The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 14, 1903, Image 1
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VOL. XIX. KINGrSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1903. ' NO.
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1 LOCAL ITEMS
1 OF INTEREST
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Mr 1) J Epps was in town Tuesday.
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Mr and Mrs PS Courtney visit-[(
ed Lake City Sunday.
Mr A L Collette of Lanes was
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noted in town Monday.
It is not what we jneuii to do, but j
what we do that counts. \
Mr 0 M Rich burg of Greeleyville
^ was on our streets Friday. t
Mr F Will Fairey returned from v
Orangeburg Monday night. '
.Mr S 1) Cunningham was in town
Saturday from Indiantown. 1
Miss Martha Gourdin is visiting j
her sister, Mrs W G Gamble.
Mr J J McCollough of the Saltern t
section was In town Tuesday.
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Mr T H Brockinton of Morrisville t
was a visitor in town Monday. r
Mrs Virginia Brookington has
pone to Johnston to visit her s
daughter, Mrs W S Martin. t
Miss Eloise Cooper has returned ('
from a visit to friends in FJorence. *
Miss Frances Cordes of Charleston
is visiting her aunt, Mrs R J e
Kirk. ?
Misses Mabel a? d Belle IIari?er 11
are visiting college friends in Mar- a
ion county.
LoHoy Lee, Esq , went to Colum- to
hla Monday night on professional f(
business. r
.Mr R H F.?ounan of Greeleyville
paid us his respects while in town
one day last week. 1
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Postoffiee Inspector F JG Pulsi- s
for of Columbia was in town Mon- j
(lay on ??mciai nusmnw.
Mr \V S Grayson, our valued eor- ,
respondent a' Benson, paid us a s
- -v welcome call yesterday. I,
Mr W J Marshall and son, J
( Afiera, of Morrisville, favored us h
with a call this morning
Mr J W McCutchen of Lake City (
called Thursday of last week and
renewed his subscription. ?>
Mr 3 B McElveen of Spring Bank j
was among the new subscribers
added to our list last week.
Mr J A Conycrs of Greeleyville *
visited us Saturday and enrolled as ^
a new subscriber to The Record ^
Mr Louis Jacobs, Jr., was in q
town Tuesday, representing S (
Hirschmann & Son of Charleston. <j
Mr lt\W Thompson of Vox took
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OCCHSIOH W? HUvniite me BUU.iuiijftiop
a year while in town last Friday.
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Rev Z James of Spartanburg f
passed through .town Monday on *s
the way to Scranton to visit his old r
home. J
Oysters R not good in May, but
there Is nothing the matter with j
Black river bream except their (
scarcity. f
Mr W Francis Kennedy of Lake i
City was in town Tuesday and call- >
ed in to see us for a pleasant few t
mements. 1
Dr Robert Wilson held services
in the Episcopal church Sunday. .
There was no preaching in the 1
other churches.
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Maj 3 M Askins, accompanied by 1
Mrs H G Ask ins and Master *
Marion Askins, were in towu Sun- ^
? x day from Lake City. ^
C E St Amand, Esq., was called
to Newberry yesterday by a tele- (
gram announcing the extreme illness
of bis mother.
Mr James Henry Strong, who has '
been attending the Welsh Neck 1
High School, returned home last '
5 night on the sick list. (
We are obligated to I)r Leland B j
Walters of SaIters I)e|sit, a member |
of the graduating class of the Uni- ,j
versity of Maryland, Baltimore, 1
Md.. for an invitation to the com- j
mencement exercises of that place i
Tuesday evening. May 19,1903. 1
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AFFAIRS CAUGHT 8Y OUR 3
LOCAL REPORTER AND ^3
NOTED ZS
Written in Condensed Form
and Printed in Like Manner
for the Sake of Our Busy ^
Readers. - Z3
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Mr H My or and daughter, Miss i
Mamie, went ?o (Charleston yesterJay,
where the latter will .spend !
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twiner nivii uivimr,
Dr W L McCutcheu returned Fri-1
lay from Baltimore, Md., where he
ias recently completed his studies
n the dental department of the
University of Maryland.
The exj>enses of the lust term of;
ourt ran up to about $2,000, of
vhich amount $1422.20 was paid!
>ut to jurors and witnesses.
