The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 11, 1903, Image 1
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(LOCAL ITEMS
OF INTEREST
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moneed.
Mr E T Hamer was here Monday
from Saltern.
Mr Fred Hodge of Saltcrs was
here Saturday.
Mr F L Shirer of Pineland was
here Saturday.
W L Asking was here Tuesday.?
Florence Advocate.
- . MrF G Cantley was in town Saturday
from Central.
Mr. T. R. Wilson of Spring Rank
was here on Monday.
Mr T J Phillips of Central Mas
on our streets Monday.
Mr A D Wilson was in Kingstree
Monday from Church.
Mr R W Smith of Bloomingvale
Mas in Kingstree Saturday.
Mr. R. K. Rodgers of Central w?3
here a few hours Saturday.
Mr R C MeElveen was in town
Saturday from Spring Bank.
Miss Lily Haynes of Leesville is
visiting Miss Lila Hemingway.
Mrs R J Kirk has returned from
a visit to relatives in Charleston.
Mr W W Kennedy of Ilehron
was in town Tuesday a short while.
Messrs J P and Fleet Epps of
Cades^vere noted in town Satur
nay.
Messrs S H and S A Guerry of
Benson were on our streets Saturday.
Lolloy Lee, Esq., went to Florence
Monday on professional business.
Mr Hugh McCtttchen of Indiantown
spent a part of Monday in
town.
' m EL Hirseb, Esq.. made a business
trip to Florence Friday ol last
week.
Mrs M F Ileller is visiting' her
sister, Mrs Lyons, in Manning this
week.
Mr W I) Bryan of Taft was
among those who visited town Saturday.
Mr ami Mrs II D Iteddick and
children ore visiting in Denmark
this week.
Mr W B McCollough of St
Stephens was in town Saturday on
business.
Mr Lloyd Edwards of Savannah,
riii w vinitiiur his brother. Mr YV II
Edwards.
Miss Maria McClary of Gourdins
has been visiting her sister, Mrs R
A Murphy.
Mr Chas E Epps of Workman
was in town today and gave us a
pleasant call.
Mr J H Mutson of Harpers was
> in town Monday greeting his num
erous friends.
Mr R L> Guerry was here Monday
from Lake, City and paid us a
pleasant cull.
Dr I W Graham and Mr J C Graham
of Gourdins were noted in
town Saturday.
J*Mr
J C Weiters, the head of the
firm of O F Weiters, died in Charleston
last week.
Miss Leila Epps, who is attending
Leesville College, returned"
hmne last week.
Mr. S. E. McCollough and son,
i Dur;lop,of the Salters section, spent
Saturday in King.stree.
Cadet Paul Harper came home
yesterday from Clemson College to
spend the summer vacation.
Hon John A Kelley of Kingstree
was in the city last Friday on business.?Georgetown
Outlook.
Among the new officers appointed
at Clemson College appears the
name of Cadet S G Bryan as captain
of a company. Cadet Bryan
is a son of Mr W li Bryan of this
county.
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AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR J
LOCAL REPORTER AND ^ i
NOTED
Written in Condensed Form ^
and Printed in Like Manner '
for the Sake of Our Busy
Readers
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Mr Ned Durant of Rome atten-j
ed the commencement of Welsh
Neck High School this week,
Wirdio nini'pr of Walter
borough is the guest of the Misses!
Kennedy, on Ilailroud avenue.
Bennie Whitehead, the young
son of Clerk of Court C B Whitehead,
has been quite sick for several
days.
Mr O C Hlnnant of Suttons
grade ated in book-keeping at 1 he
Sumter Military Academy this;
week.
Dr \V L McCutehen of Indian- j
town is in Columbia this week taking
in commencement at the o C
College.
Mrs Maria Scott Brown of
Manning returned home this week
after spending several days in town
with relatives.
Misses Clara McElveen, ,IYarl
Graham and Maggie Epps, of the
Cades section, have returned from
Leesville College.
