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VOL. XVIII. KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1902. NO. 3(5
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THE OFFICIAL COUNT FOR WILLIAMSBURG
COUNTY.
Hey ward Leads for Governor and Gary '
for Lieutenant Governor?Elliott
Carries County for Senate.
The county vote for State officials,
ae declared by the executive cominit.I.,
fIm...
tvc, Mttuur iixuo.
UNITED STATES SENATOR.
Wm Elliott 889
Jno Gary Evans 445
Jno J Hemphill 65
D S Henderson 182
George Johnstone 258
A C Latimer 56
GOVERNOR.
Martin F Ansel 40
D C Heywanl 1070
W Jas|>er Talbert 417
James H Tillman .333
\V II Timmerman 108
LI EUTEN A NT-GOV ERN OR
Cole L Bleuse 619
Frank B Gary 760
John T Sloan 678
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SECRETARY OF STATE
J Thomas Austin 406
J I1 Gautt 481
Harvey Wilson 1076
ATTORNEY GENERAL
U X Gunter, Jr 780
W F Stevenson 1157
STATE TREASURER
K H. Jennintrs 1846
(CONTROLLER GENERAL
N W Brooker 325 *
A W Jones 354
W H Sharpe 899
G L Walker 342
SUPERINTENDENT OP EDUCATION
John J McMahan ' 752
0 B Martin 1201
ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL '
Paul E Ajer 69 1
J C Boyd 443 '
John I) Frost 851
John M Patrick 417
George Douglas Rouse 60 (
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RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
Jas Cansler 92 ,
U T f 1 iyna
I> U V^UU^iilI1UU I KJ%/
W Boyd Evans 60S
AC'Jepson 99 .
Henry J Kinard 34 (
John G Mobley 22?
Hugh H Prince 15
J C Wilborn 66 j
J G Wolling 44
Ca> d of Thanks.
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Editor County Record:? .
Will you allow me space in your
columns to thank the good people <
of the county for having bestowed <
u|)on me the honor of serving them i
as a public officer for eight years, .
and to ask my irieiuls who worked i
so hard for my election on the high j<
plane of principle to take not to
heart mv defeat hnt rather look
with pride upon the record I have
left behind me that will ever live,
even when my body is laid to rest,
(iood bye for a season.
B. B. ClTANDLKK.
Kings tree, 8. CM
Sept 1, 1902.
No matter how light a girl's
shoes are she never likes to a?knowledge
the corn.
A bachelor learns a loi by pretending
he has never learned anything.
A Good Man for Comptroller.
Mr A \V Jones, popnlarly known
as "Dolph", is in the race for comptroller
general. He has canvassed
thi* Stiitf. into no trade or com
bination to secure bis election, relying
strictly on his merit anil qualifications
for a business office 01^ a
business platform. The comptroller
general is a member of the board of
railroad assessors, who assess $27,000,000
of railroad property. He is
a member of the S F C. The funds
of this commission now amount to
$420,000. He is a member of the
board of phosphate commissioners,
having full power over the phosphate
interest of the State. He is a member
of the pension board. He is ex
officio insurance commissioner, the
license fees, State county and school
taxes originating in this department
amounting to $70,000 annually. He
is required to make or witness the
annual settlements with county tax
officials, prescribe a uniform system
of bookkeeping, examine the books
annually, etc. It therefore requires
an experienced, practical l>ookkeeper
and thorough accountant. Mr Jones
has the reputation of being amongst
the best bookkeepers and expert accountants
in the State. Mr Jones is
thoroughly conversant with all the
tax laws and duties of the comptroller
general, having been appointed
auditor of Abbeville county by Gov
Jno Peter Richardson in 1886 and
appointed phosphate inspector by
Gov Tillman in 1891. It was he,
while auditor, who found that the
visible property was bearing more
than its just proportion of the burdens
of taxation. He found that the
banks of this State were not returning
their surplus and undivided
profits for taxation. It was through
hie efforts that these institutions
were brought to pay taxes on their
surplus dollars. He it was who
called attention to the under valuation
of railroad property, and several
million dollars by this class of property
was added to the taxable property
of the State. His record as
phosphate inspector and as assistant I
to the comptroller general is well
known to the tax officials throughout
the ?Jute, and his management of
the insurance department is so thorough
that not a single M ild cat company
has l>een licensed to do business
in the State. The insurance report
issued by hini is a credit to the State.
All these positions he has filled with
marked ability, with credit to himself
and the public. Mr .Tones
started in life as a mechanic. With
his economical savings lie attended
one of the leading business colleges
of the South. It is not derogatory
to the incumbent to say that A W
Jones is the most valuable man conwith
tbe eonintroller ffetieral's
VVVVVk f o
office in years.?The State.
