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VOL. XVIII. IvINGSTREE, S. C? THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1902. NO. 24
THE PRIDE 0
COMMENCEMENT EXERC
GRADED
Splendid Essays Read by the Gradu
Delivers the Literary
Decid
The lirst nnmi'il commencenn
and the graduation ot its lirst cia>>
and Tuesday of this week. Tiie :
It contained four members, all iiir
**a 1#\ Ka^f.iL'uii ?1C fill
lUUICd Ilic I*' UV-KIIWII ??.' %.!
are certainly larlher advanced
graduate.
Sunday morning the Metliodi?
who had gathered to hear th<? ronnr
then took his text I mm Proverb* f:
Monday night the concert at It
house was packed and jammed an
It was certainly grati'yina to .he n
commencenient exercises so well at
to teei the inspiration and were ' <
ted themselves handsomely. Foil
1. America.
2. Brownie Band,
:i. German Cradle Sons,
V 4. Introduction to Hiawatha,
5. Indian Tribe,
0. Hiawatha's Childhood, 7.
Negro Cradle Song, k
8. Hiawatha and Mudjekeewi
ft Wreath Drill,
B 10. Hiawatha's Wooing,
H 11. Silver Stars, (Bohm) 31
9 121 The Famine,
f Id. Star Spangled Banner,
14. Hiawatha's Departure, Stars
of the Summer Night
Mlis. W. V. Biu
The commencement exercises
ing, when the yeutig ladies read tt
* - i s _ J At. _ l.'i
B. Scarnorougn aeiveieu tne mer;
presentation of diplomas and the
IVarl Koger. The scholarship p
Eliot's works in 12 volumes. Foil
The Messenger, (Geibel)
Prayer, - . Essay?The
Anglo-Saxons,
Essay?Woman as Hero,
Der Scharpentanz, (Chaminade
Essay?Dickens, Thackeray, El
Essay?Some Accounts of Creat
Angel's Serenade, (Braga)
Literary Address,
Le Carillonneur, (Bruges)
1 ?. Presentation of Diplomas,
Scholarship Prize Award.
Benediction,
King Cotton March, (Sousa)
In reading their essays thevo
v sell conlidence that was retnarki
well modulated, which enhanced
essays.
Hon. R. B. Scarborough wa
His theme was ''Education as a \
Mr. Scarborough expected a bri 1 lie
pointed. In clear, ringing tones a
language his thoughts were expres
and drew out pearls of thought, ye
ward and hovered as a bird in the
keenest sympathy watched the flii
It was a great speech and evervou
lighted.
The success of graded school c
uted to by the excellent music rer
and Miss Fannie Kennedy, the for
Tuesday morning.
During the exercises the class
much in evidence.
Messrs. Theodore Heramingw;
smith. Lamar Montgomery and &
shals during commencement.
THE FLORENCE COURT.
A Mistrial in the Smith-Dennis Arson
Case.
Florence, June 9.?The case of
the Slate vs. Smith and Dennis,
charged with the burning of their
store at Tim'monsville, which has
been before the jury since Friday
last resulted in a mistrial. The
Court was in session all day yesterday
(Sunday) and the case
went to the jury at 9 o'clock last
night. The Judge at 12 o'clock,
seeing there was no chance of
F THE TOWN.
ISES OF THE KINGSTREE
SCHOOL.
ating Class?Hon. R. B. Scarborough
Address and Makes a
ed Hit.
'nl of the Kinsstree paded school
: look place 011 Sunday, Monday,
(-actuating class was not a lariie one.
Is. But it the papers read by those
i evidence of ilieir scholarship, they
than the average graded school
ft church was crowded with those
icneement sermon. Rev. Mr. Cau:7.