Mr and Mrs C II Snider of C<niway
and Mrs H Eugene Montirnnwrv
of Georgetown are visiting
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at Dr A M Snider's.
The United States Court has
issued a decree for foreclosure and
sale of the Atlantic Coast Lumber
Oo of Georgetown.
Miss Olive Rodger*, who has i
been visiting her sister, \V H
Weaver near town, returned to her
home near Lake City Sunday. %
The many friends of our esteer. eJ
friend, Dr W L Wallace, are
glad to see him able to be out after
several days of severe illnesS.
Miss Helen Scott entertained a
party of young friends last Tuesday
evening from 9 till 12. Those
invited enjoyed a delightful evening.
Miss Annie ('handler, who has
been attending Ohieora College in
Greenville, passed through town
last week returning to her home at
Benson.
Miss Maria Croft of La^e Citv
passed through town Tuesday re-'
turning home from the Columbia
Female College.?Florence Advocate.
A commission to the Greeley ville
Stock Company, capital $0,000,
has been issued . The corporators
are \V M O'Bryan, T VV Boyle and
? B Rhodus.
Miss Nita Munnerlyn of Chopper,
returned txlay from Hartsville,
where she had been to attend the
commencement exercises of Welsh
Neck High School.
The following young ladies are
home for the summer from Winthrop
College: Misses Pearl Roger,
Bessie Harper, Lorena Ross and
Dora and Selden Epps.
The K of P excursion to the Isle
of Palms yesterday was well patronized.
The crowd, we understand,
numbered over 300, between
80 and 90 going from here.
Miss Sal lie Cox of Georgetown,
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Davidson's family, returned home
Friday, accompanied by Misses
Annie-and Lelia Davidson.
The summer school at Georgetown
begins next Tuesday. A
good attendance and a pleasant
and profitable session is looked
forward to by those in charge.
Mr Ilenry E Davis of this-county,'
who is a student at the ?outh Carolina
College, was chosen junior
orator at the recent elections of the
Clariosophie Literary {society.
Miss Helen Scott, who has been
attending the Presbyterian College
for Women at Columbia, returned
home Friday night, accompanied
by her friend, Miss Violet Officer.
The editor of The Record returns
thanks for an invitation to
the opening ball at Glenn Springs
Hotel, which took place last night.
[IKE Clll II HIKED
CAPITAL STOCK SUBSCRIBED
AND OFFICIALS CHOSEN.
Bank Begins Business with $20,000
? Other News of Local and
Personal Interest.
Lake City, June 8.?Mr G L
Sauls came up front Cades Monday
hnd spent some time on business.
Probate Judge Hanna was in
town Saturday.
Editor C W Wolfe spent Friday
with us and while here looked after
the interest of his paper.
Mr and Mrs Mai lory L Chandler
left last Thursday for Virginia,
where they will spend some time
with relatives of Mrs Chandler.
Prof S C Morris of Leesvilie College,
is spending the holidays in
town with relatives. This closes
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school. Mr Moiris is preparing for
the ministry, but has not yet announced
when he will enter the
work actively.
E L Hirsch, Esq., was up from
Kingstree an hour or two Saturday
on professional business.
The drought was broken last Friday
with good showers that d iy and
Sunday, and heavy rains Saturday.
Rev and Mrs W II Sadler and
Miss Coin Riehey went away last week
on a visit in the Ben 1 ah neighborhood,
Clarendon county.
Ex-Representative J Davis Carter
and Mr A A Brown were noted
among onr visitors Tuesday.
Mr W S Moore, who was ill for
several days, is, we are glad to note,
out again.
Mr L M Belk last spring planted
one-fourth of an acre in onious as an
experiment, the onion being one of
the vegetables to which onr truckers
have given no attention. Mr
Belk sold several bushels in town
and a few days ago began shipping,
sending off twelve crates. These
netted him $1.25 per crate. He
will gather from the patch at least
fifty crates. At $1 25 tins means
$G2.50 for the quarter of an acre,
which is at the rate of $250 per
acre. Pretty good, eh?