Card of Thanks.
I take this oppotuuitv to express
to my many friends my hearty thanks
for their splendid support given me
in the late primary for Supervisor.
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1 am proud 01 tne vote 1 nave re-;
coived and I assure my friends that,
should I be elected I will give the
county my very best efforts. None
of my family has over been given an
office by the people, and this fact
coupled with ability to till the position,
I trust will be given due consideration
at the polls.
I again thank my friends for
their support, and trust they will
rally to my standard on the hth.
C. E. Wheeler.
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ONLY SIX CANDIDATES TO RUN
IN SECOND PRIMARY.
Tkl {"i/Mintu \In*? llncvncrtdHlv LufCS
?Entire Legislative Ticket Elect,
ed on First Ballot.
Following id the official count of
the votes for county candidates in
Williamsburg county:
For Congress?6th District R B
Scarborough 1914.
State Senator? A H "Williams
1919.
House of Representatives?W L
Bass 1172, HE Eaddy 887, T B
Gourdin 1130, J II Hutson 592, W
W Kennedy 758, P S Wall 1316.
County Supervisor? B B Chandler
475, A M Cook 217, J J Graham
479, N M Venters 117, C E
Wheeler 553.
County Superintendant Education
?William Cooper 1020, C W Wolfe
916.
County Treasurer? W D Owens
683, R. D. Rollins 1053, R. B
Smith 213.
County Auditor? H G Askins
258, J Davis Carter 172, J Wesley
Cook 259, J D Daniel 609, J J B
Montgomery 657.
Supervisor of Registration? J J
Eaddy 1497, J Y McGill 1713, G
K Mitchum 1454, E F Prosser 1091.
County Commissioner? R D
Blakeley 1194, Henry Collins 484,
P D Cockfield 430, J Cleveland McElveen
840, Samuel J Singletary
i885.
Magistrates elected are: Kingstree,
R R Stutts; Greeleyville, J V Windham;
Benson, W D Snowden; John
eonville, W P Eaddy; Lake City, HI
P Baldwin; Salters, T E Salter?;
Trio, W B McCants.
The following other official? are
elected: Congress, R B Scarborough;
State Senate, A H Williams; Legislature,
Wall, Bass and Gourdin;
Treasurer, It D Rollins; County
Supt Education, Win Cooper, Supervisors
of Registration, McGill,
Eaddy and Mitchum, County Commissioner,
It D Blakeley.
To run in second primary: For
Supervisor, Wheeler and Graham;
for Auditor, Montgomery and Dan
lei; Uounty Uommisiouer, cungietary
aud McElveen.
Total number of votes cast, 1949.
Card from Mr. Daniel.
Editor County Record:?
Please allow me space in your
paper to thank the the people for
the hearty support given me in the
first primary and to correct a report
that has gone out with intent to injure
me in the second primary, vit.,
that the books and the affairs generally
of the Auditor's office are in an
u msually bad condition. This is
:ih?olutelv false, and as vou remem
b.T, I forestalled any such report
when in the recent campaign I challenged
the fullest investigation of the
office and the books.
Now, feeling confident that the
people will be governed by their own
good judgement and high sense of
justice in this matter and not by
any such political trickery, I feel
safe in their hands. I remain,
Very respectfully.
J. D. Daxibl.
It sometimes cost a man six
months o{ rheumatism to catch
one little six-inch lish.
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NEGRO CONSTABLE SHOT.
Cowardly Attack on Ceasar Chandler
by his Son?in-Lew, Jim Kellehan.
In a difficulty which occurred
Monday morning at Cedar Swamp
Ceasar Chandler, Magistrate W D f
Snowden's colored constable, was
shot twice by Jim Kellehan, alias
Chandler, a young negro who is
Ceasar's son-iu-law. (
Kellehan, which seems to be-Jim's j
Georgia appellative, is wanted in
that State for highway robbery and
was under the surveillance of the
officers of the law pending the arrival
of the requisition papers. The
shooting seems to have been a cowardly
assault, provoked only by a
suspicion on the part of Chandler or
Eellehan that Ceasar was employed
to keep an eye on him until the war-rant
was ready to be served.
When the two men met in the
road near Benson postoffice Kellehan
began to curse -Geasar and
drawing a pistol fired three shots at t
him, two of the bullets taking effect ]
in the ann and hip respectively, i
After the shooting Kellehan jumped t
into his buggy and drove away to- t
ward Indiantown postoffice, where ]
his father lives. A warrant has
been issued for Ms arrest. t
Ceasar was brought to Kingstm- t
and his wounds treated by Dr W V a
Brockington. They are painful but
not very serious.
