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VOL. XVIII. KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER <), 1902. NO.
1 LOCAL ITEMS
1 OF INTEREST
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Let us have the new shool building.
Attention is called to tax and
election notices.
Wanted?A few loads of stove
wood on subscription.
Mr W 3 Grayson of Benson called
to see us Monday last.
Note change of ad of Wilkins
and Thomas & Bradham.
P H Stoll, Esq., is in Charleston
for a day or two this week.
Mr Emile Arrowsmith returned
from Georgetown yesterday.
Miss Barbara Jacobs is visiting
the Misses Gourdin this week.
The actual circulation of The
Record is now 1,072 copies a week.
Miss Pell Kellehan has returned
from an extended visit to Lake
City.
Miss Annie Brown of Central is
spending some time with Miss Lula
Strong.
Miss Eloise Kinder has gone to
Walterboro to take charge of a
school.
Kingstree market report: Cotton
7 3-ic to 7 7-8c; cotton seed
$16.65 a ton.
Former Probate Judge E M Smith
was a pleasant visitor at our Sanctum
Monday.
Coal is selling in New York as
high as $32 a ton and we have
wood to burn.
Mr Cecil Jacobs has gone to
Georgetown to take a position with
the Steele Moses Co.
Mrs K Eugene Montgomery and
son of Georgetown are visiting the
family of Dr A M Snider.
Judge R R Stutts' dwelling on
Academy street is being reshingled
and otherwise repaired.
Several valued communications
were crowded out this week. They
will appear in our next issue.
Mr Bryant A Myers of Rosemary
spent a few hours Sunday with his
parent* at the Central Hotel.
Mr Conrad Constine took advantage
of the excursion rate and vis*
ited Washington, D. C.t last week.
Mrs Troy Flagler and her mother,
Mrs Pendergrass, are visiting Mrs
OiiAfM Stoolrlov ?Flnrpnfp Times.
Mr Geo W Davis of Chapman,
paid us a pleasant call while in the
city last week.?Georgetown Outlook.
Miss Pauline Davis, who has
been visiting the Misses Kelley, has
returned to her home at' Davis
Station.
Among the visitors from a* distance
in town Monday was Mr T H
McElveen of Bethlehem, Clarendon
county.
Mr C D Jacobs returned to
Charleston Sunday morning to resume
his studies at the Charleston
Medical College.
Messrs W L Bass and F L Wilcox
of the Lake City and Florence
bars, respectively, were here Monday
on business.
Monday was sales day and quite
a crowd came to town. Our merchants
all seemed to be doing a
thriving business.
Messrs Thomas & Bradham will
have a carload of horses and inules
here for sale October loth 16th and
17th. Jtead their ad.
Messrs B H Myers and Charles
Myers have been re-elected day
and night marshals to begin their
duties Saturday night next.
We are requested to announce
that t here will be a meeting of the
WCTU at Mrs Hemingway's at
8 o'clock next Friday night.
Mr W E Severance, the weli
known merchandise broker, was in
town Monday makiug his monthly
round among the merchants.
P Alston Wilcox, Esq., of Flor"
' ence has been appointed district
attorney of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad for Pee Dee District. The
% . other two appointees are J T Bar/
rou of Columbia and W H Fitasim*
V, mom, of Chrleston.
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AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR 3
LOCAL REPORTER AND
NOTED 2
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and Printed in Like Manner 35
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Mr Louis Stackley visited Charles
ton a few days last week to purchase
his Christmas stock. He was
accompanied by Mrs Stackley,
Following is the board of federal
election commissioners appointed
by the governor: J H Black well,
Lake City, E F Prosser, Johnsonville
and J P Epps, Cades.
Mr R B Marshall of Morrisville
called Monday and left an acceptable
token of his good will toward
The Record. Mr Marshall is one
of the best farmers of his section.
On account of a rush of ads and
late news matter out local space is
less than usual this week. For
this reason a good many personal
notices of friends had to be omitted.
Mr W Eugene Cooke of Scranton
is now on the staff of the Florence
Daily Times. Eugene is a clever
and wide-awake newspaper man
and an all around jolly good fellow.
The population of Kingstree is
steadily growing. The latest newcomer
is an infant of the masculine
persuasion who took up his abode
last Saturday at Rev H J Caulhen's.
About 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
the boiler of Mr W R Bryan's
mill near Salters exploded with
terrific force, tearing it asunder.
Fortunately no one was injured.
The Jewish feast of Yom Kipper,
also known as the Day of Atonement,
will be celebrated October 10.
The celebration of the New Year,
or Rosh Hashanna, took place last
Thursday and Friday.
