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|r>7 \ - . . i i miiwiiiimum mill mi . . _ v -M ' r'-tr&aam I 1 " ^ ' 1 VOL. XIX. IvINGStREE^S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1903. NO. m A USEFUL LIFE ENDED. Death of Mr Robert Epps of Pudding Swamp. Mr Bobert Epps died at hie home near Bethel church, PuddiDg Swamp, on Friday morning, January JO, 1903, at the rip? old age of 75 years. Hie immediate family consists of hie bereaved wife and five children, three sons and two daughters, all of whom are grown. The death of one of his sons, &un Eppe, about six yearn ago, is reuieinl>ered with peculiar sadness by the people of Kinirntree. ainoccr whom he lived Q , o for several year*. The death of Mr Robert Epps is a gad loss not only to the community! I in which he resided, but to the many elsewhere who knew and revered ^ him for his manifold virtues. H Among his neighbors, where he ^^tfalked uprightly for so many years, his noble attributes gaiued him thjir respect, love and confidence and they mingle their tears in common grief for one whose death each and all regard as a personal loss. The unbounded confidence he inspired among his fellow wen is strikingly illustrated by the fact that he was often ealled in to settle their disagreements, and so weft did he fulfill the delicate ^ part of arbiter that seldom or never J wfrrtiT^eciiions appealed from; so that truly he earned the beatitude. 'Blessed aie the peace-makers, for they are called the children of God." On Saturday, at 11 a. m., his |BLfaneral services were held at Bethel BHr\hureh by Rev James McDowell, who BHjAelt touchingly upon the noble BB^fnaructer of the deceased and paid a high tribute to his benevolence aud lciudlinees. Probably the largest crowd attended his funeral that ever assembled at Bethel church on aj similar occasion. Mortuary. I ^" 1 k Died?On Friday, January 23,! I 1903, at her homo near Bethel) Kk church, Mrs Margaret Rebecca Kpps, [ |^u^fe of Mr Samuel F Epps. Mrs; MBHpps was only 30 years of age and B9^Bives, besides her devoted husband, ' B K small children, fire of whom are ! Hit under six years of age. Mrs< was a daughter of Mr Thomas ; BBHWilson of Spring Bank and for ! BRHrtecu years had boon a consist-nit ' I lidwr of Bethel church. May j rest in peace! H?' N Fuiesi). Died?At 2^30 o'clock yesterday; W Morning Mr Johu D Mims, Jr., at his home near Reiser's X Roads, j About ten days ago be was stricken with pneumonia, and although his; physician tried every means to check . the progress of the disease, all efforts were unavailing and his life slowly ebbed away. This morning at 11 o'clock the remains were interred at the familr burial crround. o Mr Mima was about 33 Tears old. I He was a thrifty aud industrious; i young farmer and bore a good rep- j utation for. honesty and trustworthy 1 nes*. He is survived by a young; c?' wife and four small children. A Friikd. | J- How Did It Get There? Mr J C Bell of Indiautown while in town yesterday showed us a bullet, j probably weighing half an ounce and ! \ mashed flat, which he found imbed- i ded iu a pine tree that grew on his i !>lace. The curious part of it is j hat the piece of lead was found welre inches from the bark of the ree and about twelve inches from' he center. The tree was a long-leaf >ine something like three feet in I liameter and Mr Bell had sawed it nto blocks and was splitting the locks into shiugles when the bullet ell out Mr Bell says that the tree had the ppearance of great age and he ould trace the original course of the ullet almost two inches. The uestion is, bow did it get there? Oil II10 ML: , < ~ I THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY VERY * BUSY THESE DAYS. ? Purport of Bills to Be Introduced by Representatives i Bats and Wall. ( Columbia, February, 2,? Special* c The newly installed State officer* t are beginning to get hold of the i many reine of the State, and affuirs t are settling down to steady running, i The governor, secretary of State and t comptroller general are busy putting c newly elected and appointed county c officers into their respective seats, t This is no small task when the c number of officers that the governor 1 is now called upon to appoint, is 6 considered. Governor Hey ward is * making a fine impression. He is 1 working hard, bnt is at all times 11 approchable and affable. * The General assembly is getting r ready to