The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 19, 1903, Image 1
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VOL XIX. KIXOSTKKL 8. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11), 1903. NQ,8-J
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SCORES A BIG HIT AND THE
OLD BACHELORS.
Startling EfF-.cts of the Remodelo-1
scope? The Fntertainment a !
Success Financially.
(Reported for The Record.)
Tl>? "HliI Xfiiiils' ('(invention".
rendered by local talent Fridav night |
last, scored a big hit and also most
of the old bachelors of Kingstree.
One of the latter, it is said, expressed
himself as "having a malice aforethought"
of impending danger and
hied him away the first of the week
to return only after having un- ,
doubted assurance that the "Convention"
had adjourned.
The meeting was called to order
by the president and at the roll-call
by the secretary each member responded
with a quotation on man.
A number of choice and appropriate
songs were sung iu the convention,
which had a most happy and pleasing
effect.
A paper on "Woman's Rights"
was read by Sophia Stuekupp and
there was also an entertaining debate]
between Belinda Bluegras* and Rebecca
Sharpe an to whether the society
should adopt the dress reform.
All of the "old maids" acquitted
themselves admirably and some of
the original "hits" 011 the local bachelors
and widowers were immense.
Just as the convention was about
to adjourn Prof Makeover appeared
with his "remodeloscope", by which
the old maids could be transformed
into charming and youthful maidens.
It is needless to say the professor
did a "land office" business. Each
one could be made into whatever she
*
liked. One chose to be a fairy, another
an angel. These were represented
by Kwtie Stackley and Ruby
Thorn, w ho were indeed fairy-like
. and angelic. Another longed to be
a man; she was represented by Mas- ,
ter Sam Stackley, who made a typical
little gentleman. Three others!
chose to be elocutionists. These 1
..w. m.wniiotuil hi* \Ii^< Vfunrl T^?- I
n t |A.I OV1KIWU IM ?v |
gun, who recited "Aux Italiens",
Miss/Etta Jacobs, who recited "Elizal*"
h Zane at the Defense of Fort
Henry" mid Miss Carrie Askins, who I
v effectively rendered "The One-Leg-1
ged Goose". These young ladies]
! charmed the audieuce aud elicited j
liberal applause.
Another spinster chose to be a
married lady. Mrs Ramsbottom
took this part and read a dainty little
selection entitled, "Six Love Letters".
x Another wished to be "Sweet Sixteen".
She was repieseated by Miss
Blanche Montgomery in a very becoming
debutante's costume. Two
others asked to be vocalists. These
were represented by .Miss Eloise
fW?ru.r u hn s:?n<r "Aint. thiit. Hr?wl.
vvvr"' " **v
ful?", and Miss Virgie Walker, who
favored the audience with "Afterwards".
These selections were pleasing
and effective.
One ancient damsel who wished to
be rejuvenated broke the machine,
whereupon all those who had not
had their turn chased the professor j
off the stage.
This closed the performance, af- j
ter which refreshments were served'
by the ladies.
The entertainment was gotten up
by Miss Mabel Harper for the ben-;
. etit of the Baptist parsonage. Miss ;
? 1 . lix ? - - 1L. !
Harper ueserves great craui iur uu- j
success of the "Convention," from j
which something over $95 was'
realized.
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Se?d Irish Potatoes.
Hliss Triumph and Early Rose I
at 25c a peck. These seed are guaranteed.
WlLKIXS & Co.
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Gratitude is the least of virtues,
but ingratitule the worst ol vices
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A BOUQUET FOR MR. BASS.
What a Fellow Member from Claren- j j
don Thinks of H|$ Ability.
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Editor County Record:? ,
I trust you will reprint in your .
paper the history of the shad hill as j (
Lriven bv the News and Courier last I'
. I
Vn ><].]> T (vuuiilur thut thi.i fi irl;| 1 /
was won largely by the able speech j i
of your representative, lion \V Ljj
B;iss. An outsider would huve! j
thought that the bill would be killed j
and the Evening Record here stated t
Saturday evening that it had been
killed, although the filibustering
fight was still on and lasted for *
several hours. 1
It was with some trouble that Mr
'Bass secured the floor. After succeeding
he gave everything in detail,
lie mapped out the geographical 1
(Kisitioii and surroundings of George- *
town; he described Winyah bay; he ^
mentioned the body of water that *
stretches a length of five nnles from 1
the city and how this water is v
obstructed with the nets of fisher- 11
men, thus making it an impossibility
for shad to go up any stream. 1
tributary to this body of water, and 1
then he mentioned' the streams that *
are affected from the scabvxrd to the L
mountains, convincing the majority *
that the whole of South Carolina is '
affected thereby. >
The members i>f the Georgetown 3
- - - f t
delegation seemed paralyzed mac
Mr Bass appeurpd to know more 6<
concerning the geography of their 11
country than they themselves know.
