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lonntjj % VOL. XIX. KINftSTREE, S> C., THURSDAY, APRIL 16,1903. . NO. lgr| IN Iffi OKI!. SUPERVISOR GRAHAM REPLIES , TO A CARPING CRITIC. And Incidentally Imparts Some Learning to a Seeker after Knowledge. Editor County Record:? Plesise allow me space in your1 paper to reply to an article, signed ! ' Voter," which appeared in the Week-1 ly Mail last week, asking for a defini-' tiou of the term "good roads" and also criticising the condition of the j public roads of the county. It is always a pleasure to me to i ( impart learning to the unlearned1, and I therefore beg to gi*e "Voter" j the definition he desires: The word , "good," probably derived from the , 'Anglo Saxon god, means; "possess- ] ing desirable qualities; serviceable; { well; excellent;" and the word i ^ "roads" is the plural of road, mean- ] ing "that on which one rides or j travels; a trackway"; and is ueriveu , from the Anglo Saxon root rod | (meaning ride). Now, from the above "Voter" can see that the phrase "good roads"!, means "trackways possessing desir-1 able qualities, or excellent places on ^ which one nde6 or travels; I trust , that "Voter" has grasped niv J explanation. I notice with sorrow that "Voter" . is getting sore-headed; and though I am grieved to learn that even one ] voter is in that deplorable condition, j vet had I not used mv best judgment , and delayed workiug the roads until after the terrible spell of wet weather, which lasted throughout the entire ; first part of mv administration, I would have had many?aye, 1000 to 1 ? sore-heads throughout this countv.** i "Why has Williamsburg gotten so far behind?" Is Williamsburg so '' far behind? Behind in what? I caunot imagine. It may be only ]>atriotism on my part, hut I believe that Williamsburg county is the garden spot of the State. For myself I beg to say that as an ;, oflfirer I can always he found either ', in my office or driving around the count? attending to the business of * | 1 the county. Has "[Voter" wandered from his j fig-tree? I caunot think that bej: has; for if he had he would not1 make the bare assertion thut the 11 roads have not had a spade-full of! dirt on them. If "Voter" will travel the road from Cades to Indiantown he will see a great improvement in that road; if he w ill travel j the roads near Scranton he will see | where more th^n one spade-full of dirt has beeu put 011 them, and travel in other and various sections of the county and he will then have a fair idea of what 1 am doing, ' which he can never get by remaining on his own place. And, last, Mr "Voter," our;< preaching speaks only through our works, and if you will examine our work you will have a good sermon before you. Take the beam out of thine own eye before you try to pluck the mote from thy brothel's eye. Respectfully yours, J. J. Graham. April 14, 1903. le-el Icel Ice! Having taken charge of the Ice House at the Railroad-crossing I tun prepared to furnish Ice in large or small quantities. Special rates offered for Picnics and Entertainments. Sunday hours 8 to 10; 12 to 2; and 4 to 7 o'clock. Save money by buying Ice Tickets, tf 4-14 03 J. B. Lesesxe. TO CURE A COLL) IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fail- rofiiro K W I Pendergfass?Courtriey. The marriage of Miss Louise Pendergrass and Mr P S Courtuey, Uhich took place at 7 o'clock last Thursday afternoon at the residence of the bride's sister, Mrs L Stick ley, was an affair attended with much interest to a large number of friends of the contracting parties. There were only a few special friends present outside of the immediate family connection, but the ceremony of the Methodist church as read by Kev Henry Cauthen was very beautifnl and impressive and at its close con sratulatior.s sincere and fervent were extended to the young couple entering the threshold of their married life. After refreshments had been served the bridal couple drove to the station, where the platform was literally thronged with friends who showered upon the happy pair profuse congratulations and enough rice to set up a modest establishment in house-keeping. Mr and Mrs Courtney returned Saturday and are boarding at Dr A M Snider's, on Railroad avenue. Both the bride and the groom are eery popular in Kiugstree society. Mr Courtney, who is at the head of the firm of P S Courtney & Co., is a roung business man of enterprise md ability, and Mrs Courtney as Miss Peudergrass was the centre of % large circle of admiring friends. The Record extends them its hearty felicitations and may the future be one long, rose-lit dream of unalloyed bliss. Cotton Kings and Hatchell Plows ind castings at W. T. Askixs'. For Sale. Valuable business lot next door to Dr Gamble's new drug store, apply io Edwin* Epps, Kmgsl ree, 6. C. CADES CHRONICLES. Cades, April 18? Cades i'r again getting on a bri>k business move. Mr Hudson was in town Saturday from Georgia. Mr M D Nesmith, who lias been attending a denial college in Allan! a, has returned h mie to spend his vacation. His many friends were glad to see him. i Mr C C Carsten is here from Florence for a few days. J understand that we are to have a Methodist parsonage at this place. Mr G L Sauls has donated the lot and work on the building will commence right away. T* ?