We rise to echo the following
sentiment: "An editor wishes no
bodily harm to his subscribers, but
just at this seaswn he wishes that
some in arrears would be seized
with a remittance fever.M
On the night of October 16th?
17th there will be a total eclipse of
the moon, visible throughout the
United States. The eclipse will
begin at 11.17 p. in. on the 16th and
- rirl nt. 'ASft m. on the 17th.
The Welsh Neck High School
at Hartsvllle has had the tlnest
opening in its history. There are
now enrolled 162 boarding pupils
and others are expected. This is
certainly a splendid showing.
Mr M F Heller left yesterday for
St Louis and other Western markets
to buy stock. He will be gone
about 10 days and when he returns
he says there will be no scarcity of
horses and mules in Kingstree.
In response to our appeal quite
a number of our subscribers have
paid up. There are still a number
who have not paid, however, and
we again urge them to come forward
and do so as soon as possible.
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The announcement mine news
and Courier a few days ago of the
death of Mr Barron Holmes, the
veteran traveling representative of
Walker, Evans & Cogswell, was
received here with sadness by the
many friends of the deceased.
Harmony Presbytery convened
yesterday at 11 a. m. at Richmond
church with the following ministers
attending: Revs Mills, Bradley,
Flynn, Gregg, Dunlop and McDowell.
The meeting will be continued
until Sunday with daily
services.
Mrs J G Barron came in Saturday
from Harmony, York county,
and will remain in town with her
husband, who represents In man &
Co here, during the cotton season.
Mrs Barron was accompanied by
her friend, Mrs J S Glasscock, also
of York county.
The special committee of the
grand jury appointed to investigate
the affairs of the court house officials
met Tuesday and examined
the offices of the probate judge, the
auditor and the sheriff. These, we
understand, were found to be in
good condition. The other offices
will be examined later. The comi
miitee is composed of the following
i members of the grand jury: J J
Graham, foreman, L L Rodgers, J
O Carraway, J T Frietsou and P
M Brockiuton
Job printing is a necessity in I'
every business. Good printing increases
business; poor printing injures
it. We give the right type,
the right style and the riyht price.
Mr J S Driggers, who lives on the
Murphy place about 2 miles from
town, brought us a cotton boll
Monday bearing nine locks of cotton.
The average number is four
or five. ]
Cards have heen issued for the
wedding of Dr W C Hemingway f
and Miss Pauline W Baker at Gib- ,
son, N C, on Wednesday, October i
15,1802. The bride is a daughter of
Rev W B Baker and the groom a (
popular young physician of Lam- 1
bert, Williamsburg county.
The special election to nominate 1
a magistrate for Salters, Lanes and *
Gourdins was held on Tuesday, *
September 23, and resulted as fol- ?
lows: Gourdins? Clarkson 20, Sal
ter.% 7; Lanes?Clarkson 13f Salters ]
7; Salters?Clarkson 0, Salters 56. ^
Total, Clarkson 39, Salters 70.
Messrs B. E. Clarkson and T E Sal- ^
ters were the only candidates.
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A PURE LIFE ENDED. ^
Death of Mrs Sarah J Lucas at Lake
City Last Week.
Mrs Sarah J Lucas went into
everlasting rest on Friday, October 3,
at the residence of her son-in-law,
W L Bass, Esq. Afflicted with a
lingering malady her condition had
been hopeless for a number of years.
Death came slowly and with painful
suffering so that it was with infinite
relief that the angel came and bore
the white spirit to the bosom of its
Father and its God. It is not our
province to judge, yet we do say that
if the truths of God are eternal?and
we know that they are?her spirit
was pure and wnite and cleau und'
rests now under the shade of the
trees by the waters of the river of
life that make glad the city of God. j *
Mrs Lucas was the daughter of1 (
John Hammond Brown and "was
born in Charleston in 1843. She (
was a graduate of Charleston High *
School and was possessed of culture '
and refinement. Her husband was
Edward P Lucas, who died iu Dar- J
linbton October 3, 1869, just 33 '
years prior to her death. Mrs Lucas *
is survived by two children, one of *
whom is Mrs W L Bass, of Lake 1
City.
The remains were carried to
Charleston and laid to rest at Bethel
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there to await the coining of the (
| resurrection morn.
If ever the spirit of love of the.
meek and lowly child of Bethlehem
dwelt in human form, it certainly
lived in her frame. Iu deed and in ^
truth she lived the life which she ^
found in her Bible, her hourly companion.