settle down to serious work. s A great many members (of the ^ House in particular) come here 3 loaded to the muzzle with stuff * which they call speeches but which 11 is more appropriately styled by ^ others "wind work." During the ^ week just past a good deal of this ^ "wind work" was gotten off and the parties feel satisfied and every body P else immensely relieved. I do not e mean to try to convey the impres- 1' sion that we are through with this " thing. No, not by any means. Sev- f eral who are believed to have come r here fully prepared to electrify the ^ State by their masterly eloquence have not fired off yet, and to be ' 6ure they will before the end of the 0 session. But we are rid of some "wind work," for which we are thankful. c All the speeches are by no means ^ poor. Some are spleudid. 0 C A Woods, Esq., of Marion, was ^ elected on Wednesday Associate jus- T tice of the Supreme court to fill the c unexpired term of Hon Y J Pope. 11 There were several candidates, but 0 Mr Wood's strongest opponent was v Senator Kobert Aldricb, of Barnwell. F Four ballots were taken and from a the first to the very last the v Pee Dee section voted solidly for r W!t1! I r Woods, ui course >? imanisuurg is r included in this section. Very few measures have yet passed 11 both houses. The bill extending y the time within which an action y must be brought agaiust a railroad ' for damages for injury or death,/8 from two to six years, has passed the 1 Senate and is now before the House. ^ Several bills ou working public 1 roads have been introduced but all ^ that have come up so far have been 1 killed except the Morgan bill, which 8 passed the House on Friday. This * bill is intended to be so flexible that J the peculiar conditions of each * county may be satisfied. It pro- 5 rides that the county commissioners 1 of each county shall determine the ^ age limits for road working, which shall not be less than eighteen nor c more than fifty, and shall fix the ' number of days, not less than three nor more than eight; and shall de- 1 clare the commutation tax, which s shall be not less than one nor more than three dollars. This bill is in a ( fair way to become law. * Mr Richards' bill providing for scholarships in Winthrop college 1 equal in number to the Represents * 1 tives from each county and of $100 each passed the House Friday. It < was hotly fought but ran the gaunt- 1 let. 1 The annual effort to repeal the 1 lien law was made a few days ago * I but failed utterly to pass. The as- 1 sembly does not think the country is 1 : ready to have the law repealed yet. 1 Senator Williams has not been in < i his seat for more than a week. He went home on the 24th sick and has been confined to his bed since then. We hope he will be able to return to i his post soon. Mr Lanham, of Clarendon, one1 i ime of Williamsburg, has iutro- I luced a bill requiring railroads to s jarry free 250 pounds of baggage for n wch passenger. This bill has some 1 itrong supporters, but M-ill bo fought 1 rigorouslj and its fate is doubtful, t . Shad are beginning to run and so r s shad luw making. Mr W HI iause is the auther of a bill proviling that no shad be shipped out of g Uc OU?U% UtVfJJClVTf uy on kaja VUU, V a fighting it stoutly and ia trying to a jring all the pressure possible to de- a eat the measure.' Before presenting u he bill Mr Ganse consulted several r >f ua who are known to be friends I f any effort to atop Georgetown's ? nonopoly and wholesale destruction j ?f the shad, and he was advised that \ he proposed measure was the bett ^ olution of the matter, and hia acisers and all friends of the shad rill support the bill. The bill regdating the sale of dynamite intended or the destruction of fish has aleady passed the house. The wholeale destruction of fish must stop, i V'e may not be able to get this as- 1 erably to pass laws sufficiently ] tringent to stop it, but if the time ^ i not here already, it is not far dis- t * ant when our law makers will sit c [own on the business and eit down r lard. I Mr Wall is prepaiing a bill re- t (eating that part of sec. 2159 which c xempts roads under forty miles in ] ength from the operation of the v liim prow" law. The obiect is to 1 orce the Georgetown mid Western j oad to furnish separate accouimo- t iations for whites and colored. t Mr Dues has prepared two bills t ibich will come up the early part a f this week. One provides for an i Qcrea.se of $100 in the salary of our t, ounty superintendent of education g ?his is considered only just in view ? f the increased work put upon him. e ?he other provides for paying j fitnesses. in the Geueral Sessions \ ourts $1.00 per day and 5 cents per ; nile, and provides that they be paid n n the approval of the solicitor r rhether the case be tried or not, r irovided they are bound over and v ctually attend court This in the ? iew of many is a piece of much iceded legislation, but it will most a >robably be contested. 