Misses Pearl and ltuby Smith of,
iot Spring-, Ark., who are visii-j
ng relatives at Cades, were in I
{ingstree Friday of last week.
Our deepest sympathy goes out
o ltev and Mrs Henry Cauthen,
chose little son, Henry, Jr? has
een seriously ill of pneumonia for
nore than a week.
The official government report
hows the number of bales of eot<
on ginned in Williamsburg countv
luring 1902 to be 21,027 as com?*iih
lamu in mm
The Kingstree Social Club will
ntertain its friends with a dance
t the C^oleinan House this eveilng.
Quite a number of visitors
xe expected, we understand. <
Miss Amelia Kennedy, who has
<?en teaching in the Graded school
ur the paat three years, was
ecently elected to a position
it the Abbeville Graded school.
Mr Claud Martin, a member of
f I
he junior law class, sUxd the
xamtnation last week before the
upreme court and was admitted to
he bar.?Columbia Slate, Monday.
Mr J Marvin Martin came in
'esterday from Johnston to spend
ome time here with relatives. He
eft here some months ago in feeble
loulth hut 1*4 now (inito well and 1
learty. j
Mr Daniel McKenzie, of the
!ad?*s section, was in town Monlay
and enjoyed the day talking
ver old times with Mr Tom Stewart
nd other old comrades of Major
-ami's command.
Among tho<e who attended the
It union in Columbia were the fidowing
f?om this county: ('apt Wii
^ Kennedy, Dr A M Snider, Dr \V |
j McCutchen; Messrs J F Cooper,',
i J Phillips, J J Gibson and W S
'amlin, Sr. There were doubtless
thers.
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At the 27th annual meeting of
he State Pharmaceutial Associaion
held in Charleston yesterday.
)r \V 8 Lynch of 8cranton was
ilected vice president of the asociation.
This is a high complinent
to Dr Lynch and withal is an
lonor well bestowed.
The United ConfederateVeterans'
Reunion will be held in New
)rleans on May 19-22 The fare
rom Kingstree to New Orleans
s ?16.15 for the round trip, '
vith $-5.00 extra for Pullman. Paries
desiring to take this trip may
eave here Sunday night on train
u23," which will put them in New
Orleans Tuesday morning followng.
Mr J L Nesmith of Indiantown
>resented us last week with an 1
nteresting curio in th*? shape of an
[ndian arrow-head. It is made of
vhite flint and is a fine specimen
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>i rne nttiiuiwora. <n uie ituuri^umi i
American, whose highest art was I
jxpcnded on a bow and arrow,
Mrs Will N Harhen, the wife of
he noted Southern author, and her
ittle son, who have been visiting
ler aunt, Mrs S G McClary, of this
;ity, have returned to their home
n New York city. Mr Harben is
i native Georgian who has won
wth fame and fortune in the last
few years as an author. His uAbner
Daniel" was one of the most
popular books of the year and was
widely read in Greenwood .?Greenwood
Index.
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Last Saturday some of the ladies
in town observed Memorial Day by
decorating the graves In the
s( Idiers' cemetery near the river.
As they are responsible for molt of
the good in this world,it is to the wo-1
men we have to look to keep alive J
the spirit of Memorial Day in the,
South.
Dr Eugene May's lecture in the
court house last Thursday evening
was full of thought and inspiration,
enlivened Hy h happy vein of
humor, anecdote and incident.
"Come up Smiling" was the subject
and the genial'doctor's philosophy
offers an infallible antidote for
gloom, sorrow and melancholy.
President II N Snyder, of Wofford
College, has consented to ]
deliver the address at the annual
commeneement of the Graded
school on May 22. Prof Snyder Is
one of the most brilliant platform
orators of the State and we con- 1
gratulate Prof Wiggins on his good
fortune in having secured him for
this occasion.
The freaks of spring weather
with which we have been favored
(?) has caused some queer effects
in the way of vegetation. Harry '
Pressley, a colored farmer near
town, brought us a few days ago a <
cockle burr plant hearing full ]
grown burrs. Normally, ho says,
these burrs do not attain full growth ,
till after "dog da vs."