And if it be true that the j
righteous die not then she is not ^
dead. This is written in no spirit
of fulsome flattery but by one who
for sixteen years knew her as a member
of his family. Peace, peace be
to her ashes and may the sod rest
lightly over her.
Marv Moss, a new name in 1
story-telling, is the novelist
chosen by Lippincott's for their ]
October number. Her novelette
is subtly called "Fruit Out of Season.''
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Also Rheumatism, Back I I l/h
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Don't become discouraged. There Is a
cure for you. If necessary write l>r. Fenner 1
He has 6pcnt a life time curing just sucb
cases asyours. All consultations Free.
"For years I had backache, severe pains
, across kidneys and scalding urine. I could
not get out of bed without help. The use of ,
Dr. Fenner's Kidney and Backache Cure restored
me. G. WAGONER, Knobsvllle. Pa." <
Druggists. 60c.. tl. Ask foe Cook Book?Free. ,
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rELLS ABOUT A NEW DISEASE
WHICH MENACES PEA CROP,
rhe Iron Pea Said to be a Remedy for
"Root Rot"?Where Can Seed
Ha nhtjinerf
Editor County Record:
A new disease, "root-rot" has destroyed
the peas in three-fourths of
iiy corn fields; and is spreading in
mother, apparently by contagion?
contact?a row at a time, in a great
neasure.
They have been dying a month or
nore. The denuded parts of the
ields look as if no peas were planted
:here. I recieved a circular last
spring from Clemson College about
'root-rot" in peas, which I had not
leard of before. No remtdy is
cnown except to plant the "iron pea";
vhich is again something new to me.
Where do you get them? Will some
)f your readers tell us what to do.
[ made fine peas last year; and saved
tome seed to plant this year; so I did
lot import the germs of "root-rot."
The field that is worst off was
nnnnrpH uifVi stahle manure in Mav.
;he other field with green cotton
jeed in May. I see some sign of it
n a neighboring field.
I hope Clemson professors will
;ontinue to investigate the matter
tnd let us hear from them. It will
)e a serious situation if we fail to
aise peas. Lightest lands suffer
nost.
I am gathering my com and will
jut in my fattening hogs before they
ire all gone. Some peas are ripe
iow, but the majority is still green.
We have put over the worst sumner
dropth I ever experienced. I
itopped plowing in June, about the
ast. The lai;e manuring Kept the
orn green and made a fair crop.
Cotton fared worse, al>out half a
rrop. Late sorghum is looking
airly well, early sorghum made out
ittle svrup.
But the peas, the peas. I want
,*ou to put CLEMSON PROFESSORS
in capitals so they will Ik- coram
to read and tell us more about
he iron pea, and "root-rot" for it is
i new thi/g for
Possum Fork.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following tracts of lund were
lisposed of last Monday at public
mtcry to the highest bidder:
568 acres belonging to the Pittnan
estate to J C Graham for $400.
10 acres in Hope township beonging
to Alice Wells and sold for
axes to T W Boyle for $10.00.
40 acres in Mingo township beonging
to Edwin Pipkin and sold
lor taxes to J G Pipkin for $32.00.
Other tracts advertised were withIrawn
on payment of taxes and
josts.
Central Hotel Arrivals.
The following guests were regis?red
at the Central Hotel Monday:
P D Coekfleld, W L Bass, J S
Lynch, J S Howie, Lake City, A L
Tobias, Blakeley's, J J Mathews, M
[ Dennis, Lake R D Blakeley,
Buttons, J G Pipkin, S R Pipkin,
Bloomingvale, J W Gamble, T W
Boyle, Greeleyville, D R Smith,
Smith Mills.
A Comet On Hand.
There's a comet flying about. It
can be seen these nights with the
naked eye. It will be brightest this
week. On Wednesday it will be at
its nearest approach to the earth and
thereafter slink away. It was discovered
by Prof Perrine, of the Lick
cbservatory. -Florence Times, Oct 6.
Car of Flour just arrived. Canopy
(you know it) $4.25. Oven Lifter,
can't be beat, $4.00; other grades
$3.50, $3.60 and $3.75. Any size
sack you want WitKijte*
SHORT COTTON CROP.
Only Two %3tates out ot'Fourteen up to
the Ten Year Average.
Washington*, October 3.?The
monthly report of the statistician of
the department of agriculture shows L
the average condition of the cotton on
September 25 to have been 58.3, as
compared with 64 on August 26
61.4 ou September 25, 1901, 67 on
October 1,1900, aud a ten-year aver- C
! age of 68.9. .