He cited section after section of law
and decisions of the U. S. Supreme
court in several States to show that
this bill was constitutional and ^
ought to puss for the benefit of the 11
citizens of the whole State, the in- 1
terest of tile Georgetown people to J
the contrary notwithstanding.
As soon as Mr Bass finished the u
"filibustering" began and when the l!
friends of the bill saw the intention *
they resolved to stay there till 12 a
o'clock Saturday night or win the
fight ''
1 do not believe in waiting till a 0
nmn i?s to sav something <rood
* J o o
ubout him. I want to say here and
now that Mr Bass is a useful nieinhere
and should be kept in this
position.
Your Williamsburg delegation is a
good one. One great thing in their ?
favor is that they they work together
in harmony. F
J. C. LAXHAM, H
Columbia, S. C., ^
Feb. 1G, 1903. d
Following is a synopsis of Mr
Bass' argument as reported by the
Columbia correspondent of the News
and Courier. This, of course, is j
merely an outline:
Mr Bass spoke from personal u
authority and creditable authorities. ^
He gave a picture of the waters that
go to make up Winyah bay, and he
contended that this peculiar eondi
tion gave the fishermen of Georgetown
the power to destroy all the ^
fish that might get into the tributary ^
rivers. Mr Bass seemed unusually
familiar with the topography of the
Pee-Dee seetion.
He admitted that this bill would
seriously affect the fishing industry
in Georgetown, but that county had
no right to all the shad of the section.
Mr Bass and Mr Pyatt differed
materially as to whether Georgetown
was or was not at the head of AViuyah
Bay. Mr Bass insisted that
Georgetown was four or five miles'
down Winyuh Bay.
He insisted that such a bill would
not be unconstitutional. In the
State vs Higgins the State Supreme j
Court held that fish was game and :
must be so considered. There is no
I
decision in this State, but there is an'
exactly similar law in Arkansas, and
in the 56th Arkansas there is an
opinion upon this very subject. The
Courts , have almost universally
sustain?! these laws for the protecj
tion of game. Only two States,
A . j%
Kansas and Idaho, have declared
such a law unconstitutional. The
Supreme Court of the United States
lias decided the question in the case T
)f the State of Connecticut vs Geer,
ind held that such an Act as this is
ntirely constitutional. A
The question is simply whether
Georgetown shall have a corpplete
nonopoly of the shad business. She
las abused the privilege and it se
ihould be taken away. If shad are
11 the rivers they should be for all,
he Deoule. I?,
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IONEIV PATH THE STORM CENT RE U,]
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Two Lives Lost in Monday Night's c](
Gale?No Damage in Williamsburg. ^
The vagaries of our beautiful cli- a
nate were strikingly illustrated last 011
don day night when people went to
?ed in the tropics and woke up in n1'
he arctic regions Throughout ^
he night the wind blew fiercely co
kith ever increasing cold until 011
norning when everything was frozen- S01
There has been little or no damage scl
eported so far in this county, but J*4
he upper part of the State faied not
o well. At Houea Path, Audersou ^
ouuty, which seems to have been 1*
he storm centre, houses and bams
rere demolished, telegraph jxiles and Pa
-ires destroyed and the ground was
trewn with fallen trees. In the 00
awn a biick store in which six men (^?
ought refuge was blown to pieces
nd two of the men killed.
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Along the Neft's B.i n k i.
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We have received a copy of the Ma
1l?- ------- -lAnhiininnr H
. litis wan m-pusinuj wuiuiuiug ..
ovelette under the al>ove title, by
lev Hugh F Oliver of Florence, C01
rho is well known in this county. ^
.'he scene of the story is on the 0,1
auks of Black river, which of itself ?u
i sufficient to stimulate local inerest.
