The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 29, 1903, Image 1
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VOL. XIX. KING ST REE, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 15)03. "" NO. 5
WILL GO TO TIMMONSVILLE.
Ki^gstree Loses a Valuable and Efficient
Railroad Agent.
To the geuuiue regret of his nu,
merous friends and the business
public generally, Mr Leon C Dove,
who for the past five years has most
acceptably filled the position of station
agent here, has decided to leave
Kingstree to take the railroad agency
at Timmonsville. Mr Dove's work
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Has Deeu very aruuous, ?uu it 10
only been recently that he has been
allowed an assistant. At time* the
work at the depot has been almost beyond
the capacity of any one man. Yet
Mr Dove, by working early and late,
has managed to keep his affairs
straight and at the same time give
the public courteous and efficient
service. His place will be difficult
to fill, as the railroad company has
. few employes in this section possesihg
t]ie euergy aiid executive ability
of Mr Dove.
Majr happiness and good-fortune
attend him in his new home for
which he leaves in a few days.
LAKE CITY'S LYCEUM.
Dp Steele of Kentucky to Deliver
the First Lecture.
The people of Lake City have arranged
with Dr Steele of Kentucky,
j for a lecture at that place on next
f Monday night, Feb 2nd. It is hoped
to continue these lectures at inter
vals on subjects that may draw our
people closer together 011 subjects of
vital interest to our community and
thus secure co-operation of the leading
citizens on educational, intellectual,
moral, and spiritual matters,
which will guarantee that material
progress that attracts home
seekers of a high order, The school
should grow and . ith support of all
interested it may become a most valua
ble factor among her iuterests in sustaining
her merits.
No Place l ike King?tree.
Dr A D Epps, who has been practicing
medicine at Greeley ville since
his graduation, has decided to cast
his lot in Kingstree, 'his old home.
He will open an office in town and
hang out his shingle in the near
future. We are pleased to welcome
l)r Epps back and hope that his sojourn
among us may be both pleas
ant anil successful from a business
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Married?On Thursday, January
29, 1903, Mis* Beulah Epps,
of Epps posioilice, (o Mr Walter
Y Chandler. The ceremony was
performed at Beulah church at
7 o'clock p. m., Rev Henry
Cauthen officialinc.
Married?On Thursday, January
29, 1903. 3 o'clock p. m., at
home, 8alter?, 8 O., Mrs Emma
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Silence overcometh all things,
even life itself at last.
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give pleasure, satisfaction and
*" profit to all who plant them.
Wood's New Seed Bookfor 1903
(Mailed on request) is full of good
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for the Farm and Garden.
T. W. WOOD & SONS,
Seedsmen, Richmond, Va,
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THE LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR
NOT SO LARGE A3 USUAL
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Some Bills of Special Significance?
Aftarmath of TillmanGonzales
Affair.
Columbia, January 26,? Special:
The General Assembly has been
in session two weeks, and very little
has so far has been done, every thing
seems to wait until after the inau- i
guration and the elections are over, I
and this waiting costs the people
some twenty to thirty thousand dollars.
The governor should be in!
augurated before the assem blv conj
venes or immediately thereafter and
all the elections ought to come off
during the first days of the session.
Fortunately tomorrow will see the
last of the most important elections,
that of an associate justice. For this
I nlw/H* there are a number of candi
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dates, Woods, of Marion, Gruber of
Colleton, Robert Aldrich of Barnwell,
Ixlar of Orangeburg, Tribble
(of Anderson, Caldwell of Greenwood,
Simpson of Spartanburg.
The friends of Woods are very hopeful
of putting him in. The contest
is sharp aud the amount of
"log-rolling" vast.
Governor Heyward's inaugural address
made a fine impression and he
entered upon the duties of his office
under favorable auspices. The ceremony
of induction into office
was simple but impressive.
The joint assembly had memorial
exercises Friday in honor of Wade
Hampton, i ne oraior ui me u?j
was General M C Butler, Hampton's
companion in war, in peace,
and in the nation's councils The
eulogy of our beloved leader by Senator
Hubert Aldrich was the finest,
the purest, the most eloquent thing
of the kind to which the writer ever
listened. During its delivery rugged
men whom bullets did not
cause to raise an eye lash, blew their
noses hard and winked rapidly, and
j down their cheeks great big soul'
shed tears poured.
j Tuesday night was devoted to
j memorial exercises in memory of
j South Carolina's greatest jurist,
' Henry Aielver, our late Chief Jus'
tice, whose place will not be filled
i in this generation. Just and eloiquent
tributes were nude to his
memory. The greatest quality of
a great people is shown in their reI
spect and honor for theii heroes.
The names of Hampton and Mclver
are alone sufficient to make the history
of any people immortal.'