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Deserved punishment was meted j
out to several small, colored
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1-nifKtWl uneven HIM wn-tv, mm
seem t?> l>e members of a gang of (
sneak thieves which has becoim? i
quite expert in the plundering of t
chicken roosts about town. Last i
Thursday night they invaded the 1
premises of Lettoy Lee, Esq., ami
stole seven fine chickens. In this
enterprise they displayed had jndg- 1
ment, as Mr Lee did some clever i
detective work and soon landed {
several of the youthful malefactors t
in the lock up.
DONT MISS ITI '
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It will pay you handsomely, to |
buy your TOBACCO FLUES
from Edwin Harper & Son within
the next ten days, as you can do so *
lit 5e per lb cash. After that date
I he usual price will obtain.
Item ember for ten days only, and ^
the cash. ^
Edwin IIauper & Sox.
A Pleasant E?teriainment.
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A large audience assembled at the {court
house Tuesday night to hear t
Mr LeForest Wood, .As an imper- (
sonater and elocutionist ilr Wood isi ,
above the average "attraction" and (
several of his skits were really ar- }
tistic in conception and interpreta- ,
tion. Many jokes were sprung and
hardly a chestnut fluttered in the ^
breeze. The impersonations alone j
were well worth the price of ad- ^
mission. Kingstree will welcome
Mr Wood again.
Destroyed by Fire.
On Wednesday night, May 6, Mr '
D E Epps, who lives at Workman, 1
near the Clarendou line, suffered 1
the misfortune of losing his barn 1
and stables by fire. The blaze was
discovered about 1 o'clock a. m., and 1
there is no clue to the cause. Be- 1
sides his buildings and provisions he
lost two horses, two mules, one two- 1
horse wagon, thr?e top buggies ana j
a lot of harness and farming im-;(
plements. The total loss is about ;
.$1200 and there is no insurance.
Mr Epps lost his bam at the same
place and under very similar cir- 1
cumstances about seven years ago.
FOR SALE ? Eight residence ,
lots, situated in desirable part of
town. H. D. Ueddick.
TO CURE-A COLU IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money if itfail* to cure. E W Grove's
s'gmfture i.? on eaeh box, 2">c.
Keep Trying wins before Keep
Sighing gels started.
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ABSTRACT OF A WEEK'S HAPPENINGS
IN OUR SISTER TOWN.
Diciples of Isaak Walton?Dr May's
Lecture?Meeting Called Looking
to Protection Against Fire.
Last Thursday we met W E Ser'? *
? ? ?*? /!-i K! j Unma Tin
rruiicc gumg wnuiu.i uio uvuivi uv
was carrying a cot and a griu. It's
a boy.
Misses Hallie Rollins and Moore
went down to Charleston last week.
W L Bass, Esq., was at Evergreen,
Florence county, Friday on business
in Magistrate Armfield's court
Mr J J Eaddy came up from Jay
Friday.
Mr M A Thomas spent a part of
last week in Manning. He was a
witness in a ease in the Common
Pleas. Mr Thomas , says that
Manning is improving.
R K Wallace, Esq., came up from
ITinnafiiiu> Kufnnltr unil srw*rif fhp
LAIU^CVI W UHVU1UUJ M??%* ??
lay in town.
Mr Charles M Kelley left Monlay
night for Columbia, Spartanburg
and Greenville* He will look
ifter some lame truck dealers to
fvhom he bits shipped in the past
tnd will look up some reliable ones
to ship to iu the futnre.
Mrs J H Black well and her
laughter, Mrs C R Gaudy, are right
11 ut the home of the latter iu Maxton,
N. C. The first named was
rery ill at last reports. Mr Bljtckifell
is with them.
Dr Eugene May's lecture, which
*ns delivered Wednesday night, was
rery fine. The subject was "Come up
Smiling." The uudience, while not
to large as it should have been, was
ippreeiative and thoroughly enjoyed
?very moment of the talk. In some
espects it was the best lyceum lec;ure
we have hud this season.
A muss meeting of citizens is callxl
for Tuesday night to look into
;he advisability of making some
irrangements for fighting fire. This
s a step in the right direction. We
jope, however, that a step will not
je all the progress that will be made
;o this end.
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Mr and Mrs S W G Shipp of
b'lorenoe were uwav from their home
leveral days last week. Mrs Shipp
ipent the time with her sister, Mrs
I M Sturgeon, and Mr Shipp spent
nost of the daylight hours at the
?rid of a fishing cane. He M as a
nember of the party hereinafter
nentioned.