His sermon was a masterly one.
acted a crowded house. The court
d standing room was at a premium,
miiagement of the school to see the
tended. The little I'olk.too,seemed
>11 their mettle," as they all acquitowing
is the programme:
Girls
Little lioya
Little Girls
Miss Adelaide Harper
Boys
[ Lamar Montgomery
Boys
s, - Miss Annie Davidson
(J iris
Miss Minnie Jones
[isses Louise and Flossie Harper
Miss Florrie Jacobs
Girls
- John Cooper
, Girls
hjkintox, Pianist
were concluded on Tuesday mornleir
graduating essays and Hon. R.
iry address. Alter this came the
> scholarship prize awarded to Miss
irize consisted of u set of George
owiug is Tuesdays programme:
Miss Frances Kennedy
n r .fU?.
- jvc\. 11. v. vauiucu
Miss Lorena Jeanette Ross
Miss Bessie Harper
) Miss Frances Kennedy
iot, Miss Helen St. Clair Scott
ion, - Miss Pearl Roger
Misses Harper and Ross
Hon. R. B. Scarborough
Miss Frances Kennedy
W. W. Boddie
Rev. H. J. Cauthen
Miss Frances Kennedy
ung ladies exhibited a coolness and
able. Their voices were clear and
the effect of their really excellent
s introduced by Mr. C. W. Wolfe,
[oral Factor.-' Those who know
int. eflort and they were not disapmd
the most chaste and beautiful
;sed. He went beneath the surface
>t when his lancy winged heaven
ethereal blue, his hearers with
ditand the graceful return to earth.
a u*hn Itil-iril if irsnl dOTilV rtd.
ommencement was largely contribtdered
by Mrs. W. V. Brockintor.
raer on Monday night and the latter
colors of light pink and blue were
ay, Heyward Scotl, Philip Arrowianders
Whitehead, acted as mar
agreement, ordered the case entered
as a mistrial and the Court
adjourned. The sitting of Court
on Sunday has been severely cril|
isized by our people, but it was a
i case of necessity. The jury stood
eleven to one lor acquittal.
Hymeneal.
Married?On Thursday, June 5,
1902, at the home of the officiating
clergyman, Rev. S. T. Russell, Mr.
M. W.JEaddy to Miss Bertie Rodgerson,
all of Harpers, S. C.
A MEETING CALLED.
Out of Town Lines Asked to Send Rep
resentatives Here Monday.
At a called inee'ing ol the
stock-holders of the Kingstret
Telephone Co., held last Thursday
night. a committee consisting
of LeRoy Lee, D. C. Scott and C
W. Wolfe was elected to call s
meeting of the stock-holders o
the out-of-town lines for the purpose
of discussing tlie telephont
situation generally and especially
to consider the matter of employ
ing a lineman to look after all tfie
telephone instruments so that r
better service may be secured
This committee met on Friday
and prepared the following letter
a copy of which has been sent tr
each stock-holder ot the several
country lines:
Kingstrce. S. C\, June 6,1992
Dear Sir: ?
A meeting of the stock-holders of tin
Kingstree Telephone Company waheld
on June 5th, and the uudersignei
were appointed as a committee, to con
fer with tlie stockholders of thesevera
lines running into Kingstrce Central
or representatives of said lines.
This committee met on J ane 6. and
determined to call a meeting of tin
stockholders of these various lines t<
he held in the Court House in Kings
tree, Monday, June l<i? 1902. The object
of this meeting is to consider th<
advisability of employing a lineman tc
iook airpr ill" sy.'it'm anu u> iniu-m i
such other businesses may be consid
ered to the best interest of the stockholder
of these lines. In case eacl
stockholder cannot attend in person w<
would suggest that one or more repre
entatives l>e sent, with full i>ower tc
act as to his line. The unsatisfactory
condition of the system tinder its pres
ent management demands that som<
ehange be made at once, and we earn
estlv request that every one interested
in this enterprise be" on hand by IS
o'clock sharp on the day named.
Respectfully.
LeKuy I.ee, Chairman,
I). 0. Scott.
C. W. Wolfe.
It is absolutely necessary in
order to j;et a satisfactory service,
that the lines' be ' kept in ordei
and this requires the services ol
one who understands something
of telephony. The need ot a lineman
has been greatly felt here
and we have no doubt that the
same necessity exists on all the
line?.