On Saturday the Comptrollei General
extended the time for the payment
of taxes in Williamsburg to
March 1st
Wnnco pftmtniiipp on claims
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reported favorably on the account of
Mr J D Daniel for services rendered
and money expended in the effort to
catch the Lake City strawberry
swindler, H C Holloway.
Your journal has already called
attention to most of the measures
that have any merit or that deserve
attention. The number introduced
seems less than usual and some of
them appear to be of a more suba+onimi
/?v?arar:tpr than those Dre
sented at previous sessions; though
few, if any, aim at relieving the real
burdens of the people or reveal any
great statemanship. It were superfluous
to ag^in remind your readers of
those matters to which your columns
have already directed their attention.
The Marshall child labor bill,
which is a compromise through and
j through, has a good many sup1
porters in both ends of the capitol
{ but its passage is doubtful.
A bill abolishing the office of
phosphate inspector and devolving
the duties upon the State geologist
has been introduced and Mill very
probably become a laM\
| A project is cn foot to create two J
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new judicial circuits, making ten in
all, containing an a*erage of four
counties each. There are two arrangements
suggested, one of which
would place Williamsburg, Florence,
Georgetown and Clarendon together,
and the other would put Williams
burg, Florence, Clarendon, Snniter
and Lee in the same circuit. There
.1 . it
seems to be an impression mat me
congested condition of the courts is
due to scarcity of courts and seeks
to give relief by increasing the number.
Several bills have been shot at
the much pelted load law. One reduces
the number of days to four
and raises the commutation tax to
$2.00. Another leaves the tax at
one dollar and reduces the days to
four. Still another provides for issuing
of bonds by election for raising
money for building roads. And
still there are others.
The most radical dispensary measure
is a bill while proposes to issue
licenses for the sale of liquor in
cities of over forty thousand inhabitants,
which means Charleston.
i -ll ?ill 1
IMS 0111 Will pruuauiy k-ucmc au
unfavorable report and will fail to
become law.
A senate bill requires railroads to
traasport officers free which in discharge
of their duties. Should this
bill go through, passes would be
wholly superfluous.
The Tillman?Gonzales tragedy
ereated considerable excitement and
a profound impression in the City.
The affair is deeply deplored on all
sides. The horrible affair is another
deep wound in the heal t of our poor
State. The event, while not unexpected,
was so sudden, so serious,
and called forth such a storm of denunciations
upon Lieut Gov Tillman,
and was pronounced by some
to be such a dastardly act on his
part and placed the victim in the
position of a martyr, that I have
been at particular pains to ascertain
the true sentiments that prevail
here and learn, if possible, whether
there is an opinion that Tillman
had any excuse at all fop his conduct
aud whether this opinion has
any substantial following. My investigations
lead me to conclude that
Tillman is not wholly without
friends and that when the propel
time comes he may probably show a
better excuse (I do not say defense)
for his act than some seem to su] pose.
I have long since learned that
every subject has two sides and this J
affair is no exception. I do not I
seek to say one word in justification
of Mr Tillman, but the statements
that have gone out were so com- j
pletely one-sided that it seems an
impartial expression would be wel-j
corned.
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Double Wedding at Indiantown.
On the 22nd inst. Rev W W Sadler
was called to the home of Mrs S
J Snowden of Indiantown to officiate
at th? marriage of her daughters,
Misses if ell and May, to Messrs Wm
J Snowden and Luther E Wilson,
respectively. A few select friends
had gathered to witness the nuptials,
and at the appointed time they presented
themselves on the floor. Mr
Wilson and Mid': May, accompanied
by Mr A D Snowden. with Miss
Sal lie A Hanna, while Mr SnowdeD
and Miss Mell were attended by Mr
M M Wilson with Miss Hattie Snowden.
The brides and their maids
were becomingly attired in pure
white, which added to the beauty of
the scene.
From now on Mr A J Lee, of Lake
City, will be in Kingstree once or
twice every week. l-29-3m
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
1 Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money if it fails to cure E W Grove's
signature is on each box, 25c.
Negro servants come under the
head of unbleached domestics.
Hi 1 liny
A BUDGET OF NEWS OF LOCAL
AND PERSONAL INTEREST,
Events of Humj.n Interest as Noted
by The Record's Faithful
Correspondent.
Farmers are making a vigorous
start preparing for another year.
Quite a number will plant tobacco.
The public roads are in a wretched
plight, in places being almost impassable.
Between Lake City and
Singletary bridges the condition of
the road is especially bad. This corespondent
has been on the mail route
'twixt Scranton and Johnsonville for
nearly 13 months and the roads art
worse now than ever before ill all
that time.
Last year I carried the mail a
total distance of 17,784 miles and
I am under weighty obligations to
v.*. Unrl lwmlc alone the wav for
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the many and various gifts received
and other numerous acts of kindness.