A fishing party, of which we are
lappy to say the writer was a member,
went down in the direction of
Possnm Fork, Tuesday but hulted a
Mile or two 011 this side, at Tye's
Lake. We were taken in charge by
Mr J B Prosser, whd certainly did
everything that a man could do to
belp us get fish and to enjoy our?elves,
and he succeeded in both
respects. And we want to say that
if any one feels like saying that Mr
Prosser is not one of the most entertaining,
tireless, experienced, genial
and whole-souled leaders that ever
had charge of a fishing party?if
any one feels like saying this, he
had better go 'way off in oue corner
of the county to say it and then say
it so low that no one can hear him.
Well, we caught all the fish the
party could eat, and that is saying a
good deal. One man ate four big
mawmouths the first meal. But he
was sick next day, and when we left
n-fl Vio/1 onrnu ficVi Virinrr awnv
The water was too high and the
weather too cool for good fishing.
W. L. B.
FOR RENT.
A convenient Cottage, pleasantly
located in Kingstree.
Apply to
Thos. M. Gilland,
Kingstree, S. C.
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OUR FLAG CONTEST
The Prize Awarded to Miss!
Mary Swann of Kingstr ee?
In response to Thk HeCord's of'
fer of five dollars for the best essay
on "The Confederate Flag" nine
papers were submitted. Among
these contestants it was not an easy
matter to decide upon the winner#
After carefully examining all the
papers the one submitted by Misa
Mary Swann was adjudged the best
coming withiu the rules of the con*
test us set forth in our announce*
ment, and she has therefore been
awarded the prize. Miss Swann bt
tends the Kingstree Graded school,
and is a pupil of the fifth grade. In
rendering a decision the points considered
were composition, spelling,
penmanship, grammatical construction
and neatness.
From the standpoint of composition
and general excellence the paper
sent in by Miss Fannie Cannon
of Scran ton was easily the most
creditable and would have won the
prize but its length, which barred it
from the contest.
| It was stated plainly in our offer
that the length of the essays was
limited to 200 words, whereas Miss
Canuon's paper contained about 400.
In our judgment fo have considered
this paper along with those of
the other contestants who were held
down to the 200 word limit, wonld
have been unfair to the latter.
The two essays referred to are as
follows:
The Confederate Flag.
The first Confederate flag con
alsted of "stars and bars", and was
adopted by the Confederate Cong ress
at Montgomery, Alabama, M arch 4,
1861.
The Confederate "National flag"
was adopted by the Confederate
States May 1, *1863.
In the battle of Manassas the Confederates
had almost been defeated
when Gen Beauregard saw an army
coining. He could not tell whether
they were Confederates or Federals,
but soon saw that they bore the Confederate
flag. The coming of that
army put fresh courage into the
hearts of the Confederates. On this
battle field Gen Beauregard decided
that the Confederates should have a
flag that could be easily distinguished
Ko aiatrl laf
iruui tuai VI bliO IW^ ov uv n?iu MX V
the ground be red, the start white
and the bars blue. The first three
of these flags were made by the
Misses Carey of Baltimoie, Md., and
Alexandria, Va.' One of the Mitees
Carey sent one to Gen Beauregard
and one to General Van Dorn.
The whole world can join in a
song of praise to the brave men who
followed the Confederate flag
thfough the war.
Mary Swank,
Kingstree, S. C.
The Confederate Flag.
So dear to the heart of every patriotic
Southerner heart was the
national emblem of the United
States of America, that even when
his rights were down-trodden and
ignored by the ruling powers of his
Udll UUUUUJi UC VUVOC Hie imj nutw
and blue for his colors, differing
only in the arrangement of design.
Instead of the thirteen "stars and
stripes" there were seven white stars
in a field of blue set in the upper
corner of a square made of three
bars, red, white and red.
There was nothing like the Betsy
Ross romance about the making of
it. It is even claimed of late that a
Federal prisoner, one Lieut. Short"
leff, of New York, being an artist
and decorative painter, was asked for
a suitable design, wbicb be fur-'
nished while in prison in Bichmond,
Va. The most romantic incident
was that the flag was first hoisted
over the Confederate capital at
Montgomery, Ala., by Miss L C Ty(Continued
on- page 8.)
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