Let us then have a full attendance
on Monday and discuss the
matter fully and freely.
Eaddy-Simmons.
At Johnsonville church or
Thnrsdav afternoon, at 3 o'clock
a large crowd assembled to witness
the marriage of Miss Lulu
Simmons to Dr. Albert G. Eaddy
At all times there is about a wedding
an element of irresistible fascination,
which in this instance
was intensified by the uuniversal
esteem in which the bride and
groom are held.
Amidst a hushed and expectant
silence every head was bent tc
tho cftlomn nf fhp
man of Cod, Rev. T. B. Owen, as
he recited the old but ever interesting
marriage service. .
At the close cf the ceremony
the bride and groom received
much hearty congratulation and il
kind wishes avail their married life
ought be one of unclouded bliss.
Alter good bvs were spoken Mr.
and Mrs. Eaddy drove to Lake
City, where they boarded the
Charleston train for their bridal
trip.
The bride if. one of Johnson
ville's most charming and accomplised
ladies, and the groom, who
is a son of Hon. H. E. Eaddy, is a
rising young physician and druggist
of TimmonsviJle. C.
Cow and Hog Feed.
We have on hand Corn and
Wheat Bran, Chops, hominy,
feed middlings, Cotton Seed
Meal and Hulls and will keep
these all the year round. BARK
6c Co.
V
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> SOUND ADVICE FROM THE SAGE f
OF POSSUM FORK. f
; Words of Wisdom Well Worth the S
Attention of Children of
[ Larger Growth. f]
' Editor County Record: a
With your permission I will s
5 write a letler lor school boys. 8
But the trouble is boys are so full r
of mischief you can't get them to F
' think. It saw one in church y6s- 1
1 terday that couli not wait for the ^
preacher to say amen before he
' was sticking other boys with a pin *
!nf f t\) o it ll
111 lll> LUC^. *? CII^ JCI iiacm j/iaj ,
' but they should be taught to be- 1
I have in the house of God. u
You school boys that call your- c
selves young men will find this 1
life a warfare. You must fight c
: your immoral nature with moral
1 discipline; in fact you must fight 1
the world, the llesh and the devil c
1 if you ever make anything out of ^
' yourself, for in every thing you *(
put your hand to you will find op- Q
; position.
But I want you, just now, to
help me contemplate the material
warfare that is going on in the
[ Island or Martinique, some 1.400 j
south east of Florida, where a
large city and thousands of lives
[ were destroyed at one fell sweep
h *-? f I U/* fl.i f/iAf f r* in f|
_ UV U1IC UI IUC llCIVCOt V V/IVUIJ1V; 1 *
> eiuptions of modern times. The'1
[ display in the awful warfare be- b
3 tween fire and water is aweinspir- c
- ing to think of. Not to be com-1b
J pared, however, to the prehistoric i P
upheavals that formed the moun- b
tains when the earth's crust was b
thinner, but none the less in power n
because of the greater depth of w
the crater through the superior b
1 thickness of the earth's crust, w
? which to-day is thought ? by 0
scientists?to be from 20 to 50 b
miles, a
But this most powerful of all ^
warfares is in the highest degree
essential, is indispensable to life c]
on earth becausb we must hawe b
water, and without that guard of n
liquid fire enthroned below the b
last drop of water on earth would ^
; soon penetrate the caverns ot the
awful denths of thousands of w
miles, and in the absence of heat
wouldcongeal to solid ice: and like I'
{ the moon our world would go her |(
annual rounds in space with every 15
ocean cavern as dry as a powder ^
( house. Yes. our friend the fire ^
fiend lies underneath and guards a
' with eternal vigilance the least s<
approach of impinging water on P
, its domain., converting it instantly b
[ into red hot steam which drives 0
back with irrisistible force any ai
annroachit'i<? water and keeDS the b
?r J o r -
seas above the land.