- f l-? f annf hop XL l}? icpwi ICU lUIII HIKMIIVI mercantile firm will start business here soon. Your correspondent is not at .liberty to divulge the names ot the parties behind the enterprise. Miss Lila Hemingway's school will close next Friday and there will be a fruit supper Friday night for the entertainment ol the pupils and their friends. Nox. TCnw ia t.hf? t.im? to huv your Fruit Jars. We have big stock, will sell cheap. W. T. Ask ins. New Advertisements. I Dr S B W Courtney, Lake City. The Mutual Benevolent Association. Ice Notice. Several esteemed communications which m ere croM'ded out this issue will appear next week. Nice stock of Fancy Batiste Leno, Applique, Silk Mulls and White ] ..v ' . i rail or sign. ONLY TWO CASES DISPOSED OF UP TO THIS TIME. Melton J. Williamson Acquitted? Henry Jam^s Convicted of Manslaughter ?The Myers Case Set for To-day. The Apt il term of the court of general sessions for "Williamsburg i county convened Monday morning, His Honor, Judge G W Gage of the 6th circuit presiding. Solicitor John S Wilson and Stenographer Lathan were present in their Respective places. The grand jury being called 17 responded to their names, of which number one was excused, leaving only 16?two short of a full panel. On motion of the solicitor two additional names were drawn to complete the panel, viz., P 31 Brockintou and W I Nexsen. As it required some time to summon these jurors the court took a recess until 3 o'clock p. m., when it reconvened and the grand jury assembled and responded to the rollcall as follows: S M Askins, foreman, J S McClam, J K Smith, J W Hanr.a, W B Blakeley, Olin Epps, B A McKnight, J E Burch, G G Haselden, W T Wilkins. J A Evans, J E Keels, A Q Hutchinson, 11 B McClary, J D Duke, W I Nex? -. i T3 n sen, r m urocKiuton aim jl rorter. The grand jury completed its work and returned its presentment yesterday morning after passing on the following indictments: The State vs Melton J Williamson, murder and carrying a concealed weapon. True bill. Th State vs Lonuie C Myers, murder. True bill. The State vs Sylvester Gamble, violation of dispensary law. No bill. The State vs Walter Montgomery, larceny of lite stock, to wit, a hog. True bill. The State vs Lonuie Burrows, assault and battery with intent to kill. No bill. The State vs James W Bodiford. murder and carrying a concealed deadly weapon. True bill. The State vs Willie Hayes and Orrie Miles larceny of live stock. True bill. The State vs George Louis, assault and battery with intent to kill. True bill. * The State vs Harry C Holloway, cheating and swindling. True bill. The State vs Henry James, murder and carrying a concealed weapon. True bill. The State vs Allen Conyers and William Scott, house-breaking and larceny. True bill as to Conyers, no bill as to Scott. The State vs Brvant H Mvers, w J 9 aggravated assault and battel y. No bill. The case against Melton J Williamson was taken up for trial Tuesday morning, the defeuce being represented by W L Bass, Esq , and Messrs Stoll and Stoll being associated with Solicitor Wilson in the prosecution. The circumstances attending this homicide are in brief as follows: On September 12, 1902. Mr Williamson went to arrest one Louis Monzon, a negro, who was working on the floating gang near Scran ton. The charge against Mouzon was obtaining goods under false pretenses. The negro demanded to be shown the warrant. Mr Williamson showed it to him and he refused to be arrested, taking up a "fish plate" and drawing it on Williamson and using threatening language. Williamson being unarmed went tfe Scranton and secured a pistol also bringing with him several men to assist in the arrest. They went to where the negro was and Williamson advanced, placed his hand on him and told him to consider himself under arrest. The negro refused to go and Williamson -W,1 tr I'i" ? 'r^ ^ o] n I / . % r y ^ tie the negro. The negro jerked away and grabbed an iron rod, hold* ing it in a striking position and Williamson fired his pistol to frighten the negro, who went on tip the railroad in the ditch, Williamson following him. After going some 20 yards the negro drew the iron again, telling Williamson not to come on him. Williamson tired again and missed, when the negro advanced threateningly and Williamson fired the third time iufiicting a fatal wound. After hearing the testimony and the arguments of counsel the jury in this case returned a verdict of not guilty yesterday morning. Another murder case was tried yesterday, viz, that of the State vs Henry James. This case came up at the last term of court and resulted in a mistrial. C W Stoll, Esq., represented the defense. Late yesterday afternoon the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter. This morning James was sentenced to four years on the chaingang. The case of the State vs Lonnie C Myers, charged with murder, was begun yesterday and continued until fn /lof WV, "UJ . These are all the cases tried up to this.time. To My Patrons. I will not be in my office from 20th April to 29th. 2t A. M. Sxidkr. 