The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 22, 1902, Image 1
VOL. XVIII. KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1902. NO. 21 4 !
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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
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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
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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.
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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>
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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
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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
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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.
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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*
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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
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Mains?Horse stealing.
Harry H. Brown?Murder.
Fiatider Fulton alias Willie
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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.
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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