyville, Tuesday, August 19. Kingstree Wednesday, August 20. Lake City, Thursday, August 21. Scranion, Friday, August 22. Modesty makes a calico dress 'richer than a satin gown. i | IK CUT DEPARTMENT f | la charge of Jj | W. L. BASS, Esq. jj Mrs. Leggett, of Marion, is vis ' *f \\t \r. a. _ iun2 ner sisier, i?irs. r-. ?v. xaies. Mrs. Chandler came up from Lanes the latter part of last week to see her sister Mrs. Grimsley Miss Eva North, of Laurinburg, N. C., is speeding some time with her sister Mrs. \V\ E. Severance. Our little (laughter has sUcitten which she calls Teddy Kosevelt, and the reason she gives lor the name is ''Because the kitten is black and white." Mr. R. B. Turbeville opened the bean market last week. lie made the first shipment from this place. They are now being sent off in considerable quantities. A reference was hcid here last Tuesday in the case of Jones vs. Williams ifc Co. et al, before Referee F. F. Covington, of Marioh. The plaintiff was represented by Messrs Wilcox & Wilcox, and the defendants, by Messrs J. M. Johnson and W. [j. Bass. Dr. Hall, the lecturer, delivered a lecture here Friday might and another Monday night. The audiences were very good an 1 they were delighted. Dr. Hall is a charming speaker. Iiis wit is keen, his humor rich and underlying the iaughable is a thick stratum of sound common sense. We heard a new method of getting rid ot bed bugs a few days ago. It is, put the bedsteads or whatever the bugs infest, into a tobacco barn ar.d run the temperature up lo about 140 to 150 deun/1 L'/lon if l 11 .j r *1 w h i 1 P ccr mm rvvv. j/ ? w < v* v ? > > v . Those bugs will not brinj; their clothes back home. Dr. L. B. Johnson's , family c?anie in Wednesday and tooK charge of the Doctor's new residence corner Charles and Church streets. We hope Dr. and Mrs. Johnson will find their home among us pleasant and so pleasant that they will never feel any inclination to go elsewhere. A certain white man who can not abide a lull bottle stumbled on a flask of {,no x" rye from the u(ireat Morai Institution" Saturday and proceeded at otice to take observations of the weather. When he got so. jumbled that he could'nt tell the difference between the railroad and the shafts . Vy # of a tumble-body cart, a friend undertook to carry him out of town but get no farther than the edge of the woods where the jag was left near a residence. The weather observer was found by the marshal who had to call in assistance to transport the ."tovedup. The night spent in the refrigerator lowered the temperature considerably and produced a frame ot mind that was willing to help pay the expenses of running the town. The strawberry season is practically over. All the drummers are gone. Shipments are no longer being made by the refrigerator car load. Express is the means now employed and the ber* nes are being sent to nearby markets. Savannah is getting a goodly quanity. The season has been an unusually short one, due * " largely to the weather. Berries need rain and a good deal of it. The dry hot weather stopped the production and the rains of last * 1 ? - _ X weeK came 100 iaie 10 revive trie plants. Aside from the weather the great draw-backs are lack of system, absence of business methods and lack of organization among our growers and the easev the remarkable ease with which our fruit growers can be and are fleeced. A fruit drummer frcm a great Northern city remarked to us a few davs ago that this is a paradise tor sharpers, JKBM that we have the most gullible people he ever saw. They really seem to enjoy being swindled* ^ They will trust anybody except fhpir nei??hhors. ""--n? ? STAND READY TO ACT. The Town Council Respectfully Re1 quests Dr. Snider to Make his Charges Specific. Kingstree, S. (J., May 19, 1902* Dr. A. M. Snider, Kingstree, S. C., Dear Sir:? In voar communication of last week in the "Weekly Maii'*, you call upon the Town Council to proceed against certain offenders for violation of the law, and in reply to your demand we beg to say that we stand ready to acu As you have seen fit to make your * complaints through the press* we respectfully request that you will make your charges specific through the same medium, giving the names of the offenders and the charges against them, and we assure you that we will endeavor to bring the guilty parlies to justice* Very respectfully, John A. Kellry. WM. T. wllkin'3. J. T. Nelson. M. F. Heller. W. Y. BrockinotoN* ?? ' ^ . . To be Tried Next Week. There are eight prisoners in jail awaiting trial at the next term of court, which convenes on Monday, the26inst. Following are their names and the crimes of which they stand accused: Sam Sunynersel? Obstructing railroad. Joe Harrison?House breaking* Rouse alias Commander W iU r Mains?Horse stealing. Harry H. Brown?Murder. Fiatider Fulton alias Willie lir-.i r ??.. ?r Williams?' UWIliCIJJT VI mroiuvn. Wesley Fillmore?Assault and battery with attempt to kill. Bossy Fulmore ? Assault and battery with intent to kill. Sam Cooper, Jr.?Assault and battery with intent to kill. Since the above was written three of'the foregoing prisoners have escaped, leaving only five in jail. , Mr. J. M. Roe, of Suttons, haa placed his name on Th? Record's list and will keep track of the doings in Williamsburg county the coming year. t