Obituary.
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Mrs Julia Ann Carter, widow of
the late Jesse Carter, 4v?d at the
home of her daughter, Mrs W T
Daniel, in Florence county, August
86, 1908. Mrs Carter was 69 years
old at the time of hef death. On ^
August 87, she was laid to rest in ^
the Brown burying ground uear
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Jjea, in VTiiiiaa?uufj? uuuu^v.
Mr? Carter is survived by two t
children, vi*., Hon J Davis Carter ^
and Mrs W T Daniels, of Florence ^
county. Her husband, a gallant
Confederate soldier, died iu 1864, ^
while in the service of the Confed- ^
eracy. She also leaves five brother#, ^
three sisters and a number of other
c
relatives and friends to mourn her
loss. *
The writer had the pleasure
of knowing Mrs Carter for geven or (
eight years and is in a position to
appreciate her many virtues and
and lovable traits of character. Al- V
though in failing health for over
two years prior to her death, her in- <(
firmities were borne uncomplainingly,
and in fact, seldom referred
to by her unless in answer to the in- ^
quiries of solicitous friends. Through j_
them the heavenly Father seemed to ?
chasten and refine her life and f
character. f
Oh! wh<? cat) sorrow when the good r
depart?
When captive souls obtain their t
tweet release? 0
Our friend is gone to share the .
letter part? H
How can we mourn for her whose 0
sorrow* ceased
Who sleeps in Jesus and whose end u
is pence. c
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Excurftion to Charleston.
An excursion from Darlington to j '->
Charleston for white people will pass j u
Kingstrec on Thursday, Sept, IS, at!
9 o'clock a. in. Only $1.50 fori
j ?
round trip tickets. Kings tree is in-! r
vited to join with Darlington for
the ocawion and a g<x>d time is
assured. adv. 2 . t
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HARVEY WILSON'S THROAT cut
BY HENRY JAMES AT dock
ratal Termination of a Week Old Quarrel?Verdict
of the Coroner's
Jury.
Dock, S. C? September 1, Special:
3n Sunday, August 31, a coldblooded
murder was committed
ibout u mile above Dock postoflifce.
L'he facts as gathered at the coroler's
inquest are these: Harvey Wil
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ion and Henry James, both colored,
lad had a difficulty about a woman
Sunday night a week before. They
net in the public road yesterday
.vhen James renewed the difficulty
md cut Ilarvey Wilson to death. The
nit Mas in the neck, severing the
rind-pipe ,and carotid artery. It
nude one of the most ghostly 1
vounds I ever sum*.
The inquest Mas held Sunday af:ernoon
by Magistrate George B.
Sesmith and the following verdict
eturned: "That Harvey Wilson
rometohis death bv a razor cut.
he razor being in the hand? of
J airy James."
James was arrested promptly after .
he inquest and our ever alert and
fficient sheriff arrived on the ground
ind took charge of the prisoner.
J. R. B.
HEYWARD AT HOME.
Slven Solid Vote by Hit People?Col- ^
leton rarmers ?pp?aj 10 rarmeri
of South Carolina
to Support Him.
It is said by old politicians that nu
andidate for a State office has ever
>efare been tendered such an enlorsement
by has home people as
hat given Capt Hey ward in the.
irst primary by the people of Colleon.
He got 2,258 votes against 135
or the other four candidates?or 9?;
pt Mantes
out of every 100 cast.
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This is all the more remarkable
rhen it is remembered that Colleton
ius heretofore been very seriously
livided politically. It is a maguiti
cut testimonial to Heyward by the
>eople who know him best.
In addition to their votes the farm- ,
rs of Colleton, hundreds of them,
f every kind and class, the followrs
of Ben Tillman and Sheppard
nd Haskell, have signed this address
to the farmers of South Cai
linn;
State of South Carolina, Countv <?f
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e,oneiou.
"We, the undersigned, farmers of
olleton county, hereby endorse Capt
) C Hey ward for governor in tiniest
primary, and earnestly urge thinners
throughout the State to vote
or him. Capt Ileyward has been a
tracheal farmer all his life, and i>.
heref ore, thoroughly acquainted wir!
ur condition and needs. From air
itimate knowledge of him as a man
f his high character and h!s m:ent
ability, we feel that w>- ; ui.
onscieutiously commend him to you
s one worthy of your suffrage, an i . 1
arnestlv request you to giv him
our enthusiastic support.
(Here follow names of humhvils
f farmers?every one in C'olieto*
ho had an opportunity to sum.*
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Oupid never bothers about the
es tilts.
A boi! on the stove is worth
wo on the neclt.
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