The plot is well conceived tio
ml the setting along the Weeuee's ha
anks must appeal to all who are th<
uterested in local history. Copies th<
f the magazine are on sale at 10c 1***
ach at Dr Scott's Drug Store. coi
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Approaching Nuptials. all
its
^ 4-v? uirtfofinn I si r
i III' iUIIU^ uil U V?I IU? tiuuvai .M.
us issued this wetrk to the frieuds wl
f the contracting parties: its
Mr N Schnltz requests your dd
resence at the marriage of his cla
aughter, Kay, to Mr Sol Peres, at scs
lome, Kiug tree. S. C.? on Wednes- coi
ay, Feb 25, 1903, at 3 o'clock jp. m. t>r
- soi
w.v
Mortunry.
its
Died?At his home near Spring fei
lank, S. C., on Monday, February fa<
6, 1903, after an illness of 13 days thi
f paralysis, Mr J E McElvcen, aged po
6 years.
?I T1
to cure * coll) in one day.
Take Laxative llromo Quinine
rablets. All druggists refund the sa^
none)' if it fail* to cure E W Grove's we
iguature i* on each box, 2">e. thi
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WOOD'S ;w
Garden Seeds i?
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Best for the "Sunny Sooth,"
because they are specially grown
and selected with a full knowledge
of the conditions and require- :TJa
ments of the South. Twenty-five .u
years experience and practical
growing of all the different vege- of
tables enables us to know the verv
best, and to offer seeds that will
give pleasure, satisfaction and at
profit to all who plant them. 1
Wood's New Seed Book for 1903 c?
(Mailed on request) is full of good th
things, and gives the most reliable ' .
information about all seeds, both di
for the h arm and Garden. w]
T.W.WOOD & SONS, w
Seedsmen, Richmond, Va*
WOOD'S SEED BOOK also tells all
about 0rasa and Clover Seeds, tl:
Seed Potato**, and all .
Para Seeds. it
Write for Seed Book and prloea of any i
Farm Seeds required. bL
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HE GENERAL AFSEM3LY WILL
ADJOURN SATURDAY.
r> -r il? u/- wuaml :m
ncview ino ??c:R a wrv/i* i??
Both Branches of the
Legislature.
This session of the General Asmblv
is drawing to a close. Next
it- rday it will become matter of
. lorv. Things are carried on now
wider whip and spur", us it were.
he days of long s}>ceches are over,
id from now on it will be lapid
lis of the calendar in order to
ear it, if jwssible, and it is just
iring this part of the session that
member ought to be most thor- '
?
ighly awake and alert that he be not '
ken unawares and permit some :
ensure to be "slipped" through '
at way rise up in the future, to
udemn him. During this danger*
s time a shrewd trickster who has *
aie bill that he wishes to escape '
rutiuy, might be aide to get it 1
ssed before the House could real- }
what had happened. Such 1
ings have happened and may hap- '
ii u^atu.
The appropriation bills have (
ssed the House and are now in ^
e Senate. Winthrop is the only ;
liege "whose appropriation was cut '
vvn and that was done in an iu- 1
cet manner, which was by taking
456.00 for the scholarships out of i
i? general appropriation and re- '
cing the amount by just that ^
ich. (The orignal appropriation ^
s restored in the Senate?Ed *
cord.)
There is lots of "political bun- 1
nble" iu the Assembly. .Many 1
ings are done for effect and effect '
ly. The people will find out the x
ilty ones in time, and then?
V
The bills providing for the cicall
of additional judicial circuits
ve all been continued. Therefore ^
s bill fixing the time for holding
i courts of our circuit will become
v. According to this bill our next
e
irt will be on April 13th.
The bill whose object was to get ^
property on the tax books and at
actual value, was killed and
gely by the votes of that section *
tich it claimed does not now bear *
proportion of taxes. During a *
I m * % . 1 r
Date or a lew days ago ic was aeired
and not disputed that the assed
valued property in Richland
unty is only $9,000,000 and
eenvilie the same. Is there not
liething wrong here? Richland
th its city of 20,000 inhabitants,
numerous cotton mills, railroads,
tilizer factories, iron works, glass
?tory, liquor distillery, etc., only
ree times as much property as
or old Williamsburg!
The levy for this year is four nulls,
lis is, I believe, the same as last
ir.
Three or four bills relating to th#
,e of drugs and to pharmacists
re introduced in the House and in
e Senate at same time. They were
rewdly prepared bills?one in parular.