, Let us Jook a little at the fear- h'
, ful force required for. the work. w
. The weight of water per square
. inch is a little less than half a ^
pound for each foot in height, so
water one mile deep will press ^1
; about 2,400 pounds per square al
r inch, and 5 miles deep 12,000 h'
pounds* so when ever it is pushed
down through crevices, the deeper ^
it goes the more it is pressed, so e:
, if the earth's crust is only 20
i miles thick the pressure would be w
48,000 pounds per inch, a power a;
already equal to the explosion of *gun
powder.
Then, again, water at the sea
, level boils at 212 deg. F., and on
high mountains less heat will tuin
it to steam. But in a steam boil- ^
er where it is under still more tj
pressure it requires still more
heat to convert it to steam and
the more the pressure the greater
the heat required to convert it to
steam, seventy-five pounds pres- r>
i sure requiring over 300 deg. of r
, heat to vaporize it. But when it
comes to such pressure as obtains ni
it the molten tire line I reckon
he water must be red hot before
t could be vaporized and made to
lo the expansive work of driving
>ack the impinging sea that it
nu.st send back to the surface. (I
aid expansive loree, I reckon I
honld have said explosive force.)
No wonder, then, when the sea
inds a hole through to the fire line
nd piles down on it with a force
ufficient to bore a hole through
olid iron, and the molten sea of
ock converts it instantly to exilosive
steam, I say no wonder
ild mother earth is shaken up and
las little convulsions.
Well, such is some of the maerial
warfare, and whenever we
eel tremors in the earth we know
he fires below are working for
s and compelling the waters to
ome back to the surlace for our
ise. And thankrpod for His wislom
and goodnes*.
But we are far from the mounains
and I reckon the earth's
rust is thicker and stronger down
ere, so it will be a long lime beore
any one is killed by an earthuake
down here in
Possnr Fork.
DROWNED IN BLACK RIVER.
eremiah Henderson Loses His Life
at a Fishing Frolic.
Another victim has been added
o tiiose who have sunk beneath
he waters of Black river, never
0 rise again. The tragedy oeurred
Monday afternoon; the
ime, about 4 p. m.; the place, a
oint called Epps' Bars, about a
alf-milc up the river from the
ridge. A crowd ot colored picickers
on the banks of the river
rere disporting themselves and
aving a good time generally
rhen within sight of them all one
f their number, one Jeremiah
lenderson, went to his death
1 most, within an arm's reach of
:ie shore. ,
The accounts given of the av.ident
all agree in the main. A
oat was drawn up on a sand-bar
ear where some one had "set" a
shing cane. A big fish grabbed
le hook and darted off toward
lie opposite bank. Henderson,
ho could not swim, jumped into
le boat to try to save the fish,
a some unaccountatde way he
\nr\lo<1 ntror infn thp WJifftr. which
7
i known at this point as "(Jooter
lole,? and is some 15 or 20 t'^et
eep. The drowning man arose
nd grabbed a fishing cane that
)me had handed him and would
robably have been drawn ashore,
ut for his wile who in a frenzy
['excitement fell across the cane
nd broke it in pieces. Iler husand
then sank for the last time.
A* soon as possible grappling
ooks were procured and the body
as dragged ashore and brought
) the liver bridge. Here L>r. w.
'. Brockinton examined it and.
linking there might be left a
jark of life, endeavored bring
bout resuscitation. But over an
our had elapsed between the
rowning and the bringing of the
ody to the bridge and life was
Ktinct.
Hendersou was a 6ign painter
ho came here several months
jo, claiming to have lived in .
harlestoti.
Annua! Honor Roll.
Following are the pupils of the grad- .
i school making 90 per cent, on
.tendance and 80 per cent, on reeituons
during the year:
Ninth Grade?Pearl Koger.
Eighth Grade?Flossie Harpei.
Seventh Grade?Mattie Brockintcn.
Fotirth Grade?Jake Weaver, John
avidson.
Second Grade?Walter Harper. To:n
illar.d. Fred Davidson. Bes<ie Swam.,
First Grade?Robert Register, Win
e Scott, Tom Harper, Rosa David so