Pr A II Williams left Monday
night for a visit to several Northern
cities in the interest of the Bank of
Lake City. He will call at Richmond,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York and perhaps other places.
Misses Mamie Green and Ruth
Williams have gone North in company
with I)r Williams.
Miss Bertha Morris and Mr Floyd
Rodgers are at home from Leesville
College, Leesville, S. C.
Misses Mary Rushtou and Leuua
Moore came home from the Columbia
Female College last week.
The Lake City Hardware Co.
will begin moving into its home on
the 15th and as soon thereafter as the
goods can be opened up and arranged
the doors will be thrown
opeii for business. The building is
rapidly nearing completion.
Rank of Lake City has heen
launched and is now being fitted
out for its voyage in commercial
waters. On the 5th instant the
stuck hoi tiers met in the office of A
II Williams & Co. Very nearly all
of the stockholders weie represented
either in person or by proxy. The
corporators announced that they had
received applications for stock
amounting in the aggregate to about
$35,000. As this exceeds the
authorized capital it was necessary
to reject some of the applications.
It was decided that the bank begin
business with $20,000, and that in
accepting applications for stock
preference he given to our home people.
After this was all arranged
and the names and number of
shares of each holder were ascer(Contiuued
011 page 8.)
FOR THE MILL OPERATIVES.
Funds Collected and Forwarded in
Response to Governor's Appeal.
A collection was taken up in
town Monday on liehalf of the mill
operatives at Pacolet and Clifton
and in a few hours the sum of
>34.85 was raised. This amount
was forwarded on Monday night,
j It was impracticable to see anything
j like every person in town in the
short time available for soliciting
contributions, anil for the benefit
of those who wish to give something
to this fund the list will be kept
open a few days longer and whatever
is collected -.ill in due time be
forwarded to the relief committee.
Contributions will be received at
the office of The Record for one
week. This will allow ample time
for any one to give who feels so disposed.
The following contributions have
have l>een received:
LeRoy Lee $5.00; The County
Record $3.00; C E StAmand $1.00.
I) J Epps $1.00; (J J Graham $1.00;
R I) Rollins $1.00; William Cooper
$1.00, II O Britton 50c; D C Scott
$1.00; 11 II Kellehan $1.00; Louis
Jacobs $2.00; M F Heller $2.00; J
W Coward $1.00; Cooper Bros $1.00
W T Wilkins $1.00; J A Marshall
10c; R C Logan 50c; W J Marshall
25c; P S Courtney 25c; W V Brockinton
$1.00; John A Kellcy $2.00;
E C Epps $1.00; II L) Roddick 50c;
L Stack ley $1.00; Mrs M R Hemingway
50c; Cash 50c; E L Hirsch
50c; C W Stoll 50c; B H Myers 50c;
L C Dove $1.00; W G Gamble 50c;
J E Porter 50c; W L Wallace 50c;
W R Scott 50c; C Constein 50c;
I W Coward 25c. Total to date
$35.35.
WILLIAMSBURG OIL MILL.
Contract Let for Building and Material
being Hauled to Site.
The executive committee of Williamsburg
Oil Mill held a meeting
last Friday aud let the coutract for
the building to Mr W J Broom of
Manning, his being the lowest bid
out of about half a dozen. Mr W
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is already being hauled and
ground will be broken next week.
The contract calls for the completion
of the work within CO days, we
understand.
Doty--Brockinton.
. The editor acknowledges with appreciative
thanks the following card
of invitation:
Mrs J C Doty, invites yon to be
present at the marriage of her
daughter, Emilv Gertrude, to Mr
Cosmo Eugene Brockinton, Saturday
afternoon, June twentieth,
nineteen hundred and three, at three
o'clock, at home, 66 Smith street,
Charleston, S. C.
Excursion to Charleston.
From Darlington to Charleston
for White people only.
