The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 17, 1902, Image 7
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1 LOCAL ITEMS
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There was no preaching in town
Sunday.
Hon. T. B. Gourdin was in town
a day or two this week.
Mr. Roland Mills of Epps called
t<> see us one day this week.
LeRoy Lee, Esq., went to Charleston
Tuesday night ou business.
Jud^o \V. R. MeCants of Trio
was a visitor in town yesterday.
Mr. F. L. McCulloUgh of Indian
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town {>U1U US H pie.lSUIlb tun I
day.
Attention is called to the new ad !
of L. Stackley, the old reliable cash j
store.
Mr. John W. Epps of Atlanta. '
Oa., is in town, a guest of the Cole-1
man House.
Mi. W\ S. Hudson of Greens |
dropped in to see us Tuesday for a
pleasant half hour.
Don't fail to read Messrs. Thomas
A liradl a n's ad this week,44A Li:tle
Disfigured, etc."
The summer school for teachers
begins here on the 2Sth inst. See
notice in another column.
Mr. Z. T. Eaddy, a substantial
fanner of the Johnsonville section,
was a county seat visitor Tuesday.
Mr. A. \V. Gagg left Sunday to
visit his old home at Trenton, N. C.
He will be gone lor about two
weeks.
The State Iteunion of Confederate
Veterans will be held in Greenville,
S. C., on the Oth, 7th and 8th of
August.
Mr. Sigmund Courtney, who has
been sending some months in
Lake City, has returned home for
the summer.
Mr. Charles Burgess, Dr. Scott's
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popular auu uuugiuu a-siamm,
visited his parents at Pudding
.Swamp Sunday.
This intensely hot weather makes
:i man feel like divesting himself of
flesh and blood and sitting out in
his skeleton to cool off.
State Constable J. Dupre Alsbrook
has been visiting his brother, Mr.
P. A. Alsbrook, and incidentally
looking out for possible blind tigers.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
is offering week end rates to Charleston
at one fare for ri und trip. Tickets
on sale Saturday and Sunday
mornings.
We are informed that on Thurs
day night last a tobacco barn belonging
to Mr. J. S, Evans of New
/.ion was struck by lightning and
destroyed.
The Jong-looked-for rain came
last week just in time to save most
of the crops. In some sections,
powever, corn and cotton are still
suffering from the drought.
Miss Mabel Harper has gone to
the Panacea Springs, N. C.. for a
while to recuperate her health.
Before returning home she will
visit friends in Virgiuia and North
Carolina.
l)r. Emerson Cooper of Water
Valley, Miss., was in town yesterday.
He was called to the bedside
of his father, Capt. John M. Cooper,
a few days ago, who is seriously ill
at his home at Indiantown.
The following young ladies stood
the examination last Friday for
the scholarships offered by Winthrop
College: Misses Bessie Harper,
LoreNa Ross, Genie Cunniugham,
Pearl Koger, and E. K. Boyd.
The many friends of C<?1. George
S. Barr, who has been sick of fever
for some days, are glad lo learn that
he is gradually improving. Erelong
we hope to see him at his plaee of
business, where his genial face is
sadly missed.
l)r W. V. Brockinton met with a
serious misadventure last Friday
afternoon while out at his farm
near town. By some means the
horse he was driving slipped the
bridle and dashed off across a corn
field, throwing the doctor from the
buggy and severely bruising his
arm and shoulder. The buggy was
almost completely wrecked.
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AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR 5
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We received communications this
week from four of our coTe^pondents,
whose letters arrived on
Wednesday, too late tor tins issue
Again we ask that news letters be
mailed so as to reach as not later
than Tuesday morning.
I Mr. B. 0. Whitehead and family
left Tuesday to visit relatives in
I Clarendon county and elsewhere.
Mr. Whitehead is one of our most
diligent and faithful public servants,
and,he has well earned this, his first
vacation. He will la? away about
I ten days.
Mr. Hugh MeCntehen has the
best all-round crop on the road
from here to Johnsonville, so says I
[our friend, the "Sage of Possum
Fork;" and he adds that Mr. Mci
Cutchen should attend the Farmj
ers'Institute and let others know
I the secret of his successful farming.
Testimony in the ease of J. A.
! Hanna vs. Frances C. Cox and H.
I). Williamson was heard here
Tuesday before H. G. Aakins, Esq ,
as referee. The plaintiff was reprej
sen ted by LeRoy Lee, Esq., Mrs.
i Cox by W. F. Clayton, Esq., and H.