4 SCRANTON 6NAPSHOTS Mr D L Lee spent Easter at Leesrille seeing a "friend". This brings to mind very forcibly the oft-quoted lines of Tennyson: "In spring a young mau's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love". Willard McKnight came home from Sumter Institute ljist night with fever. Mrs Carraway, who has been indisposed, is improving. Robert Singletary spent Sunday at home. He is now in the law office of Hon W L Bass, of Lake City. Mrs W S Lynch went to Kingstree Monday. Miss Lily Lavender has returned ? i 1 t T V irom a visit 10 ner nome near uyueuburg. G Y Jones spent Sunday at Mt. Olive, North Carolina. A good many strawberries are being shipped from here. The Easter exercises at the M,ethodist church on Sunday were very impressive. The church was taste'fully decorated, and the pupils, who had been carefully trained by Mra Cooper, did well. Aiken Wall, of Marion, was in town Sunday. At the last meeting of tho K of P Mr G Y Jones took the first degree. Messrs Evans and Tilton took the third and last. The Scranton lodge now numbers about sixty-four members. On last Friday night the young folks of our town were pleasantly at. the homo of Mr and Mrs Stephen Byrd. First, there was an Easter egg hunt. Then, after playing every game imaginable, the merry participants were ushered in the dining room where the table was beautifully decorated with fruits and flowers. Ice cream, cake and fruits were served. Bex Hub. Card of Thanks. Editor County Kecord:? Please allow me space yoor paper to thank my many friends for their kindness shown me through mv sickness. I hope they will receive a reward from on high. Your helpless friend, T. C. Lesesne. Kingstree, S. C., April 13, 1903. Old papers for sale at this ofI I ? . * ' . * ' " , V-;vV:v - ?r V* ' M'SHf rntfflHL THE MALLARD LUMBER COMPANY IMPROVES ITS PLANT. Lights and Shadows of Thriving Community as Chronicfed by Odr Correspondent. Greeley ville. April ^--Although you have a regular correspondent at this place I thought 1 would write a few of the recent happenings, But, flrat of all, i want to rniiL'ratulate The Record on arriving on time last week, gotting here on Friday morning, to the delight of it* numerous friends, who never like to see their lavorite out-done in anv way. The Mallard Lumber Co have their new saw-mill steam unigger" in successful operation. The r improvement will r.eariv double their capacity. Thev are now putting up some new dry-kilns so that they will be able to dry the lumber as fast as it is cut. Mr D T Wells, who at one time sawed for D W Alderman, is the skilful manipulator of the n*W machinery of the Mallard Lumber Co. * Rjv Mr McCaskilt and Miss Barbara Mallard attended Preibetery at Summerton last week) k.ininw u uartf lucjf irjioib uaviu^ b ivi,? v..j able meeting. We are sorry to have to report the extreme illness ot Mrs Hogan; Mr T W Boyle's mother. She 't is thought to be slightly better today. Mrs C E Register is also quite sic*. We trust they both may soon recover, R*v Mr Harrison preached at Mt Hope Baptist church Sunday morning and at night in the Methodist church iift town. The ! night service was well attended and the preacher, as usual, had a sermon that was worth listening to. Farmers in this vicihity are taking advantage of the present good weather and work on the farms is well advanced. There are a few strawberries being shipped from this point this season by Messrs Spann and Ho gan. Others here speak of grow ing thein another year. With your premission I would like to say something about how much we enjoy reading the letters from "The Sage of Possum Fork." Long may he live and may he grow wiser as he grows older. I, , for one, am always disappointed when I open the paper and find no letter from him. Wishing you much success, Vidi. MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP. There's nothing like doing a thing thoroughly. Of all the Salves you ever heard of, Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the best. It sweeps away and cures Burns, Sores. Bruises, Cuts, Boils. Ulcers, Skin Eruptions and Plies. It's only 25c, and guaranteed to give satisfaction bj D C Scott. Druggist. Carload Hour just received. Price lower than ever. W. T. As KINS A diplomat is a man who can pocket an insnlt in haste and /get eren at leisure. Men's summer Suits from $3.00 up, also nice line of Pants at W. T. A8KIN8'. Engineers of the French army are using, successfully, between Martinique and. Guadeloupe a wireless telegraph system of their own inventing* W, T. | Wilkin*, wmi s VI ULUUUk/lXJJJJ : JOBBER 1 GENERAL Merctealist Buying in car- | load lots we | are able to 1 meet comneti- i tion in every % Jrne. Here are j some of our Specialties: |j FLOUR S GRITS . MEAL '^ k ' C0RM '' " ?MW 0ATS n SALT soap ' * LYE ' SODA "Jjj STARCH j9 BAKING POWDERS ;J TOBACCO any GRADE ' , J COTTOLENE CASE or BXTR '? MATCHES per GROSS ? ?? n i<f a on >>2 rure uvci u;iuyuunu mmw ug HAMS. BOLOGNA SAUSAGE CANDIES. CRACKERS />| BACON, SUGAR, Bbl or Seek# POTTED HAM end TONGUE ' CONDENSED MILK AXLE GREA8E U Wrapping PAPER and BAG0? j HOMESPUN, By the Brit. TOBACCO CLOTH CIDER J3 MOLASSES ./f CHEESE MACARONI * SARDINES SALlltW SNUFP . j ROPE BUCKETS ^ p ifWSlKftkg f. T. HE i / }