Thursday, June 18, 1903, for
the benefit of the Presbyterian
church. Round trip
;$1.?0. Train leaves Darling|
ton 6 a. m., returning leaves
Charleston 9:30 p. m. Will
take passengers at all points
rm Nnrfh-pactprn' rflilrnflH nn
w" ? -r
to Kingstree. Leave Darlington
6 a. m.; Scranton 7 a. m.;
Lake Gity 7:19 a. m.J Cades
TM) a. m.: Kingstree 8 a. m.
;Come one! Come all!
: TO CURE A COLU IN ONE DAY.
< Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
j Tablets. All druggists refund the
' money if it falls to cure. E W Grove'i
signature Is on each box. 2.">c.
The first locomotive was run lr
this country in 1820.
ATTACK I IN C0I1I
SWEEPING ' DENUNCIATION OF
TFUSTED OFFICIALS
Sensational Charges of General Import?
'More Anon" Promises
More to Follow.
Editor County Record:?
The immortal Tilden, when making
his onslaught ou "Boss" Tweed
and his cohorts, by his warm criticisms
and pierciug facts and energy
revealed a coudition that paralyzed
the universal public mind by his
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audacious ana uure-iaceu viuuiiiy.
But he received no sympathy from
the beneficiaries of their ill gotten
gains and influence. They heafd
the truth as it was presented, with
clam-like silence, and when the
proof was so overwhelming and
there was no loop to slip, he exclaimed:
"Weill what are you going
to do about it?" And just so in
some other communities, Kiugstree,
for instance, where incompetency
and reckless extravagance (saying
nothing about what might be termed
dishonesty) reign and have had, up to
recently, full and unmolested sway.
You will find occasionally a eeto|?*Me
Toos," who condone any and every"
crime and injustice and then try to
throw the mantle of innocence over
the shoulders of the guilty, to their
own discomfort and loss of confi
(lence and respect of their honest
and conscientious fellow-citizens.
Now, we have before us facts (some
recently published, others unpublished,
but will be) which no man
"dare deny?a sad example for the
oncoming generation to behold.
That no matter what a man or set
of men do, or fail to do, is honeyed
over, and their nnrighteou^ acts and
records are whitened, so ?ar as their
influence and perversion of truth
will permit. Can we as good citizens
stand with our eyes closed, ears
deaf and mouth dumb, blatant apologists,
hoping therefore to cover
all defects and short comings, and
paint a picture, pleasant and admiring
to behold? Honeys, you do
not deceive any one; the camera of
tindincr out has been already thrown
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full in your fare and your negative
is forever impressed, soon to have a
number of copies taken. Deep down
in the heart of man there is a feeling
of disgust and contempt, deep, I say,
and silent, against those high in
State, who would brush aside truth
and give the picture a pleasing coloring
for a temporary position or
gain. Why will devils defy the
Gods of truth? Was not Judas guilty
of the same trick? This, Mr Editor,
is the attitude assumed by the little
gods of this town; but they cannot
cover up these tracks by foxy short
cuts and sharp practice The
sleuth hounds are on trail and the
scent is not an uncertain one. I
only throw out these facts as a pre
hide to the exciting chase (for it
will be exciting) and to what I expect
to say in the near future. We
shall tell the truth as it is written.
It shall not be said that there is only
one man in the down trodden town
of Kingstree who loves truth for
1 for truth's sake, nor shall it be on
the escutcheon of this quaint old
; town that there was found only one
man to tight her battle for freedom,
for justice and redemption. The
augean stables will and must be
1 cleansed, and our beloved town
' must emerge from this shameful,
; qvershadowing influence. The reign
; of boodle and spoils as joint masters
of municipal government and election
has reached the period of decline,
even though the aspirants
thereof will always be ready to grasp
every little opportunity for illicit
' gain. Exposures have taugTit the
. people that corruption is not essential
to progress, and that it can and
will be prevented hereafter, to the
, benefit of all, by re-adjusting and
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