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Esq.
A great many of the colored folks
and also some white people thought
the end of thp world had come
Thursday night when Thomas &Brad
ham's stables burned. The
building burned rapidly and made
a big fire, which, some say, was distinctly
visible eight or ten miles
away.
Last Sunday evening, near Trio,
J. W. Thompson and S. E. Powell
became involved in a difficulty, as
the result of which Powell was so
severely cut that his recovery is
doubtful. Thompson was arrested
j and given a hearing before Judge
i AfoPanf3 Kv u-hnm hp u'?a rplonspil
on bond.
Mr. Hey T. McClary left Tuesday
for Boardman, X. C., to take a position
vrith the Butters' Lumber
Co* Mr. McClary has a long list of
friends and well wishers who are
interested in his success. Along
with these we hope his new posil
tion may be both pleasant and
profitable.
Messrs. Thomas A Bradham, with
characteristic energy have rented
the stables back of the Coleman
House until they can rebuild their
stables. Mr. J. B. Steele, the manager,
is using the old county treas!
urer's office in the court house as a
I temporary office, where he will be
J glad to see the friends of the firm.
Hon. H. E. Eaddy, known to
' readers of Thb Re<*>ri> as the
i "Sage of Possum Fork," paid our
sanctum a short visit Tuesday. Mr.
Eaddy is one of our most esteemed
contributors, and his visit was a
genuine pleasure. We hope to have
him with us on the 25th to help
j make the Farmers' Institute a success.
IVn miKlidh this thp ?n.
nouncement cards of another batch
of candidates. All of them are
good men, whose claims we hope
the voters will give due consider:tion.
Here are the names of the
new candidates: For the Legislature,
\V. W. Kennedy aud W. S.
(Irayson; Supervisor ot Registraition,
G. K. Mitchum and E. F.
iProsser; County Commissioner, J.
Clove McElveen.
On Wednesday, night July 27, the
management of the People's Tobacco
Warehouse of Manning, whose
advertisement appears in The
: Khcokp, will give a grand reeepj
tion to their friends and patrons.
! The reception will take place in the
j People's Warehouse,where speeches
i will be made, music discoursed and
j elegant refreshments served. Every
j tobacco grower in Williamsburg
j county is cordially invited to be
i present. On the following day the
opening sales of tobacco will commence.
Carload of flour just received at
Wilkins'. Must be sold regardless
of price.
| Mr. C. F. Thomas is iii town toj
day from Maiming.
I Judge W. I>. Snowden of Benson
j is in town this morning.
Mr. Isaiah Jordon of McAllister
was noted in town to-day.
Mr. J. B. Chandler of Benson was
on our streets one day last week.
Mr. W. T. "YVilkins is painting and
J renovating his store.
Mr. W. J. Faddy of Lambert paid
us his respects to-day while in
town.
Mr. Frierson Huggins of Carrs
was in town yesterday and paid us a
pleasant visit.
Mr. K. \Y. ypann returned to his
home at Benson after a sojourn of
some months in Georgia.
j Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mouzon, recentj
lv of Georgetown, have beeu visiting
; Mr. P. A. Alsbrook's family several
days this week.
Mr. Joseph Lesser of 'Camden was
in town a day or two this week "prospecting"
with a view to coming here
to engage in the mercantile business.
The hot wave is upon us again.
j Weather indications to-day are scattered
showers and thunder storms,
with light variable winds, mostly
West.
Jim Fulton, the negro committed
to jail on suspicion of having broken
into Mr. J. C. Kinder's dwelling,
was released yesterday on account of
lack of evidence against him.
Crop Report, Cox: The dry spell
was broken by showers and cooler,
cloudy weather this week, that great-,
jly improved crops; farmers have
j almost tinished laying by crops, and
ad crops, both old and young, are
j above the average.
The Record?10 pages. $1.00.
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I DOCTORS
say "Consumption can be cured."
Nature alone won't do It. It needs
help. Doctors say
"Scott's Emulsion
Is the best help." But you must
continue its use even in hot
Iweainer.
If you have not tried it, send for free sample.
SCOTU & BOWNE, Chemist*,
40^-41 ? Pearl Street, New York.