I wish I could give your
iders au idea of this last mentioned
II to show them how shrewd it was
d to call their attention to the
nger of a legislator's being deived
if he is not sharp and wide1
rulm TIau'im-up flmf ij ,,r?f I /
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1 is this space. The real object of |
e bill was to force even graduates .
reputable colleges of pharmacy,
cept those who might be students
the time of the passage of the ,
t, to stand examination and of-h
urse pay the fees?the fees being | j
e desiderata. Senator Williams I
scoverod the trap in this bill and j
tien it came up in the Senate it j
as promptly knocked into a corpse, j (
hen it was called up in the House,
hich was before its twin died in
le Senate, Mr Bass spoke against
and called attention to the little j (
lott clause which made an other
ise goodjaw very objectionable. Its!
author saw its fate and moved tc
recommit, which means slow death
by strangulation.
Another one of these bills, which
were in pairs, provided thut merchants
and shop-keepers be permitted
to sell ''medicines already prepared
according to the United States
Pharnmcoptia". Notice that. Under
such a law merchants could not
sell proprietary and patent mediciues.
Ihey could sell only such mediciues
as were prepured according to that
book. The country merchant could
not keep Simmon'* Liver Regulator,
Tutt's Pills, Syrup of Figs and all
the long list of patent and proprietary
medicines that are sold all over
the land and are many of them recorded
as household necessities. The
Senate stabbed this hill to the heart
md the House put it to sleep in a
committee room.
I)r D 0 Scott came up from
Kingstree Thurday iii the interest of
:he project to bond Kingstree for
;he purpose of raising fnnds with
>vhich to build a school house.
Duplicate bills were prepared providug
fcr an election in Kingstree on
:he question of "bonds" or "no
xmds" and providing also that in
jase the election should result in
!avor of the bonds, then bonds to an
iniount not exceeding $6000 bearing
lot .more than 5 per cent interest,
edeemable in twenty years, should
>e issued and then floated and the
iroceeds used in building a school
louse. Senator Williams introduced
me of these bills in the Senate and
Hr Bass put the other in the House,
flr Bass gained a day by calling his
>ill up out of order Saturday and
mtting it through the second readng.
A day counts at this end of
he session. It is hoped that we
rill be able to "railroad" it through
>v Thursday and then all will be
veil.
The bill imposing a tax of 50 cents
til each dog, has passed the house,
rhe curs need not get scan*! though,
rhe Senate chloroforms many a bill
hat receives a sanction of the other
nd of the capitol.*
Darlington is to have a new court
louse. The bill has gone thiough.
The bill providing for an equesrian
statue of Hampton has passed
lie House and been read the second
ime in the Senate. This practically
neans that it will become law.
The House refused any appropria;ion
for completing the State house.
The Senate put a quietus on tho
)ill declaring a forfeiture of the inerest
and 25 per cent of the princi
ial in case of usury.
The Anil bill providing for ? chief
state constable and seven assistants
las passed the House and two reud115:8
in the Senate, and will most
jrobably become law.
The Railroad commissioners hare
irdered that Ileinemann, in Wiliamsburg
county, l?e made a flag
itation. This will be quite n conrenience
to ihe j?eople of that sec;ion.
The Lanham 250 pound baggage
sill is now in the Senate having run
ihe gauntlet of the Honse. By the
fray, it may not be generally known
>V??f \fr T.unliim la a KFnttiar nf flip
kilMV liUlit 1U M ftSAVTUAAV?* W4. VUV
jovernor of Texas. Such is the
^ise. At Governor Lanham's inauguration
on January 19th onr State
lag waved over hiss head. South
Carolinians govern their own State
ind other States too.
The very liveliest and most interesting
fight of the entire session was
'pulled off" Saturday. It was on
the "shad" bill. This is the Gause
bill which prohibits the shipment of
shad out of the State. It came up
Friday and after being debated by
Mr Gause and Mr Pyatt was adjourned
to uext day. "When it was called
up Saturday Mr Bass gained the
floor and spoke in support of the bill
for some time. When M1 Bass sat
down the opponents of the bill were
like fish out of water. They realized
. (Continued 011 page i)
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W. T.
Wilkins, ^
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flour
grits ?|
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oats
salt
soap
lye .
soda
starch
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TOBACCO any GRADE
COTTOLENE CASE or BKTS ,
MATCHES per GROSS
Pure Ovel Compound LARD
HAMS, BOLOGNA SAUSAGE i|
CANDIES, CRACKERS
BACON, SUGAR, Bbl or Sacks
POTTED HAM and TONGUE
CONDENSED MILK '
AXLE GREASE * 1
Wrapping PAPER and BAGS
HOMESPUN, By the Bolt
TOBACCO CLOTH
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CIDER
MOLASSES
CHEESE
MACARONI
SARDINES
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SNUFF .
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