6 Thp mrwt important disnensarv ? * ? ?J ?I * neusure so far is the bill which pro- 3 ides for one chief State constable ( nth a giilary of $1500 and expenses t rhile away on business of dispensary ? nd seven assistant chiefs to be ap- ( >ointed by the chief by and with the j onseut of the governor. This is } ntended to relieve the governor of ) he work which is now imposed ^ ipon him as the head of the con- p tabulary force and to provide for a he better enforcement of the dis- t ensary law. This bill was reported ^ avorably by the committee and has trong support. The bill to reduce he capital stock of the dispensary to >300,000.00 was killed. The battle royal will probably :ome off this week on the child 1 abor bill. A bill providing for a vote of the ^ >eople on question of biennial tessions has been introduced. The railroad people are watching >very measure that will affect or end to affect the luilroads. The bill to withdraw from the ' :own8 their part of dispensary profits will be buried deep. The members of the Williamsburg ' lelegation have made no speeches , aor introduped any revolutionary ^ measures but they are always in , their seats, watch the proceedings closely, do a good deal of missionary , work on the quiet, vote on every call, ( ind show no disposition to shirk a , iuty. So far they have stood to- : gether on ever}' important measure. , On Saturday the House adjourned till Monday night. Mr Wall went ( home to spend Sunday. The others remained in the city. The - committee . on ways and means are making up the supply nil. Our delegation is handicapped io* far as our county is concerned on iccount of the fact that no estimate ms been sent up from the supervisor's office, and until this estimate eachea us we can do nothing towards naking up the supply bill for Wiliamaburg. Mr Gourdin's experience is of pvat benefit to the other members of >ur delegation, in fact he ia able to ;nd does render much more valuable >id than one not a member will appreciate. Were our delegation nude up of new men we would not k? in position to render such intelligent service as we do. His good udgnent and popularity added to lis experience make him a strong sup >ort to the delegation and the House. PROGRESSIVE FLINCH PARTY. Jivsn bt the Misses Kollsy In Honor of Their Guests. The rage for the now all-prevailng game of flinch reached its zenith ast Friday evening when Misses iessie and Alma Kelley gave a progressive flinch party to a number of heir friends at their home on Acadtmy street. The interest was narked, and enjoyment and pleasure ?twn?l in the fascination """" -*?r? ? ? hat the game had for the number if friends tha.t gathered at Capt ?elley's residence, the hospitality of vhich needs no praise nor description. The party was given in honor of dieses Mary McCall and Nellie Brisow, two popular members of the oeial set of Florence, who have >een the recipients of many social Mentions during their visit here. There were five tables, and so interstedly did the players enter into the fame that the waning hours of Frilay slipped unconsciously away into arly Saturday morning before the >r->?ress of the mine was arrested. " O u Jpon count it was found that Miss Hay Stoll had won the ladies' prize >nd Mr Ernest Wiggins the gentleneu's. The "booby" was in denaud, with the honors evenly diided among several. After the fame dainty refreshments were erved. Besides the guests of honor ,nd the hostesses, the following purued the seemingly ever fleeing 'numbers":? Misses Eloise Cooper, daruie Jacobs, Virgie Walker, of reorgetown, and May Stoll, of Cheser; Messrs E C Epps, William Icott, J F Scott, Dan Cooper, Charles Burgess, P H Stoll, Otis Lrrowsmith, F Will Fairey, of iranehville, Ernest Wiggiu9, C W *' ** TT * ^ ' * 1 1.1 M Di Yolft, il J uaucnen ana .amue otVinaiid. The first progressive flinch >arty of