50c and J1.00; all druggist.
i $100 worth $100
scholarship
I NOR, ouch CoiiKre.ssioii.il district in
South Carolina, and two for the 1
1 State at larye in KING'S MOUNTAIN'
i MILITARY ACADEMY. Yorkville,
| S. C. These scholarships wilt be
1 awarded by our Representatives ami
I Senators, strictly on merit, in the
; same manner as the award of scholar* J
! ships to U'est Point.
For full information address your
j Representative or one of our Senators,
; or YV. G. S I'EPIIENSON. Supt.,
Jul 3-41 YorkviHe, S. C.
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First obtss work nromDtlv and
' (g) accurately done.
Apply or write to
I B.E.MORRIS, Lake City, S.C.
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IS YELLOW POISON
in your blood ? Physicians call
it Haiarial Germ. It can be seen
changing red blood yellow under
microscope. It works day and
night. First, it turns your complexion
yellow. Chilly, aching
sensations creep down your
backbone. You (eel weak and
worthless.
I ROBERTS' CHILL TONIC
will stop the trouble now. It
enters the blood at once and
drives out the yellow poison.
If neglected and when Chills, IX
Fevers, Night-Sweats and a gen- |
: era! break-down come later on,
Roberts' Tonk will cure you
then?but why wait ? Prevent
future sickness. The maaufaci
turers know all about this yeh
' low poison and have perfected
Roberts' Tonic to drive it out,
nourish your system, restore
appetite, purify the Mood, pre;
vent and cure Chills, Fevers and
Malaria. It has cured thousj
ands?It will cure you, or your
money back. This is fair. Try
it. Price, 25 cents.
L. B. Johnson. W, S. Lvnch.
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If You Have B(
Of proper age to be sei
Jf you want thorough wo
If you want safe disciplit
If you want a health locr
If you want wholesome n
If you want inspiring infl
If you want proper and {
If, in short, you want the
mental, moral and phvsi
then your duty is plain?
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\i PEOPLE'STOBACCOWA
iT It. I) CLARK,
^ This 13 to inform the tobac
7a county that the People's Tobacco 1
4R re-organized and a new conipauy h
(A capital to meet the requirements of
^ It is the intention of the mam
7a a tobacco market here in Mann in]
4^ market in the State and to cond
7a such a way as to recommend it to
4ft the Tobacco men of all sections. '
7a give us a showing; we feel coal
jft with your returns.
ta Thanking you in advance foi
vm v
^give, we lemain, Yoi
PEOPLE'S TOBAC
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Is the order of the day. Fo
painting and repairing my stor
for cash my entire Stock of iMer<
DRY GOODS, NC
CLOTHING, SH(
AND FURNITUR
AT ACTUAI
KCUULCU ri!L,ca
I Keep Fresh GROCERI
Prices. Come and see n
YOURS FOR i
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STRICTLY I
We have just upened
| Gents' Clothing,
Shirts, JSeckti
All kinds of Furm
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Also-an elega
Ladies' Dress Goods, Lai
Clothing ai
We always carry a complete
j Notions, and constantly keep on nan'
COFFINS; CASKETS and Uh
i'ou will save money by getting ou
H. D. REDD
Kingstre
at off to school and,
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10.
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lora's.
luence. !
alafable food. |
so things which will call forth 5
cal manhood and womanhood,
send to 1
SCHOOL, I
13. Clahk, H. p. McIntosh. vp
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REHOUSE COMPANY, fl
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Manager. i]
Manning, S. C.
co growers of Williamsburg |\
iVarehouse Company has been 7k
as been formed with sufficient |3\
the business. 7k
igemenc of this house to have gfv
5 the equal of any tobacco 7k
luct the affairs of the house in M\
the support and confidence of 7k
ToDacco men of Williamsburg,
Sclent that you will be pleased 7k
r whatever patronage you may 7k
irs truly, ff\
XJO WAREHOUSE CO., 7k
R. D. C'lakk, Manager. jK
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r the next 30 days I shall be
e and for this reason I offer
jhuudise, including
)TIOXS, HATS,
)ES, TINWARE
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on Hardware,
ES at Lowest Market
le.
BUSINESS.
WILKINS.
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W DOWN,
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1 uxt wion.
up a full Line of
Underwear,
es, Shoes, Hats
things Goods.
jit Line of
iies' Hats. Children's
ad Hats.
Line of Hardware, Tinware and
d all kinds of
tDERTAKERS SUPPUES.
r prices before going: eisewhera.
ICK. Agent,
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