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While the decline during SeptemI
ber ranges all the way from 2 points ^
; in Alabama to 12 points in North
Carolina aud 15 in Oklahoma, only
Ok
one State, Missouri, fails to report
some deterioration. ^
The low estimate of the condition ^
in Texas is fully sustained by a
large amount of collateral and independent
testimony in the posession e
of the department, for which it is ,
indebted to officials of railroads and *
oil mills, and to other persons whose
occupations give them special facilities
for making a trustworthy esti- ^
mate of the situation.
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Laxks, S. C. October 8?Special d
?This morning while stopping over c
here on the way to her father's dwel- *
ling in Colleton county Mrs Leard ti
T.ifpaoro lnflt hpr infant son. Emile. b
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aged one year. The little one had
been ailing for some months and Mrs
Lifrage spent the summer with him '[
at Virginia Be&ch. Mr and Mrs d
Lifrage live in North Carolina, the 1,
former being a brother of Mr J G j|
Lifrage of Saltefs. a
Car of Texas Rustproof Oats at
58c per bushel. Wilkiks. , c
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Desires to 1
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reopie 01
burg* for T1
Attention ai
age in the
We desire also to
invitation to all to c
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our large anu y?i n
this season.
DRESS GOODS and SILKS. tl
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Our line of fine Dress Goods and
Silks is one of the largest to be found
i ill this part of the State, containing ^
all of the latest novelties in both
I Foreign and Domestic Weaves?a
full line of suitable triinmiDg to
match. 7
MILLINERY. p
Our Great Millinery Department ^
is one of the main features of our ^
store. All of the latest Paris styles
in fViia rlunurf'.tTlpftK V
j are rcuc>;icu m vu?o ....
.Mi83 G'oppege has just returned from a'
New York, where she has spent six i
weeks in the selection of our Fall
and Winter Millinery. We have
, been fortunate in securing the set-1
vices of Mrs. Beulah M. Dinkins, of '1
j Home, Williamsburg county, to as- S
sist in the Millinery department, o:
While Mrs. Dinklns' station is in C
the Millinery department yet she has F
access to the entire store and will ti
give personal attention to any orders S
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Cteft At SftE?LtYWU. . /%
dfh?r foeKmffit, a fteVnS ttnfhfH
of fh* Mallard Co., Pound dfad
ift CoftOn SeOrf Pile. ' ^
Somewhat of ft seftsatfotf tfa* . vj
aused at utefeieyviiie Monday Mf 5
?rnoon by the finding of a dead negrf 3
1 a pile of cotton seed. The dead
lan turned oat to be LatbefMc[night,
an employe of the Mallard
-umber Co., who had been hzi avert *J
live the evening before* An ?k '
minatiou of the body disclosed tktf v
net that his skull had been crashed/
be eyes battered fa and the neck'/c:
roken. The body Was first discot* \
red when a wagon load (ft
iken to the pile to be emptied tod
he driver at first thought the tout ;
as asleepActing
Coronet Windham
aneled a jury Tuesday morning,', j
nd held an inquest. A post mofteM^.*
lamination made bv I)f A D Epp*
howed that death resulted from IhO |
ounds described above. The ver* 2
ict of the jury was that the dc |
eased came to bis death froiri i
ounds inflicted by a part/ df
ies unknown. The affair seenft V9
e entirely shrouded in mystery/ ^V\
The Briie?*is* me again f deaf.
'he Groom?But, .Madge, f btfvtr j
one nothing but kiss voir lor ther
?st three hours! The bride ^barrt^F
ig into tears)?Traitor? Jou
nothert
Good things may^T^-eheejr^bu^
heap things are seldom good,
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Phank the J
Williamsleir
Kind 1
id PatronPast
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extend a cordial ^
;ome and inspect |
id lines of goods
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bat may be entftfsted to her Cafe bf ,
er Williamsburg friend*,
JlOAKS Atfti WRAPS Al\D
TAILOR MADE SUITS, ^
We carry a ftill line of Ladies'
'atlor Made front
$7.ft to $20.ft
ef- snit A full line of Ctalii and
ackete including tbe latest thing in
Ion te Carlo Jackets, A heatttiNJL ,
ue ot Fuf floas and Muffs front
7.50 to $15.00 pet set PSir Bans ?
Icnte frcLn $1.50 to $10.00 each, - ' ^
OTHER LINES,
A foil line of staple Dfy Goods, .
'he largest stock of all kinds af *
hoes in the town. A large stodf
f Gents and Childrens Heady Made
lotbing. A fall line of House
'urnishing Goods,- Carpets, Mat*
ngs, Floor Oil Cloths, Window
hades, Curtains and Pedes*
irasH,