KiAgstree -"As pronounced > success in entertainment by each of he guests, whose good fortune it ras tc be one of the lot. A Mew Law Firm. Messrs LeRoy Lee and C E St Vmand have formed a copartnership inder the Arm name of Lee tit St ^.niaud, Attorneys at Law. Mr Lee, the senior member of the irm, although quite a young man is years go, has been a member of rh* har for about four vears. hiring which time he has amply iemonstrated his ability to take 3are of his clients' interests iu a lumber of hard fought contests with the odds against him in the pears and experience of opposing counsel. Already he has paved the way to a successful career with piospects blight for future achievement. Mr St Amand, the junior partner, was admitted to the bar over a year ago after reading law for several vears in the office of John A Kelley, Esq. Since then he has devoted most of his time to office work aud the theory of law. Bright, alert and energetic, and withal very popular, he has now a fine opportunity for practical work. The new firm has our best wishes for a lucrative clientele. amjv shots. SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF THE < PEOPLE OF A WIDEAWAKE TOWN. Event* of Interest Pest, Present end Future?Entertainment to Start a School Library Fund. Miss Palmyra Lee i? upending tiiu week at Hannah, Kev J O Caraway preached an imnrt><isivp sermon to a lar^e con* gregatiou in (he Methodist church on last Sunday afternoon, Mr Rushing, of the Chicago Portrait Company, is stopping at thee Lee boarding house. liobt SingleUry was in town Sunday. R B Cannon spent Sunday at Elim. The new store to be occupied by 0 B Carter is nearing completion and adds much to Railroad street. Harvey Byrd, who is attending . school at Florence, came home j Sunday. Dr T B Hinnant of Lake City 1 was in town Tuesday. J A children's party waa given at the home of Mr and Mrs J W j VVilloughby Monday evening in honor of Little Mies Hetty's ninth m birthday, J There is great excitement in , town among thesmall boys collect- j ing old iron, which is being purchased by Mr W R Singletary. ] Ilovev Parker was in town * ^ short while Monday, Hon P 6 Wall came home jj Sunday. There will be an entertainment j| given at the tobacco prize houie Friday night, February 20, by the young lolks /or the purpose of raiting money to be used in begin- F ning a library for the Scranton school. The entertainment will consist ot a burlesque musical entertainment entitled "The Wonderful Sweet Family," by eight young ladies. A comedy entitled "Wrongs Made Right" will also be rendered by seven onfl .ul'iiti fulll'j|p< 'I'llt* I UIUIVO nuu r\ f V II ivMiMawt ?- . exercises will be inter-.peri.fd' throughout with vocal and instrumental music by Miss Id* Belle Crouch and Mist Mamie Byrd. An admis.-d >? fee ef 10 cents will be charged lor grown folks and 5 cents lor children. Has Ih'K. Preparing to Rebuild. j. Messrs Thomas <!t Brad ham, whose stables were destroyed by E tire some months ago, are preparing F to rebuild on their lot in the rear of the Central hotel, the same site occupied by their former building. Tne new stables and buggy house will be under one roof, 58 by 100 feet Mr J B Steele, the popular and efficient manager of the firm's business here, informs us that as soon * as the lumber can be sawed a force of carpenters will push the work to | completion. Meantime the enterpriain, firm of Thomas & Bradham are doing a splendid business at their temporary quarters in the rear of the Coleman House, having just received a fine lot of horses -andjinules. They also keep constantly on hand all the standard makes of buggies, wagons, harness, etc. WANTED. A good milch cow, one that gives rich milk' and is a good milker, "j Apply to Thk County Record, 3t Kingstree, S. C? / ! / , > W. T. Wilkins, &r Mi 1 GENERAL < IlllllllSt 1 I >? X "<K Buying in car-1 oad lots we , ire able t6 meet competi. a a tion in every ? ine. Here are i some. of our Specialties: 0 mi rLOUR GRITS MEAL $ CORN rt A w wn A o SALT SOAF LYE > - j SODA STARCff > BAKING POWDER* TOBACCO any ORAM :OTTOLENE CASE * BETS MATCHES per GROSS Pure Ovel Compound LARD JAMS, BOLOGNA SAUSAGB CANDIES, CRACKER8 JACON, SUGAR, Bbt orSaek* . >OTTED HAM and TONGUE CONDENSED MILK AXLE GREASE Vrapping PAPER end BASS HOMESPUN, By TOBACCO CLOTH :ider MOLASSES CHEESE * MACARONI SARDINES SALMON SNUFF ROPE buckets ' ' .jrwvs hiK I. T. Ml. M H|