It shows the appreciation they feel
for one that faces storms and flood,
raiu and snow and extremes of climate
to bring them their mail.
Mr A A Brown has convalesced
from his serious illness so as to be
able to sit up.
Mr L D Baxley has been quite
sick for some time.
Mrs .T M Eaddy of Leo has been
ill of pneumonia for the past two
weeks. At this time she is somewhat
improved.^
Mrs Simon Poston of Jay has been
ill of grip but is better.
On Thursday night, January 22,
Mrs Lizzie Adkinson of Jay met
with a serious mishap. Coming out
wtnin f/tr o Klinlfpf nf WJltpIV
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she accidentally walked oat of the
back piazza and fell, fracturing her
arm. On account of her age the
doctor thought it dangerous to give
her an anesthetic, and as she could
not bear the pam of setting the limb
without it, he thought it best to let
j nature take its course. Mrs Adkinson
is about 71 years old.
As this is my second communication
for this year I wish you, Mr
Editor, a prosperous year. May the
Father of all blessings attend you,
making this the happiest year of
your life. (We thank this esteemed
corespondent for his kindly
sentiments and most heartily recipniontc
them?Ed Record
Ego.
Additional Locals.
An epidemic of grip seems to prevail.
We are glad to learn that Mrs W
L Wallace is improving in health.
Miss Lila Hemingway, who is
: teaching at Cades, was indisposed
this week and not able to return to
her school.
Kingstree Lodge K of P held their
regular meeting last evening. There
was some "work," we understand, in
the way of conferring degrees.
Mr J F Welch, who lives near
town, received a telegram yesterday
announcing the extreme illness of
his daughter iu Richmond, Ya.
Hon C A Woods has been elected
associate justice of the supreme
court to succeed Hon Y J Pope, who
was recently elevated to the office of
chief justice.
Miss Maud Chaplin, the attractive
and accomplished principal of Iuj
diantown Academy, has been elected
I teacher of the 5th aud 6th grades in
j the Williston graded school.
Capt C E Wheeler, ex-superintendent
of the chain-gang, has gone
to Georgetown to accept a position
with the G & W Railroad. Capt
Wheeler has a host of friends who
wish him success in all his undertakings.
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*THE REAPER DEATH;
Clain.o Another Victim in the Person
of Mr R R Stutts.
About 9 o'clock Monday night Mr
Richard R Stutts crossed the "Great
Divide" into that bourne, "from
whose mysterious realms no traveler
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' a sufferer from consumption, which
insidious malady slowly but surely
undermined the foundations of his
life. He bore his affliction meekly
and uncomplaining, fully realizing
before the end come that his days
were numbered. He was conscious
to the last, and passed away as calmly
aud peacefully as a tired child when
the shadows or night hare fallen.
Mr Stutts had been a resident of
Kingstree since 1887, when he moved
here with his family from Colleton
county. He was possessed of a great
deal energy and at different times
engaged in various avocations. He
had held the positions of magistrate,
dispenser, town marshal and was
agaiu elected magistrate two years
ago and re-elected in the last pri- *
mary. He also at one conducted a
mercantile business, was mail conj
tractor and kept a boarding house.
Mr Stutts was 64 years old and ,
had been married three times. He
is survived by his last wife and sev- t
oral children. He was a member of ^
the Masonic order and took a lively
interest in the local lodge.
The remains were interred in the
Williamsburg cemetery yesterday j
morning at 10:30 o'clock with the I
ceremonies of the Masonsic fraternity.
Every one who has a garden or *
farm should write to T W Wood & ft
Sons, Richmond, Va., for their Seed
Book for 1903. It is beautifully |
gotten np and well printed, and is '
realy a complete hand-book of information,
both for the garden and
farm. It is peculiarly valuable to j
our southern growers, as it gives
practical information about the
seeds best adapted to onr own section.
The Time Extended.
.iru nn/lur <?>ilirrsitinns to RpD
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resentatives Wall and Gourdin for
the following notice:
Pursuant to the authority vested
in the Comptroller General of the
State by Section G93, Code of Laws
1902, the time for the payment of
taxe* without penalty in Williamsburg
county, is extended to March
1st. g
A. W. Jones, ,
Comptroller General.
Approved
Signed D. C. Heywabd,
Governor. '
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Over-Work Weakens *
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
fThe kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they filter
out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out /
of order, they fall to do
their work.
Pains, aches and rheumatism
come from excess
of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidneypoisoned
blood through veins and arteries.
It used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidnej^1
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their beginning
in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
| and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's
I Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
j soon realized. It stands the highest for its
1 wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
! and is sold on its merits
by all druggists in fifty- driftwfeSKS
cent and one-dollar siz- fHjjjjgS
| es. You may have a 1
i sample bdttle by mail nom. of swamp-Root
| free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
I out if you have kidney or bladder trouble,
j Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer
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